| RANK | PLAYER | RUNDOWN | LAST |
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GORAN DRAGIC, G, PHOENIX: His numbers aren’t much different from last season, except for points per game (20.5, up from 14.7). But he’s carried a team most thought would be among the West’s worst to playoff contention in a crazy-competitive conference. A legit candidate to win this award. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
ANDRE DRUMMOND, F-C, DETROIT: Seems to be making a run at Most Improved Player just to show Jeanette McCurdy what she missed out on when she coldly dumped him. He had 18 and 22 boards vs. the Celts on Sunday and an inhuman 17 and 26 vs. the Knicks last week. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
LANCE STEPHENSON, G, INDIANA: Struggled a bit as the Pacers have lost four in a row and now lead Miami by only one game in the race for home-court advantage. Luckily, Indiana’s next five games are against the Sixers (twice), Celtics, Pistons and Knicks, so we’ll revisit this after they win five in a row. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
ANTHONY DAVIS, F-C, NEW ORLEANS: Davis is out of control. He went for a career-high 32, 17 boards and 6 blocks in Sunday’s win over Denver. The Unibrow is averaging 30 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks in his last three games, all wins. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
DEANDRE JORDAN, C, L.A. CLIPPERS: Jordan muscle-memoried his way to another 17 rebounds in Monday’s win over Phoenix. He has now gone 10 straight games with double-digit rebounds and has grabbed 10-plus boards in 41 of his last 43 games. Wow. | 4 |
DROPOUTS: None.
NEXT FIVE: Isaiah Thomas, G, Sacramento; Kendall Marshall, G, LA Lakers; Gerald Green, G, Phoenix; Miles Plumlee, C, Phoenix; Paul George, F, Indiana.
OTHER RANKINGS: MVP | Sixth Man | Power | Rookie
Kels Dayton is a freelance writer whose work has also appeared in SLAM Magazine. You can check out more of his work at RoundballDaily.com and SportzEdge.com. Follow him on Twitter @RoundballDaily.
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