That’s fair. I think there’s a valid case for all of the top 4 candidates and I wouldn’t really be mad if any of them won it, though it’ll pretty certainly be Shai. I stopped thinking about MVP when Jokic got injured and it’s been a much better basketball viewing experience without worrying about if this game or that game helps the stupid narrative.

That exact same argument works for Shai lmao.

Five of the Spurs’ wins without Wemby came against tanking teams; they’re 5-5 without him against play-in or better teams

It’s really not the shot blocking though. Wemby’s defensive impact goes way past that. He alters every shot in the paint by just existing, and can chase down guards on the perimeter somehow. The fact that people try their best to avoid shooting near him and regularly do a double take and flee from the paint when he’s there and he STILL averages 3 blocks a game is ridiculous. 

Do you realize how ridiculous you sound ?

The only thing that Curry stands out on is shooting, and even that’s just 3-point shooting.

Even if you think that’s true, so what ?

If the one thing I can do on the basketball court I do so overwhelming well that I break the opposing team, why would that be a bad thing or a negative thing.

To say that the only thing he stands out on is defense is just flat-out wrong when the spurs have one of the best offenses when he’s on the floor and have an about average offense with him off the court.

Do you realize how ridiculous you sound to say that he does basic stuff, when he is almost top 3 in every single advanced stat ? You know neck-and-neck with Shai, your MVP?

Shai does deserve the MVP for what he’s done for OKC this year with all the injuries they’ve had, but to say that Wemby hasn’t been close to him these year is just flat-out wrong.

I mean I agree Shai is the clear mvp right now but what does wemby get hyped for that’s basic ?

And the shot blocking is a tiny aspect of what he provides defensively… it’s just the shit that shows up in highlight reels.

You should try actually watching the games before commenting on them.

Wemby is the single greatest defensive player in just about any sport I’ve seen. He completely dominates the area around the basket to the point that people don’t even attempt shots. They bail out of drives. They don’t even look to score.

There is no way in hell you can make your comment if you actually watched a few of his games. Because some of the most valuable things he is doing aren’t captured in statistics.

Wemby, Shai, or Jokic could win the MVP in just about any year with the seasons they are having.

If OKC drop out of the 1 seed, SGA isn’t going to win.

I think they will stay #1, they are a great team but SGA needs them to have that top seed.

Lol wemby has better advanced stats than Shai, has the h2h matchup and will likely snatch the 1 seed too

Lmao awful take.

Those are all box score only stats worse than EPM

Offensive BPM is mostly fine though

I mean, just spam pick and roll against Jokic, right?  Guaranteed success!

Look at who they played, he’s only gotten worse on the defensive end since

I’ll make a second reply since you edited this after my post.

Hum Luka is 62% TS for the season.

Yes, because he leads the entire NBA in free throws, by a substantial margin. That’s why. It’s not his 67th place 47%fg that’s getting him to 62% ts, I’ll tell you that much. Nice try though.

his team would lose every other game anyway like they always do when he shoots more.

This means you don’t watch or understand his games. They don’t lose “because” he shoots more. Unlike Luka, Jokic doesn’t give a shit about scoring or padding his stats:

Jokic’s Plan A is always to be a facilitator first. So the only time you will see him take a ton of shots is when his teammates are completely dropping the ball, having bad nights or otherwise not holding up their end.

Meaning that the games that Jokic is shooting a bunch are games where his teammates are playing badly and they’re likely already way behind, forcing Jokic to try to start scoring himself, so obviously those are gonna be games they’re more likely to lose.

If Jokic decided at the beginning of the game to just start ball-hogging and taking all the shots like Luka does, there is no question Jokic would outscore the shit out of Luka. Jokic is a better player than Luka. That’s not really a debate rational people even try to argue with.

Well yeah. Because that TS is from his stupid amount of free throws, not his field goals lol.

He had one outlier game where his fg% was exactly 60%, the rest much lower, most of his games were mid to low 40’s%, and a couple games in the 30’s%.

In literally half those games his 3p was 33% or lower, which is bad, with three games at 28% or less.

Any player in the league is gonna score bunch of points if they take 30 shots a game, even with shit efficiency.

Nephew comment.