NBA MVP Discussion '20-'21, Part 3: The Chef, The Process, or The Joker?

[Metallikid]

The whole finalist thing is BS. Let people choose out of the whole field.

What is there to choose? The race was over 2 months ago.

Yes, but people should be allowed to give their third place vote to someone not in those three, like Chris Paul for instance.

It's fairer to have people choose their MVP without it being limited to 'finalists.'

[dygaction]

Jokic so far after 3 playoff games, 36p/11.7r/3.7a on 58/50/94 shooting .

its a regular season MVP, i dont understand why people keep bringing up PS stats. Jokic can avg 1/1/1 on 10%TS in PS and still won this.

Oh, trust me, there are lots of people with different agenda waiting for Jokic's team to lose so they can jump back and mock at him. They would care less that Nuggets top 3 guards are injured, so the best recipe is to win.

[dygaction]

Jokic so far after 3 playoff games, 36p/11.7r/3.7a on 58/50/94 shooting .

After three games of legendary performance from the league MVP, all media talks are about how clutch and important Austin Rivers were and how bad Blazers defense was. Can anyone find any honest positive coverage on Jokic?

Thats american sports media for you Clowns like Stephen a Smith,Skip Bayless ,Kendrick Perkins etc. are earning millions not knowing anything about the game.

Even worse is nick wright.
Chris Broussard has been invited to their shows so they can make fun of him, but Chris is a lot better than them.

[The Rebel]

The whole finalist thing is BS. Let people choose out of the whole field.

What is there to choose? The race was over 2 months ago.

Yes, but people should be allowed to give their third place vote to someone not in those three, like Chris Paul for instance.

It's fairer to have people choose their MVP without it being limited to 'finalists.'

The voting happened before they announced the finalists. It is just something they announced so people would have another thing to talk about.

[Metallikid]

What is there to choose? The race was over 2 months ago.

Yes, but people should be allowed to give their third place vote to someone not in those three, like Chris Paul for instance.

It's fairer to have people choose their MVP without it being limited to 'finalists.'

The voting happened before they announced the finalists. It is just something they announced so people would have another thing to talk about.

So it has no bearing on anything? You can still vote for anyone?

[The Rebel]

Yes, but people should be allowed to give their third place vote to someone not in those three, like Chris Paul for instance.

It's fairer to have people choose their MVP without it being limited to 'finalists.'

The voting happened before they announced the finalists. It is just something they announced so people would have another thing to talk about.

So it has no bearing on anything? You can still vote for anyone?

The voting is done, it has been done since before the playoffs started. Those are just the top vote getters.

[Metallikid]

The voting happened before they announced the finalists. It is just something they announced so people would have another thing to talk about.

So it has no bearing on anything? You can still vote for anyone?

The voting is done, it has been done since before the playoffs started. Those are just the top vote getters.

Okay, I guess I was wrong then. Thanks.

[rzzzzz]

OK, so the MVP has nothing to do with the playoffs. So, just for this year’s playoffs, what if you could trade the best player on your team for any other player in the league. Would you keep your best player? If not, who would you trade him for?
(I’d keep the best player for the team I’m rooting for.)

[rtiff68]

Maybe I am weird but why is the discussion around a regular season award focusing on post-season success?

Because the anti-Jokic brigade was hoping he'd have a letdown post-season run

Asking the same question I asked in the “Kawhi Haterz” thread: does an “anti-Jokic brigade” even exist?

LeBron, Durant, Curry, Harden, and Kyrie catch the most flack on this board by a wide margin. Heck, there are multiple posters who have spent 30%-50% of their relative posting histories starting threads and joining threads only to directly or indirectly undercut the aforementioned players (which is odd behavior, IMO).

In this thread that was 5 pages long, there’s been what— one Sixers fan who doesn’t think Jokic should win this year?

I think you’re fighting windmills, man.

[Woodsanity]

OK, so the MVP has nothing to do with the playoffs. So, just for this year’s playoffs, what if you could trade the best player on your team for any other player in the league. Would you keep your best player? If not, who would you trade him for?
(I’d keep the best player for the team I’m rooting for.)

I'd swap Randle for a lot of players....

[BoatsNZones]

OK, so the MVP has nothing to do with the playoffs. So, just for this year’s playoffs, what if you could trade the best player on your team for any other player in the league. Would you keep your best player? If not, who would you trade him for?
(I’d keep the best player for the team I’m rooting for.)

So would the Nuggets, and they would not think about it for a minute. With health considerations, that decision becomes laughable for them. He's averaging 31/11/3 on a >70% TS right now.

[Sgt Major]

Has the MVP ever been swept out of the playoffs in the first round?

UP

[LloydFree]

Has the MVP ever been swept out of the playoffs in the first round?

UP

Congrats. The 3rd seed didn't lose to the 6th seed.

[nomansland]

Maybe I am weird but why is the discussion around a regular season award focusing on post-season success?

Because the anti-Jokic brigade was hoping he'd have a letdown post-season run

Asking the same question I asked in the “Kawhi Haterz” thread: does an “anti-Jokic brigade” even exist?

LeBron, Durant, Curry, Harden, and Kyrie catch the most flack on this board by a wide margin. Heck, there are multiple posters who have spent 30%-50% of their relative posting histories starting threads and joining threads only to directly or indirectly undercut the aforementioned players (which is odd behavior, IMO).

In this thread that was 5 pages long, there’s been what— one Sixers fan who doesn’t think Jokic should win this year?

I think you’re fighting windmills, man.

Yeah you're right. It's a salty Philly fan or two, a hater from Golden State and maybe a Bucks fan chirping about defense. Other than that Jokic gets a lot of respect and it's nice to see.