NBA MVP Discussion Thread 2023-24

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[Floody23]

Funny Embiid just beat the Celtics...

He also dropped 50 on them in the regular season last year. Any other false narratives you want to propogate?

Key words - ‘regular season’ ..

He averaged 30 against the Celtics in the playoffs during the bubble.

The same series he got swept ?

[Lakers In 5]

Why am I not shocked eyatoma is bombarding this thread again lol ?

You’d think after the embarrassing second round exit yet again he might wait until Embiid actually does something in the playoffs ? Which is quite ironic after all the whinging he did last season about Jokic not deserving it because of the lack of playoff success (even though at that point he’d been further than Embiid in the playoffs).

Jokic is the best player in the league & is having the best start to the season out of everyone. Until Jokic either gets injured or starts to play poorly their is no case for anyone but him so far.

Just enjoy it, man. Take a seat in the recliner and watch the crumbling unfold (not just by a particular individual on the basketball court come April, but also by a particular individual in this very thread). There is nothing else for us to do but to walk the path of pity, compassion and sympathy.

[FinnTheHuman]

It's Jokic so far. Luka definitely in 2nd after that masterclass virtuoso he hung on the Clippers though

Death, taxes, and Luka destroying the Clippers like no other... I think Luka has more statement games vs Clippers than vs the next 10 teams combined or smth.

[eyeatoma]

Key words - ‘regular season’ ..

He averaged 30 against the Celtics in the playoffs during the bubble.

The same series he got swept ?

Follow the convo man. He was saying Embiid is never efficient in the playoffs. In that series he was.

[Floody23]

He averaged 30 against the Celtics in the playoffs during the bubble.

The same series he got swept ?

Follow the convo man. He was saying Embiid is never efficient in the playoffs. In that series he was.

[Lakers In 5]

Yes, very efficient, lol. In fairness, this is really efficient if you compare it to his other playoffs series.

[Exp0sed]

He averaged 30 against the Celtics in the playoffs during the bubble.

The same series he got swept ?

Follow the convo man. He was saying Embiid is never efficient in the playoffs. In that series he was.

are you being serious?

my dude, the bubble is the bubble and Embiid had plenty of rest, i'm sure that helped some. but most importantly, you realize that Embiid "averaged 30" in that series, in a sweep and he "dropped" 30 on 46% from the field and 25% from 3?

oh, I forgot he was going up against Hakeem so that's understandable..oh wait, no he wasn't he was actually going up against Daniel friggin' Theis. lmfao. btw he also had 5 assists to 15 turnovers in that series sweep. 1:3 (!).
do u think points are everything? cuz they aren't..

is that your idea of "efficient"? 40% from the floor and 3 times as much To's as assists going against the Juggernauts Horford and Theis?



edit:
i'll help you since you seem to be confused about what efficiency means: there's a dude playing in the league rn whose shooting almost 71% from 2 pts range. those are Gobert\Denandre Jordan\Tyson Chandler numbers, i.e - strictly layups and dunks

and he's doing it while taking more floaters and mid rangers than probably 99% of the league

that's what you might call - "efficient".
happy to help

[scrabbarista]

All Dillon does is win, win, win.

[scrabbarista]

Ho ho ho! Sengun is tenth on bbref's ladder today!

(Also 25th on espn's 25 under 25)

[Inspektor1312]

Why am I not shocked eyatoma is bombarding this thread again lol ?

You’d think after the embarrassing second round exit yet again he might wait until Embiid actually does something in the playoffs ? Which is quite ironic after all the whinging he did last season about Jokic not deserving it because of the lack of playoff success (even though at that point he’d been further than Embiid in the playoffs).

Jokic is the best player in the league & is having the best start to the season out of everyone. Until Jokic either gets injured or starts to play poorly their is no case for anyone but him so far.

Just enjoy it, man. Take a seat in the recliner and watch the crumbling unfold (not just by a particular individual on the basketball court come April, but also by a particular individual in this very thread). There is nothing else for us to do but to walk the path of pity, compassion and sympathy.

The dude is obsessed lol, don’t know why anyone even bothers to respond to him after the past two years. I thought he’d be more reasonable after the last seasons playoffs since he openly admitted that Embiid is a choker, but here he is again, like nothing happened. I’d block him but he’s just too funny.

[iggymcfrack]

Why am I not shocked eyatoma is bombarding this thread again lol ?

You’d think after the embarrassing second round exit yet again he might wait until Embiid actually does something in the playoffs ? Which is quite ironic after all the whinging he did last season about Jokic not deserving it because of the lack of playoff success (even though at that point he’d been further than Embiid in the playoffs).

Jokic is the best player in the league & is having the best start to the season out of everyone. Until Jokic either gets injured or starts to play poorly their is no case for anyone but him so far.

Should just call this the Jokic thread then...

Just be happy eyeatoma. The Sixers weren't considered much of a real contender at all coming into the season and now they're legitimately the 3rd best team in the league. Nurse has them playing better than they ever have and Embiid's having a fantastic bounceback from last year's playoffs. You should be riding high.

With that said, Embiid's still well behind Jokic. Here's the top 5 players in the league by BPM this season:

Jokic 13.6 (+19.0 on/off)
Curry 10.3 (-12.4 on/off)
Mitchell 9.6 (+15.0 on/off)
Embiid 9.3 (+3.3 on/off)
Doncic 9.0 (+10.6 on/off)

This is the 4th season in a row Jokic has been the best regular season player by almost any objective measure. He then followed that up last year by being clearly the best player in the world last playoffs and the Nuggets have the best record in the league this season. There's no argument against him. Jokic is the guy and the only real question is who's #2.

[CD_41]

Why am I not shocked eyatoma is bombarding this thread again lol ?

You’d think after the embarrassing second round exit yet again he might wait until Embiid actually does something in the playoffs ? Which is quite ironic after all the whinging he did last season about Jokic not deserving it because of the lack of playoff success (even though at that point he’d been further than Embiid in the playoffs).

Jokic is the best player in the league & is having the best start to the season out of everyone. Until Jokic either gets injured or starts to play poorly their is no case for anyone but him so far.

Just enjoy it, man. Take a seat in the recliner and watch the crumbling unfold (not just by a particular individual on the basketball court come April, but also by a particular individual in this very thread). There is nothing else for us to do but to walk the path of pity, compassion and sympathy.

The dude is obsessed lol, don’t know why anyone even bothers to respond to him after the past two years. I thought he’d be more reasonable after the last seasons playoffs since he openly admitted that Embiid is a choker, but here he is again, like nothing happened. I’d block him but he’s just too funny.

His posts have BIASED written all over them. To be fair, we are all biased in our own ways. But with him, it is so obvious that it hurts. I would be ashamed to post like him. I had no problem with Embiid over Jokic, altough I think that Nikola had the better season.
But the overly childish way in which eyeatoma argued for Embiid was just straight um embarrassing. Be better, man.

[RB34]

Embiid put up a cool 33/16 on 38% with 19 FTs.

Not sure how people find that enjoyable. To each their own I suppose.

[Wolfgang630]

I know some people want to talk about mvp like 20 games in. It’s not MVP of games 20-82. It’s MVP of day 1-82. At this point Giannis is disqualified for me. I actually thought he had a great chance of winning it, but team record ain’t good. Bucks losing games without Dame to the Magic. Meh. Lots of other players have played great and teams have great records.

[Special_Puppy]

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[Childs]

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He's my vote for MVP

[Floody23]

I’ve still got Jokic but some pretty ridiculous numbers from Tatum

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[Exp0sed]

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crazy lol, the top 5 is my top 5 in that exact order atm

should I be scared? haha

[Kurtz]

I’ve still got Jokic but some pretty ridiculous numbers from Tatum

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Isn't that simply because you have an excellent starting 5 and a terrible bench? That list is all Boston and Denver players. If anything, Edwards is the standout.