With less than 25 games left in the 2019-20 regular season, analysts have been debating on who should be this year's Most Valuable Player. The consensus among analysts is that Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is bound to win his second straight trophy. But for Kendrick Perkins, that MVP trophy belongs to Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.

To support his argument, Perk presented some interesting facts about the MVP race on ESPN's First Take.

According to Perkins, the Lakers forward has not been receiving the same treatment that Antetokounmpo is getting. Perkins harked back to James' second stint in Cleveland where he went to four straight NBA Finals and snagged one title.

Critics panned James' accomplishments mainly because he was in the weaker conference. But now that he's in the West — the tougher conference — all the attention is still with Antetokounmpo.

“When LeBron James was in the East, the whole thing was ‘Oh, he's in the East.' He lost on four MVPs when he went back to Cleveland. Why? Because he was in the East. During that time, those MVPs went to Western Conference players… because they were making noise in the West.

“Why are we not keeping the same energy for Giannis?! He's in the East. The East is weaker. No LeBron James, no Kawhi Leonard. Why is the argument not the same? Now here it is. LeBron takes his talent to the Western Conference. His team [Lakers] is number one in the West.“

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Kendrick Perkins' interesting perspective may just rattle the brains of the media people who are set to vote for the next NBA MVP. In the event that James wins his fifth MVP trophy, then we might have to look back at Perk's simple yet compelling argument.

For what it's worth, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks won their first match-up with LeBron James and the Lakers this 2019-20 campaign. The two teams, however, are set to meet again on March 6.