LeBron James (41, ineligible for end of season awards) has played more minutes this season (1780) than MVP frontrunner Victor Wembanyama (1694) LeBron is going to miss the games played qualification by 5 or so games, despite playing almost 2 full games worth of minutes more than the current MVP frontrunner. Cade Cunningham, who will also finish the season ineligible, has played 2096 minutes. I'm not saying that LeBron should be in MVP conversations, or even All NBA, but it's interesting to see the oldest player in the league having played more minutes this year than the guy leading the MVP race. I think the NBA should consider changing the rule from games played to minutes played. Adam Silver has mentioned that he thinks the system is working, which I don't necessarily disagree with, but it feels unfair for a young player like Cade to be disqualified after the best season of his career because of what feels like an arbitrary number of games played. EDIT: This is by no means a Wemby hate post, I just wanted to highlight how the games played rule is an imperfect one. I think bro is deserving of all the recognition he's received this year, and will be a perennial MVP candidate for many many years to come.