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After two years of losing to Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers, Luka Doncic made it out of the first round of the playoffs and helped the Mavs beat the No. 1-seeded Suns to reach the Western Conference Finals.
Tatum took a major step forward in 2022, leading the Celtics past Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jimmy Butler to get the Celtics into the Finals for the first time in 12 years.
There's an argument that Embiid should've been MVP the last two seasons. It's hard to argue that given his production, but unfortunately Nikola Jokic still exists.
Jokic raised his game in 2021-22 to win a second-straight MVP award, this time playing almost all of the regular season without Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr.
Durant had a claim as the best player in the world at the end of the 2021 season after going toe-to-toe with Giannis while James Harden and Kyrie Irving were hurt.
Antetokounmpo reached the NBA mountaintop in 2021 by winning a championship and Finals MVP award.