• Jesmer8490B
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    1 year ago

    How in the world is Tatum an MVP candidate when he continuously gets more and more help every year. He is a great individual player but he does not elevate his teammates IMO

  • GraketyB
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    1 year ago

    Where’s Giannis? 👀. I guess a 40 point double double average the past week doesn’t qualify for top 5 🤡

  • MV7EaglesFanB
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    1 year ago

    I have a feeling voters will find a reason to feel bad for Embiid and just give it to him.

  • SavahoodieB
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    1 year ago

    Jokic hasn’t had less than 22 points OR 10 rebounds in a game this season. His consistency is unmatched.

  • Trowa007B
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    1 year ago

    SGA has been turning up but man has everybody on this list been doing it too.

  • honestnbafanOPB
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    1 year ago

    Stats of the top 5 on the list:

    Jokic: 30/14/8 on 65.4% TS, 3.5 TOs, 9-2 team record

    Luka: 31/8/8 on 64.0% TS, 4.4 TOs, 9-3 team record

    Embiid: 32/12/6 on 61.4% TS, 3.7 TOs, 8-3 team record

    Tatum: 28/9/4 on 64.0% TS, 2.7 TOs, 9-2 team record

    SGA: 29/6/6 on 60.6% TS, 2.3 TOs, 8-4 team record

  • LoxDnwB
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    1 year ago

    Shai is doing the one thing people wanted to see and that’s winning, glad to see it payoff in the MVP rankings. His defense and playmaking has taken the leap.

  • Ticonderoga2HBB
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    1 year ago

    Ive already begun to shift agendas w/ Bam in the top 10

    MVP > DPOY

  • KangadruB
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    1 year ago

    Can we not with this… we’re not even 1/4 of the way through the season

  • Balls_of_AdamanthiumB
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    1 year ago

    What a bunch of monsters all these guys are. I used to say the NBA would be boring when Bron, Steph and leave, but it sure as fuck looks like it’s in great hands.

  • CarBallAlexB
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    1 year ago

    Disrespect to Tyrese Haliburton. Averaging nearly 25 points, 12.5 assists, and 4 rebounds on 67.7% TS, only 2.1 turnovers per game, and the Pacers are 7-4 but the loss to Boston he didn’t play and they got blown out.

    He’s also 2nd in BPM only behind Jokic and historically, the MVP winner is usually 1st or 2nd in this stat. Last 3 guys to not be top 2 in BPM and win MVP were Rose (3rd), Kobe and Nash.

    I’m kinda shocked he’s not a top 5 candidate right now. If he carries a supporting cast of Myles Turner, Benedict Mathurin, Obi Toppin and Bruce Brown to a top 4 seed (3 of these guys were solid bench players last year), he absolutely has to be in the conversation.

    • NeuroxexB
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      1 year ago

      Well now hang on Giannis is pretty good but he’s no Tyrese Maxey or Domantas Sabonis

  • UltraMoglog64B
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    1 year ago

    Ant will probably see a dip after this week, but it would be crazy to see him break the top five this season.