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I'm watching tonight's NBA games and i'm wondering who you guys got as MVP this year. I personally got Russell Westbrook but i'm biased lol.


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4 hours ago, kegan116 said:

I'm watching tonight's NBA games and i'm wondering who you guys got as MVP this year. I personally got Russell Westbrook but i'm biased lol.

This is my opinion. If you go by the definition of Most Valuable Player to their individual team, it's Russell Westbrook by a country mile... But he probably will finish 2nd, because the voters look at the standings while voting, which is garbage...

I'll give you a historical example. In 1987, Magic Johnson won MVP. Should he have? It's debatable. If you remember the 80s Laker teams they had 3 HOF players just in their starting 5. L.A. finished 65-17 in 1986-87. Do you know who finished 2nd in 1986-87? It wasn't Bird, he was actually 3rd and I'll get into that in a minute.

Michael Jordan finished second in MVP voting in 1986-87, the Bulls went 40-42. He had Charles Oakley and a bunch of nobody's on that team. (Pippen and Grant were drafted after this season). The year before the Bulls were 30-52 and snuck into the playoffs with Jordan missing 64 games after breaking his foot in the third game of the season.

Michael would win MVP in 1988 I think as a "Man we messed up last year" by the writers.

Most people don't know the MVP isn't who we think it is (Though we have a tiny say in the process), it's up to the sports writers who are biased.

In my opinion at the end of the day it will probably be James Harden who wins it, or maybe LeBron (heaven forbid), my dark horse to finish top three is Isaiah Thomas of Boston.

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Harden either solo or co-MVP with Westbrook. LeBron better not win as he will win multiple Emmy awards for all his acting on the court.

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  1. Westbrook
  2. Harden
  3. Kawhi
  4. LeBron
  5. Isaiah
  6. Curry
  7. Durant

 

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I'm starting to think that Isaiah Thomas might deserve it if Boston steals the no.1 seed.

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13 hours ago, JetFan1983 said:

I'm starting to think that Isaiah Thomas might deserve it if Boston steals the no.1 seed.

I like Isiah Thomas but Russ is doing something that hasn't happened since the 60s. I do think he should be All-NBA first team though.

23 hours ago, onthehunt526 said:

This is my opinion. If you go by the definition of Most Valuable Player to their individual team, it's Russell Westbrook by a country mile... But he probably will finish 2nd, because the voters look at the standings while voting, which is garbage...

I'll give you a historical example. In 1987, Magic Johnson won MVP. Should he have? It's debatable. If you remember the 80s Laker teams they had 3 HOF players just in their starting 5. L.A. finished 65-17 in 1986-87. Do you know who finished 2nd in 1986-87? It wasn't Bird, he was actually 3rd and I'll get into that in a minute.

Michael Jordan finished second in MVP voting in 1986-87, the Bulls went 40-42. He had Charles Oakley and a bunch of nobody's on that team. (Pippen and Grant were drafted after this season). The year before the Bulls were 30-52 and snuck into the playoffs with Jordan missing 64 games after breaking his foot in the third game of the season.

Michael would win MVP in 1988 I think as a "Man we messed up last year" by the writers.

Most people don't know the MVP isn't who we think it is (Though we have a tiny say in the process), it's up to the sports writers who are biased.

In my opinion at the end of the day it will probably be James Harden who wins it, or maybe LeBron (heaven forbid), my dark horse to finish top three is Isaiah Thomas of Boston.

I agree with you it sucks though. If that guy would've stayed one more year, he might have had a better chance at winning it.


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Me personally I would like to see Leonard to win it. That said, from what I have heard, and read, it looks like the media has already chosen a Harden/Westbrook co-mvp for this season.

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Westbrook is a stat chaser his rebounding numbers are skewed because he will not keep defending his man once the shot is made, Kawhi Leonard  is much more deserving than Harden also he's the best 2 way player in the league and his team wins a lot because of him, if the warriors weren't so insanely loaded the Spurs should be shoe ins for an NBA title.

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