Ranking NBA Teams Based On Playoff Pressure
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2024
- Kenny breaks down all the potential playoff teams and divides them into tiers based on the amount of pressure they're under.
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Both Luka and Jokic deserve the award but my vote would go to Luka. I find there are some games where Jokic sits back, facilitates and lets the offense run itself and he shoots 8-10 shots. Luka doesn't have that luxury, it feels like he is doing everything for Dallas every game.
that has to do with jokic's playmaking style that allows him to sit back and let others flourish
@@alexlifeson1321he has a better team buddy. It’s way easier to facilitate to better and healthier players
Even when jokic shoots 8-10 shots, he is still the floor general. Watch a couple nuggets games. He impacts the game immensely outside of his shooting
I think +10 with him on the floor and -9 with him not is the most telling stat for what I’m trying to describe
@@MavDon-qc9tc Did the same when Murray and Porter was out a couple of years ago. his playmaking style doesnt chnage. plus its okay to have a better team as long as you win and meet expectations
Congrats finally going 82-0 Ken 😎
Not gonna lie Adam Silver needs to incorporate a clause that says something along the lines of “the play-in tournament will only happen if seeds 7-10 in the East and/or West are separated by 5 games or less!
lol and give up those games? Never gonna happen
@@skalty9868pretty much this. It's extra games with importance. It's staying as is.
Agree!
Yessir
I feel that way too because the west deserves a play-in not the East
Luka has had it all this season, leading the league in PPG while being 2nd in APG and also averaging 9 RPG. He has all the moments you can ask for whether it's the 73 point explosion, the 30 point triple double, and making clutch shots over and over all season long. The Mavs were a very injury riddled team throughout the year and that included his co star Kyrie Irving and yet the Mavs still surged and made a push to secure a top 5 seed.
Before the season started I heard so much conversation about how the Mavs aren't a playoff lock (1-6 seed). There was even some people saying the Mavs wouldn't make the playoffs and yet here we are in April and they are a playoff lock.
The narrative around Luka being a "ballhog" is dead, so many players are having career years next to Luka, whether it's Kyrie or Dante Exum, or Derrick Jones Jr, or Josh Green, or Daniel Gafford, etc. Dereck Lively is a rookie that is flourishing next to Luka. He gets his guys rolling time and time again while also still getting his and being the best scorer in the league. His 3 point shooting ability has improved and his defense..... his defense has improved so much! What more does he have to do to win MVP? they are the 5th seed with 50+ wins and when Luka and Kyrie have played they have a win percentage thats over 65% which would put them right behind OKC.
I just don't know what more Luka has to do to win MVP, he has the stats, he improved every single aspect of his game, he has the injury riddled team narrative, he's a top 3 player in the league at the very least, and his team exceeded expectations from the beginning of the season. Shit, his team exceeded expectations that the media was putting on them before the trade deadline (HUGE shoutout to PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford). This man has destroyed the two biggest blemishes on his playstyle ("ballhog and not a good defender") in one season! That is my MVP!
He deserves it this year
Only two teams below the 3 seed have won MVP the last 25+ years: "greatest passing big of all time" missing his two best teammates all season MVP Jokic and post-KD best narrative of the 2010s MVP Westbrook. Luka has had more help and a better team than both of those teams and his record will only be like 3-4 wins better. "Injury-riddled" meaning being down mid role players is ridiculous. If he was missing Kyrie and someone like Tim Hardaway all year, I'd agree, but he was missing a guy who wasn't in the league the last two seasons, a bottom 5 starting center, and a rookie big. AND, all those guys played 50+ games. Stop the horseshit with the "injury-riddled" narrative; several other teams in the playoffs have been as injured if not more.
Luka has had an incredible one-man-show type season, but has literally no argument for value over Jokic. Luka is second to Jokic in literally every single value stat (on/off, net rating, VORP, efficiency, true shooting, etc). Luka has put up monster counting stats but that's not what MVP is in 2024. It's wins, narrative, advanced stats, dominance. Hell, Jokic arguably has a better narrative than Luka with the snubbed last year because of Kendrick Perkins plotline, a better record, better advanced stats that reflect value, and arguably just as dominant a season, though executed differently. He reads the game in the first and then decides what he needs to do based on the defensive scheme. If two guys are competing for MVP and one guy definitively wins in 2/4 categories historically used to determine MVP, including the one actually related to value on the court, and the other two are arguable, that guy wins. The Luka fanboys need to look at history because it's clear Luka's season, in terms of results, does not equal an MVP season. This is basically the equivalent of the RotY between Wemby and Chet. In any other year, Luka and Chet would win, but they're facing off against someone just better. It's not their fault and they tried their best, but the answer is Jokic and Wemby.
Maybe he'll get it next year. It's all good
he needs to play defense but other than that he has been great
Mavs vs Clippers series finna feed families
Lukas overs hitting everything game 💀
@@isaiah9104 0-2 against the clippers in playoffs, 12-19 all time
@@bliesjclook at the teams luka had bro he had boban playing 30+ min in a game 7. 💀
@@exotic_moonman1642 Brusen and Porzingus? Yeah that’s not good help is it?😆
@@bliesjc bro brunson wasn’t what he is now casual ass mf 💀 and KP wanted to be the 1st option and was petty always injured and didn’t work bc he petty… but ya you sure do sound like you watch and know a lot of ball 💀
Bro Kenny fr 🤔been a top 3 NBA UA-cam’s for the last 4 years lowkey .📈
Jokic can win it but Luka just has a more MVP like season. Historically averaging most combined Pts-Reb-As, 73 Point Game, Breaks consecutive 30 point triple double record and through the turmoil of the season with injuries and Jason Kidd sucking for a bit has the Mavs as the 4 seed. I think if we give it to Jokic we'll look back and say Luka lowkey should've gotten that one
people gonna correct you trynna act like them being the fifth seed matters. they would be second in the east, so would denver.
Yea, if Jokic loses people would say he deserved it but it was whatever. If Luka loses then in 5 years people will look back and say that this is possibly the best non-MVP season ever, and Luka was absolutely robbed.
• 34/9/10
• 1st in points
• 2nd in assists
• 73 point game (4th highest ever)
• First 33/9/9 season in NBA history
• Most 30-PT TD’s since MVP Russ
• 1st in 25-point games
• 1st in 35-point games
• 1st in 40-point games
• 1st in 45-point games
• 2nd in 3’s made
• Top 10 in steals
• 61.7% TS
• Highest scoring season in Mavs history
• Most PPG + RPG + APG since the merger.
• Most consecutive 25 point triple-doubles ever
• Most consecutive 30 point triple-doubles ever
• Lifted Mavs from 11 seed to 5 seed
• Most games missed by teammates among all playoff teams
• Mavs 50+ wins
• Mavs 1st in clutch win%
Yeah his case is just ironclad. It would be a travesty not to give it to Luka
@@BabyCalisthenicsnah coz lebron had pretty good stastic season and he lost too coz if seeding so nobody gonna care tbh coz they gonna look at 1st seed and also jokic as a champion unlike luka.
@@BabyCalisthenicsharden’s 36.1ppg season is also one crazy non MVP season
ITS A GOOD THURSDAY WHEN A KENNY POD IS DROPPED
I’m just tired of the national media’s recent “Luka’s play came on late,” narrative when Luka has been playing this way all season.
It’s not even his best stretch. He’s been playing worse than before 😂
@@Neo-dc5su statistically its his worst month as well
I’m tired of EVERYONE riding Luka, and using that to discount what Shai and Jokic have done.
The difference now is the fact they have a higher seed
@Navybluemachhommyfan everyone is crazy. But people feel the same about the convo the other way around throughout the year. But hey, that's how basketball talks go
Recently started getting back into basketball again after not paying attention to it for a couple years, loving these podcasts and videos you’re putting out really helps me know what’s going on in the league nowadays. Keep up the good work bro 🫡🙏🏻
Is luka and jokic mvp talk just jokes ??? Isn’t it clear that the mvp is naz reid
Naz Reid
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Luka Doncic this season:
- 1st in Points Per Game
- 1st in total points scored
- 1st in PPG with FTs removed
- 2nd in Assists Per Game
- 3rd in Total Assists
- 1st in Rebounds by Guards
- Broke Mavs single season points record
- Is shooting 39% from three.
- Dropped 73 points.
- Dropped 40+ 13 times.
- Dropped 21 Triple Doubles.
- Top 5 seed in the most stacked West conf ever.
- Kept the Mavs afloat with Kyrie missing 20+ games.
- Lost his starting Center for 15 games and back up center for 12 games
- Massively improved his defense and helped the Mavs become the no.1 ranked defense.
- Reached 50 wins.
- Played through a hamstring injury cause every game counted
- Directly responsible for making The Mavs center rotation one of the best in the NBA.
- Doubled more than any player in the NBA.
- Blitzed more than any other player in the league by a margin of over 200.
Honestly I could probably keep going but you get the point...
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I think the most underrated thing abt luka this season is his ability to set up his teammates, its just as good as jokic this year, gafford is the first player in history to have two 20+ straight made baskets streaks in the same season, and its not a confidence they both came after the deadline with the mavs, not to mention how djj and exum also both having a career seasons
The playlist method hits different
shout out dmilly, great to see the guys breaking into mainstream next to traditional media royalty.
agree w the „not the playoffs” its like int football where you have to qualify into the actual playoffs
Kenny you and Matt sros are the best
My hottest take is that Embiid is hoisting the Larry Bird ECF MVP Trophy at the end of the day. Then we get to see Jokic and Embiid in the finals.
Very, very, very unlikely. Would be a good watch though
I thought that gonna happen last year when 76ers up 3-2 but they threw it away. This year is very unlikely given the fact that they probably play Bucks or Boston in round 1
This season of Lukas reminds me of jokers first MVP season. He even improved his defence just how joker did that season
Wemby is changing the way teams prepare for games. He alters shots just by being on the court. If that’s not a dpoy, idk what is
#askKB Kenny I have what I think could be a fun one in honor of nba awards coming out soon. What is your all-nba team of restaurant items?
D Mills as the Luka mvp spokesperson, is amazing
Link?
@@muneerthepioneer6306 mavs posted it 3 days ago on twitter and ig
8:47 went and looked up the video, ngl started to tear up a bit hearing dmilly in the official mvp trailer
U got a link?
@@idksrry3434 I don’t but I did google “Dallas Mavericks twitter Luka MVP video” and it was the first or second link, like Kenny says the video should start with Ernie audio in the bsckground
How you find it?
Where is it?
Link?
Bro you gotta put bookmarks on the vid man
The dmills voice was awesome man
Link
32:50: Pelicans
where did you get the community shirt from?
One day, maybe one day Kenny will say differentiate correctly
#AskKB Is Jrue Holiday/Derrick White the best 5th-best player on a team of all time?
GSW Iguodala is up there too
Jrue was a 2/3 tho, white is not that...
intro never gets old
I was low on the Lakers from the jump this year. This is about exactly what I expected of them with their mid ass roster.
How are the thunder that high? Year 4 of a rebuild with a super young team so should have little pressure
I think my warriors have a real chance of getting out of the play in into the playoffs. And from there we’ll do what we gotta. We’ve been on a heater recently and getting the roles of players figured out.
U were trying to say a bull in a china shop btw kenny
Luka has never been the problem with this dallas team. He has worked tirelessly to even keep them in the race and now that everyone else stepped up everyone is recognizing it. Feels a bit unfair (luka also stepped up on defense extremely over this last stretch which should def be taken into consideration)
Bro, you have to make a graphic of the tier list
The play in is like the first four in march madness. techinically its part of the tournament, but no one actually considers it part of the tournament.
Idk if this weird but id love to see dmills or mike on the pod 😂😂 P my favorite member but an episode wit just you and dmills or mike would be hilarious
Mr. 82-0 🏆
8:48 I watch JJ Reddick videos about Luka MVP case and he said, "in determining the MVP we should ask what's the main story of the NBA this season" and all I can think of is Luka's story.
- the first 5 games with crazy stats and win including the crazy 3pts hook shot buzzer beater vs Brooklyn.
- Obviously the crazy 73 pts game almost triple double too.
- The crazy dominant Christmas game vs Phoenix
- Breaking the record for the most consecutive 30pts and 35+ pts triple double games.
- Multiple occasions where he make a certain statlines for the first time in NBA history this season.
- Averaging 34/9/9 this season. I get it if you avg 34 ppg in 5 games but if you average 34 ppg in 65 games that's historical.
- Even all the talks about MVP conversation is always includes Luka's name including when people trolling about his MVP ranking will fell down everytime he got crazy games.
All the stories in NBA this season is always about Luka.
The Mavs were the 1 seed before they got struck with injuries. Remember you interviewed grant Williams when we were 8-2 and the 1 seed, then Luka averages 37 for two months to keep them afloat until they get healthy, then they get healthy and have been winning games at a 1 seed pace. The totality of the season says he’s the MVP. You can hold wins against him if he’s winning at the pace they are winning at when healthy. The nuggets missed Jamal Murray for a bit but otherwise have been extremely healthy, which good for them but there’s context that needs to be had and Luka should have the narrative with him but he doesn’t for whatever reason
If Luka was in the East, he'd be 2nd. Joker is 1st in the West regardless, but the seedings aren't that far off at that point. And Luka's stats are better. 34/9/9
I'll take Jokic's stats tbh, 27/12/9 with 1 fewer turnover. Plus there's a massive gap in the advanced analytics and defensively Luka is a net negative still
@@georgeprimoff3744Luka's an average defender
All advanced metrics tend to
a) love playmaking bigs
b) heavily account for on/off stats - here's the problem. Luka and Kyrie split their minutes completely, one is always on the court with a couple starters. Denver:
a) has awful backup centers for a playoff team
b) famously plays the starters clumped together leaving 5 man bench units out there
c) has the best starting 5 in the league
d) has a somewhat lackluster bench
All that means Jokić will *always* be an advanced stats darling, because those rely heavily on on/off stats, which in Denver's case means pretty much comparing *_the best starting 5 in the league_* vs *_a bad bench's_* production
@@thekaying in what world is the denver starting 5 a better overall starting 5 then the celtics?
@@thekaying you have never watched a nuggets basketball game 😞. Jokic usually pays the back half of every first quarter with all bench units and that elite starter unit has 2 to 3 sub back in when Jokic sits and usually gets shit on. You take Jokic out of the starting unit and they fall apart. They are not efficient and rely heavily on his screening actions and playmaking abilities to be effective. People who dont watch much nuggets basketball don't realize just how much of a drop off MPJ, Arron Gordon and even Jamal have when they aren't there with Jokic. Even the defense can fall apart when he isn't there because he provides most of the defensive rebounding. I've watched almost all the games this year and no matter who's on the court if Jokic isn't there it looks like Chickens running around with there heads cut off in the half court. Or Jamal playing like a poor man's luka. But to say Jokic only plays with starters is complete and utter bull. You could throw Jokic on any team in this league and see anyone who plays consistent minutes counting stats rise as they are play with one the best pure playmakers in the league . Not someone who dribbles the air out of the ball like a Russell Westbrook or James harden. I like Luka alot but damn it's aggravating seeing people completely discredit Jokic because he "plays with the so called best starting five". I wouldnt doubt that he's even coasted most of this year and still put up stats comparable to Luka's.
If Luka wins it this year that's great but the disrespect is getting out of control from people who don't know anything about how Denver plays 😞. It's just sad.
@@iimatracii067 PBP stats exist and I double-check everything before I post - you're just lying about him playing meaninful time with bench units. It's been 47 minutes the entire season.
All four other starters without Jokić have been on the floor for 9 minutes. The fact you make up random sh*t and beat down on your players to push a narrative is wild.
Consider what having to lie says about your guy's MVP case
And yes, obviously units without a playmaker led by a combo with 2 second-year players are ISO heavy & less organized. That's a roster construction issue, not a praise of Jokić. Been a problem forever, too
Got full confidence my Hawks beatin the Celtics after wiping the floor in the play in 💯 (Im delusional)
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I agree with you on the mavericks. I don’t think we have that pressure where it is championship or bust and if we do lose in the first round we need to get a starting small forward. I have always believed that Omax Prosper should be getting minutes because he plays really good defense. In our 30-0 run this season vs the thunder, Omax was the main defender on SGA and then we just took him out and SGA closed that game. I love Derrick Jones Jr, but he cannot be our starting small forward because he lacks offense. He’s great around the rim and there are games where he gets hit from 3, but most games he is going 0-5 or 1-5 from 3 and that’s just not good enough. It is also time to let Hardaway go. He was phenomenal in the beginning of the season and now he’s just disappeared after the all start break. It’s time to trade him for maybe Bogdan Bogdanovic or a player of that caliber. If we make the right moves in the offseason, we could be a scary team next season.
Just a thought I had as a pels fan, may be a bit biased:
Does the stretch since the in-season tournament, given how good the pels have been and how great Zion has been playing, does Zion make a late-season case for an All-NBA team? Or are there too many guys ahead of him?
Injuries to Monk and Huerter are the worst things to happen to SAC. Personally, I’ve never believed that their roster construction is good enough to even get them to the conference finals. I have a feeling the kings will fall short again this season and the organization may dismiss the failure because they were down 2 rotational players. They need another piece if they want to take advantage of this “championship window” and I hope they realize that in spite of the injuries. (Nuggets fan with no connection to the kings)
That little piece of glitter is going to give me a panic attack
MVP is story of the season and Luka dropped 73 points 50 wins 1st in scoring 2nd in assists
The Heat pressure is all Jimmy Butler inflicted. He’s gotten a pass all season because people expect he’ll make a voodoo run twice in a year, but if he doesn’t we have to have real convos about his regular season downside
Can anyone comment the timestamps of where he put the Pelicans?
luka deserves the MVP award, they have 50 wins and kyrie irving has missed 22 games, derrick lively (starting center until recently) has missed 25, and then the depth of the team before the trade deadline was just legitimately not good. now they have a good team constructed after the deadline and have been almost as good as any team in the nba, with luka still dropping crazy stat lines, playing defense, letting/helping every single player around him have career years. gafford with the field goals made consecutively (he’s close to breaking that again). dante exum who was literally not in the nba last year being a clutch bucket. kyries reputation has completely flipped (this is not just because of luka obviously but luka has definitely aided the process), derrick lively having a tremendous rookie year, and derrick jones jr averaging a career high in points. they are one of the best teams in the clutch and luka has one of the best box score stat seasons history has ever seen. luka also scored 73 this season, that’s historic. he’s legitimately played good defense, had a block on dillon brooks in the final minute the other day, top 10 in steals, better than 87% of the league in advanced stats for defense (by 3steps). i don’t really know what more you can ask of him. he carried them when he had no help, and he’s still eating now and winning a lot of games on top of it. he’s the most valuable player in the league
I dont mind jokic winning the award but god i feel like ive been getting gas lit by the media and they just straight up act like its not an mvp caliber season and im tired of it.
The only time we got that recognition was when they put luka 2nd in mvp ranking and then the next week despite us not losing a game they drop him back down to 3.
It just really exposed the media’s love of narratives because for whatever reason the media was just completely negative on dallas as a whole. Gave our trade deadline deals and off season moves a D grade, when we were spiraling before the trade deadline they were talking about luka leaving. So when we surged out of the trade deadline the same people who were disrespectful were quiet
Also i dont feel like its recognized how disastrous injuries plagued our season in december and January. Like mavs rotation players have combined to miss like 133 games including 20+ missed from kyrie irving and most of those missed games came during that stretch, this is where luka had the godly numbers and had ton of iconic moments, 73 against the hawks, 50 against the suns on christmas, the game that really stood out to me was against the orlando magic where we had to have a come back win where luka guarded paolo in the 3rd quarter and led the charge without kyrie.
Because of this stretch though we didnt win that many games, in early February we were sitting at 26-23, and all this time we heard the “despite the loss” man shit, how luka’s style “cant win” and “doesnt make his teammates better” shit and then help arrives by the trade deadline and everyone FINALLY got healthy and they got to 50-32 from 26-23 and it easily could have been 51 or 52 if we decided to not rest our starters these last 2 games
How is that not an mvp case, i refuse to be sat here and be told by media people who just brush away this mvp case. Its a romantic MVP, its filled with hardship that other mvp’s didnt have, our team for that 2 month stretch was solely shouldered by the titan that was luka. Meanwhile jokic’s MVP year has just the nuggets cruising and then turning it on at the all star break. I know my argument is basically an emotional one but as a fan of the mavericks i was just in awe at what luka did and he’s my mvp
Also slightly biased did a video on luka mvp that i think does a great job
I was at the hawks v heat game (lakers fan) but I was rooting for heat (my east team) and it seems at least 50 pct of peeps in there were rooting for heat
shit i was there too I mightve seen you (were you in a lakers jersey i was wondering why someone was rocking one) but that was such a good game omg
Everytime Embiid stays on the floor longer than 2 seconds or tweaks his ankle people are going to freak out and say “see, this is why he should sit out”. It’s not like he couldn’t get those same tweaks any other time. The man feels confident enough to ball, so who are we to say that he should or shouldn’t? But I will say this, you get no excuses if you underperform in the playoffs because you decided to come back and give it a shot. At some point “he was injured” can’t be a excuse when it’s really a problem.
24:04
There was 2 weeks where the mavs were the worst defense in the NBA, not even just 30th but historically terrible. Jokic is more steady, all of Denver models after him, he's the best and most impactful player in the world and therefore MVP
the Pelicans havent made the playoffs two years in a row since the 2000s, when Chris Paul was there
insane
It’s the European era. Ik it’s a cop out, but like u got doncic jokic Gianni’s embiid as the top 4 players in basketball and wemby in the rise. Ofc jokic taking charge but it’s all of em
Jokic takin Charge RN.... Giannis was a dpoy and 2x MVP before jokic was doing it...
Embiid's not European?
@@treykelly2598 embiid is French? Lmfao
@@jakemiller194 I'm pretty sure he's never even lived in France. Born in Cameroon, went to high school and up in America
Mobley has shown flashes offensively and J.d has a chance of winning coach of the year
Philly loves embiid thank you for not feeding into the narrative against him
i hate my suns sometimes but that’s just fandom
Even as a Nuggets fan I feel like if Luka won the award i wouldn’t be mad but if Jokic were to dominate the playoffs again its going to be the same thing as it was last year where everyone feels like they got it wrong even tho they had see the playoffs that has nothing to do with the MVP voting. In orher words just stand by your mvp whoever it is
@KennyBeechamPod, what more can luka genuinely do. he’s having a top 3 statistical season of all time✅. they told him to win games. he has led a injury riddled team to 50 wins✅, also since the roster has been improved and more of the right pieces around him, they’ve been 16-2 in the last 18. the best in the nba✅. so now he has insane stats, and now he’s got the wins he’s needed what more does he need to do? play defense? this is lukas best defensive year of his career, and if people watch the games, he’s actually be pretty good. amazing in post defense, isos and even reading the lanes. so the only argument against him is jokic is a higher seed. when jokic won his mvps, luka has had more wins in this season, compared to both of jokic’s mvp seasons. but the wins didn’t matter then? i’m sorry if he doesn’t win, you guys will look back on this season and be like how did this guy not win mvp. we all know the nba will be allowing more physical defense soon. so all the offensive numbers will be going down. when you look back on this season in a few years. no one will be averaging 34ppg and 10ast. no numbers will be close to that in a few years. he also had 73 in one game. 73! If luka doesn’t win this year he never will. tell the world he’s the mvp
if the grizzlies were healthy it’d be crazy to think that lebron or curry would miss the playoffs/play in completely
EVERYONE SLEEPING ON OKC FOR NO REASON
There is many reasons…
#AskKB Im 14 and ive been a bulls fan for 3 years. Lonzos first year was my first time really enjoying basketball and that 2021 bulls team was something special do u think if u take that 2021 lonzo and throw him on the bulls today we are a top 5 seeed?
Kenny, if Nikola Jokic wins the MVP last year (like many people argue he should have with hindsight), does this lock this award up for Luka?
Someone please bookmark the video
I think jokic will win but I wish Luka would. Earlier in the season people would ask why won’t Luka win. The answer was usually wins. That doesn’t seem to be a factor anymore. Jamal Murray and Kyrie Irving have played around the same amount of games. Nuggets are 13-10 without Murray and mavs are 11-12 without Irving. The sample size is too small to be relevant considering what happens with jokic misses or Luka misses a game.
To me it has felt that the mavs had a poorly constructed roster around Luka. While the roster around jokic is better not saying the individual players are better but the skill sets compliment better. I think Luka has had a harder roster around him to thrive and wins still came I feel like he is the most valuable player in the league. Jokic is the better player but in my opinion Luka is the most important piece to that team and to me is the most valuable.
And honestly sometimes it’s vibes. I have always loved both players due to their respect for family values. I just like Luka a bit more and maybe that sways me too much. I worry that Luka will never win one because jokic won’t slow down and I would just find that sad.
Love the content Kenny.
We are in the Yugo era. Jokic and Luka are the 2 best players in the world. Both Yugoslavian men.
1). Celtics are probably one. Even though they are young the main two, JT and JB have been to the Finals before and multiple conference championships, so I think they need to get back and actually win to get that monkey off their backs.
2). Clippers are probably second, due to them being healthy in a while.
3). Nuggets third due to them being the defending champions and most people have them winning the West again.
The rest of the teams are pretty young so if they can get to the second round or deeper they would be in a good position. You could argue the Suns due to KD and Booker, but I didn’t think they were contenders with that depth, so I didn’t count them.
Now if any of those young teams end up winning the championship, then all power to them. Hopefully it’s the Pelicans lol. (Yes I’m a Pels fan)
The fact that we aren't considering the suns a contender is a huge problem for them. They pushed so many chips into this team and for what.
Kenny are you saying Russell Westbrook has observation Haki???
As a Celtics fan, they're under the most pressure and I'm not sure there's a close second
we are in the wemby era just wait
I just don't wanna go through another 20 years of Fandom for the Sixers to win a chip. I'd settle for a bubble chip atp
#KBDAGOAT
The Celtics never had this much pressure since 2008
Luka for MVP button ⭐️
bro why this unlisted man
cause yo mama stank
we didn’t just trade the twins n cp3, we basically traded our culture away
mvp is becoming the who hasnt had one yet award... jokic is more valuable and if who has 2 mvps was flipped everyone would say oh jokic hasnt gotten one yet he deserves it.
NBA lottery is teams that didn't make the playoffs. 16 teams that did aren't in it. End of story.
Crazy how Lebron was against the play in tournament but been in it the most
Opinions change most people were against the play-in when it was first made and nod that we've seen it The majority of people have changed their opinions so
Bull in a China shop
Pravi MVP
Luka deserves the MVP
• 34/9/10
• 1st in points
• 2nd in assists
• 73 point game (4th highest ever)
• First 33/9/9 season in NBA history
• Most 30-PT TD’s since MVP Russ
• 1st in 25-point games
• 1st in 35-point games
• 1st in 40-point games
• 1st in 45-point games
• 2nd in 3’s made
• Top 10 in steals
• 61.7% TS
• Highest scoring season in Mavs history
• Most PPG + RPG + APG since the merger.
• Most consecutive 25 point triple-doubles ever
• Most consecutive 30 point triple-doubles ever
• Lifted Mavs from 11 seed to 5 seed
• Most games missed by teammates among all playoff teams
• Mavs 50+ wins
• Mavs 1st in clutch win%
Luka should be mvp at the start of the season through the end of November they were at the top of the west kyrie and some others get injured and don’t come back until January and they slide in the standings they go on a run then they make the trades slide a little bit more and after all star they’ve been dominant Luka held them down through all the injuries bc through February they had the 2nd most injured team in the league
Jokic is mvp, 1 seed and best player in the league
Donovan Mitchell is great but I don’t think he can be the number 1 option on a championship team.
Top 3 Teams with Pressure
1. Celtics - Team this good, they need to win it all.
2. Bucks - Went all in for Dame and they are on a short timeline.
3. Clippers - They are healthy now. They have James Harden. No more excuses.
Bucks suns have most pressure
Betting on luka mvp
do you think the lakers will intentionally lose the first play-in game so they dont have to play the nuggets #askkb
When you look at Luka vs Jokic. You would think Jokic is far better because his team is falling apart when he is not on the floor. Jokic on off numbers and value over replacement is just way higher than luka. But Jokic numbers are also inflated, because Denver basically has a full bench flip when Jokic goes out, with Murrey and 4 young bench players. I think Jokic is a better player than luka, but I don't think Jokic is the MVP. There is a large points gap, and thats because Jokic be coasting at a high level. Jokic is down across the board in his stats compared to his 2023 playoffs run. 7,5 point per game is a difference maker for me. Therefore my MVP is Luka.
Having a graphic for it would be nicer. Or highlights of a team when talking about them. But idk the logistics of that. Seems fine for what I'd call a content creator, but not a reaction or discussion? Weird.
Jok is the MVP
Damn no Knicks talk ? lol second in the east and not even mentioned lol some basketball channel
Luka is the MVP. Producing the most points per game EVER on a 50 win team. Has to be rewarded
That’s because he has the highest volume out of any player in the NBA? He shoots the ball more, he has the ball in his hands more than anyone per game and earlier this year had the highest usage rate out of any player ever. He shoots the most shots per game, he’s not an efficient shooter, liability on defense, and his assist to turnover ratio is not very great. He’s gifted offensively for sure but he’s not MVP in my eyes.
@@domr3788 since when is 49/38 not efficient especially at that volume? He has higher efficiency than MVP westbrook/harden and his usage was only that high bc kyrie was hurt and there were no ball handlers on the team. Since kyrie been healthy his usage has dropped significantly. At the beginning of the season when embiid was the runaway MVP, his usage was actually higher than luka’s ever was. Also, usage doesn’t put the ball in the basket so that argument is dumb anyways
Shai MVP case:
- 30/6/6/2
- First in 30-point games
- Most 30-point games since 2019 Harden
- Leading NBA in steals
- Top 3 in iso and transition points
- Best player on top 3 seed
Joins Steph and MJ as the only guards to average 30/5/5/2 on 50+ FG% in a season.
sounds like a 3rd place resume
Luka:
- 34/9/10
- First in PPG
- First in 35 point games
- First in 40 point games
- Most PPG + RPG + APG since the merger
- Most 30pt triple doubles since 2016 MVP Russell Westbrook
- First 33+/9+/9+ season
- At least top 2 in PPG, APG and 3s made
I don’t know man…
Missed 20 fta per game
@@mr.machina7107 you must’ve missed the espn polls
@@Neo-dc5su cap Luka shoots more