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Honestly does the MVP award even mean anything anymore? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by gymtime69@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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It’s all just narratives. It’s not about who’s the best, it’s about who the voters think deserves to be the “next best player”. Even if Curry or an older player is playing really well, they get no recognition because it’s “not their turn”.

It’s like the league decides “alright which person should we choose next to win it, but even if they’re really good they can’t win it more than twice in a row because after that someone else should get a chance.”

The only guy recently other than LeBron who could have won more than two was Jokic, until the media decided to call the voters racist, making Embiid the frontrunner. Don’t get me wrong, I think Embiid was the superior player when you count his defense, but he shouldn’t have won because of anti-racism. It’s about talent, not race, not who’s turn it is, etc.

And just look at the MVP ladder now. 1st is Jokic, followed by Luka, Embiid, Tatum, and Shai. Now don’t get me wrong, they’re all great players, and I don’t have a big problem with the top 3. But no way am I taking Tatum or Shai over Curry and Giannis or maybe even KD, who aren’t even on the list at all. The next five are Ant, Halliburton, Maxey, Bam, and Sabonis.

Bias aside, would any of you take any of those last 5 over AD, LeBron, Steph, Giannis, or KD? Maybe, but probably not.

But apparently in the NBA, talent shouldn’t be given recognition unless you’re under 30.

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[–] FrankerZ_123@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It only matters if a player on my team wins it

[–] 11x_dev@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

when will people realize that 'most valuable player' is not the same as 'best player'

[–] GandalfTheSilverFox@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It’s been a popularity contest since like 2004.

[–] Jed5607@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I can't believe people actually believe Embiid ONLY won because of "racism".

[–] Baconmazing@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

... okay

[–] Doesthisevenmatter7@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The mvp award will always matter if the player I want wins and never will matter when the player I don’t want to win wins. Same with the in season tournament and FMVP and pretty much any award that isn’t the 💍

[–] yungtoni@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

not if Jalen Hurts wins it imho

…my bad wrong sub

[–] OguguasVeryOwn@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

But apparently in the NBA, talent shouldn’t be given recognition unless you’re under 30.

Which over 30 year olds do you think should have won the MVP instead of the actual winners over the last 10 years?

[–] BcuzRacecar@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

since lebrons first mvp the winner led the league in both bpm and ws/48 11 out of 15 years and at least one of those 13 out of 15 years.

[–] _Pho-Dac-Biet_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Dear diary

[–] countycoder@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What does it matter to you anyway!

[–] burnerbabyburns@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Winning it basically guarantees you into the hall of fame, so yes

[–] puffpuffpastor@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You realize that the NBA does not itself determine who wins the MVP right?

[–] zmzzx-@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It mattered before Westbrook won. After that it became a joke.

[–] Ramu_1798@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Completely unbiased but MVP top 5 for this year are Luka, Curry, PG, Giannis and Durant.

[–] allmyteamsdisappoint@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You're telling me you wouldn't take shai over curry after he just locked him down in OT? And while having his team like tied for #1 in the west? I feel like you're just going off of names? Why should curry deserve to be top 5 in voting when he's missed half of the season so far? As for Giannis, he's a stud, but they got Dame and people expected them to be amazing immediately and since they got off to a slow start they're placing that on him.

[–] ATG_Filip@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The only individual award that matters is finals MVP. End of story.

[–] HisExcellency20@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

At this point I'm starting to think Kendrick Perkins' nickname must be "the media."

[–] TokenRighty@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Lol someone hasnt actually been following games this season.... its 2023 bro, not 2020. The list is completely fair

[–] Stallion049@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

/r/nbacirclejerk