2024-25 NBA MVP Discussion Thread (Pt. 2)

iggymcfrack · Post #1581 » by **iggymcfrack** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 10:28 am

Honestly, the combination of Jokic missing some time and the Nuggets playing well without him is enough for me to drop him from the #1 spot. I gotta go with SGA #1 right now. Playing 5 full games more is a big difference and without the idea that the Nuggets are an all-time terrible supporting cast I don't think there's enough there for Joker to still be beating an incredible season from Shai.

doogie_hauser · Post #1582 » by **doogie_hauser** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 10:37 am

AleksandarN wrote:
Jaqua92 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:If you seen the game you could see that the bench played better. If we get this play going forward and Murray keeps improving I have a feeling Nuggets winning it this year. They are finally coming together the last two weeks. Btw the Clippers were lifeless and playing terrible defense. Maybe the fires are on their mind

I don't think they beat Boston, but they absolutely will get to the finals.

I'm extremely confident we get a Celtics Nuggets finals

Oh I think they will beat Boston. Jokic and AG will run havoc against Boston’s front court.

Meh, we are more worried about Cleveland right now than Denver.

RB34 · Post #1583 » by **RB34** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 11:41 am

iggymcfrack wrote:Honestly, the combination of Jokic missing some time and the Nuggets playing well without him is enough for me to drop him from the #1 spot. I gotta go with SGA #1 right now. Playing 5 full games more is a big difference and without the idea that the Nuggets are an all-time terrible supporting cast I don't think there's enough there for Joker to still be beating an incredible season from Shai.

You’re talking as though they went 5-0 in the games he’s missed. They’re 2-3.

Infinite Llamas · Post #1584 » by **Infinite Llamas** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 2:50 pm

Jokic right now leading the league in scoring. Probably only last a day or two but it does kind of confirm my belief that he could be the best scorer in the league if push came to shove.

Bergmaniac · Post #1585 » by **Bergmaniac** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 3:51 pm

Nice win for the Nugget last night, but it has to be said most of Clippers players looked like their heads weren't in the game right from the start, maybe they were thinking about the situation in LA right now with the fires and all, but it was just awful to watch, their defensive coverages were hilariously bad.

But still, the Nuggets showed in the last фев games that they aren't as bad without Jokic as they were earlier in the season (a very low bar admittedly).

Exp0sed · Post #1586 » by **Exp0sed** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 4:39 pm

Bergmaniac wrote:Nice win for the Nugget last nights, but it has to be said most of Clippers players looked like their heads weren't in the game right from the start, maybe they were thinking about the situation in LA right now with the fires and all, but it was just awful to watch, their defensive coverages were hilariously bad.

But still, the Nuggets showed in the last tow games that they aren't as bad without Jokic as they were earlier in the season (a very low bar admittedly).

yeah, the game last night should have been cancelled

Sharkboy242 · Post #1587 » by **Sharkboy242** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 9:14 pm

First in scoring
Second in rebounding
Third in assists

Literally the GOAT regular season and we're seriously talking about giving it to someone else? HUH.

theFireBlanket · Post #1588 » by **theFireBlanket** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 10:00 pm

GA, ALL DAY.

QPR · Post #1589 » by **QPR** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 10:06 pm

Infinite Llamas wrote:Jokic right now leading the league in scoring. Probably only last a day or two but it does kind of confirm my belief that he could be the best scorer in the league if push came to shove.

Could be? He already is

Jaqua92 · Post #1590 » by **Jaqua92** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 11:04 pm

iggymcfrack wrote:Honestly, the combination of Jokic missing some time and the Nuggets playing well without him is enough for me to drop him from the #1 spot. I gotta go with SGA #1 right now. Playing 5 full games more is a big difference and without the idea that the Nuggets are an all-time terrible supporting cast I don't think there's enough there for Joker to still be beating an incredible season from Shai.

I'm pretty sure the Nuggets went 0-4 last time they played without him lol

Jaqua92 · Post #1591 » by **Jaqua92** » Thu Jan 9, 2025 11:05 pm

Sharkboy242 wrote:First in scoring
Second in rebounding
Third in assists

Literally the GOAT regular season and we're seriously talking about giving it to someone else? HUH.

No kidding.

AleksandarN · Post #1592 » by **AleksandarN** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 7:31 am

Read on Twitter

RRR3 · Post #1593 » by **RRR3** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 7:41 am

"GOAT regular season"

Does defense just not matter lol

AleksandarN · Post #1594 » by **AleksandarN** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:03 pm

RRR3 wrote:"GOAT regular season"

Does defense just not matter lol

Apparently not look at the Bucks regular season this year.

7seventynine9 · Post #1595 » by **7seventynine9** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:06 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
Jaqua92 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:If you seen the game you could see that the bench played better. If we get this play going forward and Murray keeps improving I have a feeling Nuggets winning it this year. They are finally coming together the last two weeks. Btw the Clippers were lifeless and playing terrible defense. Maybe the fires are on their mind

I don't think they beat Boston, but they absolutely will get to the finals.

I'm extremely confident we get a Celtics Nuggets finals

Oh I think they will beat Boston. Jokic and AG will run havoc against Boston’s front court.

I think Boston is one of the worst possible matchups for Denver. Denver is dead last in 3PA and gives up a ton of 3s, while the Celtics are 1st in 3PA. Boston would end up shooting 60 3's a game to Denver's 30. Good luck overcoming that.

Chessboxer · Post #1596 » by **Chessboxer** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 5:09 pm

RRR3 wrote:"GOAT regular season"

Does defense just not matter lol

It doesn't lol. The MVP is basically just an offensive stats award at this point.

canada_dry · Post #1597 » by **canada_dry** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 8:15 pm

Sharkboy242 wrote:First in scoring
Second in rebounding
Third in assists

Literally the GOAT regular season and we're seriously talking about giving it to someone else? HUH.

Yes. Because its not a best player award.

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Cavsfansince84 · Post #1598 » by **Cavsfansince84** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:09 pm

Infinite Llamas wrote:Jokic right now leading the league in scoring. Probably only last a day or two but it does kind of confirm my belief that he could be the best scorer in the league if push came to shove.

We already saw push come to shove in the 2023 playoffs where he won a fmvp. Point being he's one of the most efficient volume scorers of all time and has no issue putting up 30ppg in playoff series.

RB34 · Post #1599 » by **RB34** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:17 pm

So seeding matters in the conversation between SGA and Jokic but doesn’t matter for Wemby?

Wemby is now ranked 4th but the Spurs are a 10 seed and 1 game below .500.

BigGargamel · Post #1600 » by **BigGargamel** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:42 pm

RRR3 wrote:"GOAT regular season"

Does defense just not matter lol

5th in the NBA in steals. The only player in the top 13 of SPG who's not a guard. So yeah. :lol:

But I know, nerd stats are the only stats that matter.

Who is leading the MVP race?