NBA: Top 10 Early Season MVP Candidates

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8. John Wall

Stats: 17.8 points, 10.3 assists, 4.7 rebounds

Making the case: The second best point guard in the Eastern Conference, John Wall is living up to the hype. He’s scoring, he’s passing, and he’s winning.

The Washington Wizards are a threat to the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers, and it’s because of Wall. He orchestrates an offense in a way that Chris Paul does and he’s only 24. Playing in all 29 games for the Wizards so far, they’re 1.5 games behind of the No. 1 seed.

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