Who Will Win The 2024 NBA MVP?
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- It's unlikely that Joel Embiid repeats as NBA MVP this season, so who's leading the race before it even starts? Today we're predicting 8 possible NBA MVP candidates for 2024. #nba #basketball #commentary
Jokic’s only weakness from winning is voter fatigue
No it’s the other players in the league who’ll have better season.
Not his “weakness” being voter fatigue
He was supposed to be MVP last year
@benjaminweiss1817hahaha "very clearly"
@benjaminweiss1817. He was very clearly MVP 3 years in a roll ll. Casuals should not comment sports.
@benjaminweiss1817
Holy Casual. You don't know ball at all. Everything you said being wrong is insane.
And he lost due to voter fatigue.
You know it and we all know it that Jokic should have been the real MVP.
Can't believe NBA gave a sympathy MVP to Embiid. They did Jokic dirty and on top of it, he happened to win the championship this year. 😂
Nba did wrong this time. Joking could have won 3 MVP in a row and made another history. SMH.....
Your boy won a sympathy ring too Lol, he beat an 8th seed heat and 7th seed lakers😂😂😂.
@@andziledlamini4777those teams beat everyone else except for the nuggets
Can’t be sympathy when it’s survival of the fittest
@@MichaelDeLaRosa The Heat weren't much of a competition though lol. BamBam too weak against Joker, and Jimmy fumbled lol.
So yeah, the got an "Easy" ring if you ask me. They ain't repeating😂
@@andziledlamini4777casual, just forgetting beating the lakers and suns
Embiid would have to win the scoring title again and the Nuggets to really struggle. 76ers need to have a strong record too of course.
Luka, Shai, Jokic, and Giannis are the guys I think have the best chance going into this season.
Front runners are jokic luka and Giannis the maybe is Shia and the dark horse is bron and curry
I do think Jokic will have an anti-voter-fatigue boost this time. A lot of voters feeling bad for buying into the narrative against him last year.
Let's hope you're right. They really do need to make amends.
@@benjaminweiss1817 Embiid couldn't even lead his team to be the top in their conference with another MVP lol
No
We're tired of the MVP becoming the big man award
@@benjaminweiss1817 they're gonna be old af by then
and it's likely gonna be luka vs shai in for the next 4 after 2024-2025
@benjaminweiss1817 lol nah I'd still take Jokic over Embiid even if you play the "if healthy" card
They're not going to give a second straight MVP to a guy who hasn't been past the second round his whole career. I can see Giannis or Jokic being strong candidates again since they're both now Finals MVPs in addition to two time MVPs. They may have less trepidation about giving a 3rd to either player at this point if their level of play stays the same that it's been. If Dallas has a good season and Luka has similar numbers to last year, he'd also have a good chance I think.
Not that Embiid should have won MVP over Jokic (I’d say Jokic is clearly the better player and played a better season by a bit), but why should a lack of playoff success historically matter when deciding who gets the MVP in a regular season?
It shouldn't in theory, but people associate MVP with being the best player in the league. Because of this, they feel like by awarding an MVP to a playoff underpreformer, they are saying that a guy who can't get it done when it matters is the best player in the league, which feels absurd.
This is crazy. Its almost like an unwritten rule to include post-regular season accomplishments to decide MVP for the *next season.*
So your criteria for being an MVP for the first time might not be the same for when you go for a repeat.
@@fortynights1513because the playoffs have ALWAYS mattered, they vote before the same season playoffs but they take the previous playoffs into consideration, an MVP even if he loses has to go out fighting and not be a reason to why his team lost, you can’t award MVP’s to player who do great in the regular season but then fold when it all counts, there’s only 1 after all and you can’t just give it out to players who really don’t deserve it as much as others
@@jooyichenI never thought of it that way.
I thought the MVP would go to the player who had the most impactful regular season, and that was it.
Giannis will come back with a vengeance, he’s my preseason guess for MVP.
He will miss a lot of ft, mids, will foul on 3s, will not shoot 3s, will travel and carry the ball, will tov. No mvp
Media won’t allow that after loosing 4-1 first round to an 8 seed, even if he was injured.
He’s the best regular season player in the league, but after a first round exit and how it happened, trust me, unless giannis comes into the season with all these brand new technical skills we haven’t seen, the bucks winning more games without Giannis than with him in the postseason will make the rounds, with no context to properly explain the situation.
Giannis would have to have a historic season for him to get considered, as unfair as it might be.
Idk guys I kinda hope I’m wrong since I like the idea of a new person winning MVP but I just believe that Giannis is the kind of guy who will use all this trash talk and disbelief to fuel his drive and he will have a monster year. We’ll see though
I hope he does since it would be really good motivation for him to improve his fts and his shooting in general. Maybe even add some post moves.
"SGA is Top 5" Agenda in full effect I support it.
Jokic coming off a perfect playoff run, paired with his ability to have 55 p+b+a every game. He already has a massive lead in the race. Its going to take Giannis being 33ppg and DPOY to take the MVP off Jokic, baring injury of course
bro what
@@etanabu2232 Nah I see what he's saying. Jokic doesn't have the "first round exit" "Can't get it done when it matters" narratives holding him back anymore. Even if his season is identical to last year he'd win it. Even though it shouldn't, playoff performance has an impact. Guys like Giannis and Embiid who crumbled in last year's 'offs are going to have to prove themselves all over again to get MVP.
@@benjaminweiss1817you really a hater he averaged a triple double for the entire playoffs but Murray carried him lmfao
@@benjaminweiss1817Jokic was 30/13/10 on 64% TS, Murray was 26/7/6 on 58% TS...
How exactly Jokic got carried by Murray, dummy?
@@benjaminweiss1817one of 5 or 6??? Which 5 or 6? Lebron was a somewhat injured but he was still playing good and they swept them anyway so it’s not like it was close. Are we calling Chris Paul a star? He played in 3 of the 4 games they lost anyway. Kawhi and PG would both have to be healthy but even then we’ve seen very little from them and the Clippers defence was ass this year. Giannis? You’re claiming that if Giannis misses 3 less games they go from being eliminated in 5 to winning 4 more series? Talk about a reach. Jimmy was a little injured but the series wasn’t even close to being close. Embiid? You really trust the 6ers to get it done? He was playing anyway so it wasn’t like the injury made that much of a difference to him.
If OKC wins 500 games this year boy I know something 🤣
"Jokic got embarrassed by the Warriors in the first round"
Jok was triple teamed the entire series and still averaged 31pts and 13rbs, unfortunately he had no help from his depleted team and had to do everything on both sides of the court by himself, not to mention most of GSW key players had gotten back healthy just in time for the playoffs and were fairly rested. We need to stop the false narrative that Jokic didn't play at an MVP level once the postseason came, even Warriors fans were saying he was the best player on either team during that series.
Either team is true only because Steph didn't play for the whole series.
As a warriors fans jokic wasn't the best player on both sides, he was absurdly good but he wanst better than Steph that year
@@Nicknursenut31 and 13 on great efficiency with no help and all the defensive attention isn’t close to being the best? Alright 😂
@@ahmadazem4167 Steph played in all 5 games.
Jokic's 31pt 13.2rb 5.8ast > Curry's 28pt 3.4rb 5.4ast.
Plus Steph had plenty of help with Poole Klay and Wiggins offensively plus Draymond, GP2, Looney and even Iggy taking care of things on the defensive side. Meanwhile Nikola had to everything on both sides of the ball.
@@Nicknursenut Jokic had the best playoff career stats of any active player besides Giannis, and that's before this year's monster run so he might even be first now. It's not like ChokEbidd whose numbers drop off in the postseason, Jokic has actually elevated his number every single time he's gone to the playoffs.
No one is revising history, the problem is that you people never actually watch things as they're happening and then don't even bother to at least look at the history of what they missed.
@@Nicknursenutsure, Embiid fan. It's okay to cope.
See this is my problem with the MVP, it’s sooo narrative based. Should just be the best player in that year, whether they’ve won it before or not, but instead it’s basically decided before the season starts that it’ll be one of about 3 players who fit the narrative
Except that’s demonstrably not been the case. Y’all have bad memories and too much confidence in them
@benjaminweiss1817 You talking about Embiid's MVP as the "joke MVP"? Or are you a salty Lakers fan?
@jtfc7286
The MVP award has always been about narratives.
Kawhi was undoubtedly the MVP in the 2016-17 regular season imo.
But due to 'analytics' and the media caring about numbers across all statistics, Westbrook and Harden were the top-2 candidates for the award that season 👎
@benjaminweiss1817 It is not based on narrative. Ever since 2012 the leader of the advanced stats was awarded MVP. Only this year the narrative influenced it, but Embiid was close.
Perkins and his race bomb is why Jokic didn’t win MVP. Before that he was unanimous after that he slowly dwindled.
Denverite and Nuggets fan here-this is just a cold and tired take. Nuggets had a serious losing stretch at the end of the season that included losing to the Rockets and Spurs and almost losing the first seed which is why a lot of people had him on their ballot in the first place. Embiid also outright beat Jokic head to head in a game that never seemed close, and both had great seasons. Jokics defense was also a big problem and question for many heading into the playoffs. His playoff defense took a huge jump but in the regular season it looked like he could maybe be attacked. All that paired with the fact that he was the 2 time reigning MVP is what lost him that, not Kendrick Perkins.
He was never unanimous and Perkins got clowned for his “””race bomb,””” I don’t understand people like you who think Kendrick fucking Perkins influenced the debate. You’re giving that guy way too much credit.
@rileymerino6340 thank you everyone always says Perkins and embiid crying won him an mvp but no its just the unlucky losing streak of jokic last year and the sixers getting hot
That's just not true and is a pathetic excuse for why Jokic didn't win it. Jokic got snubbed for the same reason Giannis got snubbed 3 years ago. Because he hadn't performed in the playoffs and had already won the award. The rave may have played a small role, but not nearly enough to change the final result. If you honestly believe that you're a gullible idiot.
@@rileymerino6340 Yeah because the 6ers going 4-6 down the stretch was really impressive Lol your sorry excuse is actually the tired take. Embiid also caught the Jokic flu Lol.
When Jokic won MVPs and then lost in the playoffs it was due to being on a team riddled with injuries and questionable building choices. Everyone knows that, he played incredible both of those years in the playoffs. Embid fumbled his way through the playoffs… again. Despite having a fantastic team. I think that made a lot of people feel pretty stupid for not giving one of the two future NBA legends in Gianis and Jokic their 3rd.
Indeed.
SGA: 31/5/5 on a team that went 40-42: The media are falling over themselves to give him MVP votes and 1st Team All NBA, such a heroic effort.
Luka: 32/8/8 on a team that went 38-44: Media: "Wow, Luka really fell off, I don't know if he's a winning player. How can I vote for him for MVP on a team that didn't make the play-in?"
Yea, people are going to say it's relative to expectations. That's my point- I don't think it should be. If the Thunder were better and the Mavs were worse than people expected, that doesn't mean SGA is better than Luka, it means people had some wrong prior assumptions about those teams. I think the Thunder were more talented overall last year and I'm not sure that's even debatable.
The Thunder battled a ton of injuries though including that of all the main bigmen. Along with the fact that one of them was the 2nd pick in the draft meaning the team wasnt very good the year prior. and Shai only playing 65 or so games
Shai’s efficiency was just better as well. Also Luka’s team got worse while Shai’s team got better. That’s just potential reasons. I am not saying he’s better necessarily
@@brendancroft5290 last season luka was the third most efficient player, thats pretty crazy cause he almost played the most mins per game as well because his team is so bad
Should Luka have received more MVP votes last year in your opinion?
@@fortynights1513 the truth is it doesn't matter who gets 5th place. But I think it's silly that Shai was deemed an MVP candidate while Luka was not. My point is they were in a very similar position - The difference was people's prior expectations
SGA IS A GREAT PICK as far as a new name !! Rusty He shown so much last year 👏🏾 all he needs to do is make the playoffs and a better record he’s the real deal ☝🏽
Black lol. Luka better
@@rockysalvatore435 if u don’t like black ppl stop watching basketball brother. But yes, Luka is better than Shai, nobody ever said the opposite. Sadly he has the worse team out of the both (maybe the mavs offseason will change that).
Kendrick Perkins
Anthony Edwards is my serious dark horse. If he takes a jump, gets to 50+ wins, and can pick up a storyline of being almost the youngest MVP ever I can see it happening
Nice pick.. I agree completely he's so underrated
What Ive been thinking. Ever since the allstar break last year he went crazy. Insane 2 way player, top 3 in the league at that.
50 wins ain't gonna cut it. Chicago won 62 games when Rose won MVP.
Minnesota needs to win 60+ games, unless the West is a repeat of last season where all the teams records outside the top-2 seeds are extremely close 🤷♂️
No chance any perimeter player win MVP against the bigs who put up crazy numbers. Only point guards who put up high scoring and assists have a chance.
Incredible player
Watch curry win out off nowhere with a deep balanced team without any second option (klay, Wiggins, dray and cp3 are all Al,our on the same level) so the Tatum Luka argument won’t work.
Honestly, I would love for Steph to go crazy and win the MVP. That would be a blast.
Embiid's pity MVP trophy will go down in history as a failure of the voters
He averged 33 11 and 5 on a 50+ win team
They ought to reverse their decision and give the MVP to Jokic. Given how badly Embiid played in the playoffs, and how Embiid threw his team under the bus rather than admitting he didn't play well, he doesn't deserve any award whatsoever.
@@Clipperfan_Trahe plays like a bum tho he never passed the eye test
@@Clipperfan_Trastill not better than Jokic
@@Clipperfan_TraStill shittier, more toxic, less of leader, and bitchier than Jokic.
I would love an SGA MVP. Does anyone know has any other team had 3 seperate players win MVP in a 10 year stretch before and did any of those teams do it with no rings or finals appearances?
If he doesn't miss games for once this could be Anthony Davis's year. Otherwise I think international play is really gonna push Anthony Edwards up the hype list.
The fickle NBA media wants a US born superstar and Ant is the dude.
The media, ants black to win.... Call it is at is.
Davis is very good, has a top five finish in his career.
Not sure if I’d predict him to get it all though.
Sadly his reputation as an injury prone player and the fact that he has LeBron on his team makes it impossible for him to win imo
@@tomassantos87 His reputation as an injury prone player doesn't hurt his chances. It's the fact that he actually IS injury prone. Whenever he's healthy, people are falling all over themselves to anoint him, just like KD. But just like KD, both of them can't do it over enough games. Same with Kawhi.
Zion is a great dark horse option assuming he comes back in shape and has a relatively healthy season. NOP has a great team capable of a top seed in the west (as seen before he went down with injury) with great supporting players and bench depth and Zion is more than than capable of putting up MVP caliber numbers as was proven during just his 2nd year in the league. The most important thing forgotten here is narrative too. Storylines play such a crazy role in the MVP voting. Him coming back to from injury, all the off-court drama and a slew of doubters cooking him over the last couple of seasons.
Rusty you are narrative guy to put SGA on second place.
Newsflash.... take out every guard except luka from ur prediction list.
NBA lists league leaders by EFF now, not just points....which means you need both points, assists and rebounds and have decent/okayish % for fg/3pt/ft .
as long as you triple double with 25 points then you crack the top 10.... if you are 6'5 or smaller or just dont rebound well: which means SGA, Spida, Ant 4-7 reb per game.
Theyl need to get 35 ppg 7reb 7as with 50-40-90... we all know Embiid is a freethrow merchant so even at 80% FT thats 8 extra points ez and we all know him and jokic getting 10-13 boards per game and jokic gets 7-11 assists and embiid stacks up the blocks and a good 3pt%...
in reality its between embiid and jokic again, giannis is too inefficient from 3 and ft and he doesnt make assists.
A smallball legend like curry dont even stand a chance, he shoots the piss out the ball from every range... he scores a point per minute, but he plays in a system that doesnt get him assists and he has a body that doesnt give him rebounds.... add to that that this man aint never getting 7+ FT a game cuz they dont give him inside scoring calls and they dont call players pulling and bumping him offball, Curry could average 32pts in 30 minutes with 55-45-95 and the world goes OOH AHH thats never been done before!!
Hed still recieve less MVP votes cuz he aint nearing triple doubles.
(shit he currently holds the record as the only player to do 50-40-90 and he did it 3 times... so what you want from the guy... breaks accuracy records left and right that dont get you a trophy!
End of the day, current NBA either 25 points high % triple double player wins MVP or the guy that wins the scoring title by freethrow merchanting and grabbing 10+ rebounds also wins MVP.
cant be a 30 minute player, cant be a 18 FGA player without triple double.... big guy wins the mvp, guaranteed!
Jokic, unlike Embid, never performed poorly in the playoffs. Yes, he did not win the chip in his MVP years, but he definitely did not have poor performance.
Yeah, it's like night and day. Jokic gets better in the playoffs. Embiid always plays worse. I love it.
Joker's going to take the MVP award in 2024.
The 2024 MVP will be whoever the media cries for it to be, not who actually deserves it.
Giannis revenge tour incoming... 💪
My list for MVP: Luka, Giannis, Jokic, Embiid.
Luka because after missing the playoffs he will be out for blood. Prediction: 34:12:9
Giannis because he will have to carry the load for a WAY past prime core. 28:12:6
Jokic because championship hangover and I feel like MPJ will get full of himself and miss more 3’s which will lower Jokic assist. 23:10:9
Embiid because he will have to carry the sixers with no harden. It’s kinda of weird. Embiid is my favorite to win MVP and has the best statistical chance, but with all that load it’s unlikely he plays 65 games which will make him ineligible for MVP. Hes either winner or getting disqualified.
My prediction is Luka but personally I’d like to see OKC improve and SGA get it
Luka is predicted every year but never wins. The problem is he never has a good enough team around him.
@@justinmartin1831 I think they’ll be pretty good this year. I can see Luka winning it if they at least get the 4th seed
@@justinmartin1831Luka Doncic has yet to come into the season in shape. He also needs to improve his free throw shooting. He only shoots 74% from the line. Those two things right there are unacceptable and are in direct correlation with one another. Can’t blame the team for the losses and credit the best player for the wins. Luka needs to improve to earn MVP.
@@g0DMVzzzz it doesn't matter if he's in shape or what his free throw percentage is. What matters is if he puts up the numbers and his team ranks high enough in the standings. It's not like Jokic has a great body. What about Charles Barkley,.he won MVP. He always had one of the worst physiques. Giannis is a terrible free throw shooter and he won MVP same with Shaq and LeBron.
@@justinmartin1831 you missed the point and we’re talking about Luka. All those other dudes you named played inside out and aren’t guards Luka Doncic should be shooting at least 82% from the stripe. Nice try though.
Embiid when getting the award has to do it in front of every one and make it a big deal while Jokic is at home riding up on his horse getting his. Curry only problem is playing enough games. MVP is a joke now (Thanks Perk) and would like the voter to just remove Jokic from the list. We don't care about the ESPN MVP award any more. Means nothing now.
Having SGA over Jokic is like putting Dame in the top 75 but not Parker.
It's stupid
Your point on luka doesn’t really apply too well just because the sheer narrative of missing the play offs and then bouncing hard to a higher seed would be massive for his case.
Get Embiid out of the thumbnail. Even if he averages 50ppg he won't win this year.
I think this is a good list, and I also think it's a great year for a first-time winner. Shai, Luka, and Ant are the best picks, but to that I would add AD (I'm surprised he's not in the vid), Sabonis (you underrate him), and Haliburton (might be a couple years early on this one, but he should start turning more heads).
If Sabin is wins an mvp I’ll cash app you every dollar I have lmao. Dumb take.
I hope Jokic does win. If not, I see Shae and Luca as battling to win.
OKC has a chance to be a 500+ win team this year. heard it here first, folks!
if he and his team stays healthy, it should be jokic again. But as we all know, media won't allow it
i think tatum and luka have an infinitely higher chance of winning mvp than embiid. Other than that all solid takes
Yeah, it might be Jokic. But I don't think he cares enough. Or at all.
I think he'll focus on building up CB, Watson, Tyson, Holiday, Zeke... Getting the team ready for the POs. Maybe Reggie will get comfortable.
That's my wishful thinking. I hope Malone has the same idea (give those&new guys almost starter minutes - to get to feel how it is to play for/with a championship team and find their roles).
MPJ will get better, Murray will get stronger, AG will probably play more outside (yep, I've said it) just to open up even more options... KCP will KCP even better.
That's my "dream"... Commit the first half of the season to "new" guys, manage the workload of the stars (1st unit), see what works, maybe make a move during the break, and then - tune up before the POs.
Exactly. They've proved it in the Regular Season. They've proved it in the Playoffs. They've won a chip. That's more than most teams ever do. The only thing to do now is to do it again, and again, and again. And that requires pacing yourselves, it requires building up the new blood, it requires gelling at the right time.
Don't sleep on GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
Embiid had a bigger pity mvp than Karl Malone in 97 lol
I know you loved throwing that big 🚫 sign over embiid
Is Jokic continues to play at an MVP level, he will most certainly receive his third, and probably final, MVP. Because of his recent post season success and FMVP, proving that he was the REAL 2023 MVP, he has a high chance of winning another.
What makes you think it will be Jokic's final MVP? He's a player who relies on skill instead of athleticism, which means he'll probably peak when he's about 32 years old. Assuming he regresses back to his current level at the same rate, he will be a contender for the MVP until he's 36.
@@PlanetOfTheApes999 they only gave lebron four MVPS, I doubt they’ll give Jokic four as well 🤷♂️ doesn’t matter how good he plays
@@ControlYourKids I hope you're wrong. I hope they keep giving Jokic MVPs as long as he plays well enough to deserve them.
Voter fatigue is definitely a deciding factor but u know Jokic MVP runs remind me exactly what happened with Giannis he had won two in a row and a DPOY and he told the media I can’t be the MVP if I don’t win a title which is just the kind of player he is but that third year he didn’t win the MVP and the rest is history he wins the title while having one of the greatest game 6 we have ever seen same with Jokic that third MVP snub seems to help win chips
the most pathetic MVP last year
pity MVP crying MVP
Now there is a requirement of 65 games? Embiid rarely plays 60 games, Davis , made out of crystal, Jimmy Butler is an MVP caliber player, case in hand, he got injured they were unable to overcome his production, Tatum nah, Luka has to maintain his conditioning in check. And the Joker should be the leading candidate
Who cares. The MVP voting has become a joke with players whining about not getting votes and media members acting like clowns.
The award has been a joke since they gave it to Westbrook but people don't want to have the real conversation about that 🤷♂️
Will not be Embiid again after that playoff performance. I’d be surprised if he gets a vote.
Probably he will not play enough games to qualify for the award
If OKC gets 500 wins this year they will HAVE to be in discussion for best team of all time
Let’s not forget about giannis 🙌
I’m gonna say Anthony Edwards. Long shot but I think he’ll hit every criteria. Wolves are going to win plenty of games and ANT has been getting better and better every year.
0 shot
That’s not a long shot…..it’s an impossible shot. Edwards might get one in the future but the Twolves are going to be trash, especially in the west
not impossible super unlikely but man look at drose it's possible
Ant probably needs 2-3 more seasons to reach MPV level (if he's going to). I think he takes a significant leap this year with his time playing on team USA but he just needs to keep learning the NBA game.
@@masta_waynethey are the best western team the Nuggets faced. KAT would be healthy now and Jaden& Ant improves too
Last year's race was classically toxic..
Jokic already proved that it really doesn’t matter. The ring is what matters tbh
Yep, with how corrupt this last year's MVP was, it showed that it didn't matter at all. Put it on the court, in the playoffs, when it matters.
Embiid whined his way to the MVP
I would want to believe that the bucks beat the heat if giannis was healthy but even when he was healthy he was dropping like 40 10 8 or sum shit like that they had double-digit leads going into the fourth quarter in game 4 and 5 and they blew it and the heat Lost herro to me it's a clear case of bro got out played (yes i am a heat fan)
Anthony Edwards
I think Giannis is cooking up a monster season, that being said Joker is a basketball savant who could probably put up a triple double every night if he wanted.
We’ll definitely not Embid …😂 after these Sixers shenanigans with Harden so I say never sleep on Giannis he’s definitely back to claim his spot
derrick rose 2024 MVP
Jokic May just retire with the most MVPs ever
He's not winning 7 or more MVPs.
That's a joke
@@ColdHoops I forgot Kareem has 6 but he may 3 peat and win another his play style will allow him to be great for a very long time
Everyone I think about having a chance; when I compare them to Jokic they suddenly have no chance. He's a generational talent in his prime at the peak of his powers. Jokic has the league by the ass for the next 2-3 years.
My dark horse candidate is de’aaron fox. I Can see him having a breakout season where he brings up his Ppg and shooting percentage as well as leading the kings to the third seed again.
As long as we don't split up this award in Offensive Player of the Year and MVP, I don't really care about the outcome
Luka Doncic.
Rusty I disagree with the take that Giannis would have beaten the heat if he was healthy….even when he played against them healthy he was not as effective because of the heats physical defense and Eric’s defensive game plan to bait Giannis into trying to be dominant which is -1pt on most shots the rest of the team take at a higher %than his would be against this particular team.
sga winning mvp
Giannis is going to be top 3 voting, at least. He's pissed. He's got a chip on his shoulder. Look out.
If he's that pissed, he'll win another championship 🤷♂️
Some asthmatic ex-celtic would say that you're only giving it to Jokic because you're white 😅
We all know that Jokic didn't suffer from voter fatigue but from two narratives that ESPN promoted:
1. Jokic was a stat padder
2. MVP panel was favored an white player
I’m calling itll be Luka but like deadass this time
Luka has 0 chance. His status dropped a lot last year given Kyrie played extremely well with the Mavs (40,50, 95) while they tanked. Luka's inefficiencies have been getting exposed lately. He needs to shoot minimum 37% from 3 to get his status back.
One question I have that could be a factor here:
Is one of the conferences considered significantly better than the other right now?
The Nuggets, Suns, Kings, Lakers, and Warriors/Thunder are probably going to be top of the west.
The Celtics, Bucks, Heat (with Dame), Cavs, and Knicks in the East.
I’d say the West is overall stronger, but it’s getting closer and closer every year.
The west is much stronger. The east really only has celtics and bucks as competitors. If dame joins Miami it could change tho
Love saying Giannis terrible playoff performance due to injury means nothing compared to Embiids terrible 2nd series due to injury
I agree to a extent, but to be fair I believe in that point of the video he was talking more about player perception than anything. Embiid is not given leeway anymore whether it’s fair or not for his injury history. This whole convo can really get stupid
Only hope for Joel winning it is if he plays like 75-80 games and Nick Nurse makes them 1st seed with him being slightly more dominant in the regular season than this year.
And with that it would still be a very little chance people gives it to him considering what happened in the playoffs.
I would love Giannis to have a very dominant year + MVP and be back on top with a better core
But honestly, Joker will probably have it. Also he'll have a slightly worse team so that could inflate his scoring numbers even more
I think Luka and SGA have the highest chances if they can dramatically increase their spot in the West. The safest bet imo is actually Giannis, bc he’s always in contention for MVP and DPOY.
Hear me out if the suns are the one seed and booker is putting up 30 5 5 as the best player he has a chance to get mvp
0 shot and only way suns get 1 seed is if jokic has injury.
Yah man a guy with Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal on his team is going to win mvp
Thats similar to what Tatum did last year not quite the one seed but 2nd best record in the league with 30 8.8 and 4.6 and was 4th so he would be in the discussion yes but not for sure especially playing alongside a former mvp in Durant.
Think if Lebron can win mvps with Wade and Bosh idk that having Kyrie with Luka would stop Lukas chances. Especially with the reputation Kyrie has with the media
Embiid's MVP was a Mickey Mouse MVP.
Being able to produce great results on the crucial games and in the clutch is vital for a great player. Embiid does a dissappearing act on those occasions
Jokic only lost in the post season during his MVP runs due to teammate injuries. The guy played great in all of the games. Carrying a team of players who are currently benched or not playing in the NBA right now. They only won cause they’re healthy. None of his current teammates are superstars.
6:30 500+ wins, eh? Wow that would shatter the current record by 427 games!
I don't care if you corrected it, that shit is funny.
I really like your videos (on your 2nd channel aswell) but predicting before a season isnt rly a new nor rational
gotta change it up a bit G. every video looks and sounds the same no matter whats the topic of the video. gotta adapt/change to grow homie and growth would be much deserved 😘 much love
Who will win? Let's talk about Westbrook playing for 4 mil. If he has a triple double type season for 4 mil u think he could b a long shot mvp or more like a candidate for most improved if he returns to form
Man rating Tatum over Luka when he has done nothing but flop with vastly superior supporting cast is fucking laughable
My list of chance
1.tatum,luka
2.giannis,jokic
3.embiid
4.sga
5.mitch
Since nba is business ,there will be manipulations as always .there is no clear cut usa plsyer to put hus face on brand..Tatum is closest thing ..SGA is too ugly
Luka Doncic will win the 2024 NBA MVP. You heard it here first, folks
wow i disagree with the statement about steph i think the final three in the mvp race is sga jokic and curry. giannis and sabonis and ant edwards are close as well. thats my 23-24 prediction
1. Joker 2. AD 3. Luka 4. Curry 5. Gianns
Dark horse Jimmy butler
Luka had like 3 straight mvp season but mavs always so up and down if they consistent and get 50 plus wins with kyrie healthy he getting it
Shai
I feel like the NBA should do awards in the off-season after the playoffs. What y’all think?
love your content rustyman!! keep em coming, greetings from Vienna
5:11 just say you didnt watch this past postseason.. you're contradicting yourself in your own video 🤣
Boston definitely has too much for Tatum to win MVP but doncic and kyrie are a two-man show over there and we just saw and bead when a MVP with harden as his teammate so
We just need to get rid of Perkins as an analyst and we are good to go, he single handedly was the reason why embiid won this Time because of 'racism'.
Everyone knows it’s gonna be Jayson Tatum or luka doncic
My 2 front runners
That’s what they say every year
They been saying it’s Luka’s year for 3 yrs now. Gotta give it a rest. His team is too mid for him to win MVP yet
Tatum has way to much help and Luka has to little
yeah ig Giannis doesn’t exist anymore
I’m also high on okc sacramento is also interesting to me swipa really impressed me.
Jayson Tatum imo.
Embiid won't win till he makes a finals or conference finals.
Giannis needs to be demonic and do something never done before. Or even make an ecf again cus he hasn't done much since 2021.
Luka has had the stats but not the record. Dont see that changing this yr.
Jokic might get a " sorry we fucked up " MVP which I expect.
Tatum will have the stats and the record imo. Plus a chip on his shoulders
embiid should never have won in general.
They didn't "fuck up." The award is always given before the playoffs play out. Nobody has a crystal ball. That said, now that Joker and Giannis are both two time MVPs and Finals MVPs, the voters may feel more inclined now to give either that third MVP this year if their numbers stay the same. I agree that Joel will never sniff it again until he does enough to erase the playoff narratives about him that were only strengthened by his most recent performance this postseason.
They didn't "fuck up" though. It's always been a regular season award. Joel's regular season performance was at the same level as Jokic's (and Giannis). I do agree winning the title this year probably helps Jokic's case for next year though. Joel is clearly never getting a second MVP until he exercises his playoff demons. I think Jokic or Giannis will have a fair shot because they both have rings now and I think Luka has a fair shot because he hasn't won one yet and because he's statistically been right there with the other three players the past few regular seasons.
If Cleveland finish first or second, Spida for MVP? 🤔