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Freighttrain wrote:
Being a first-round exit team in back-to-back season as the back-to-back MVP is just tragic. We knew the Nuggets were bad, so why give it to Jokic? The argument he made that team is good is nonsense. They got a gentlemen's sweep in the first round. How is that any good? Congratz you're the 16th best team out of 32. He took a bad team and made them average. Any superstar can do that. Embiid is still in the playoffs and we see how big his impact is. "oh but he has a great supporting cast, Jokic doesn't". The Sixers were down 0-2 with that great cast until Embiid played again and now we're questioning Miami because of Embiid. Are we going to give him the MVP next year too if the analytics say he's as good a defender as Embiid? He had the highest PER or top 3 ever. Boy did that turn into playoff wins. Ugh.
I didn't mind him winning it the first time. But being a back-to-back MVP is special. Going out of the first round and pretending it's "just a regular-season award" is bogus. Other factors play a part too such as playoff success or narrative. Winning back to back should always lead to some success in the playoffs. At least make it out of the first round. It diminishes the MVP even more because people will barely remember what season he had because he didn't even make it past April. Or they will remember it because of that fact. It's just tragic.
Absolutely.
people want to nit pick stats but he essentially just stat padding on a non contender.
Now everything runs through him exponentially more, higher usage, remedial results in win loss column.
Basically rewarded the best player on a treadmill team,. its disgraceful.
Embiid: 37% USG rateJokic: 32% USG rate
Embiid: 45 wins
Jokic: 46 winsI'll allow you to retract your statement about Jokic having higher usage.
Jokic didn't lose in the first round last year. Jokic lost to the WC Champs last year in the 2nd round, while missing his 2nd best player.
Embiid lost to the Hawks last year fully healthy.
Wanna talk about mediocre results?

Lol it was pretty clairvoyant to predict the nit picking of stats .
It’s sad to deflect to embiid.
The usage was in tone with him missing players , ex his point guard Murray, hello and his other top offensive option Porter Jr.
who when healthy wasn’t very good. 9 ppg in that area?
Players missing equals more usage .
Not embiid .
Wow. Stat padding on treadmill team you guys act like it’s a foreign concept .
Not at any point throughout the year could anybody feign an argument towards any viable contention for this team .