Shams: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won the 2024-25 NBA MVP award

fanofthegreats · Post #161 » by **fanofthegreats** » Thu May 22, 2025 3:46 am

Absolute shame Nikola didn’t get it

Jedi32 · Post #162 » by **Jedi32** » Thu May 22, 2025 4:32 am

SGA is the best player in the league imo. This should also be his second MVP imo. Not here to argue I said what I said. Congrats to SGA and the thunder.

Slade3 · Post #163 » by **Slade3** » Thu May 22, 2025 4:46 am

Yuri36 wrote:
Raps in 4 wrote:Seventh straight international MVP, and it doesn't get any easier for Americans from here with Wemby and Luka entering their primes (in addition to SGA).

Luka is rather entering in his decline so you might have to exclude him from your list.

Nah, he just got traded to a new team mid season. And the supporting cast isn't very good. Not to mention a 40+ Lebrin

Slade3 · Post #164 » by **Slade3** » Thu May 22, 2025 4:50 am

SkyBill40 wrote:I'm not in agreement on this award and it would seem that, despite incredible production numbers, Jokic is being robbed and probably because of award fatigue. He's the first player in NBA history to finish a season top 3 in PPG, APG, and RBG... but still doesn't win.

And I'm no fan of either, so my feelings are straight down the middle on this one.

Award fatigue is a real thing. Happens to all great players. Do you think LeBron was only MVP for four seasons?

FrobeBryant · Post #165 » by **FrobeBryant** » Thu May 22, 2025 5:22 am

Enough of the who actually deserved it talk we do every year with MVP. Shai led his team to 68 wins in a highly competitive western conference. He deserved it and deserves his flowers.

CobraCommander · Post #166 » by **CobraCommander** » Thu May 22, 2025 5:37 am

Congrats to the new king -

No none MVP is on this guys level-

Only Giannis and Jokic can claim to be better at this point - because they got 2 and 3 mvps

CobraCommander · Post #167 » by **CobraCommander** » Thu May 22, 2025 5:39 am

FrobeBryant wrote:Enough of the who actually deserved it talk we do every year with MVP. Shai led his team to 68 wins in a highly competitive western conference. He deserved it and deserves his flowers.

He came in second last year and 3rd the year before - he is definitely deserving -

Over the last 3 years only people ahead of him in mpv votes was Embiid and Jokic- no one else in the league beat him… this isn’t a fade or a fraud- he is one of the top 3 guys in nba period

SkyBill40 · Post #168 » by **SkyBill40** » Thu May 22, 2025 5:44 am

Slade3 wrote:
SkyBill40 wrote:I'm not in agreement on this award and it would seem that, despite incredible production numbers, Jokic is being robbed and probably because of award fatigue. He's the first player in NBA history to finish a season top 3 in PPG, APG, and RBG... but still doesn't win.

And I'm no fan of either, so my feelings are straight down the middle on this one.

Award fatigue is a real thing. Happens to all great players. Do you think LeBron was only MVP for four seasons?

Not necessarily. A lot of it, regrettably, is popularity.

The nature of the award is supposed to be about the most valuable player to their team. Jokic is definitely that; SGA to a far lesser degree.

But, alas, fatigue is the play, so now we have FTA.. er... SGA.

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KGtabake · Post #169 » by **KGtabake** » Thu May 22, 2025 6:54 am

Congratulations.
I had Jokic winning it but Alexander definitely deserves it too.

kaansunman · Post #170 » by **kaansunman** » Thu May 22, 2025 6:56 am

[quote="SkyBill40"

The nature of the award is supposed to be about the most valuable player to their team. Jokic is definitely that; SGA to a far lesser degree.

But, alas, fatigue is the play, so now we have FTA.. er... SGA.

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Jokic is definetly that but SGA is alo definetly that. The value of SGA shouldn't decline because he is in a better team. And they proved everybody that they are the best with 68 wins, it wasn't a close race for the 1st seed.

And when the performances are this close you need to look at the seesding of the teams and the resume of the candidates.

ratul · Post #171 » by **ratul** » Thu May 22, 2025 8:21 am

It’s well deserved. Presti is sitting on gold with his team he assembled

ratul · Post #172 » by **ratul** » Thu May 22, 2025 8:21 am

Maybe the mvp shouldn’t go to someone who gets ended by Alex Caruso?

swyftdahoe · Post #173 » by **swyftdahoe** » Thu May 22, 2025 8:43 am

It's well deserved. As a Canadian living in Europe, this was one race that had 2 winners.

maverick_41 · Post #174 » by **maverick_41** » Thu May 22, 2025 9:54 am

Shams nailed it once again!

Post #175 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Thu May 22, 2025 10:37 am

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Johnny Firpo · Post #176 » by **Johnny Firpo** » Thu May 22, 2025 10:48 am

Both would have deserved it, I don't have any problem with this, whatsoever. SGA is the rare all-time great who did not look like one until the age of 23-24. He looked like a very good player. He must have worked so hard, and so many hours to get there. Superstars usually look like superstars at 21-22. He is the rare exception. Jokic might actually have been similar in that, now that I think about it. 7 international MVPs in a row, that's amazing. Hopefully Luka can be in really good shape next year, and maybe Wemby joining the hunt too, this could go on for a while. We could get to 10 in a row for sure.

Bloodbather · Post #177 » by **Bloodbather** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:12 am

Well deserved. Would be well deserved if Jokic won it as well. Sometimes that's the case. More wins, more games played, and the wish to recognize a new MVP tilted it in SGA's favor.

Post #178 » by **cupcakesnake** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:20 am

Johnny Firpo wrote:Both would have deserved it, I don't have any problem with this, whatsoever. SGA is the rare all-time great who did not look like one until the age of 23-24. He looked like a very good player. He must have worked so hard, and so many hours to get there. Superstars usually look like superstars at 21-22. He is the rare exception. Jokic might actually have been similar in that, now that I think about it. 7 international MVPs in a row, that's amazing. Hopefully Luka can be in really good shape next year, and maybe Wemby joining the hunt too, this could go on for a while. We could get to 10 in a row for sure.

Shai looked like a superstar at age 21-22. It went under the radar because he was playing on a tanking OKC team that was shutting him down with dubious injuries for most of the season. For anyone watching, the skill set was there. Back in 2021, Shai was getting into the paint at will, scoring efficiently from everywhere on the floor, defending, and playmaking. I felt it was clear this was a top 5 guard hiding in plain sight, and I wasn't the only one. It's just that most people weren't watching OKC, which is pretty fair considering how aggressive the tank was.

brackdan70 · Post #179 » by **brackdan70** » Thu May 22, 2025 12:35 pm

Well deserved. He is on top of all the impact metrics and lead his team to a historic season.
Top 5 in voting all makes sense then it gets pretty weird though.

thelead · Post #180 » by **thelead** » Thu May 22, 2025 2:32 pm

I would have voted Jokic but there is no denying SGA’s greatness. Congrats to OKC.

Also, crazy that SGA, Jokic, and Giannis were all selected out of the top 10 in their drafts.