It Looks Like the MVP Outcome is all but Officially Decided

[Consigliere]

So voters should consider whether they believe the player will win a title as the main guy before voting for him?

No.

They should have looked at his record and not rewarded him for 6th place.

And I think we’ve come full circle now.

 

[MoneyTron]

So voters should consider whether they believe the player will win a title as the main guy before voting for him?

Apparently people want to use projected playoff success for a regular season award now.

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I created an MVP Projection model based on previous winners.

It thought Jokic had the best season, followed by Giannis and then Embiid.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

never seen anybody rock a jokic jersey in my life

I’ve never seen anyone wear an Embiid jersey. Where do we go from here?

 

[jwinfield]

No.

They should have looked at his record and not rewarded him for 6th place.

And I think we’ve come full circle now.

If they won one more game and was in 5th place would that be enough, or does his team need to be in 4th to qualify?

 

[T.he I.nformant]

#NotMyMVP

The media pulled the rug from Embiid the moment Harden got off the plane.

Sound just like them Republican when Barack got elected

 

[jwinfield]

Sound just like them Republican when Barack got elected

Waiting on Morey to give a speech and have Sixers fans storm the NBA office.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

THEY WANTED TO GIVE IT
TO JOKIC ALL ALONG
WHILE EMBIID WAS THE FRONT RUNNER
BUT WOULD HAVE LOOKED
CRAZY AT THE TIME
SO THEY NEEDED THE HARDEN TRADE
TO JUSTIFY IT UNDER THE GUISE
OF JOKER HAVING LESS HELP
THAN EMBIID.


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[T.he I.nformant]

Waiting on Morey to give a speech and have Sixers fans storm the NBA office.

#StopTheSteal

 

[qnsfinest]

People tryna bring up playoff records to discredit his well deserved MVP lmao.

3 years in a row joker has made it past the first round. And already been to a conference finals as well.

Embiid has a much worse playoff record, so please don’t use that excuse to discredit Jokic.

 

[Consigliere]

If they won one more game and was in 5th place would that be enough, or does his team need to be in 4th to qualify?

You don’t need to at me with your hypotheticals. You’re not about to change my opinion.

If this!

If that!

But this!

But wait there’s more!

 

[Flex Grossman]

The circumstances are exactly the same IMO.

2 guys who can’t win it all being rewarded by the media for putting up pretty stats.

Nash beat Kobe, who was his MVP competitor in the playoffs tho. Logically, you either have to say Nash was deserving and Jokic isn’t, or Kobe should’ve won it, and Jokic deserves it this year.

 

[MoneyTron]

Anyone bringing up Nash vs Kobe in the argument is being purposely obtuse. There's no reasonable comparison.

 

[Consigliere]

Nash beat Kobe, who was his MVP competitor in the playoffs tho. Logically, you either have to say Nash was deserving and Jokic isn’t, or Kobe should’ve won it, and Jokic deserves it this year.

What if I told you that there’s a third option?



And that’s the option where Nash didn’t deserve back to back mvps and neither does Jokic.

 

[No1]

That’s not how stats work. The shooting percentages and efficiency are drastically different. The seasons are nowhere near similar.

If you wanted to say you were relying on advanced metrics you should’ve said that. I’m not one of these anti-analytics dudes. I’m making the same point that Steph’s own teammate Draymond Green made. It’s nothing more than that. I’m well aware of “how stats work.” But thanks.