C'mon, Yao was a MVP candidate that 06-07 year then got hurt in January. Sure that Rockets team was riddled by injury but he was a pretty good player.
Also prepared to eat crow if AD continues his run. 22/11 through 9 games. I'm still thinking his assists rise as his scoring drops. If the Pelicans bigs can't stay healthy the sky is the limit. Beast on the defensive end too, wow.