Nikola Jokic wins MVP(again)

[AleksandarN]

I should have known better to get involved in this. At the end of the day, the best proof statement about who is "most valuable" is what is happening on the court NOW. The Sixers just went from death-warmed-over against Miami to having seized the momentum of the series - simply by having Embiid back on the floor. The guy is obviously not 100% - playing with a torn thumb, a fractured face and a Phantom of the Opera mask - but his impact on the series is the literal DEFINITION of "most valuable player".

Impacting games IN MAY. Not November. Not February. MAY.

This thread reminded me why I took a break from the GB recently. Have fun, guys.

Ok I will bite. Take Jokic out of the Denver Warrior series how much do they lose by?

[Bolts]

It’s always been a regular season award. As have every other award aside from Finals MVP. It’s the same for all the Major sports btw

No need to dumb it down for those of you who fail to understand

As a Toronto fan I am sure you have to do that on your board all the time.

What is this even supposed to mean lmfao

“I was wrong so I’m just gonna change the subject to something so irrelevant”

If you can’t understand that then the chances of us having an intelligent discussion are nil. Enjoy your bliss.

[Bornstellar]

Well deserved. It's a regular season award and he definitely is the singular most valuable player to his team this season. I don't care he got swept by GS. Who else in the league is even making the playoffs missing Murray and Porter all year? On the flip side switch Jokic with Embiid or even Giannis and he is probably still playing right now

can't tell if a joke or not...

The MVP is a regular season award. The playoffs are irrelevant when considering the winner

[Bruin]

As a Toronto fan I am sure you have to do that on your board all the time.

What is this even supposed to mean lmfao

“I was wrong so I’m just gonna change the subject to something so irrelevant”

If you can’t understand that then the chances of us having an intelligent discussion are nil. Enjoy your bliss.

Or you can elaborate what you meant. Saying something so random and expecting people to understand what you meant and then claiming the other person can’t have an intelligent discussion is pathetic

[Bolts]

Well deserved. It's a regular season award and he definitely is the singular most valuable player to his team this season. I don't care he got swept by GS. Who else in the league is even making the playoffs missing Murray and Porter all year? On the flip side switch Jokic with Embiid or even Giannis and he is probably still playing right now

can't tell if a joke or not...

The MVP is a regular season award. The playoffs are irrelevant when considering the winner

The point is that they only consider the regular season NOW. The point is also that they should consider the post season too in the future.

[Bolts]

What is this even supposed to mean lmfao

“I was wrong so I’m just gonna change the subject to something so irrelevant”

If you can’t understand that then the chances of us having an intelligent discussion are nil. Enjoy your bliss.

Or you can elaborate what you meant. Saying something so random and expecting people to understand what you meant and then claiming the other person can’t have an intelligent discussion is pathetic

Did I type too long of words for you? Seriously. Do you need help interpreting simple English?

[Cubbies2120]

The problem isn't only that he lost two years in a row in the 1st round.

He won only 1 game. And he didn't have any historically good game, where you could say he did everthing he could but lost because of his teammates.

That's pretty bad for a guy who is supposed to be clearly the best player in the game.

Damn, I forgot the Semifinals were in the 1st round last year. Thanks for correcting us - here I thought they advanced to the same stage as the Sixers last year (2nd round).

Wait a minute...

[maxwellcu]

How many times has one of these folks let it slip they they are under the mistaken impression that Denver lost in the first round last year? Seems to be a bit of a recurring theme at this point.

[Bruin]

If you can’t understand that then the chances of us having an intelligent discussion are nil. Enjoy your bliss.

Or you can elaborate what you meant. Saying something so random and expecting people to understand what you meant and then claiming the other person can’t have an intelligent discussion is pathetic

Did I type too long of words for you? Seriously. Do you need help interpreting simple English?

No you just said something too irrelevant to the original discussion for me to understand

What does being a Raptors fan have anything to do with understanding the difference between regular season awards and playoff awards? It’s not like the Raptors haven’t had several regular season awards and a championship over the course of the past few years.

Elaborate what you’re tryna say

[Bornstellar]

can't tell if a joke or not...

The MVP is a regular season award. The playoffs are irrelevant when considering the winner

The point is that they only consider the regular season NOW. The point is also that they should consider the post season too in the future.

The point of what? Because I wasn't even talking to you

[elchengue20]

The problem isn't only that he lost two years in a row in the 1st round.

He won only 1 game. And he didn't have any historically good game, where you could say he did everthing he could but lost because of his teammates.

That's pretty bad for a guy who is supposed to be clearly the best player in the game.

Damn, I forgot the Semifinals were in the 1st round last year. Thanks for correcting us - here I thought they advanced to the same stage as the Sixers last year (2nd round).

Wait a minute...

My bad, completely forgot about that Portland series lol.

So him winning isnt bad, that was my main concern.

[NZB2323]

The thing that sealed it for me is that Jokic won more games than Embiid this year. Embiid’s team won more games because the 76ers won games when Embiid was out.

Shhh don’t tell them the facts. They only want the fabricated stats from Sixers blog posts

I think we can all agree that a couple more regular season wins is far more important than any post season success. /green font

A regular season award is based on the regular season. How would you reward players for playoff wins in a regular season award that is voted on before the playoffs start?

Should Hakeem have won the regular season MVP award over David Robinson in 1995 when the Spurs won 62 games and the Rockets won 47 games?

And if you want to talk about postseason success, Jokic has led his team to the conference finals, something that Embiid has never done.

[dhsilv2]

It's been posted on this board many times, you're an adult you can find it yourself. I'm not running errands for you. Something called the internet as well.

Took me 2 minutes

What do you think all that actually told you?

[DaPessimist]

Well deserved.

[velkisimo]

Or you can elaborate what you meant. Saying something so random and expecting people to understand what you meant and then claiming the other person can’t have an intelligent discussion is pathetic

Did I type too long of words for you? Seriously. Do you need help interpreting simple English?

No you just said something too irrelevant to the original discussion for me to understand

What does being a Raptors fan have anything to do with understanding the difference between regular season awards and playoff awards? It’s not like the Raptors haven’t had several regular season awards and a championship over the course of the past few years.

Elaborate what you’re tryna say

Not sure if I understood this right, but the way i took it, he called entire Raptor fan base dumb, and then he said if you cant acknowledge that you are dumb how can you have intelligent conversation? Oxymoron? I could be wrong, but thats how I read that lol.

This thread keeps giving!

[Bruin]

Did I type too long of words for you? Seriously. Do you need help interpreting simple English?

No you just said something too irrelevant to the original discussion for me to understand

What does being a Raptors fan have anything to do with understanding the difference between regular season awards and playoff awards? It’s not like the Raptors haven’t had several regular season awards and a championship over the course of the past few years.

Elaborate what you’re tryna say

Not sure if I understood this right, but the way i took it, he called entire Raptor fan base dumb, and then he said if you cant acknowledge that you are dumb how can you have intelligent conversation? Oxymoron? I could be wrong, but thats how I read that lol.

This thread keeps giving!

He literally said a stupid statement with absolutely no context and then goes at the intelligence of others for failing to comprehend the garbage he spewed. I’m still lost on what he was trying to say

[ForeverTFC]

Did I type too long of words for you? Seriously. Do you need help interpreting simple English?

No you just said something too irrelevant to the original discussion for me to understand

What does being a Raptors fan have anything to do with understanding the difference between regular season awards and playoff awards? It’s not like the Raptors haven’t had several regular season awards and a championship over the course of the past few years.

Elaborate what you’re tryna say

Not sure if I understood this right, but the way i took it, he called entire Raptor fan base dumb, and then he said if you cant acknowledge that you are dumb how can you have intelligent conversation? Oxymoron? I could be wrong, but thats how I read that lol.

This thread keeps giving!

Bolt is two letters away from dolt. It is what it is.

[ForeverTFC]

Let me see:
- Jokic has better advanced numbers: "but they suck and are for nerds"
- Jokic has better raw numbers: *silence*
- Jokic had more wins: "but Embiid had a better seed"
- Jokic has had more playoff success: "but Embiid is currently in round 2"
- Jokic was missing the 2nd and 3rd best player on his team: "Simmons was missing for half the season"

What is the argument for Embiid from Embiid supporters? That your eye test tells you he's the better player? If so, the majority of us will tell you our eye test tells us Giannis is better than both of them. What argument do you have for Embiid as the unanimous MVP you somehow believe he deserves over Jokic and Giannis?

[dhsilv2]

Well deserved. It's a regular season award and he definitely is the singular most valuable player to his team this season. I don't care he got swept by GS. Who else in the league is even making the playoffs missing Murray and Porter all year? On the flip side switch Jokic with Embiid or even Giannis and he is probably still playing right now

can't tell if a joke or not...

The MVP is a regular season award. The playoffs are irrelevant when considering the winner

I get that...just confused with the swept thing since that didn't happen. Can't tell if it's a parody of the people who keep making up that jokic lost in the first round last year...which didn't happen either.

[NZB2323]

The problem isn't only that he lost two years in a row in the 1st round.

He won only 1 game. And he didn't have any historically good game, where you could say he did everthing he could but lost because of his teammates.

That's pretty bad for a guy who is supposed to be clearly the best player in the game.

Last year the Nuggets beat the Trailblazers in the first round 4-2.

This year Jokic averaged 31, 13, and 6 on 64.3 TS% with a 32.8 PER in the playoffs.

I think that Jokic is the MVP but Giannis is the best player in the league.