Think he talkin bout you u/Odoaiden 😂😂😂

the MVP ladder even has five honorary mentions after #10 if anybody wants to argue about those too

I imagine that’s what rich people say about the rest of the world.

Well it’s effectively the same as arguing who the 5-10 best players are

who would you rather have brunson or cade?

Mvp voting is irrelevant from like ranks 3 to 10 in almost all years lmao. No one gives a shit about guys from 5 to 10 either. You get that ranking off q random mvp vote

If they didn’t blow so many dumb games (which ant def plays a role in) he absolutely would be. If they get 3 seed he is gonna be high up there

Idk, seems like you guys have been pretty healthy and he’s had some help. Mitchell has had to carry the Cavs with all of the injuries and Hunter and Ball being terrible. Similar record and similar individual numbers.

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Id take Brown this year over Ant easily.
Look at the supporting cast around both players and it’s an easy pick

Fuck fat Boi he should be #2

The only one I have a real issue with being over Ant is Mitchell, who has been better than Ant in exactly 0 ways. Personally I think Ant has overall been more impactful than Wemby and I would say Brown too, but recognize that the Celtics are vastly over performing expectations.

Nah he had a really good January and is carrying that momentum forward

Nobody was better in January than Luka so sure he can

Top 4 player in the league, I don’t see why not. 

Dawg what?? He’s averaging 34/9/9

He just won POTM, why not? Also the Lakers have been overachieving given how flawed their 4-10 is.

He’s this high probably as a hedge against Jokic missing the games limit.

There’s no one 4 or lower who can make a case to be above Doncic.

Why not?

A warrior flair sees a Lakers player and they close their minds

Dumb braindead warriors fan lmaooo. Curry is injured and your future is cooked

It isn’t defensive player of the year that is for sure.

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0 ball knowledge, although unsurprising from a warriuhs fan

The league giving Brown an undeserved POTM doesn’t obligate the guy who makes this list.

No shot he should be sniffing anywhere near the top 5 after he just came back from missing 16 games. Not saying he’s out of the MVP race but it would be 1 helluva late season push for him to win.

Every single impact metric disagrees

Think he gets plenty of credit for what he brings

How long ks he out? 

Tbf SGA is pretty solid on defense

Yes he should he’s not doing what Luka is doing

Jaylen should be lower than a lot of people. Issue is people have trouble gauging impact and see him as the only name they recognize on a team that is performing above theit expectations.

Actual MVP level players have elite impact signals, instead his team is better with him off the court

Cade’s carried his team to the second best record in the NBA. He clearly deserves his spot.

I don’t think everyone knows that or even agrees

The only reason I can get on board with is that he’s missed quite a few games in the last month.

Brunson should be higher than Cade lmao

So Shai should be number 1

thats the problem people have about cade imo, pistons are doing well and cade is technically their best player but idt cade is necessarily individually playing at an mvp level

Brother, the Lakers have essentially the same record as the Celtics, Knicks, and Timberwolves lmfao. Are you trolling or just ignorant?

The Knicks are 33-18 vs the Lakers being 31-19 and Luka is averaging 32.⁸⁄₇.⁸⁄₈.6 not to factor in that the Lakers a dogshit roster and players like Giannis, Jokic, and Wemby have all missed way more time than him

MVP is a player award, not a team award. Without Luka, the Lakers would be the west coast Wizards.

Because his team is so bad, yet they’re still winning games

Why is Luka so high when his team is so bad?

They are in 4th place and their record is likely to improve with players returning from injury. Jokic won a MVP on a 6th place team that was 16 games out of first place.

cuz they’re “lakers”

Cade over Luka only makes sense if you don’t watch basketball

Luka over Jokic, Wemby and Cade doesn’t makes sense

Wemby at 3 is crazy man.

Ah the real list 

Why would he be above the guy having a better season than him? The only reason he’s above even jokic is because jokic might not qualify

Dumb hypothetical. He isn’t averaging a 40 point triple double, he’s averaging far below that and so his no. 2 spot is perfectly justified.

Meet hypothetical man!!!

No, they’re just straight up not as good as Luka and Jokic as players overall and aren’t playing any better than either of them this year. They’re both in their break-out years with less pressure and when you’re in that period you have to have all-time level season and / or have an amazing narrative at the right time - Rose, for example - to realistically be in the MVP race. That’s how it’s always worked and even if you disagree with how MVP is ranked, I also don’t think either Cade or JB are appreciably better than any of the top 3.