Is Blake's 3rd place finish in MVP voting...

Quake Griffin · Post #1 » by **Quake Griffin** » Tue May 6, 2014 5:26 pm

the best an individual has ever placed in the MVP race from our team?

if so....not bad.

Ranma · Post #2 » by **Ranma** » Tue May 6, 2014 5:48 pm

Depends on the definition of "our team" as I believe Bob McAdoo won the NBA MVP award in 1975 for the franchise as a Buffalo Brave.

Don Tommy · Post #3 » by **Don Tommy** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:01 pm

I'm wondering if the 3 points that Gorin Dragic got were really for the MVP vote, or if Mike Smith did switch the MVP and MIP votes he turned in

mttwlsn16 · Post #4 » by **mttwlsn16** » Wed May 7, 2014 5:38 am

Good job Blakey boy

Dynamix · Post #5 » by **Dynamix** » Wed May 7, 2014 6:53 am

Blake definitely made a strong case for himself with the way he stepped up while CP was out. Now he needs to keep improving, especially during these playoffs.
I feel like he took a small step back during the GS series, ever since the whole Sterling thing. But the sample size was very small, so I'm looking forward to him being our main weapon against OKC and beyond.

Post #6 » by **mkwest** » Wed May 7, 2014 7:41 am

Don Tommy wrote:I'm wondering if the 3 points that Gorin Dragic got were really for the MVP vote, or if Mike Smith did switch the MVP and MIP votes he turned in

Anthony Davis didn't get any votes, so I'm assuming the NBA corrected the error.

Ranma · Post #7 » by **Ranma** » Wed May 7, 2014 8:19 am

mkwest wrote:

Chris Paul finished 7th overall in the voting and I suspect a lot of that is mostly due to the amount of time missed during his injury. Despite Harden garnering more 3rd-place votes, you're not going to convince me that he's more valuable than CP3 especially when you factor in defense; the playoffs have illustrated that even if it is a regular season award.

Although Paul finished right behind Curry in the overall rankings, he beat the Golden State guard by one tally in 3rd-place votes, which is the highest position either placed on the ballot. Again, the playoffs showed Chris got the better of Steph in their head-to-head matchups in the first round. I'll concede Joakim Noah as the 4th overall best player and more worthy MVP candidate over Paul but only for this season.

RiversideClips · Post #8 » by **RiversideClips** » Wed May 7, 2014 11:28 am

I still think that Blake should have won MIP, his game really got better all around. I just think that we have become one of the most disliked teams in the NBA (by other teams & players) for some reason & we will get nothing handed to us. Oh well, Clipper Nation is alive & well.

Angel strike1 · Post #9 » by **Angel strike1** » Wed May 7, 2014 1:35 pm

People we starting to like us but then durant went with his mom speach.
Public should be on their side today.

Feel like the refs will too

TheNewEra · Post #10 » by **TheNewEra** » Wed May 7, 2014 3:45 pm

That speech will for sure have the refs looking to get an MVP win.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #11 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Thu May 8, 2014 9:21 pm

Huge accomplishment for a player who is hated the most and who most people call "just a dunker".

Post #12 » by **og15** » Fri May 9, 2014 2:40 pm

Ranma wrote:
mkwest wrote:

Chris Paul finished 7th overall in the voting and I suspect a lot of that is mostly due to the amount of time missed during his injury. Despite Harden garnering more 3rd-place votes, you're not going to convince me that he's more valuable than CP3 especially when you factor in defense; the playoffs have illustrated that even if it is a regular season award.

Although Paul finished right behind Curry in the overall rankings, he beat the Golden State guard by one tally in 3rd-place votes, which is the highest position either placed on the ballot. Again, the playoffs showed Chris got the better of Steph in their head-to-head matchups in the first round. I'll concede Joakim Noah as the 4th overall best player and more worthy MVP candidate over Paul but only for this season.

MVP is less about who is actually better and more about who they believe hoods more value to that specific team that specific season, so i wouldn't take too much out of it in terms of how people are viewing the players.