The Comedian wrote:liquidswords wrote:Kobe187 wrote:MVP Race:
1. Tatum
2. Jokic
3. Luka
4. Giannis
5. Embiid
Best Player:
1. Giannis
2. Jokic
3. Luka
4. KD
5. Embiid
Feel like Tatum gets overrated and Brown gets underrated.
If that's the case, why have Tatum #1 on the MVP ranking? lol I'll keep saying it - voting for Tatum this year feels extremely lazy. He's not doing anything special (just great) and plays on the best team with arguably the best side kick. Give it to Jokic or Embiid.
And yet, the Celtics have been a bad team when Tatum sits. I posted all the lineup data a few weeks ago, but let’s take another look.
Tatum on the court, Jaylen off? +15.5 net rating.
Tatum on the court without Smart, Jaylen, Al, and Rob? +14.3 net rating.
Smart, Jaylen, and Horford on the court without Tatum? -2.7 net rating.
I’ve been on the record multiple times that I think Jokic should be MVP. But if you don’t think what Tatum’s doing is special, it’s you missing.
Those seem to be pretty picky-choosey as far as scenarios. Tatum, besides JB, plays the most minutes by far on the C's for obvious reasons. They are arguably the deepest team in the league so there are tons of lineup variations you could look at for on/off.
How about JB's on/off?
And I'm sorry what Tatum is doing is not special. Look around the league. Jokic, Giannis, Luka and Embiid are or have been dominating and putting up better numbers with much less (in terms of talent or rosters riddled by injuries)