BombshellExpose | Lakers

1009 | 8 hours ago

This might be one of the best top 4 MVP races in recent history, right?

XiaoRCT | Thunder

405 | 8 hours ago

The way this MVP race has been going I’ve been feeling like the entire sport is spoiled, SGA with the consistency through the season and now Wemby and Luka putting up absurd numbers to strengthen their case while Jokic is looking back in shape after faltering for just a bit after an injury

Shit’s crazy

BombshellExpose | Lakers

109 | 8 hours ago

I love basketball

early_20_rager

26 | 6 hours ago

Would love it more if adam silver fucked off

jillavery | Nuggets

51 | 7 hours ago

I was talking with the hubs about this. We’ve been NBA fans for 30 years. There have been years where there was just one clear guy, and one guy only. There have been years where they just kinda had to give it to somebody but the league was meh. We really are in a golden era.

FizzyLightEx

1 | 3 hours ago

These inflated numbers have to have some comm l correlation with more than third tanking

Joxelo | Spurs

6 | 3 hours ago

Potentially, and I think that would be true for some other players, but I really do think the eye test alone is enough to know that all 4 of these MVP calibre guys are just as legit as we think.

I mean Luka, Jokic, and Wemby are all just undeniable ¹⁄₁ nba players that do insane shit we’ve never seen before what feels like every night. No player has ever been able to score the ball quite like Luka. No scoring center has ever been as good a playmaker and shooter as Jokic. Wemby is single-handedly making people believe everything we heard about Wilt might actually be true.

And while it’s not like SGAs game is the most unique thing you’ll ever see, if the only person you could remotely cast doubts on from a stat inflation perspective is the reigning MVP, elite defender, three level scorer, best player on the best team guy who sparks Jordan conversations: I think this all might be as real we think.

-Thick_Solid_Tight- | San Diego Clippers

2 | an hour ago

I kinda have Wemby as MVP. I know people are reluctant because of age, but its kinda it is what it is situation.

He is putting up great offensive numbers while possibly being the greatest defender of all time.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

68 | 8 hours ago

Definitely. Last time I remember even 3 candidates was 2017.

Prankstaboy6 | Heat

16 | 7 hours ago

That or the 2019 race of Giannis, Harden, and PG.

FKJVMMP | MIL

77 | 7 hours ago

The first MVP season in history where the same two players received literally every first and second place vote?

Probably wouldn’t use that one as an example of a 3-man race…

Prankstaboy6 | Heat

16 | 7 hours ago

Alright yeah. Thats a good point. Fair enough.

IdiotCharizard | LAL

21 | 6 hours ago

2009 had basically career years from Lebron, Kobe, Wade, CP3, Dwight Howard.

BombshellExpose | Lakers

31 | 5 hours ago

Hate to break it to you, but that’s 17 years ago

IdiotCharizard | LAL

20 | 5 hours ago

It couldn’t possibly be. I was just starting college.

eezeepeezeebreezee

1 | 26 minutes ago

Man fuck you dude. Goddamn it haha

Suqitsa | Spurs

18 | 8 hours ago

It’s sad to think one of them will finish fourth. Regardless who does it’s a travesty

GeneralZhukov

16 | 7 hours ago

You: “Wow what an insane race”

your replies: *folded comment from an OKC fan, folded comment from a Spurs fan.”

This might give the great Jokic v Embiid holy war a run for its money.

iamwearingashirt | Raptors

7 | 6 hours ago

This is why I hate NBA discourse.

I love watching Wemby, SGA, Jokic, Doncic, and basically all the best players.

But every discussion turns into a hate circle jerk against at least one of them.

InfinitelyFinite212 | Celtics

3 | 7 hours ago

Best year of basketball I can remember in a long time

NotFrankSalazar | Spurs

1 | 8 hours ago

I feel like I’m one of the only ones that love the toxicity. It’s great for the league imo

TimCanDunk

-6 | 6 hours ago

it’s not really a race. sga is going to win it. it’s not going to be even close.

Area51_Spurs | Spurs

-24 | 8 hours ago

lol. You mean top-2

doomrider2 | Lakers

1 | 8 hours ago

Nah top one. The whole year it’s been should x or shai win the MVP.

dacrookster | Thunder

-31 | 8 hours ago

It’s been Shai all year up until about a week ago when Wemby decided he should win it.

KrypteK1 | Heat

28 | 8 hours ago

Jokic was better before he got injured imo.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

692 | 8 hours ago

Mods with an agenda lmao

Will say it here as well. I have no problem with Shai winning MVP. But they better present him that award prior to Game 1 of the WCF in front of Wemby.

Jec1027 | Warriors

176 | 8 hours ago

Facts lol

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

32 | 7 hours ago

Absolute cinema!

Objective-Product361

71 | 8 hours ago

Yeah. Why the hell did they delete ALL of them? Mods are something man!

superrealaccount2 | Spurs

43 | 5 hours ago

To be fair, there’s too much MVP nonsense in the Jaden Ivey controversy sub. Just because Ivey used to play basketball doesn’t mean people can derail the conversation!

BakerStSavvy | Spurs

57 | 8 hours ago

MVP talks were getting too loud for them

Uncle_Freddy | SAS

30 | 8 hours ago

Uhh definitely not my man, I’ll look in the logs but there’s no conspiracy behind why a ⁴¹⁄₁₆ game is somehow being suppressed by mods; weird shit happens sometimes

LAMonkeyWithAShotgun | Spurs

53 | 8 hours ago

Original title said “Wemby Dominates as he checks out early”

i know you have rules around editorializing but i kind just assumed ⁴¹⁄₁₆ made it fine to use that word

Uncle_Freddy | SAS

39 | 8 hours ago

Yeah, I think one was deleted for editorializing and the other was deleted for posting while the game was still going

I know that second one is inconsistently applied and I don’t really have control over that, just kinda depends on who’s online and surfing the queue at the time

Objective-Product361

27 | 8 hours ago

But they were okay with “Luka “not top 3 MVP” Doncic in tonights win…” ??

Such a disgrace

PoonGo0n | Spurs

31 | 8 hours ago

You might want to check if there’s an automod named ChetGPT deleting the threads lol

Pobbes3o | Spurs

5 | 6 hours ago

HAHAHAHA

Objective-Product361

15 | 8 hours ago

Sorry but I do have a problem with that. Wemby is the MVP.

Another1MitesTheDust

4 | 7 hours ago

These are the same mods who deleted Jokic defensive lowlights a few years ago. They definitely have their own agendas even if I disagree with Wemby as MVP.

H1Ed1 | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

If Silver wants Wemby to go super-sayan next season, he’ll do just that.

OkMinute6290

1 | 2 hours ago

And it better be in OKC. I want full Wemby “I’m gonna show you why you’re shit in front of your people” vibe. We only have to take one in OKC anyway

BeforeSunrise33

0 | 7 hours ago

Im just glad we got a change of pace from whiny Lakers fan and their Luka “frontrunner” for MVP agenda.

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-9 | 8 hours ago

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Uncle_Freddy | SAS

15 | 8 hours ago

Same Bulls held SGA to ⁸⁄₂₄ last week, they’re a solid team that competes hard

nicfanz

3 | 8 hours ago

Man is it the same lakers/luka fanboy I see everywhere hating on the spurs? Just get over it. The lakers are beating the wizards and Luka dropped 60 on the magic. Just STFU 😭

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-7 | 8 hours ago

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nicfanz

4 | 8 hours ago

Why are you pressed that victor dropped 41 on the bulls? 😭

Electronic_Pea_4845 | Iran

-7 | 8 hours ago

If there’s a different adult in the room I’ll talk to them. You got some Jaden Ivey type hysterical energy I don’t vibe with.

nicfanz

3 | 8 hours ago

You’re weird

gianniboi

1 | 8 hours ago

why are you wasting your time commenting something that’s literally written in the title?

Jec1027 | Warriors

477 | 8 hours ago

Only 4 fts and 30 min lmao

wryano | Spurs

214 | 8 hours ago

he’s 7’5 and only averaging 6.9 FTAs this season lol

Goon_G0blin69

131 | 8 hours ago

Averaging 7 scars a night too

cookomputer | Spurs

61 | 8 hours ago

Life of a big man in the league

Downtown_Soil_3651

21 | 6 hours ago

I see him get hacked so much. I don’t understand

reyean | Pistons

12 | 6 hours ago

im not saying its fair, but it doesnt look as bad getting hacked when youre the biggest guy out there.

catvin | Warriors

80 | 7 hours ago

While being fouled every play

Jec1027 | Warriors

26 | 7 hours ago

Happens every game tbh

ChiBrum

-1 | 2 hours ago

He wasn’t though?

catvin | Warriors

4 | an hour ago

I mean the eye test says he’s leading the league in no calls when guys make contact. Idk if you can find the stats ,but he’s getting hit so often with no call every time I watch him play

Consistent_Ad1176 | Warriors

47 | 8 hours ago

For a center? Insane

ItsYaBoiSoup | Spurs

66 | 8 hours ago

Ethical, some might call it

Impossible-Group8553

5 | 5 hours ago

Well he doesn’t really play like a center. He plays like a small forward. You know he watched a ton of KD film.

mushroom7474 | Raptors

26 | 7 hours ago

ethically MVP’ing

ChiBrum

-2 | 2 hours ago

I mean he wasn’t really fouled so makes sense

carelesssportsfan89 | Spurs

235 | 8 hours ago

vic was unbelievable tonight. I loved that victor attacked the paint tonight when the three point shooting isn’t falling. that is area where I feel victor has improved a lot at

Armanewb | Spurs

140 | 8 hours ago

I know its because he made some late shots, but it’s funny to see “when the three point shooting isn’t falling” and see him end with ³⁄₆.

carelesssportsfan89 | Spurs

34 | 8 hours ago

its crazy isn’t lol

Shadezilla

7 | 7 hours ago

He needs to shoot the three and immediately run at the rim for the put back. It would take like two steps for him after the shot to get there and just yam it on people.

epictetvs | SAS

2 | 6 hours ago

He had a putback off a missed dunk in the French league as a teenager.

Zungad | Supersonics

1 | 6 hours ago

I feel like he would rack up a lot of fouls doing that though, that’s a ton of risk for getting into the paint past several people. I do think he should follow his shot though, hunt for a tip out.

TerrySaucer69 | Spurs

6 | 4 hours ago

And you can’t wear out your superstar. Like when Luka doesn’t have to average 40, he actually plays decent defense. Cause one person can only do so much. Beating up your 7’5” star just for occasional extra points just isn’t worth it - I think.

Zungad | Supersonics

1 | 4 hours ago

Depends on the context of the game. You definitely do not want to be doing that shit in the 2nd quarter, or in a comfortable lead, or if Wemby already has a few fouls. Basically, in most cases. Risking health right before the post season is stupid.

ConspicuousPineapple

1 | 5 hours ago

Then he’d be late in defense, not sure that’s worth it.

ButtBubble

3 | an hour ago

Attacking paint increases the injury risk tho.. cannot over do it

carelesssportsfan89 | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

oh I agree but I feel confident wemby and the coaching staff can get a good balance. of when to attack paint or take wide open threes.

UTRAnoPunchline | Spurs

160 | 8 hours ago

MVP

Has only lost one game since February 1st

Dreo27 | Thunder

-51 | 6 hours ago

Next year

uJhiteLiger | Warriors

56 | 6 hours ago

Nah, this year. Defense should be held to a higher standard for mvp candidates, especially when you’re the best defender in the league by a huge margin. Wemby deserves the mvp

LatterLaw8105

1 | 2 hours ago

Playing games and not being on minutes restriction should also be held to a higher standard.

Fun fact 41 year old Lebron has played more minutes than wemby this season lmao

sportsfan113 | 76ers

1 | 30 minutes ago

Nobody was saying this when Embiid was significantly better on defense than Jokic lol

silky_flubber_lips | Spurs

30 | 6 hours ago

Yeah I think he’ll win it next year too.

Mob_Abominator | Warriors

19 | 6 hours ago

Maybe, but I hope they award Shai the MVP in front of him in the WCF game 1, because it would be fun to see him destroy you guys lol.

LoneWolf1134 | Spurs

23 | 6 hours ago

Chet may actually die on the court if they do this.

sadicologue | France

7 | 4 hours ago

”-But please, it’s Shai who got the MVP

-Don’t care, I hate you too!”

Shou-K | Lakers

5 | 3 hours ago

wemby eating up chet 4 out of 4 games anyways tbh

BankElectronic1325

6 | 6 hours ago

Yeah next year they’ll probably start giving him calls

wobuffet17453 | Spurs

131 | 8 hours ago

Had to delete the first two of these to make room for highlights of the Lakers making completely routine plays against the Wizards.

nicfanz

36 | 8 hours ago

Lol there are 100 posts if Luka has a good game 😂

LAMonkeyWithAShotgun | Spurs

24 | 8 hours ago

I really need you to watch Luka make his 200th step back 3 of the year tho

Ferovore | Clippers

-5 | 8 hours ago

Luka ain’t even playing today bozo

Objective-Product361

109 | 8 hours ago

People have to realize Wemby can give you 40 most nights if he wanted to. I can’t believe being an unselfish team player is bad nowadays. And he’s working his ass off defensively too. All people wanted to see are scores, scores and scores.

Wemby finally responded with “here’s my 40 piece stop whining”

nicfanz

67 | 8 hours ago

It’s fucking hard to be the best defender on the floor and score 40 points. It’s like being the best dancer in a group and also carrying the vocals

Rebal771

8 | 6 hours ago

Timberlake made it work, so can you!

AchtCocainAchtBier | Spurs

15 | 6 hours ago

There is a second GOAT with the initials MJ who was right there man.

eightslipsandagully

1 | an hour ago

Raw nights I perform like Mike

tnarref | France

1 | 39 minutes ago

They called him Lake. Timber Timber Timberlake.

Romofan88 | Spurs

0 | 6 hours ago

you don’t have to ask, what I did, you already know, I learned it from TIIM

Christron | Spurs

-5 | 6 hours ago

In fairness you can’t really reward the MVP based on potential points.

Objective-Product361

13 | 6 hours ago

But you don’t have to based it on purely points as well. Playing a more team-oriented basketball shouldn’t reduce your chances at all just because you let your other teammates shine.

superrealaccount2 | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

But they can based on maybe the best defense ever, good efficiency, and being the star of one of the best teams in the league (largely thanks to him)

DerrickWhiteMVP | Spurs

71 | 8 hours ago

WeMVP

Objective-Product361

64 | 8 hours ago

My MVP and I’m tired of pretending he’s not.

Suqitsa | Spurs

19 | 8 hours ago

When have you pretended he isn’t

Objective-Product361

3 | 3 hours ago

Couple days ago when people were putting him down because he has low offense. I kept my mouth shut but now eat that 40 piece mfers!

Jonny_Stranger | Thunder

43 | 8 hours ago

Monstrous - played over 30 min as well which is encouraging

LAMonkeyWithAShotgun | Spurs

47 | 8 hours ago

Hes been on track to play 35 minutes most nights we are just sitting him in the 4th every game as we are rolling

Uncle_Freddy | SAS

42 | 8 hours ago

He hasn’t been on a minutes restriction since like February, the team’s just been winning by blowouts often

Jonny_Stranger | Thunder

-37 | 8 hours ago

He’s been chilling watching Shai win his second of ?

cxche

40 | 8 hours ago

i see why he went to 1st

bob_tacos14 | Suns

32 | 7 hours ago

40PTER ON PROCLAMATION DAY

MrBhyn | Celtics

23 | 8 hours ago

To every Luka fan wondering why Luka is still number 3 in the mvp standings, I guess this why.

No-Cauliflower3527

24 | 8 hours ago

MVP!!

ToinouAngel | Spurs

8 | 8 hours ago

My GOAT

GimmeSomeCovfefe | Heat

7 | 8 hours ago

Over to you, SGA.

claire_luna_25

6 | 8 hours ago

these stats are wild

Rudd-Threetrees

6 | 5 hours ago

Luka and SGA don’t deserve the mvp. Luka was playing the worst I’ve seen him play since his rookie year for the first half of this season. SGA won last year, and everyone is sick of his fucking foul baiting.

I dont particularly like Wemby, but I’m starting to think he should definitely win it this year.

Important-Concern

4 | 5 hours ago

Had to scroll way too much before I actually see results of the night rather than the 1000th video of Ivy.

ndeysey

2 | 7 hours ago

This should be his stat every game for him to get the MVP next year.

moongaming | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

MVP

catvin | Warriors

2 | 6 hours ago

Would love to see him dominate the rest of the season and take MVP. He’s got it next year if he stays healthy

BleakMind

3 | 5 hours ago

How is it that Jokic seems almost unanimously shut out from winning? None of them are doing what he’s doing. Yet it seems like every one of his moster triple-doubles gets over shadowed by a 29/6/8 game from SGA in every discussion. Makes no sense to me.

Krypterr123 | Knicks

2 | 4 hours ago

Plays no defense, worse record, worse advanced metrics this year, triple doubles don’t matter anymore with usage rates so high.

Vast_Combination_110 | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

Jokic still the only guy who can post triple doubles where the bar for “double” is not 10 but 17 or 19.

I mean, with stats like these, he would have been able to put up a triple double against the mid-00s Pistons.

FlatulenceConnosieur | Lakers

2 | 5 hours ago

Ethical hoops by Victor

ccharlie03 | Spurs

2 | 4 hours ago

People really out there saying he can’t be mvp Cuz he doesn’t score enough lol. This man can score 50 every night if he wanted to lol

sportsfan113 | 76ers

1 | 29 minutes ago

He really isn’t consist enough yet to tbh.

xbhaskarx | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

“Wemby isn’t the MVP if he can’t put up bigger counting stats because he doesn’t play over 30 minutes because the Spurs are always up by 20-30 by the end of the third quarter, I am very intelligent and my caveman brain like big numbers 🧠”

GrumbleAlong

-11 | 6 hours ago

Shai just answered back. Great stuff.

Objective-Product361

3 | 4 hours ago

More like refs answered back. 25 free throws versus 4?

Wemby mopped the floor with the healthy pistons team (scored 38 points). Shai needed refs and OT to beat hospital pistons.

YungGooPunch

-10 | 5 hours ago

Hey if someone bolsters their MVP case by playing against a team literally trying to lose on purpose, you let them have a Reddit post!

mekarz

3 | 4 hours ago

Shai w 25pts on 33%, 0-10 from 3 against the very same tanking team a few days ago

Objective-Product361

2 | 2 hours ago

Yeah because barely beating a hospital pistons and needing 25 free throws to do so.. is the more IMPRESSIVE game💀

Crimson_terror

-34 | 8 hours ago

If Luka put that stat line up he would move down the MPV ranks.

Adorable-News-9364 | Spurs

30 | 8 hours ago

He wouldn’t if he was also the unanimous DPOY. This dumbass narrative is so goddamn annoying.

nicfanz

9 | 8 hours ago

lol a Luka fanboy talking about double standards. Luka gets all the praise when beating bad teams but spurs do the same and get called bad team merchant/frauds.

Dat_Boi_John | Slovenia

-36 | 8 hours ago

Played 6 minutes in the 4th up 20 just to statpad

nicfanz

25 | 8 hours ago

Of course a Luka fanboy is talking 🤭

Humble_Acanthaceae21 | Spurs

13 | 7 hours ago

A luka fanboy talking about statpading, funny.

oklolzzzzs

-4 | 6 hours ago

the Lakers bench is genuinely terrible. Luka and the starters checked out the game vs Pacers with a 20 point lead and the Pacers almost came back

truedenier | Lakers

-4 | 6 hours ago

Luka is well known for checking out of games one assist or rebound from a triple double. He does bait defenders into contact, but that’s its own thing.

MysticShrek

-51 | 8 hours ago

Bad team merchant strikes again

Objective-Product361

50 | 8 hours ago

Wemby dropped 39 vs celtics, 38 points vs healthy pistons, 34 vs suns (and the game winner).

Say it again, sir?

PoonGo0n | Spurs

27 | 8 hours ago

This coming from a Laker fan is fn hilarious

nicfanz

18 | 8 hours ago

Lmao lakers are playing the wizards. 😂

herroyung | Warriors

12 | 8 hours ago

* bait or low iq? Call it *

nicfanz

10 | 8 hours ago

Lakers fans never say anything when Luka drop 50 on bad teams 😂

nicfanz

9 | 8 hours ago

Lakers can only beat mid teams. Weren’t yall bragging about beating the magic? 💀

MysticShrek

-13 | 8 hours ago

Why have you replied on here 3 times already calling me a Lakers fan? Where are you getting that from? I don’t have a flair lol

nicfanz

5 | 8 hours ago

Lmao you know your post history is public right? Don’t worry I’ll still give lakers credit for beating the wizards considering Bron is 41

MysticShrek

-14 | 8 hours ago

That comment triggered you into going through my profile? Lol pretty sad man. But, i’m a fan of players, not teams. Any credit you think i’m giving the Lakers is just cuz of LeBron. So thanks, he is 41, you better credit him lol

EDIT:

Lol why did you reply and block bro? So lame when users do that.

nicfanz

6 | 8 hours ago

lol stanning a 41 year old man 🤭

Victor Wembanyama checks out early in the 4th vs the Bulls 41 PTS | 16 REB | 3 BLK | 31 MIN