Caruso shared his take after practice on Saturday. “I'm a traditionalist. I like one winner,” Caruso said. “Someone's having a better season; just pick it.”

With roughly five weeks remaining in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the race for MVP is still up in the air. Barring injury, it's a two-man race between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić, but there are a lot of interesting debates to be hard for the positioning of players behind them.