He’s the only player that’s been top 3 in both of the straw polls that have come out…was a close 2nd place during the first third of the season, and 2nd again once Jokic jumped to the head of the race….literally the only player that’s been “in the conversation” the entire season…
Do you want to tell me what straw polls have to do with reality?
See, this is the problem that a lot of y'all have.
MVP is a narrative-based award (as if isn't reiterated enough), so
the media is going to run with whatever is hot at the moment, or whoever's story gains the most traction at any given time. Giannis being in the conversation for the media doesn't mean he's been good enough to be in the conversation, in reality. Jokic was a better performer than him during that initial period, yet only one person out of 100 NBA writers thought he was the MVP, which contrary to Coli belief, was largely down to voter fatigue where they wanted to find reasons (at the time) to award someone else - it was the reason why Tatum was the overwhelming frontrunner.
Jokic then forced his way to the top of that conversation, not because he suddenly played comprehensively better, but because the media started paying more attention to that narrative.
been averaging some variation of 30ish points 12rbs and 5ast with all nba first team defense all year, but he was “horribly inconsistent” because he wasn’t also at career best shooting efficiency on top of that
This is why I can tell you don't watch Bucks games like that. Mindlessly referencing box score numbers with absolutely no context attached.
Averaging points on below league-average efficiency* - scoring points purely on volume
Only 32% of his rebounds have been contested, which if you compare that to players who lead the league in contested rebounding:
AD - 7 per game (56% contested rebound rate)
Adams - 6.3 per game (55% contested rebound rate)
Capela - 5.7 per game (51% contested rebound rate)
Robinson - 5.6 per game (62% contested rebound rate)
Jokic - 5.4 per game (47% contested rebound rate).
His rebounding has NOT been as impactful as the raw numbers suggest this season, in similar fashion to Westbrook over recent years. I've already made note of his defense to you and how wildly overrated you've made it out to be, so we don't need to keep going over and over that despite your desperate attempts of speaking it into reality.
But then he has the nerve to talk about people having “agendas”
Only agenda I have is to speak on what's actually happening.
Don't take my word for it, there were posters on this board speaking about Giannis' struggles earlier in the season too. I wasn't the only one. I wasn't just conjuring this shyt up straight out of thin air.
