Genuinely asking because if not then he’s be the only MVP in league history to not make it. But when you think about the career he had after the injury, the fact we saw less than 4 years of him at what would we come to know as his best, and the credentials of other members, there’s definitely nuance and questions to it.
over a long enough time span yes. not first ballot, not in a couple years, or even several. but many decades down the line when players of this era are seen as pioneers then its totally in the realm of possibility.