Luka Doncic drops a 40-piece versus Nets: 41 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK
Luka Doncic drops a 40-piece versus Nets: 41 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 5 TOV, 15-25 FG, 5-10 3P, 6-6 FT, +19 38 MIN
Austin Reaves 26/8/5/1 7-13 FG, 4-7 3P, +26
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810930
Drop another place to Jaylen Brown in MVP votings
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Again, 4th, behind the fat Serbian, aura man and Alien.
Luka finishes 2nd in MVP voting and Shai finishes 1st
no, SGA 2nd
no, SGA 1st
You mean SGA? Wemby is #1
Nah, Shai is #1
without Luka lakers would be a play in team
they would be worse than the warriors considering lebron and austin missed 25 games each
Lebron definitely was not out for that long.
He missed 14 games in the beginning of the season, and a couple back to backs, bron missed 21 games my bad
But he was pretty rusty coming back
Ngl we would be tanking right now with lebron on a retirement tour
Actually, yea that makes total sense
Are you trying to say he’s the most valuable player, because that would be crazy. What’s the name of this award again?
Most important player
Play-in team is awfully generous
I don’t even think they would be in the play ins, with AD they barely made the play ins I think they’d be outside of play ins
Shout out Nico
Would be Austin Reaves hero-ball every night. Which works sometimes but absolutely not consistently
I mean, dude is one of the best to ever do it, of course we need him dearly, are the Spurs a top team without Victor?
Not a top team but a better team than the lakers
Not a better team than the Lakers.
A way better team than the Lakers.
Wemby to the Lakers confirmed
Could you imagine the disgusting fuckery, with Lukas lobbing talent
Essentially a match made in hell, Luka could fully focus on offense and even spare time to roast the refs because Wemby can literally 1v3 on defense, Wemby could rest and even play a more leisure style because Luka carries the offensive load.
A supercharged Magic+Kareem.
You’re saying it would be bad if one of the best basketball players in the word today was removed from a team?
Without Wemby the spurs would be a play in team.
He genuinely should have his 2nd MVP this year if he wasn’t robbed in 23-24 and it’s crazy how he’s going to get robbed again
Even crazier that he’s not gonna finish 2nd either year. At best he’ll be 3rd this year behind Wemby, and in 2024 they put SGA and Jokic over him lmao
Most obvious 4th place finish ever. Gonna have to win a chip to get back into top 3 (or even 4 if Giannis plays a full season)
What do chips have to do with regular season mvp awards now
They gave SGA a 2nd place finish over Luka in 2024 when SGA had never made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs in his career
They don’t respect Luka as a player nor his playstyle, until it shows silverware they’ll never rate him fairly unfortunately.
wrong
I’m sorry? I thought this was an opinionated question
The bar just keeps on moving and you completely buy into it because your favourite “basketball analytic” tells you so. Have some dignity.
I’ll never get over that. Because Im CERTAIN if you had swaped Luka’s season with SGA or Jokic, they 100% win MVP that year. He literally didnt win cause of the agenda voters have against him.
Yeah. Embiid shouldnt have won the 22-23. It should have been Jokic.
In 23-24, everyone wants to do it right by Jokic so they voted for him.
How many 40 point games does he have in just the month of march??? LOL
He has 17 since joining the Lakers in like a 1 1⁄2 seasons…. Bron has 18 😭
Fucking hell that’s actually a hilarious way to look at it
How much does Anthony Davis have
Luka “March Madness” Doncic
I think it’s 5?
Top 4 in MVP race btw
Maybe if he averages 60 he can finally get top 1
Voters will probably drop him to 5th because he had the audacity not to average 61
Voter*
The ladder is written by one idiot.
Reaves said exactly that in the post-game
The more he scores, the lower he goes. Him averaging 60 would drop him to 5 or 6.
Maybe the key is to have one of those Jokić games where you dont score a lot būt get a millions assits and rebounds.
Although I dont think the Lakers habe the personnel for Luka to get more assists
Luka just dropped out of the top 10 in mvp race after this game
Between
Luka, SGA, Jokic, Wemby
Who would u put at 4th?
Because either way its gonna be controversial.
Jokic because of team record? He is averaging triple double, leading the league in rebounds and assist.
Wemby is averaging 4 stoks a game, and impacting both offense and defense in a big way. Also his team is 2nd seed
SGA, his team is 1st seed he is their best player and have one of the most efficient scoring season.
Luka his team is 3rd seed, way off 2nd seed wins. But have great scoring stats, lead the league in scoring and does a big carry job so far.
All of them are deserving.
Wemby and it’s absurd to me that this is even a question. 4 blocks and being impactful do not come even close to what the other 3 are doing currently. He’s fantastic, especially for how early it is in his career but he is not on the same level as these other 3. If he actually manages to win the MVP I don’t think I could ever take this award seriously again.
its not just the 4 blocks what he does on defense is way more impactful than those 4 blocks.
raptors haven’t had a good center outside of 5 months of gasol. they can’t evaluate one.
Crazy 🍆🚲
Yeah give him dpoy, MVP shouldn’t fixate on defense when the dpoy is there. Wemby has way less minutes than the other guys, team wins without him.
Boiling down Wemby’s defensive impact to just 4 blocks is absurd
His impact on defense is as strong as Luka’s impact on offense, and Wemby’s offense is a lot better than Luka’s defense
There’s the MVP and the DPOY. There isn’t an “offensive player of the year” award, which means the MVP is basically that award. The MVP is an offensive award so offense should matter more for MVP.
I’ve literally never thought about it before (not exactly a hardcore nba fan), but having an Offensive Player of the Year award makes a lot of sense. I wonder why they don’t do it?
Because there’s no need. The MVP was created in the 50s. Back then, the DPOY didn’t exist. The DPOY was first awarded in the 80s, mainly because defense was always underappreciated. It was a carve out to say, “hey ! Defense matters!” There’s no need for such a carve out for offense because offensive output is already more valued than defense, and because the MVP is already an offensive award.
I disagree, the DPOY award is treated as a specialist award. Wemby isn’t just a defensive player
What drives the MVP award the most is team wins. The same reason Kobe averaging 35 points didn’t win it for him, and the reason Luka isn’t in the conversation to win it this year
The best player on the “best” team always has the highest chance of winning.
So if your team is Ass you’re screwed.
THis is too cookie cutter. Wembys defensive impact is the same as Lukas offensive impact but theres a award for that which is the DPOY award. MVP has always been more of a offense oriented award.
And he’s not 1, 2 or 3 !
He’s 4th lol
no, SGA is
sga is 1st, correct
yes, SGA is indeed in fact 2nd
no, 1st
I hope 1988 isnt your birth year, because living this sad of a life is kinda excusable if you’re a teen. But if you’re pushing 40, you just might be the saddest person on this subreddit.
you are incorrect both ways, very impressive!
Was 5-10 from 3, unlike some players who went 0-10 this very day
Buddy on the other team also going 0-8 from 3, 1-11 overall and you mean to tell me we got rid of everybody for him?
This should be a fun thread lol
I’ll be right here to witness it
surprising
what else would I be doing with my life?
Sorry didn’t drop at least 84 best we can do is moving him below Jaylen Brown
watch and learn Chuckeous-alexander this is how to shoot 10 threes lil buddy
Had us worried until the 4th!
The one thing I will say:
If Luka finishes with only 1 MVP in his career, he’s in good company. Kobe, Dirk, KG, Shaq, etc. Only ever one it once. Luka does not need the media to validate the fact that he is one of the best to ever lace them up.
No but legacy wise not having an MVP will forever be a black mark on the record. Regardless of the people who are here to witness him, in the future there WILL be arguments had where people use “Luka Doncic never won an MVP” to justify their argument.
I mean, him not winning an MVP would put him with CP3 who is one of the greatest point guards ever. Or to go across sports, Drew Brees. Sometimes your best season overlap with someone else putting up historically great seasons. A lot of accolades have a lot of luck to them
Yes, the MVP bs is brain rot culture. Why do we need validation from guys like Perkins who have a vote? Is a futile award full of subjectivity, people take it too seriously.
Allegedly top 5 in the mvp race
Down to 5th in mvp with that performance.
Imagine if he somehow went 0-10 from 3 and only scored 25 pts…he would for sure be dropped in the MVP rankings right! ….RIGHTTT!!!
Down to 5th spot in the MVP race you go !
Inb4 u/Vitex1988
I already left my mark on these threads tonight, don’t worry
Some Lakers homer media person should ask him why he thinks he’s the MVP. Apparently that boosts your MVP odds
Scoring 40 a game over the last 3 weeks drops you!
Luka will be the the next in line greatest player to never win an MVP
I think he might end up being the best player to never win an mvp
almost half as good as Bam
Down to 10th for mvp race ✨
2nd in MVP voting
Watch him drop down to 10th place
Drop this bum below payton pritchard on the MVP ladder
2nd ?
yes, but did he cure cancer?
I think every comment so far is about him being snubbed for mvp..
We get it
Looked tired and uninterested. Don’t get me wrong it’s insane he can sleep walk to 40 on good efficiency. But I think he really needs rest.
He didn’t look uninterested at all, tired sure, some of those turnovers were bad, but he compensated some with steals right after
I mean he is really competitive but there were multiple possessions where he got lazy. Probably due to tiredness.
yeah, I know what you mean. But I wonder if that is partially game management. He seems to save himself for bigger games. My guess is that wants to try as little as necessary – in terms of that extra all-out effort he gives on certain nights – in order to secure the win.
But I don’t disagree, he could use some rest. The technical foul was well-timed.
Lakers have 17 games in 31 days in March. They just completed a long road trip and haven’t had more than 1 day of rest between games in like 3 weeks. Luka’s played every game and been the best player in the league during this stretch. He deserves some rest.
Yeah I think they should just eat that suspension.
Good things he’s getting suspended next game. We don’t need him to beat the Wizards. So rest up Luka ~
Unfortunately him not being there to slop a 50 bomb on the wizards will probably hurt his MVP chances lol
tf? no he didn’t. he was going back and forth with the g leaguers all night.
He usually comes back extremely rusty after some rest I say they rescind that tech again 😭
Dude is catching fire at the right time!
And his conditioning is improving too
Literally averaging 40 so this is pretty much the average Luka performance
Not convinced drop his ass to 5th in mvp vote.
Luka’s lowkey a thief with the amount of steals he been getting
I think luka should score half less points like wemby and sga does. Maybe then, he can win mvp
MVP
Serious question, why is Wemby no 1 above Luka, Shai and Jokic?
Needed to play 40 minutes against the nets.
That’s why he’s MVP lakers needed that 40mins to win 😂
Wow! Against a team that isn’t even trying as well!
Good thing he drops the same numbers against contenders!
That is your boy
ya In foul baiting 101