dhsilv2 wrote:UcanUwill wrote:dhsilv2 wrote:
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....
Embiid was dominant that year, it was 50/50 while Giannis was distant third. The narrative changed after the playoffs flameout. It was regular season award, while everyone was dumping on Embiid during post season and off season, everyone seemed to forget it, because before injury this season, he was favorite to win it again.
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So, would we be pissed again this season if Embiid could have won his second?
doubt many voters has ever thought Embiid is better than Jokic, very few did, MVP does not necessary mean best player.
There's no form of MVP that I can see that would argue in favor of Embiid last year. This year, had Embiid played enough games. OK we could talk. Last year...just no. Denver was the 1 seed and philly the 3 seed. Jokic played more (minor difference but it wasn't a place to adjust in his favor). Jokic had better stats. And more importantly, some of the writers who voted for Embiid basically had said Jokic was running away with it before Perk did his whole race baiting crap along with Embiid's constant crying.
Does Perkins really have so much power? I haven't seen a single episode of Perkins show, whichever show that is, and altho I agree voters influence one another, don't get me started and Zach Lowe starting entire Roy Hibbert hype machine, but man, who gets influenced by Perkins, is he even moderately respected? Any time I hear of him is when people making fun of him.
I was not influenced by Perkins, I think Embiid was fine, I would have voted Jokic first, Embiid second, but it was pretty close. I agree that if Jokic doesnt have previous two, he probably wins, and thats what was wrong, human factor of fatigue played a factor, but it was not high way robbery like some claim, D Rose MVP was worse in my opinion, some other recent ones were also a bit suspect, every MVP is at least somewhat debatable, this is just that, but since people hate Embiid (he is pretty unlikable), they make it sound like it was a disaster vote. This is not even close to latest Messi Balan D'Or, Embiid was deserved, the problem we had other guy just as deserved, and that guy is the popular one. Embiid definitely pushed for that MVP, Jokic was domewhat coasting. We never have this debate if Embiid has a post season as good as his MVP season. Instead he has a flameout, a total whimper, while other guy wins a championship, so 50/50 pick looks terrible now. But all that happened post voting and post what award is about.