Curry is not listed as a candidate for MVP? Trainer: Funny but grateful This inspires the best Curry

Basketball     12:50pm, 28 September 2025

Curry and Brandon Payne

According to previous reports, ESPN predicted the ownership of the new season's MVP through a survey of 20 coaches, scouts and executives. The details are as follows:

1, Jokic: 7 votes; 2, Alexander: 5 votes; 3, Doncic: 4 votes; 4, Wenban Yama: 2 votes; 5, Antetokounmpo/Edwards: 1 vote

Recently, Curry's personal trainer Brandon Payne accepted an exclusive interview with NBA reporter Mark Medina, in which the two talked about MVP related topics.

Medina: Speaking of this topic, Curry was not listed as an MVP candidate, but ESPN made him top in another vote.

Payne: (Interrupted) To be honest, this is a bit funny. It does indeed mean for me.

Medina: Why do you say that? What do you think of this problem?

Payne: Curry not only brings the team a chance to win every night, but with him in the lineup, he has a chance to compete for the championship every day. It makes me funny that he is not considered a candidate for MVP.

Medina: In this article, although he was not listed as an MVP candidate, several coaches, scouts and executives named him "the best American player in the league." One of the scouts said, "He is still the player that scares me the most."

Payne: I'm very curious. My rebuttal is that this selection is conducted by coaches, scouts and management members, right?

Medina: Yes.

Payne: So, who will decide the list of MVP candidates?

Medina: The same scout, coach and executive. This is the same survey, but there are different categories.

Payne: I understand. This is very interesting. It's really interesting. Yes. On the one hand, coaches, executives and scouts did not list Stephen as an MVP candidate, but they still think he is the "best American player." I'm going to say that for Stephen, anything that motivates him is a good thing. So, I'm actually quite grateful to them for excluding him from that list (laughs).

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