Every year, a couple of awards and positions on the ballot keep me up at night, trying to make the right call — but rarely is that tough call at the top of the MVP ballot. It was this year. What follows is my official ballot for the NBA's end-of-season awards,

NBA MVP voters will likely only put Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Nikola Jokic in their top spot. Here's why the Thunder superstar deserves to be No. 1.

The NBA will announce individual awards over the next several weeks and OKC Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the heavy favorite to win MVP.