有网友发现，进入新世纪以来，18年中MVP只有奥尼尔是中锋，其他全是侧翼球员或者后卫，除去诺维茨基和邓肯是大前锋。同样是选取18年这一区间，从1959-60赛季到1976-77赛季，中锋拿MVP一共16次。可见三十年之后，联盟已经有了多大的变化。

It's been 18 years since a center last won MVP. I was just browsing basketball reference when I noticed that every single winner of the MVP award was a guard or a wing player with the rare Dirk Nowitzki and Tim Duncan until you get back to Shaquille O'Neal in the 1999-2000 season.

Comparing this to the 18 year stretch from the 1959-60 season to the 1976-77 season, where a center won the award 16 times really puts into perspective how much the league has changed in recent years from how it was 30-40 years ago

熟悉NBA的球迷都知道，最近18年的MVP分别是：奥尼尔、艾弗森、邓肯、邓肯、加内特、纳什、纳什、诺维茨基、科比、詹姆斯、詹姆斯、罗斯、詹姆斯、詹姆斯、杜兰特、库里、库里、威少、哈登。对此，美国球迷有话说。

[SAS]8coffeesandcounting

What center has been good enough to win MVP since then? Dwight Howard has been the only C to even be considered a top 5 player during that time

马刺球迷：从那以后中锋要多好才能够拿MVP？那期间霍华德是唯一一个被认为是前五的中锋球员

Kobe_is_the_goat824

Yao averaged 25/10/2/2 one year on a 52 win team other than that i don't know

姚明曾经在一支52胜的球队场均25+10+2+2，除此之外我不知道还有别的中锋了

Feelscreative101

The only other one that comes to mind is Embiid, depending on how he and the 76'ers develop over the next few years.

我脑海中唯一的另一个中锋就是恩比德，这取决于以后几年他以及76人怎么发展