Depends on how long he’s out. He missed 6, 7 and 14 games respectively in the last 3 seasons

I think so yes, tbf I don’t think he’s ever had a stretch where he had to play as intense in as many games as he did at the beginning of the season before Jdub first came back. The whole “not playing the 4th” thing were his rests lol

Yep

“Tank Years 2”

Wemby is gonna be the last man standing from the top 5 and win the most random MVP by being more durable somehow

unlikely but would be very funny

Holy Shit Jaylen is gonna win MVP

I think Cade would be the favorite at that point, no?

But if both SGA and Jokic miss the cutoff then it’s fair game.

Carrying your team to #1 is a big accomplishment and Cade is their engine.

I mean if SGA and Jokic are ineligible, surely Cade would be the favorite right? Best player on the best team (record wise) is hard to go against

I like the spirit of the rule, but 65 games seems a bit strict, especially with the increased pace of play these days.

Nuggets and Thunder just getting absolutely ass-blasted with injuries smh

Thunder are currently top 3 in man games lost and might even finish 1st or 2nd.

The other teams in that bucket are all going to get top 4 picks.

Yeah it definitely sucks. Celtics had the same issues after their run (+champ hangover).

It’s why that shit is so hard to repeat.

Nuggets and Thunder fans have something to agree on!

Glares at you in Nuggets

SGA was dealing with a hand injury before this abdominal one, so you might be right on the money here.

He was playing through it and it didn’t look like they were gonna sit him to rest and recover from it.

Now they’re forced to, and it might end up being a blessing in disguise.

But with J-Dub’s hamstring injury being re-aggravated (teams are rushing guys back too quickly from these type of injuries), it could end up being something that needs a lot more time to recover, or it risks popping up again down the line, maybe this time during a playoff series which would be worse case scenario for them.

the thunder need jdub to be at an all nba level come playoffs to repeat imo

I don’t think SGA alone can carry the OKC on his back. JDub has to get healthy and return to his performance level from last year’s playoffs. The team depth is very cog dependent and they all have to be performing for the OKC to repeat.

Yeah idc how old you are but once you hurt the hamstring you are just in a tough position. It’s not going to get better.

I don’t care about seeding

Thunder don’t win last season if the game 7s were in Denver or Indianapolis. Obviously a more mature team now, but HCA is still important.

SGA will still win it if he plays more than 65 games. There’s a huge gap between him/Jokic, and the rest of the contenders.

He’d have to be out for the next 3 weeks to be disqualified.

SGA returning next Friday would mean he still has like 5 games to spare before being ineligible. Don’t think that’ll be an issue

If Spurs OR Nuggets take and hold the #1 seed till the playoffs and if all 3 of Wemby, Jokic and SGA play 65+ games, there’s absolutely NO reason to continue to claim SGA should be the unanimous MVP. Jokic should become the front runner in that case.

Its crazy to think about when you put it that way lol this has been the worst injury riddled season I can remember for superstars. Hopefully cade and jb can stay healthy down the stretch.

Just like they did last year tbh

SGA and Jokic fans united

how things change

I really want both our teams healthy for the playoffs. That would be another great series but hopefully shorter and we dont blow another game 1 like we did last year 😂

Jokic can only miss one more right?

Sucks that he might not win MVP (he’s still the heavy favourite as long as he makes the cut-off) but honestly I don’t care if we’re not the 1 seed because our top priority should be getting healthy before the playoffs, especially JDub.

Bout 13.

Edit: if we are lucky he will be back for Denver and itll only be 12.

If he came back in a week I think he’d have 7 left to miss before missing out on 65 games. If it’s 2 weeks, then 3-4 left.

I think we should’ve taken him out of the game much sooner being up 30 in the 3rd. It made no sense to keep him in as long as he was.

We need him to not be rusty. Unfortunately his wrist is really bothering him, and its impact on his ball handling + Ajay Mitchell minutes has really decreased his ability to handle the ball well under defensive pressure. If we want to make it out of the West, we need him playing at minimum an all-star level, really all-nba 3rd team level for max confidence.

Especially after seeing what happened with Gordon.

I really, really fucking hope so.

Except OKC isn’t a dynasty yet, You have to atleast win twice in a row to be in that argument!

You got a free win coming up against the Nets soon and the Spurs also run around like headless chickens while healthy sometimes so you never know 😭

you are not ready for my agendas

Spurs have a better winning percentage without Wemby than with Wemby.

10-4 without (71%)

28-12 with (70%).

That’s obviously not including strength of schedule or anything else, but if it was SGA or Jokic in that situation, it would be one of the biggest arguments against them for MVP.