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First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 2:26 pm
by ___Rand___
Heard it on First Take. Joel Embiid is the ONLY MVP to have never been to a conference final.
Just a remarkable record.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 2:31 pm
by My Main Man
I feel like I'm built to play devil's advocate when I read incendiary threads but I can't do that on this one because that's actually pretty wild.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 2:31 pm
by Marvin Martian
Deceiving stat. How many of those players reached the CF before winning the award? I know Westbrook did and ever since he won it, he has never been to the CFs since.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 2:45 pm
by Mamba Mentality
Wonder if Embiid regrets starting that MVP campaign. Dude is gonna get **** on till the end of time.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 2:48 pm
by JujitsuFlip
Mamba Mentality wrote:Wonder if Embiid regrets starting that MVP campaign. Dude is gonna get **** on till the end of time.
Like people weren't already taking dumps on him? lol
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 2:52 pm
by iLLmatic860
Marvin Martian wrote:Deceiving stat. How many of those players reached the CF before winning the award? I know Westbrook did and ever since he won it, he has never been to the CFs since.
the dude is 30 years old
He absolutely should've made conf finals that year Hawks beat them
he's running out of excuses now
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 2:55 pm
by ORLMagicGirl15
___Rand___ wrote:Heard it on First Take. Joel Embiid is the ONLY MVP to have never been to a conference final.
Just a remarkable record.
Yet!
Until his career is over, he still has the opportunity to make it.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:03 pm
by wade44
Mamba Mentality wrote:Wonder if Embiid regrets starting that MVP campaign. Dude is gonna get **** on till the end of time.
That was such a low, scumbag move in retrospect. He deserves everything he gets
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:08 pm
by D.Brasco
I don't see how it's not all downhill from here for him. I can't see how a guy injury plagued throughout his 20s won't deal with even more issues in his 30s?
He may get a ring still in a Bill Walton 86 Celtics roleplayer way on some team.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:13 pm
by sp6r=underrated
___Rand___ wrote:Heard it on First Take. Joel Embiid is the ONLY MVP to have never been to a conference final.
Just a remarkable record.
I'm far from an Embiid fan but he was not the problem in that series. He was the Sixers best player by a large margin against the Knicks.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:22 pm
by HotRocks34
I've had that in my sig for months.
Good to see the word spread.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:24 pm
by OfficialRef
He has had many scapegoats: Ben Simmons, Doc Rivers, James Harden
Its not like hes losing to Juggernauts too, even with his stacked team he can't do the minimum
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:28 pm
by kg01
OfficialRef wrote:He has had many scapegoats: Ben Simmons, Doc Rivers, James Harden
Its not like hes losing to Juggernauts too, even with his stacked team he can't do the minimum
He's still got Tobias Harris left to roll under the bus.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:49 pm
by cupcakesnake
This is the kind of stat that's only interesting post-retirement. I don't care about legacy records of this type when a player is mid-career.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 3:58 pm
by NyKnicks1714
My Main Man wrote:I feel like I'm built to play devil's advocate when I read incendiary threads but I can't do that on this one because that's actually pretty wild.
I was about to say maybe the comparison isn't fair, since players could have won MVP and then made the Conference Finals 2+ seasons later, something which Embiid obviously hasn't had the chance to do yet...but no. Quick glance at the past 40 years of MVPs and that doesn't seem to be a factor.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 4:00 pm
by AleksandarN
Embiid last year
"People have been talking about who has the most pressure to win. People want to mention me," Embiid said. "I'm not at the top of that list. I'm not a two-time MVP, I've never made first team All-NBA, I've never won anything. So why is there pressure on me to do something when there are guys that have won two MVPs, a bunch of MVPs and haven't done anything either?
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 4:13 pm
by sp6r=underrated
AleksandarN wrote:Embiid last year
"People have been talking about who has the most pressure to win. People want to mention me," Embiid said. "I'm not at the top of that list. I'm not a two-time MVP, I've never made first team All-NBA, I've never won anything. So why is there pressure on me to do something when there are guys that have won two MVPs, a bunch of MVPs and haven't done anything either?
Embiid winning the MVP over Jokic wasn't historically bad. Many of his backers sincerely believed, and many still do believe, he is a better player than Jokic. That isn't the case for Derrick Rose winning the MVP in 2011 or AI in 2001. But the 2023 MVP race was one of the uglier races for MVP. And Embiid actively played a role in it.
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 4:24 pm
by dhsilv2
sp6r=underrated wrote:AleksandarN wrote:Embiid last year
"People have been talking about who has the most pressure to win. People want to mention me," Embiid said. "I'm not at the top of that list. I'm not a two-time MVP, I've never made first team All-NBA, I've never won anything. So why is there pressure on me to do something when there are guys that have won two MVPs, a bunch of MVPs and haven't done anything either?
Embiid winning the MVP over Jokic wasn't historically bad. Many of his backers sincerely believed, and many still do believe, he is a better player than Jokic. That isn't the case for Derrick Rose winning the MVP in 2011 or AI in 2001. But the 2023 MVP race was one of the uglier races for MVP. And Embiid actively played a role in it.
It was terrible because of the just completely made up excuses some made to justify it. "well jokic let off the gas once his team had the 1 seed locked". Just wild takes like that....
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 4:29 pm
by FreeBird23
Congratulations
Re: First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 4:35 pm
by UcanUwill
AleksandarN wrote:Embiid last year
"People have been talking about who has the most pressure to win. People want to mention me," Embiid said. "I'm not at the top of that list. I'm not a two-time MVP, I've never made first team All-NBA, I've never won anything. So why is there pressure on me to do something when there are guys that have won two MVPs, a bunch of MVPs and haven't done anything either?
One of the worst things superstar has said in recent NBA history. Is there something worse? I wonder did he realize what he said there after he say it? Or does he think that qoute was fine, when I heard it, I thought it was a joke at first.