Nikola Jokic wins MVP(again)

[HurdyGurdyMan]

fun fact: Embiid and Jokic have won the same number of playoff games after the MVP was awarded

[Diop]

Embiid seems more Rony Seikaly than MVP

[Wallace_Wallace]

Time to compare close out games…

If you combine Embiid’s game 5 and game 6, he’s almost at Nikola Jokic’s game 5 close out game impact….

Embiid went 7 for 12 in game 5 (not bad tbh) and then 7 for 24 in game 6 (pretty bad)

Jokic went 14 for 21 in game 4 and then 12 for 18 in game 5, both relatively impressive without legitimate scorers.

[ty 4191]

Great regular season player

Michael Jordan through age 27, Playoffs, before they built a Dynasty around him:

-Playoffs (53 games)
-Team Record: 24-29
-Team Series Record: 5-6
-3 first round exits, including 2 first round sweeps
-Two ECF

Jordan's line: 36.2/6.9/6.7 on +4.7% rTS. Led all players those years in all advanced and traditional metrics in the playoffs.

Nikola Jokic through age 26, Playoffs:

-Playoffs: (48 games)
-Team Record: 21-27
-Team Series Record: 4-4
-0 first round exits
-1 WCF

Jokic's line: 26.4/11.5/6.4 on +4.1 rTS%. Top 3 player in all advanced and traditional metrics in the playoffs.

Wilt Chamberlain through age 28, Playoffs:

-Playoffs: (47 games)
-Team Record: 21-26
-Team Series Record: 4-5
-Much shorter playoffs structure, so they're incompatible. Still:

Wilt's line: 33.4/26.0/3.2 on +4.7 tTS%. Clearly the MVP in the playoffs in all advanced and traditional metrics.

What did Michael Jordan win before they built a Superteam around him, while also bringing in the greatest coach of all time?

What did Wilt win, while he had coaches (that got fired every year or so) 1960-1965? What did he win before he got great coaches, teammates, ownership, management around him?

Or maybe, just maybe, it's not how great YOU are, but how great your teammates, coaches, management, ownership are?