The narrative that Luka deserved 2024 MVP

[iggymcfrack]

Luka absolutely should have been the MVP, the narrative of the voters against him was his lack of team success, when it was a patently falst argumnet, the PO clearly showed it.

I think the main argument truly is that Jokic was just the best player that year. Exclude team success, whatever.

It was Jokic by a good distance.

Jokic wasn't wasn't the best player that year, Luka was better, and it's an award with no set criteria, it's a media narrative, and the media narrative against him was he didn't win enough, this was the claim repeatedly thrown around in the Hoop Collective, which also do the straw poll and generally set the tone for the award.

Luka was closer to not making 1st-team all-NBA than he was to reaching Jokic by pretty much every advanced stat in existence. If the Nuggets and Mavs had the same record, Luka would have still had zero case. His only “case” was that he held the ball too much and accumulated bulk stats as a result.

[zimpy27]

I literally have never heard anyone say he deserved the MVP. I heard people say he was better then Shai. Which is perfectly reasonable in some people's mind if they want to include the finals and team success

Is this engagement farming?

Poster above you is saying it right now.

[Godymas]

I genuinely do not think that I have seen a single person say this.

literally can’t go anywhere on mainstream social media without seeing it

[Godymas]

There is no narrative. A few people think that way. Let them have their opinions. Most don’t agree anyway

not a few people, it’s one of the most common mainstream takes today. I can’t go a single day without seeing it on TikTok/Twitter/Reddit

even in this thread you have it

And now that Luka is a Laker, the take is getting even more popular

[Godymas]

Instead of arguing I just post 1 of the endless videos, articles, threads and posts that stated that Luka would be the deserving MVP and that the media has a bias against him. It's from March 2024, has 2.6 Million views, over 100.000 likes vs 1.000 dislikes and more than 10.000 comments.

Watch on YouTube

The people who say they’ve never heard this take must be living under a rock

[MrGoat]

Luka had a historic season, Jokic didn't. It should've been Luka. Luka set the all time record for most combined points created between points and assists per game in a season that year and it still stands, it even topped Wilt's 50 point season. Jokic couldn't handle the load Luka was asked to carry that season because he wasn't aggressive enough and was too concerned about padding his advanced stats, and the playoff results confirmed it

[doogie_hauser]

I firmly believe that Luka's whining and constant berating of refs has caused him to lose MVP votes in the past.

Still think Jokic was the deserved MVP of 2024

[Optms]

Just like Jokic fans love to point out how Biid was never an MVP because of lack of playoff success.

2024 Luka >>>> Jokic

Luka took a team with Jason Kidd to the Finals. Led the entire playoffs in points, rebounds, assists, steals. Jokic meanwhile couldn't even handle Gobert.

[Expoking]

Just like Jokic fans love to point out how Biid was never an MVP because of lack of playoff success.

2024 Luka >>>> Jokic

Luka took a team with Jason Kidd to the Finals. Led the entire playoffs in points, rebounds, assists, steals. Jokic meanwhile couldn't even handle Gobert.

One year before this Jokic actually won the title and lead in pretty much all the volume stats and knocked out Gobert and the T wolves lol what are you even talking about.

'Biid stole his singular MVP with one of the most pathetic examples of lobbying that there's ever been and right on cue got embarrassed in the post season as per usual. In fact he kind of helped Jokic in 24 because the voters realised their mistake and Jokic got the narrative boost.

[Blame Rasho]

Can we please put it to rest. Jokic did so much more with less and even if you don’t want to argue Jokic, SGA was just as good and had OKC in the #1 seed.

No one believed Luka deserved MVP until Dallas made the finals.

2001 Vince Carter, 2003 TMac, 2024 Luka

nuff said

It is cool when people make up their own narrative and push it to the world.

We living in alternate facts era baby…