Are Giannis Antetokounmpo's MVP days behind him?

Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of just 11 players ever with multiple MVP trophies.

He enters Thursday night in a marquee matchup with Joel Embiid or Nikola Joki .

He's the one who enters that nationally televised tilt with basically no shot at winning MVP again this season .

But he’s more multifaceted now, too.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has played more games and several hundred more minutes than his team.

The Bucks are 11th in offensive efficiency, 13th in defensive efficiency and 15th in net rating.

They’ve also done it while playing more games than the Nuggets , who are tied for No. 2 seed in the West .

There are downsides to consistency: to how sustained exposure to remarkable things can render them unremarkable.

Hit that level in the right game at the right moment, though, and it can offer an awfully sharp shock to the system.

Treat Joki and the Nuggets the way he treated SGA and the Thunder, though — outshine both favorites with the world watching — might wake the glossing-over populace up.