NBA season comes down to the "this town ain't big enough for the both of us" idiom. The both of us refer to Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. G

How are media voters supposed to pick between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic in the race for the NBA MVP award this season? Both stars have been fantastic, and there isn’t much that separates these two deserving players.

The reality of MVP voting is that it is conducted by human beings, and it would be naive to assume that some games aren't more memorable to them than others. Head-to-head matchups between candidates are the most obvious example of that phenomenon.