Gamethread : Clippers @ Heat, Thu. Nov 7, 7PM On TNT

[DWadeno3]

It'll be nice if Wade ends up winning the MVP this year. I know its the only the beginning but one can, right? lol

Wade is not gonna play enough games or have good enough statistics to win the MVP. It's even doubtful LeBron will win it again (voter fatigue, LeBron's fatigue), so Wade winning it is non-sense. I hope LB catches another one, but as I said doubt it if Paul can be consistently great and lead the Clippers to a great record or Durant does the same with OKC.

Paul George is another candidate. If Pacers end up with #1 or #2 record in NBA, George is winning that thing.

Him or K-Love, depending on both teams' success, are decent candidates.

I agree with Cloud765 that, depending on what team we play and they play us, Wade could grab a Finals MVP, but RS MVP is only gonna go to LeBron on our team and even that's questionable this year. Honestly, I only care about the Finals MVP going to a Heat player, all the other awards have become more politics than anything else. I'd laugh my ass off if a guy like Cole or Chalmers had a huge Finals series and would win the Finals MVP, although that's pretty much impossible as well.

[mopper8]

It'll be nice if Wade ends up winning the MVP this year. I know its the only the beginning but one can, right? lol

Wade is not gonna play enough games or have good enough statistics to win the MVP. It's even doubtful LeBron will win it again (voter fatigue, LeBron's fatigue), so Wade winning it is non-sense. I hope LB catches another one, but as I said doubt it if Paul can be consistently great and lead the Clippers to a great record or Durant does the same with OKC.

Paul George is another candidate. If Pacers end up with #1 or #2 record in NBA, George is winning that thing.

Disagree. This makes sense right now when his stats are so gaudy, but by the end of the season when he's averaging a more pedestrian 21-23/7/4 on ~56 TS% people are not going to be putting him atop their MVP ballot. He won't be able to overcome the (accurate) perception that he's at best the 3rd best SF in the league. Indy would have to win like 75 games to change that, or he'd need to continue scoring in the 25+ range, and I don't see either of those things happening. His shooting is already coming back down to earth, and the PPG is creeping down as well. As West gets more involved and Granger comes back and he continues to cool off shooting, the ppg will go even lower.

[DayofMourning]

This team has evolved to the point where I don't see Wade ever having a chance at winning a Finals MVP again.

I think George will end up having a solid season, but voters have been wanting to vote for Durant for so long that its going to be his if it isn't Lebron's.

[narmerguy]

Wade is not gonna play enough games or have good enough statistics to win the MVP. It's even doubtful LeBron will win it again (voter fatigue, LeBron's fatigue), so Wade winning it is non-sense. I hope LB catches another one, but as I said doubt it if Paul can be consistently great and lead the Clippers to a great record or Durant does the same with OKC.

Paul George is another candidate. If Pacers end up with #1 or #2 record in NBA, George is winning that thing.

Disagree. This makes sense right now when his stats are so gaudy, but by the end of the season when he's averaging a more pedestrian 21-23/7/4 on ~56 TS% people are not going to be putting him atop their MVP ballot. He won't be able to overcome the (accurate) perception that he's at best the 3rd best SF in the league. Indy would have to win like 75 games to change that, or he'd need to continue scoring in the 25+ range, and I don't see either of those things happening. His shooting is already coming back down to earth, and the PPG is creeping down as well. As West gets more involved and Granger comes back and he continues to cool off shooting, the ppg will go even lower.

Disagree. Rose in his MVP season averaged 25.0/7.7/4.0 on 55 TS%. Don't underestimate the power of voter fatigue, a good story, and people's inability to be rational. If Pacers end up with #1/#2 record in NBA, that award is going to be Paul George's.