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AD missed his window to win the MVP, if you were him would you stay in NOLA to win an MVP or go to the Lakers to win a ring? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ElectronicWolf8650@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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If AD had stayed in New Orleans, he for sure would've won an MVP award. He was putting up big numbers during his stint there and with no other star player around him, he could have beefed up his stats. However since going to Los Angeles, he had to play along side LeBron James, and despite being well into his late 30s, he's still that guy and AD's chances of winning MVP diminished.

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

I don't think AD would ever have been a good enough passer and decision maker to win an MVP, so you take the ring.

[–] Content_Explorer949@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I drank in the office today but I still wonder what the hell you did to think that AD had a chance to win MVP?

[–] Content_Explorer949@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I drank in the office today but I still wonder what the hell you did to think that AD had a chance to win MVP?

[–] Content_Explorer949@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I drank in the office today but I still wonder what the hell you did to think that AD had a chance to win MVP?

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

It's not a fair question because we KNOW he won a title, the MVP is a complete crapshoot.

If we are saying he was hypothetically guaranteed an MVP if he stayed, he still goes to LA for the ring IMO

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

The odds he stays healthy enough to ever win MVP if he stayed in NO is incredibly low. It isn't like the idea of AD being day-to-day was new to his time on the Lakers. It was a risk they were willing to take on because the upside if he could stay healthy for a playoff run was a title in their eyes (which was clearly correct, even if they needed specific conditions to make it easier to stay healthy, and to be clear this isn't shitting on the Lakers every title has some favorable conditions of if nothing else health of traditionally healthy players [See: GSW's last year with KD where they couldn't win because of injuries]).

[–] DEEZLE13@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Every MVP would rather have a ring

[–] Juniper41@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

idk I think there's a few MVPs who prefer the award over the title.

Allen Iverson and James "I am the system" Harden both strike me as preferring their individual accolades. Just from the way they talk and regard themselves, I think they value their success more than team success. Quite literally when asked to come off the bench to help his team his response was all in regards to his prior individual accomplishments. "I don't know any Olympian that comes off the bench. I don't know any All-Star that comes off the bench. I don't know any former MVP that comes off the bench. I don't know any three-time scoring champion that comes off the bench." I also think had Carmelo won MVP he'd be in this convo.

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

That's not true

[–] SouthShower6050@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

he was never in serious discussion for mvp

[–] jambr380@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

A guaranteed MVP is better than a ring as a team’s clear 2nd best player (especially since it was in the bubble). I don’t think he would have won an MVP in NOP, but in your hypothetical, I take the MVP every day.