Where is Paul George's contract extension?

And why are we asking now? All is explained here in addition to covering the MVP race, jockeying for the West's No. 1 seed and more personnel news in our latest batch of around-the-league notes

Before we get to a fresh batch of around-the-league notes ...

On Monday I published a piece here asserting that there are likely only three viable candidates in the NBA's Most Valuable Player race with four weeks left to go in the regular season.

I also did a video essay on the subject for Bally Sports Southwest that expands on that viewpoint in lively TV form (shoutout to producers Clark Rowe and Tanner Rottman for making it look pretty).

Check the video out here:

And now let's get to the latest chatter ...