Kevin Durant is shooting 60.4 percent from the field in his past 14 games. Jayson Tatum is averaging 37.5 points in his past six games. Giannis Antetokounmpo has put up three 40-plus-point efforts in the past 10 days. Joel Embiid fell two points shy on Tuesday of his third game this season with at least 50 points. Luka Doncic’s 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, in a miraculous comeback and overtime win against the Knicks, tied the record for the highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history.

This is a new golden age of NBA superstars, a pool of talent as wide and diverse and elite as the league has seen in decades. It has created an historically long list of championship contenders. And it could result in the deepest MVP race of all time.

Truthfully, there isn’t much competition — especially in the modern era.

When Jokic won his second straight MVP award last season, his 65 percent share of first-place votes was the lowest any winner has had since 2008. No final tally since the controversial 2005 Steve Nash-Shaquille O’Neal vote — Nash led 65-58 in first-place votes — has been close.