[Highlight] Luka when asked what getting the MVP award would mean to him: “Yea hopefully but the better I play the more I go down in ratings so I don’t know what more I can do”
It’s crazy how Luka already has voter fatigue despite not even winning anything
I think it’s more that NBA media absolutely hates his archetype Harden was treated very similarly by voters
Voters these days tend to be very analytical types and not “pure hooper” types there’s a reason they love Jokic who’s the most efficiency over volume superstar
I understand the comparison to Harden as they are both heliocentric players but the idea that either one of them aren’t efficient (especially at their respective peaks) is laughably out of touch
The thing that drives me up the wall about people just spitting out true shooting numbers is that they never consider shot diet. Unless you’re Steph Curry with a system designed to get you 3’s, no one is going to be as efficient as Shai shooting from 3 at volume. Luka is still very efficient for the types of shots he takes. And team composition/offensive schemes matter when it comes to efficiency. If Shai had to put up that kind of volume because he was on a worse roster, he wouldn’t look nearly as historical. Like tonight where Mr. Efficiency decided to take 10 3’s and bricked all of them, or in the playoffs where Shai needs to shoot more and his efficiency numbers go down significantly.
I don’t think Steph applies here, he is a system unto himself. Teams warp their entire defences to stop him from shooting.
If he was allowed to have shot diet of any other player in the league he would be even more efficient.
But the offensive system definitely played a role. Steph has still been very efficient, but his peak efficiency was in 15-16 and 17-18, which is no coincidence. Having Draymond as a playmaker and screen setter, as well as Klay and KD as options to kick out to if he got trapped allowed him to maximize his game. He is the greatest shooter of all time and was the centerpiece of that offensive system, but even he needed the right coach and team around him to be as great as he was.
KD isn’t part of 15-16
But he is part of his narrative so ignore this little oversight
Also funny he thinks the 14-16 Warriors had Curry kick-out to Klay. That system was not the Rockets at all. Kerr brought in insane pace basketball to the Warriors along with amazing passing he learned from Pop’s system.
Steph’s two best seasons (2016 and 2021) were without KD. In 2021 he didn’t have KD or Klay. Steph wasn’t even more efficient in the KD years than he was in his prime years before and after KD.
KD made the Warriors better, but I don’t think he really made Steph’s individual game much better
I mean Shai does take 20 shots a game lol. So not like he doesn’t have super high volume lol
It’s still amazing what he is doing, but when he needs to shoot more like against the Celtics the other night, can he? I don’t think OKC gets taken to 7 twice if Shai could scale up like that. He’s incredibly good at his game and has a higher floor than Luka, but Luka has a higher ceiling. It’s a give and take, being more efficient isn’t the end of the discussion is all I’m trying to say
this is a nonwatcher ass take. It’s not about “can he shoot more”. the reason he shot a limited volume against the Celtics is cuz he was getting doubled constantly and making the right play out of tough coverages against a good defense. complaining about someone going 10-12 and 3-4 from three is crazy. it he wants to force up 15 more shots he certainly could, but putting up 30 points on 30 shots isn’t anything to brag about
It’s more that Jokic and SGA are in another level of efficient compared to just about anyone. Luka’s TS this year is 61% which is pretty good, while SGA is at 67% which is absolutely ridicilous for a PG, Curry’s 2016 was at a 67% and SGA is averagin a lot less turnovers, and Jokic is also just up there, and can even go up as high as 70%, both of them on good volume too
Lakers have a better record with Luka than Jokic does with the Nuggets. Even winning percentage, not just counting raw wins. The Nuggets are widely touted to have the better team.
For all his TS% Luka is winning more. I get SGA being ahead but Jokic is not.
Luka is winning more with considerably less help than Jokic. Which is funnily enough a common argument used to put Jokic above SGA lol
That’s because Jokic fans always have the goalpost U-Haul on standby
6% TS or 13 points against 3 times the defensive pressure
Pick ya poison
So you are rounding up 66.5% to 67 but not 61.5 to 62? How does that work? The difference is 5%.
Prime Harden was more efficient on isos on more volume than any other team in one of those seasons, it was actually nuts lol
Tbf Jokic isn’t exactly lacking volume either. Top 10 in scoring and his volume on boards and assists has no competition.
They hate him after winning MVP. Luka have not.
Dude Harden missed All-NBA entirely one year because he was outvoted by Kyle Lowry.
klay was the one who shouldn’t have gotten the nod, lowry had an insane year
cap, harden was despised before his mvp because of his defense and foul baiting
Nooo this is a bit revisionist. Harden had a good mix of undeniable talent and a historically good team record in 2018, which is why he won it. Supplanting the Warriors in the standing likely affirmed it.
In 2019, while Harden was arguably better, the Rockets were record-wise worse. They opted to give it to Giannis that year since Giannis was a very good (though not better THAT YEAR imo) player on a 60 win team.
Arguably all that needs to happen is LA closes in on OKC tbh. Though I do agree that records are stupid for this sort of thing, since some teams are just better.
Yeah, like what? Harden has been universally criticized for about 10 years now. He wasn’t just hated as soon as he won MVP.
SGA has a lot more Harden tendencies than Luka. Not saying Luka doesn’t share some of those tendencies but SGA is the closest in terms of sheer amount of foul baiting and flopping.
It’s pure media bias and personal agendas. What Luka does on offense is out of this world and I get his defense hurts him some but in today’s game defense isn’t valued as much as it used to be.
Harden should’ve won back-to-back MVPs. His 2019 season was ridiculous, I will always maintain that he was robbed
Giannis had a great year but he’s had as good / better years since and not even been in the conversation, Harden averaged 36 and had numerous 50pt triple-doubles, it’s criminal that wasn’t an MVP season
Even as someone who loves Jokic, analytics loves him too much, and there’s reason to be skeptical if there’s something deeper to the data.
Before anyone bites my head off for that, just look at single season PER leaders. Jokic has 3 of the top 5 seasons all time, including both of the top 2 spots.
I think he’s an incredible player- at the end of his career I think he’ll be a top 10 player all time- but do we really believe what these analytics are telling us, that he is single handedly responsible for 3 of the top 5 greatest seasons ever, including the two greatest seasons ever? It’s especially the case when the second rated season is this year, meaning the man leading a 47-28 squad is having a better season than anything Jordan, Lebron, or any player ever has.
PER is a really outdated advanced stat.
Some voters still use it but the analytical ones do not and have long discarded it.
I actually dont think its the efficiency… its the fact that he has never led a team to a number 1 seed. He has huge numbers but never the consistency during the regular season to show that he can have strong convincing team going into the playoffs.
Neither did Jokic
We hear those “analytical” types blabber about defense when talking about Luka, but conveniently avoid talking about Jokic’s defense for years and even today.
Now they are switching to support Wemby because of defense, after years of not caring about defense when they were lunatic about Jokic.
They have favorite players; they bend the topics as it fits their purpose.
I mean I can see from his perspective. He’s playing the best ball of his season, arguably his career, and he sees himself go down MVP rankings.
I dont think he has voter fatigue he just hasn’t had a year where he was the clear MVP. Even this year hes playing great but is he really playing better than Jokic, Wemby, and SGA?
Taking the ENTIRE season into account. Not just the last 15 or so games.
He is better than Jokic, on defense and on offense, full stop.
He has by far the worst squad in comparison to SGA and Wemby (and Jokic). From the beginning of the year until now, people shat on the Lakers’ roster and rained praises on OKC and Spurs (and Nuggets) for their roster depth and capabilities. But conveniently this is not even talked about when it comes to being the Most Valuable Player in the NBA.
Seeing where the Lakers are right now, the play of Luka adds value to the team. He has a legitimate argument to be the MVP.
All of this is thoroughly unsupported by any comprehensive measure you could look at.
You’re taking what talking heads said before the season started rather than what has actually happened. The nuggets for example have had their entire starting lineup out for most of the year
How was the Nuggets’ record when Jokic missed games? Let us know.
This is the first year Denver has ever played well for an extended period without Jokic, and everyone was understandably shocked.
It’s part of the reason, along with how poorly Jokic and the nuggets played after his return, that Jokic is not really being considered for the MVP. Third is basically his ceiling at this point.
This is insane revisionist history. Spurs weren’t even favoured to win 45 games 😂. If you want to go with the valued added metric, check out Spurs numbers when Wemby ain’t on the court.
voters got that white boi fatigue
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Nothing new under the sun: he’s basically complaining about the MVP referees.
I think it’s partly Lakers fatigue honestly and people still upset how he was given up by the Mavs for a bag of chips
Just someone passing through, but why would “voter fatigue” be an acceptable answer to not vote for someone? I would go so far as to say you shouldn’t be allowed to vote again if you use that as a reasoning. It’s most valuable player not most valuable player (I like)
u saw that vid too huh?
It’s not fatigue, when you have SGA and Wemby that are both more deserving and Jokic that’s as deserving.
The only people that think there’s fatigue are people working backwards from “I want Luka to be MVP”.
If someone puts Brown or Cade over him, I’ll agree with you. The other 3 guys above him are easily above him or close enough where it could go either way.
Also he’s never been the MVP during a season so that is a contributing factor
The only proper response when you averaged 40 ppg winning 12 of 13 games and immediately fell 2 spots in the rankings
Mf got MVP vote fatigue without even winning a single one yet 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jokic gotta be the only player I’ve ever seen to not ever get voter fatigue.
Below the lakers in standings and still ahead of Luka.
Bro Jokic literally lost an MVP in 2023 bc of voter fatigue. Some voters explicitly said that’s why they weren’t voting for him. Also in 2025 to a lesser extent
Jokic fans have convinced themselves that he should have literally every single MVP ever because the media dick rides him so hard which kind of proves the posters point.
Embiid had the best scoring season for a center since Wilt while being a much better defender and they’re convinced it’s one of the biggest robberies ever.
Mark Jackson left Jokic completely off his ballot.
You can argue he wasn’t first, or maybe second, but not completely off.
It was a robbery and the playoffs proved it imo
Jokic doesn’t want to score, he’s trying to get his team involved. When I see Jokic put up big points I know he had no other choice.
Brother, REAL voters literally said they weren’t voting for Jokic because of voter fatigue. It doesn’t get more straightforward than that
Jokic averages more rebounds, assists, was way more efficient than Embiid, had a better record, etx
Who said that?
He def didn’t lose out cuz of voter fatigue last year lol. Shai straight up was the right choice for the MVP.
30/13/10 on 66 TS% vs 33/5/6 on 64 TS%
So Shai put up MVP caliber stats while leading his team to damn near 70 wins for the season? Like in what world is that an example of voter fatigue when Shai was very much deserving of the award?
Remove shai from okc and they are still a damn good team. Remove jokic from the nuggets and they are a lottery team
Remove Luka from the Lakers and they’re a lottery team too, arguably even worse.
except they are 14-14 since he came back and were like a top 3 seed in his absence? why are we pretending okc is still the same demon it was last year lol, we’ve seen how they struggle offensively without shai
Thats just not true lmao. Nuggets won liie every game Jokic was out. JOKIC stans are peak delu
you literally saw the stats…. jokic has better stats on a worse team. Jokic was robbed and I don’t even care about the nuggets.
No that was some bs narrative about racism getting spun
First of all Jokic odds right now are lower than Luka so he’s not “ahead” of Luka.
Secondly Jokic did have voter fatigue, you obviously didn’t pay attention or weren’t around. in 2023 people didn’t want to give 3 straight MVPs to someone that hasn’t won a championship. Even Bill Simmons said the bar was higher for 3 straight and voted Embiid.
Last year again the bar to give someone 4 MVPs equal to people like Lebron or above people like Magic was mentioned. Talking point a lot was how if Jokic had zero MVPs and had that season(his best statistically) the race would have been much closer.
I don’t think he should have had 5 straight but just saying I think it’s pretty obvious if Jokic in 2023 or 2025 had those seasons with having won 0 MVPs beforehand he might have won MVP or it would have been much much closer and if you don’t think that you’re just wrong.
That Luka 4 was ridiculous. Not like those rankings hold any legitimacy
This is one of those years where you can’t really be wrong if you pick any of 4 players
There are arguments for SGA Luka wemby and Jokic. If Cade was still playing and the pistons ended up with the #1 seed it would be 5 players…
Absolutely elite MVP class this year it’s wild
No Cade would have literally no argument over the 4 players. He is not remotely close to the level of offensive output the other 3 guys have (worse numbers, much worse efficiency), and he is not close to the level of defense Wemby plays. The only argument he would have is that his team is the 1 seed, but outside of the fact that his team is actually not as bad as people thought it was and they are like 10-3 without him I think, SGA and Wemby would just completely kill that argument immediately since they would have probably more wins than his team anyway.
I’m a big Pistons fan and always will be, but putting Cade in “best player in the league” conversations gets really ugly for him really fast.
I don’t know why we can’t just appreciate the “Tier 2” stars for what they are.
You are right, and all you are doing is actually a disservice to these players and making it more toxic for them. Because you put lets say Cade in these convos, then next thing you know he can’t keep up with these guys and suddenly you are making them get a lot more criticism and hate because the bar is higher now. It’s like if I was constantly making the case that Jokic is better than Lebron and Jordan and all these guys, I would be setting up the table for a lot more Jokic hate because a lot of people would be mocking comments like that
That Jokic thing has already happened lol that’s why there’s a lot more hate for him these days than like 2022. But ya agreed
Calling Cade an MVP is a disservice to how good that Pistons team is. They’re locked in 1-5
All are great but imo Jokic shouldn’t be in the running, he’s had quite a few genuinely bad performances this year, which I don’t think you can say about Shai, Luka or Wemby
Luka is a victim of his own greatness. I have been saying for the past couple of years he will never win MVP, because the reality is, he’s been a top 5 player every season except his rookie year.
So now, when he’s dropping 40 point triple doubles, he’s just playing at the level he’s “expected” to play at. It’s similar to prime Lebron never getting another MVP. When you do that, it’s what you’re meant to, but when you take a step or two back in a game, you’re “playing like trash”.
Now, you have narrative’s that are stronger than Luka’s. Shai going back to back, or the 7”4 centre winning an MVP in his 3rd season…these are more compelling.
Luke would need to have one of the greatest seasons ever to be considered.
Luka Doncic has been 1st team All NBA every single season of his career when he’s been eligible outside his rookie season. And none of those All NBA selections have been close to controversial.
His greatness is massively under appreciated and he hasn’t even hit his prime yet.
Luka’s been a top 6 MVP finisher in 4 out the last 6 years (didn’t hit 65 games last year, otherwise it’d probably be 5 of 6). Vegas has him with the 3rd best odds to win this year.
He’ll be 27 years old for the majority of next season.
Sure, it’s likely/terrifying/boring/absurd that Wemby will win like 5 of the next 7 MVPs, but hey, he could still miss 18+ games in some season and there you go (what a fun rule that is!).
I don’t actually find Luka particularly likable as an on court persona. He’s an absolute savant of a basketball player though, even if (because?) he has a pretty distinct angry toddler aura going on.
But holy shit I’ve watched that little twerp single-handedly drag mediocre rosters through bonkers playoff runs better than anyone since 2007 LeBron and the LeCavs.
Luka’s pretty fucking good. He’ll be going into his age 27 season next year. His defense has looked… mostly better lately? He’s averaging 33/8/8 on 61TS%? Like… shit, he could totally win an MVP one of these years.
Yep, and it’s unfair. Like the MVP voters want a narrative of rising to greatness but hell, how can you even better what Luka has been doing since Year 1? Hell, watch his rookie season highlights and that would be a career highlight for Isaiah Thomas.
Lol even he’s in on the joke at this point.
NBA media is a fucking clown car.
Dude looks sad af :(
While he doesn’t fiend for it like Embiid, he’s been pretty up front that getting an MVP would mean a lot to him. It’s just that he’s held to an unreasonable standard even compared to SGA and Jokic lmao
I mean tbf he’s upset because of the tech and suspension lol
Eh I’m sure Mark Walter can pull some strings and maybe get this one rescinded too.
It’s fine he deserves a rest. Besides we’re playing the wizards on a b2b. AR and Bron can handle that.
I mean seeing some of the voters, the award is about as meaningful as who my grandmother believes is the best player.
Luka had by far the worst roster out of every mvp candidate. Before the season started, none of you guys thought Lakers had a good roster, odds had Clippers and Warriors above them. Up until one month ago everyone agreed Lakers roster doesn’t fit Luka at all, and frankly they still don’t, they were able to win because Luka had increased his shot attempts to 27 per game and averaging 37 for a whole month and he had decent efficiency. That’s an extremely impressive feature yet zero person cared. I’ve seen people say Wemby could’ve averaged the same if he attempted those shots, which is just straight up delusional.
People say “All of those 4 players could be justified as the mvp” yet you know damn well Luka is the least likely one, and the only reason he hasn’t is because he rarely ever had a good roster around him and his team never had continuity and changes every two years, and he’s being penalized for it. He had a way better case two years ago yet no one in media was willing to even open up the discussion, and he led that team to the finals while Jokic and SGA both bowed out in 2nd round. And I still don’t know why the narrative was never on Luka’s side. Jokic won 2 mvps before he won a ring, once as 3rd seed and once as 6th seed. Embiid won one as 3rd seed. They have clearly made exceptions for every single player other than Luka.
I can’t wait to see what roster Mark Walter will cook up for Luka in LA with LeBron gone and him having time to spend money perfectly timed with Luka hitting his prime. Next 5 years will be some revisionist history by alot of people claiming they always knew he was this all time great.
had a decent roster fit around him for half a season, one time in his career sleep walked to finals with injuries in both legs
had a decent roster fit around him for half a season, one time in his career
sleep walked to finals with injuries in both legs
This guy had Lively and Gafford looking like some of the best centers in the playoffs. He doesn’t even need that much. Give him an Adams or an AG and he’s going to have them looking like Shaq lmao.
Just imagine if the teams they beat in this winning streak were mediocre teams, guarantee they would do everything to discredit it.
Bro should just beg for it like some people do.
He basically doing that in a passive aggressive way here
You can not be comparing what Luka is doing here to Wemby’s 5 point plan for why he should be MVP lol
Never seen a more shameless display by an MVP candidate
Wemby was asked to give 3 arguments for his mvp by reporter. He just gave his answer.
If what Wemby did was shameless then so is what Luka is doing here.
It’s not some sacred ritual, it’s just an award. I don’t know why people are acting like there’s an ethical way to go about it.
He responded to a question. But of course a Rockets fan is going to be so level headed when it comes to Wemby. Good job, truly.
There lies the issue, Wemby did it in a likeable way while Luka comes off passive aggressive. That simple.
Absolute clown ass take. All wemby did was respond to a question with incredibly valid points; his defense is leagues ahead of any other mvp candidates.
This. Wemby not being in the MVP convo would be crazy. He’s the DPOY until they get fatigue. And he’s arguably an elite scorer who just prefers to play team ball.
I feel like the Spurs without Wemby are the Kings. I’m not sure any other player contributes as much to his team winning as Wemby.
And his defense is just so next level. Arguably plays defense at another league level from the rest of his competition.
Wembys defensive impact is crazy but the spurs are not kings level without him
Spurs without wemby is still okay? offensively (albeit limited), but they will suffer BIGTIME defensively. If I would guess they are a top 6 team MAX. Still a decent playoff-ish team, but low ceiling.
With wemby though they are straight up title contenders and a potential dynasty.
With the main 4 candidates I think it’s fair to say none of their respective teams would be in any sort of title contention without them
That is what he is doing here. It’s pathetic. He thinks scoring 40 on a team that isn’t even trying is some sort of accolade.
What do you think this is?
because MVP has simply been Media favoritism and not a legit award for 20 years and counting
Luka voter fatigue been a real thing for a while
This sport is so rigged lol. They put wemby before luka 🤣😅😂 they should change title from mvp to most preferred player
The stupid race got ppl arguing about who’s greatness is greater. Hoping someone slips up or hyper analyzing every aspect of the game to make a case for your guy. Just enjoy the high level play from these guys.
Jokic, sga, luka, wemby, brown, cade etc have been putting on an amazing season. Idk why so many fans try to downplay that to boost their guy. If it wasn’t close the award would mean less imo.
It really is like that. People are waiting around like vultures, so they can shit on Luka, Wemby, Jokic or Shai. Next week Luka will score 20 on 30%, suddenly everyone will be like see, this guy is not good, I told you. Next day Wemby goes 4⁄17, people will be like you can’t be the MVP with this offense, its not even close.
Luka is a better defender than Jokic. Defense matters to voters for Luka but not for Jokic
Just like seeding. It’s remarkable
Jokic plays worse defense in a more important position for defense. Idk how he got away with criticism for so long while Luka is dragged over it for 3 years straight.
And the wemby is only better than others in defense, he can get his dpoy, he has least mins played, doesn’t score elite and not a great playmaker.
We finally see the catch for being gifted a future hall of famer in their prime 🎻
This feels exactly like the late season push Draymond did for DPOY last year except people don’t hate Luka. Draymond got knocked for the early part of the season but Luka isn’t.
He’s just balling right now, media isn’t going to recognize it but fans see what he’s doing
he is. and so are the other 3 guys. feels like everyone wants to prop 1 up by bringing another down. they’re all killing
they really gonna give it to Shai this year again. what exactly has he done that’s so beyond Luka? Obviously the 20 point streak is cool, but frankly having the longest 30 point streak is miles more impressive.
Luka does EVERYTHING on offense. He IS the system. And he’s a better system than even Prime Harden ever was, because he’s simply more skilled and a better playmaker + shot maker.
Shai can make shots, but he cannot create and lead an offense like Luka can. NOBODY else can!
Also for reference, Shai Gilgeous has made 105 3pters this season.
Luka has buried 247 of them.
And don’t even get started on assists or rebounds.
Shai has 88 steals this year.
Luka has stolen the ball 102 times this season.
Luka is simply having the best basketball season-long performance of any superstar player this year.
Shai is top 3 in the league in drives per game, while Luka is #7 despite leading the league in usage. And the eye test has shown that Luka’s drives are not where they need to be and used to be, it’s declined every year lately.
Lol Wemby has never been to the postseason before and there’s a higher likelihood he gets it over Luka in a season where he’s played with minutes restriction for significant chunks of the year
The first half of this season wasn’t great for him, people didn’t even regard him as a top 3, when consistency is in question it hurts you for the whole season even though his last 12 games have been great.
It wasn’t even half the season it was just that December stretch when he had the falling out with his fiance that we now know
Media and journalists were hating on Doncic for weeks, first for his bad shooting stretch and then his terrible defense at the time, it was even to the point people wondered if Nico was correct.
No other MVP candidate gets dragged through the mud like that, other than SGA on Reddit.
Efficiency nerds miss that Shai’s turnover % and 3pt% is higher than Luka in large part due to passes per game/ball control and 3 pt shots taken. Also applies to 2’s but less so
If the efficiency is somewhat close give me the guy who’s never bashful and only takes 12 shots a game. Those back breakers/ bucket when you need it are so valuable
Obviously in 2025 the efficiency wasn’t close
Efficiency isn’t close this year either and sga is averaging 2 less ppg
Lukas efficiency will never be insane because of his 3pt volume and shot selection. He is the one given the role of taking the end of shot clock bombs, 2 for 1s and heaves. He takes them gladly and it destroys his efficiency. But the fact he can take and make such insanely difficult shots is why he has so much gravity and this results in his teammates having the best shot quality in the league. Efficiency with regards to Luka is far less meaningful, sadly voters dont even consider this stuff.
67 TS vs 61 TS is a pretty wide gap
There is an Anti-Luka agenda that the NBA and the NBA media is pushing. Like said “ the better I play, I still go down in rankings, so I don’t know what more I can do”
They really don’t want Luka to win at all, as he said he basically can do anything and he doesn’t know what more else he can do. The NBA really hates Luka
I hate to say it but their can really be only one MVP. Too many great players are having amazing seasons but unfortunately it can only be one winner
He needs to start begging like Wemby
When did wemby beg for mvp ?
A reporter asked him to give his case for why he should be the MVP and because he responded that means he was crying and pleading to be the MVP.
Average lakers fan , wemby just responded to his question
What do you think this is lol
Wemby just said he wants to earn it.
Luka is passive aggressively crying for it here
Incredibly ironic since Luka is clearly begging and whining about it here
dogshit take as usual from a dogshit lakers fan
begging for mvp is how embiid got it so its a valid strategy
He’s just not the only top player continuing to play better
I really hope he doesn’t win.
And get pissed off and unlock super saiyan in the playoff
A lot of people are acting as if the other 3 candidates for MVP aren’t having phenomenal years too. Sure Luka is having a great year, but so is SGA, Wemby and Jokic. All 4 of them legitimately have a case, and right now, I think SGA will probably win it.
Tough luck for Luka, but this just shows the level of talent that’s in the league right now. We should be celebrating the fact that the NBA has so many talented young players instead of having these toxic MVP discussions.
cry some more probably
I wouldn’t even be mad if any of the top 4 guys won.
What does he even mean?
Start by playing some defense
Playing defense might help
Or maybe, hear me out, other players have played better than you overall 😱
you can’t want it this much
He’s not winning it with LeBron on the roster and them not being in 1st place and even still, he would have to be playing his ass off as the clear engine driving their success.
Hard to win when the other 3 are also playing out of their minds.
I must be crazy then because I still have Shai, Jokic, Wemby and then Luka.
I have it that way because I am judging on the whole season rather than just the last month. Up until January, the only discussion was SGA Vs Jokic. In actual fact, Luka was clowned on.
Since January, Wemby has been brought in more, and maybe talk has died down a bit for Jokic. The only person who has been consistent the whole season has been SGA. He has been in the discussion from the beginning.
I like Luka, I’d probably go with Wemby this year.
I think Luka bitching at refs narrative and the onslaught of negative Laker headlines when their record was solid unfairly hurt his case perhaps.
He slim
Sad Luka… aw
Shaun Powell is the be all end all when it comes to rankings apparently. It’s just one guy giving his opinion and he has players over here and thousands of nerds all butthurt over said opinion haha
“ The 2025-26 season MVP voter fatigue awards goes to …. LUKA “ MAGIC” DONCIC”
Perhaps other players have played better?
think we can move on from that joke. it’s just not funny anymore
It’s because he plays Overwatch. Gamers are the most oppressed group
I think that’s why he had an off game last game.
It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that ring. In Laker land, the chip is the only thing that matters.
Play defence maybe?
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I hope he wins it. As a Nuggets fan I hope he does.
Wemby saying he should win it .. Luka spitting facts
Kobe only won mvp once in his career which is crazy imo and luka seems to be going the same path.. this award is a joke, after this season this should be his 2nd mvp and he’s probably not going to win it
He rose to the 3rd place in the rankings in front of Jokic and JB.
He has a more efficient/better defensive guard in front of him in SGA and the best defensive player we’ve ever seen in Wemby.
Luka stats are enough to win the MVP. But his team has to be first in the standings to actually win it. Voters need to see the proof that his defense, efficiency and turnovers aren’t stopping his team to be the best in the world.
I think that, as unlikely as it is, if he wins a championship, he won’t even have to be 1st in the standings next year to win MVP.
I love when dudes just come out and say they want the MVP. Wemby making his case for it the other day was cool too. It’s way more honest than saying you’re “just focused on the big picture”, although it seems the Joker truly doesn’t care.
Crazy how the 4 MVP candidates are all in the West
But are you a different animal and the same beast?
where is lazy harden when you need him lol? sucks to be him with the divorce and all but doing a durant might feel good but doesn’t do much.
Come to Cleveland, we’ll appreciate you
Luka is a generous teammate he’s always looking of get his guys bucket even when they’re not great ballers.
It’s one of the reason that just looking at MVPs (or hardware) to judge player is dumb.
Even if he finishes 4th, Luka has a better season than many MVPs. I’m not sure the NBA has ever had 4 players performing at that level.
I just hope we don’t get a jokic embiid situation
We’re here for a championship fuck a mvp
I think that the one thing that stopped him so far is the seed. If the lakers were first in the west he would probably get it.
If that’s the case we shouldn’t even be bringing up Joker
Stop complaining you big baby.
Luka Is the MVP to me. No doubt. Lakers are a 9-10 seed w/o him.
A month ago, I would have laughed at anyone who believed they had any chance to beat OKC or even San Antonio in a 7 game series. Now, they are squarely in the conversation. Reaves coming back and LeBron embracing his new role have been huge, but it has mostly been Luka playing out of his mind. Best player in the world right now.
I felt Luka and Austin should have taken this game off. Please at least take a break in Washington!
Brodie Montana over here thinking he’s Wemby trying to talk his way into that top spot
Playing at least some defense instead of being a traffic cone for 50% of the game, imo would make Luka the front runner, also if he stopped complaining to the refs after each possession. While Luke is immensely talented, he lacks a lot of maturity on court
Cade is the mvp, not this entitled asshole
Maybe play defense?
I still think he should have won it in 2024, but I think the issue is that you did have people like Bill Simmons and others use his MVP finishes as a way to suggest that Luka is overrated and maybe not as good as his numbers make him seem. Since he’s only finished 3rd once and that he should have already won an MVP by now. So maybe he isn’t a winning player. So when narratives like this get built just around his MVP finishes it can become frustrating.
At the end of the day most of the media has decided that SGA is going to win it. Only Wemby has a small chance to catch him if the Spurs get the #1 seed, but then the playoffs are going to decide what what the correct narrative in the end. If SGA gets to the finals then he was the appropriate winner and suggesting anyone else was foolish, if Wemby gets to the finals you will have people say that he should have won it, if Luka and the Lakers somehow make the finals then people will say that Luka was robbed of an MVP, and if Jokic and Denver somehow come together and make the finals then people will argue that he is still the best player in the league and should have won MVP probably. It feels like that will be how it plays out.
the reality is he was 4th place for the entire year while being very far behind the top 2, with jokic’s post-injury games and denver/lakers having basically the same record you can put him in 3rd above jokic, but he doesn’t touch SGA or wemby at all
I have a suggestion for what he could do: ignore the ratings and focus on winning games.
He should only care about winning the FMVP because it means he won the championship.
Mfers talking about efficency when the other players can’t even get close to this man scoring, you’re all just finding excuses to not give him MVP, his number have been insane.