IT_CHAMP | Spurs

667 | 5 hours ago

real question is who gave 5th place votes to wemby, jokic and luka

LukeBron | MIA

367 | 5 hours ago

Even better - unless I’ve miscounted, someone left Jokic off their top 5 ballot entirely, he only has 99 votes.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

87 | 4 hours ago

That’s it, the media must be destroyed

No_Diver_629

40 | 4 hours ago

technically, it is only one mediamember that needs to be destroyed

-KFBR392 | Raptors

29 | 4 hours ago

Check to see if Jovic or Topic received a vote

yeahright17 | Thunder

1 | 25 minutes ago

They did not. For Jokic, I’m going to assume someone just wanted to give Kawhi some love and won’t actually vote this way with the final ballot.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

13 | 4 hours ago

I’m too lazy to find him so destroy them all and replace them with kindergarteners who vote based off vibes

NewConcentrate9682 | Washington Bullets

60 | 4 hours ago

Probably Mark Jackson again

sorendiz | HOU

22 | 4 hours ago

Almost definitely Wilbon

Torrefy

54 | 3 hours ago

And Luka only has 97 votes

Hotel-de-Ville

23 | an hour ago

I guess three people don’t think he’ll reach the minimum games to be eligible after that hamstring injury

Torrefy

12 | an hour ago

Yeah could be so. Although I’d be surprised if they just put this vote together and released it within the last 12 hours since his injury

yeahright17 | Thunder

1 | 26 minutes ago

Zero chance this was done after the injury. I assume some people are just morons who think Luka’s defense takes him out of the top 5. I guess the same for Jokic? Or, honestly, maybe someone just forgot? Maybe some folks just wanted to give Kawhi some love but don’t actually intend to vote for him later? Idk.

Simple-Dingo6721 | Thunder

4 | 4 hours ago

Stephen A Smith for sure

SometimesILieToo

2 | 4 hours ago

Who did they vote for?!

yeahright17 | Thunder

1 | 23 minutes ago

Kawhi was in 6th with 1 4th place vote and 14 5th place votes. So probably him. Spida got 1 4th and 5 5th palce votes. Brunson, Ant, and Maxey all got a single 5th place vote.

Rnorman3 | DEN

1 | an hour ago

This happens every year. It usually a salty OKC reporter (or in previous years, Philly/milwaukee reporters).

I guess they think they need to help “secure the win” for their guy by leaving the competition off the ballot or something 🙄

Though I think the last time it happened with an actual MVP vote rather than a straw poll vote it was mark Jackson or someone like that (not a local beat reporter).

SirDiego | Timberwolves

2 | an hour ago

People like that should not have a vote. Like I get we don’t want to influence voters so they are impartial but at a certain point if some dumbass is making really obviously dumbass votes to “make a point” or because of obvious bias they should lose their vote.

Shit is ridiculous sometimes. I trust idiots on the internet (I include myself in that category) more than some of the people with actual votes.

TechnicalAd6932

1 | 17 minutes ago

“It usually a salty OKC reporter”

If you don’t mind, please tell me more about this, and when it happened with MVP voting. Better yet, tell me about when it “usually” happens, since you seem to state that its happened quite a few times.

Jonthesinner21 | Hawks

1 | 16 minutes ago

My guess is Perkins

airtime25

0 | 3 hours ago

That’s just fucking insulting

dayarra

0 | an hour ago

maybe they thought jokic will be ineligible and didn’t want to waste their vote? or they don’t wanna give mvp to someone who missed 10+ games? it’s not crazy.

Rnorman3 | DEN

1 | an hour ago

Wemby and Jokic have played the same number of games. Luka is going to wind up playing less than either of them. It’s not a valid excuse. It’s just someone being a hater

NandoDeColonoscopy

1 | an hour ago

If Luka ends up with less than Jokic, isn’t he just straight up ineligible? I didn’t think Jokic had any wiggle room

Xgxstxn | Thunder

84 | 4 hours ago

Probably the same dude who’s giving brown a 1 place vote

MoboNamesAreDumb | Celtics

27 | 4 hours ago

It’s pretty random but I guess if your criteria is “whose leading the most overperforming team”. Voters will have very stupid criteria.

spin8x | Timberwolves

20 | 3 hours ago

The over/unders of the Spurs/Celtics was 43.⁵⁄₄₁.5

Seems like a huge stretch to make that argument unless that voter was also obscenely high on the Spurs before the season and uses that stance to justify it

maskedfox007 | Bulls

1 | 2 hours ago

I mean, I don’t think that’s stupid criteria. That would make that player extremely valuable.

That said, I would not put Brown higher than 5th, and tbh, without the games played restrictions, I would definitely have Cade above him too

VampireOnHoyt | Spurs

1 | 38 minutes ago

Didn’t Michael Wilbon confirm this is him?

DayComprehensive1078

-1 | 4 hours ago

Does Bill Simmons still have a vote?

CarBallAlex | Celtics

7 | 2 hours ago

The people who gave Brown top 4 votes

There are 12 possible permutations of Brown 1-4, and 10 5th place votes between Wemby, Jokic and Luka.

There’s your answer

Just total up the placements themselves

1st: SGA (88) + Wemby (8) + Jokic (3) + Brown (1) = 100

2nd: SGA (9) + Wemby (63) + Jokic (20) + Luka (6) + Brown (2) = 100

3rd: SGA (3) + Wemby (19) + Jokic (52) + Luka (24) + Brown (2) = 100

4th: Wemby (9) + Jokic (23) + Luka (59) + Brown (7) = 98, probably 2 votes for Cade/someone else

5th: Wemby (1) + Jokic (1) + Luka (8) + Brown (68) = 78, some combination of 22 5th place votes between Cade/Kawhi/Edwards/someone else

WhiteHeterosexualGuy | Hawks

1 | 31 minutes ago

Yeah, nothing unreasonable in here at all. People really latch on to “consensus” media narratives and then critique anyone that doesn’t fall in line. That’s exactly why you want a wide breadth of voters to not just hivemind in the players ESPN is hyping.

yeahright17 | Thunder

1 | 21 minutes ago

Kawhi and Spida both got a 5th place vote. So it’s possible someone went SGA, Wemby, Luka, Kawhi (or Spida), Brown for their top 5. Just putting Brown in the top 4 doesn’t automatically mean they didn’t include Jokic.

CarBallAlex | Celtics

1 | 10 minutes ago

That’s a good point too. I’m just saying it explains a bit of the distribution.

Adsex

4 | 4 hours ago

You don’t look carefully. Or you would be more upset about Luka missing 3 top 5 votes, Jokic missing one of them.

Probably to Brown AND Kawhi.

DragoniteGang | Timberwolves

2 | 4 hours ago

Those who have Jaylen Brown in the top 4.

Spemanz92 | Thunder

1 | 4 hours ago

Same guy that has brown in 1st xD

Rymasq

1 | 3 hours ago

Can Kon pls get 1 MVP vote

beanbalance

1 | an hour ago

also what race were those people. Yes, race.

AIaska | OKC

414 | 5 hours ago

This late season MVP race always felt manufactured

Impossible_Collar2 | Thunder

110 | 5 hours ago

because it was

wembanyama’s mvp odds went up massively after he made his case for it in the interview

ForneauCosmique | Spurs

52 | 4 hours ago

Helps with Vegas betting also. Damn near insider trading

_Apatosaurus_ | Thunder

32 | 3 hours ago

That’s why I stick to gambling on famine and genocide on Kalshi. /s

jdd32

10 | 3 hours ago

I’m going to contend this type of thing has happened for years. The media always focuses on someone late in the season to make it seem like a competitive race.

sorendiz | HOU

5 | an hour ago

This happens to an extreme degree with DPOY voting quite often

I remember Draymond’s DPOY odds absolutely surged last season (I think? Maybe two seasons ago, my sense of time is wrecked) nearly overnight after he brought it up postgame

budubum | Thunder

1 | 2 hours ago

Yeah they just need something to talk about during meaningless March basketball lol

Cudizonedefense | Heat

1 | an hour ago

People just like to be contrarians

ze_shotstopper | Thunder

1 | 28 minutes ago

This same exact thing happens in politics too. It even has a name in the political science literature “horse race coverage”

thatsinsaneletstryit | 76ers

2 | 3 hours ago

wemby x kalshi soon come?

siphillis | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

Wemby knew what he was doing. If this race ever did become neck-and-neck i.e. Spurs got first place, his rapport with the press could’ve been the difference.

But the Thunder never flinched and Shai was the biggest reason why

hitstyx | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

the draymond strategy

hlebtastic

91 | 4 hours ago

I think it’s close in that every voter probably thinks that the gap between them isn’t huge, but it’s not close in that almost everybody still gives the same edge to the same guy.

NandoDeColonoscopy

6 | an hour ago

Yeah, at this point you hear a lot of “Wemby is the best player in the league, but the MVP goes to Shai because of minutes/1st place”. He has a small but clear edge.

I also think this is the last year for awhile anyone other than Wemby wins the award if he’s healthy

yeahright17 | Thunder

1 | 13 minutes ago

Personally, I think SGA is currently the best player in the league. Yes, I’m a homer, but I think that’s what the Ringer had as well. Jokic is probably more talented, but has been super lazy on defense since he came back from injury and is having way more turnovers than he has before (even if his assist to turnover ratio is still fine). And it’s good for SGA because I think Wemby will surpass him by like December at the latest. So despite getting back to back MVPs, a finals MVP, possibly another finals MVP, and whatever other accolades he gets, he may only have the strongest case for “best player in the world” for like 8-10 months.

KabalMain

77 | 4 hours ago

It was shai’s to lose since like December lol

Nomescardcollection

5 | an hour ago

As a Lakers fan, I think SGA won it last night. Especially when Spurs blew out the Clippers without Wemby

mekarz

1 | 8 minutes ago

Id say since 24-1 but that also was the roughest stretch for him this season.

3 losses to spurs in december after starting 24-1 then sat a bit for the injury

XiaoRCT | Thunder

70 | 4 hours ago

People in this sub would downvote you to hell for what was essentially just trying to warn people not to lose their money

Wemby is absolutely playing at the level where he could win MVP, but he straight up hasn’t been like that all season, and neither was Luka. Jokic’s injury made the race obvious so names started getting thrown around to make it spicy again, it went from Cade to Wemby/Luka.

Jec1027 | Warriors

8 | 4 hours ago

He has though, hes shown up against every single top team this year lmao

shaq-aint-superman

28 | 3 hours ago

It’s because defense doesn’t have easily digestible numbers, and a lot of people just mostly point to the box scores for their picks

Jec1027 | Warriors

6 | 3 hours ago

Sad

Round_Business_9978

11 | an hour ago

Dude was either hurt or not starting/on a minutes restriction for more than half the season. Lebron’s old ass has played more minutes.

Jec1027 | Warriors

2 | an hour ago

His impact in his minutes changed the games though as clearly shown by every advanced stat

BCP27 | MIN

1 | 13 minutes ago

No one would debate that! The minutes matter cause value is accrued through time played. As an extreme example, say you have some monster that, if they play, wins the game. No contest, they’re like a demigod that wins 1000-0 all by themselves, but they only play 5 games. Someone who improves a team’s odds of winning a game by like 13% (so 50% to 56.5%) would be worth more wins if they played all 82 games.

It’s a much more nuanced and subjective version of that example we’re really talking about, and that’s if you assume Wemby is more valuable per minute than anyone else in the running.

Jec1027 | Warriors

1 | 4 minutes ago

Anyone who’s watched a single spurs game this year understands.

NoFuckToGive

6 | an hour ago

Spurs are 4-1 against OKC. Wemby has the best record in the NBA against the top 5 teams. He’s 26-1 since February 1st BUT plays less than 30 minutes a game (derogatory).

ze_shotstopper | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

He was on a minutes restriction for like 10-15 games. People here are somehow arguing that not playing is good for his MVP case, but it kinda limits how valuable you are if there’s another player with a similar impact who is just on the court more. This has always been the case and Wemby being the player he is doesn’t change that.

siphillis | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

Wemby’s injury played a major role. If he played more games than Shai and didn’t have to ramp back up, Spurs very likely have the first seed around an even more dominant Wemby (especially with how banged up the Thunder were throughout the season).

Greatest ability is availability, and all

sSquid3point0 | Thunder

12 | 4 hours ago

Vegas just wanted to get a few suckers to buy in on the Wemby hype.

ArKadeFlre | Lakers

7 | 3 hours ago

If you listen to Bontemps, who made the straw poll, the race is far from over. He explains that when it’s a binary choice like this, even a slight lead will appear as a massive gap on votes. But he also says that if the Spurs manage to clinch the 1st seed, a lot of votes are gonna turn due to Wemby and SGA being so close

EarthWarping | NBA

11 | 3 hours ago

I think its Shai, however its probably like an ⁸⁰⁄₂₀ chance its him vs Wemby.

And if Wemby has great games vs Denver down the stretch thats going to matter.

ArKadeFlre | Lakers

5 | 3 hours ago

Oh yeah, Shai is definitely ahead but he still needs to close out the season in proper fashion for his MVP

siphillis | Spurs

-1 | an hour ago

He’s also one ankle twist away from giving Wemby a gigantic window

Short-Cardiologist-4 | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

That was factoring in an OKC collapse across the last 6 including double losses to the Lakers.

With that win and Luka out for the next I’m not sure there is a path.

ItsQuiteBadNow | Thunder

0 | 3 hours ago

I think Wemby has played really damn good, and if the Spurs snag 1st seed, Wemby should get MVP. But as it has been all march, it’s Shais to lose.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

7 | 3 hours ago

It was manufactured based on how the actual voters have discussed the MVP race compared to fans. If you just look at public comments from voters you know Luka for instance was never going to finish better than 3rd and probably finish 4th.

I think it’s a separate question whether the voters should’ve been so closed-minded in recent weeks as Luka and Wemby went on such incredible runs.

To be clear though, after last night Luka’s case is over regardless. I still think Wemby deserves serious consideration.

ForgivenessIsNice

1 | an hour ago

Regarding your last sentence, he’s gotten very serious consideration so I don’t know what you’re suggesting. It’s simply been determined he’s less valuable this season.

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

It was brought to us by FanDuel.

Limsy37

1 | 37 minutes ago

All for the betting markets

JealousAd5264

231 | 5 hours ago

We ALL know who voted for jaylen brown 😭😭

GridPenaltyStan

22 | 3 hours ago

It was me!

s0da_pressed | 76ers

7 | 3 hours ago

god dammit Stan

sorendiz | HOU

2 | an hour ago

It was me, Barry! When you had a funny feeling that something was off with your NBA MVP strawpoll ballot but brushed it off and submitted it, it was because I changed all your votes at super speed and entered a first place vote for Jaylen Brown! They all think you’re a clown who doesn’t know ball now, Barry, and it was me the whole time!

brucemainstream

16 | 4 hours ago

Bill Simmons? I’ve been enjoying him testing it out to his co-hosts at various points and then just aggressively backing away when they don’t engage. He’s such a pro homer, nothing but respect

bustop20 | Celtics

61 | 4 hours ago

He neither works for ESPN or would vote Brown so no

Kinetik09

4 | 3 hours ago

It’s not just espn but a poll of all media outlets smart guy

jdd32

11 | 3 hours ago

He still would not vote for Brown. Brown is in his 5th spot.

photo_ama

29 | 3 hours ago

Michael Wilbon said on PTI, he’d vote Jaylen Brown for MVP (as of late March), so it’s almost certainly him.

yungdiick | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

Am I wrong to say he should have his vote rescinded for that lmao

swizznastic

1 | 3 hours ago

Ahhh it was me you guys, adam silvers my uncle so he usually gives me a dozen mvp ballots for my birthday

Then-Response8324 | NBA

174 | 5 hours ago

someone actually voted first place for jaylen brown

PeeledGrapePie

81 | 4 hours ago

Didn’t Wilbon just say like last week that was his vote? My money is on him

fibberjabber | Raptors

35 | 4 hours ago

Michael Wilbon

Appropriate-Door1369

1 | 9 minutes ago

I mean he basically carried the Celtics all season…

PeteJones6969 | Nuggets

99 | 4 hours ago

Okay, so here is where people should be arguing back and forth about who is placed where. THIS is what actually determines MVP.

Honestly wish Mods would ban MVP ladder posts…. people think that it actually means something in regards to how MVP is actually decided.

Spemanz92 | Thunder

27 | 4 hours ago

Look at betting odds + Straw pools to see what’s happening. Its really that simple

ForgivenessIsNice

2 | 4 hours ago

Correct.

arrofil

78 | 4 hours ago

As a fan of Shai, I think it’s well deserved.

As a fan of Wemby, I’m excited to see how this will fuel him going into the play offs and going into next season.

I get tired of everyone acting like basketball is a war and we’re all picking sides. We can have our rivalries and still appreciate players playing well.

MuchAbouAboutNothing | Thunder

14 | 4 hours ago

100%

People keep talking about nba ratings but this year is some of the most spoiled I’ve felt as a basketball fan. Every night there’s at least two really entertaining elite teams to watch.

EmploymentOk2902 | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

Blowing out the Lakers so I can watch Kawhi take on the House of Guards Spurs. Can’t believe this is my life

Tidoux | France

8 | 3 hours ago

Man if they give the MVP during the WCF (if OKC-Spurs does happen) like they did last year Wemby might straight up murder someone on the court lmao

reyzak | Thunder

4 | 2 hours ago

Chet would be shaking in his boots seeing that ceremony go down

JumboHotdogz | Thunder

3 | an hour ago

Chet would be relieved Wemby is mad at someone other than him lol

Asoriel

1 | 3 minutes ago

I honestly don’t think Chet really cares about Wemby. Wemby’s existence makes his life easier because players will test Chet at the rim because he isn’t Wemby.

Chet leads in rim defense this season, almost assuredly because players that avoid Wemby look at Chet and say to themselves, “Well, he’s not Wemby, so” and then they get blocked. XD

lazard96 | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

They wont reveal mvp until after the west conference finals

LakerBlue | Lakers

1 | 33 minutes ago

I agree. Even though the win cap is smaller for him this year, SGA has looked even better and OKC is still the best team so I am not surprised he got more.

captainduck2 | Timberwolves

57 | 4 hours ago

So he’s gonna get his 2nd and then suddenly never be in the running again. Like so many others.

Expert_Koala_8691

50 | 5 hours ago

Ten players received votes in the final MVP straw poll conducted by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and there were only two fourth place votes total for anyone outside the top-5 showing how solidified the top-4 is in the race.

Cade Cunningham was ruled ineligible for the voting with him now certain to not meet the 65-game minimum, while Anthony Edwards became ineligible after the voting. Doncic now sits at 64 games played, but suffered a hamstring injury in Thursday’s loss by the Los Angele Lakers to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Straw Poll Results

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (88 first place, 9 second place, 3 third place votes)
Victor Wembanyama (8 first place, 63 second place, 19 third place, 9 fourth place, 1 fifth place vote)
Nikola Jokic (3 first place, 20 second place, 52 third place, 23 fourth place, 1 fifth place vote)
Luka Doncic (6 second place, 24 third place, 59 fourth place, 8 fifth place)
Jaylen Brown (1 first place, 2 second place, 2 third place, 7 fourth place, 68 fifth place votes)
Kawhi Leonard (1 fourth place votes, 15 fifth place votes)
Donovan Mitchell (1 fourth place, 5 fifth place votes)
Tyrese Maxey (1 fifth place vote)
Jalen Brunson (1 fifth place vote)
Anthony Edwards (1 fifth place vote)

DarkoDragicevic

31 | 5 hours ago

who voted spida fourth??

LukeBron | MIA

36 | 5 hours ago

John Spida

ThinReply2047 | Thunder

13 | 4 hours ago

Their vote needs to be taken away because that is egregious lmao

Ok_Possible_5702

7 | an hour ago

Is it really more egregious than voting Jaylen Brown first?

yeahright17 | Thunder

1 | 17 minutes ago

Equally egregious.

Honestly, this is the clearest 1-5 we’ve had in a while (well, unless Luka misses the games cutoff). Seems like about half the voters went SGA, Wemby, Jokic, Luka, JB, in that order. Outside of missing the games requirement, I think it’d be a big surprise if they didn’t finish in that order.

Ok_Difference1421

17 | 3 hours ago

One person didn’t vote Jokic in the top 5. Really???

AO_from_DP | Thunder

19 | 4 hours ago

Someone saw SGA, Jokic, Wemby and Luka in the list and was like “yeah, Jaylen Brown is obvious choice here”

hlebtastic

33 | 4 hours ago

The Luka part is the crazy thing to me.

Obviously his injury changes everything for him this season and I hope it’s not actually serious. But for weeks now Lakers loyalists in the media have been pushing his candidacy hard. The front page on this sub has been totally astro turfed, probably by Lakers PR reps and his agency, with stories about his candidacy. And after all that not a single voter in this poll has him number 1.

NewConcentrate9682 | Washington Bullets

19 | 4 hours ago

I don’t think r/NBA is astroturfed. Luka fans have been this nuts about him since before the Lakers trade.

Their voices are just organically amplified now due to joining the largest fanbase in the NBA.

hlebtastic

9 | 4 hours ago

Not saying that specifically was for sure astroturfed, though I think it was. Very good chance I’m wrong.

But r/nba is 100 percent astroturfed. All of Reddit is. It’s super easy to push a campaign on here and make it look organic.

No_Diver_629

12 | 4 hours ago

What is crazy about it?
The voters are not exclusively from LA, and as far as i know, the actual real vote is public, so you have to put a name behind it.

IF you say that Luka is the MVP over Shai and even Wemby, then you have to explain it. And it is a hard case to explain.

hlebtastic

6 | 4 hours ago

I just said what was crazy. All the people pushing his candidacy in the media and none of them actually believe he’s the MVP.

No_Diver_629

1 | 4 hours ago

Yea, that part is crazy, but not sure how many relevant media members actually have been pushing him

Hazelbutt207

1 | an hour ago

Honestly feels like they hired the people who do PR campaigning for the film/television awards season.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

27 | 5 hours ago

Accurate poll. SGA will win. Between Wemby and Jokic it is still reasonably close, question is if the head to head matchup result leads just a few voters to swap them.

RipCity-NBA-LoL | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

It’s honestly splitting hairs when you’re picking 2nd place.

siphillis | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

Wemby has almost certainly had the more successful season. He even had the same injury as Jokić around the same time and came back more gracefully

mbdtf95

1 | 33 minutes ago

Just pure basic offensive stats are so much on Jokic’s side that it’s kind of ridiculous though.

Jokic 27.7 PPG > 24.7 PPG Wemby

Jokic 13 RPG > 11.5 RPG Wemby

Jokic 10.8 APG > 3 APG Wemby

Jokic 57.2 FG% > 50.9 FG% Wemby

Jokic 67.3 TS% > 62.2 TS% Wemby

Kind of crazy that very efficient 28PPG triple double season might get someone outside of top 3 today.

TemplarParadox17 | Vancouver Grizzlies

14 | 4 hours ago

Should tell you that all this mvp talk has been made up lol

tkinsey3

9 | 3 hours ago

Luka with no 1st Place votes (considering how many west coast media members voted in this) is DIABOLICAL. 🤣

HokageEzio | Knicks

8 | 4 hours ago

Only real chance was the Spurs taking the one seed imo

ForgivenessIsNice

21 | 4 hours ago

Not even. Shai played 60% of the season without the second option. One or two games back wouldn’t have changed his case.

jocro | Thunder

1 | 2 hours ago

ya it wouldn’t have been them squeaking by us, it would have had to be a legit collapse where we end the season with a long stretch at or below .500 and SGA put up a bunch of stinkers.

but he’s maybe the most consistent star in the history of the sport so that was always an extremely long shot

Cookiemonster35643 | Knicks

7 | 4 hours ago

Jokic pre injury had a chance his injury made this a non race baring wemby getting the first seed which isn’t likely

Money4Nothing2000

9 | 3 hours ago

I’m a Spurs fan but even I can see that SGA is the best player in the league and deserving of an MVP. OKC is practically unbeatable, only the Spurs have any chance to get them. Wemby is a close second but honestly, the only way to tell the difference between the two would to watch them battle it out in a playoff series. For now just going by regular season, MVP has to go to SGA.

moby323 | 76ers

7 | 5 hours ago

^Cool, ^thanks.

TheBlueOne37

6 | 4 hours ago

Hope my spurs fans see this. I feel like they think it’s gonna be close or Wemby might even win. SGA has it locked up and that’s fine. Wemby finishing 2nd ahead of guys averaging 34, 8, and 8 and 28, 13, and 11 in his 3rd year is crazy good as is.

siphillis | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

And, again, he just turned 22

TheBlueOne37

1 | 36 minutes ago

Exactly hopefully he has many more opportunities ahead of him.

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1 | 3 hours ago

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TheBlueOne37

1 | 3 hours ago

I said crazy good….

anesthesiologist2 | East

7 | 2 hours ago

That’s weird, NO ONE has Shai 4th. I was told that’s a realistic position to have right now. I can’t believe a single person doesn’t have Shai fourth!

sportsfan113 | 76ers

6 | 4 hours ago

Race is over. Five games left won’t sway the vote in another direction so we can all stop arguing over it now.

LegateDamar13

4 | 4 hours ago

First ~32-35 games it was Joker for sure(it was the best season ever in the making imo), after Joker got injured SGA took the lead and will keep it until the end.

Well deserved.

E_boiii | Thunder

3 | an hour ago

No it wasn’t, Shai won the first straw poll and betting odds were constantly swapping them.

SGA has always been the favorite or barely in 2nd. Jokic never had it easy

13Keres

4 | 3 hours ago

Sad Wemby won’t win this year, but god I can’t fucking wait for this to be over.

rustyhwe

3 | 4 hours ago

I loathe SGA. He fucking deserves it though.

pandaisunbreakable

2 | 4 hours ago

there should never be a debate the media just need some shit to talk about

Salvalicious252 | NBA

2 | 4 hours ago

So a guy didn’t even have Luka top 5 on his ballot lmfao?

nicfanz

3 | 3 hours ago

I love Wemby 😭

grapplebaby | San Francisco Warriors

2 | an hour ago

Merchant patrons

Dorknite

2 | an hour ago

The most unethical candidate.

ajaxtheangel | Celtics

2 | an hour ago

whoever gave brown a first place vote can name my first child I guess idfk

sidearmpitcher | Thunder

-1 | 4 hours ago

I think he’s got it locked

PrydaBoy | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

NbA sO RiGgEd

CycloneofSparta | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

Kawhi got first place votes too, for what it is worth.

Just outrageous lmao. This entire race has always been down to SGA, Wemby, and Jokic. And honestly, a massive function of Wemby staying second is the Thunder remaining top of the league.

LookInTheMirrorPryk

1 | 3 hours ago

Why I passed on season mvp bets and stuck with wcf/ecf and finals MVP bets

mixmasterADD | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

NBA press is the worst of all professional sports

LookInTheMirrorPryk

1 | 3 hours ago

Shai season mvp. Wemby finals mvp

WorldChampionNuggets | Nuggets

1 | 3 hours ago

Let’s get that down to zero wtf

ForgivenessIsNice

1 | 3 hours ago

u/objective-product361 where you at?

sup3rdr01d | Celtics

1 | 3 hours ago

JB is the MVP confirmed

downreign

1 | 3 hours ago

would of finished unanimous without the beggar

Jec1027 | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

No he wouldn’t have since jokic and brown have first place votes

Malaghose

1 | 3 hours ago

The pageantry of the MVP conversation is exhausting. It seems like it just exists to generate clout and get clicks/views for the media’s benefit.

CoolAsTheUnthawed | OKC

1 | 3 hours ago

I wanna know who gave out those stray 5th place votes and who gave Shai those 3rd place votes

jjkm7 | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

Jaylen Brown with a first place vote but luka with none lol

back2schooldaze | 76ers

1 | an hour ago

If Maxey gets a single MVP vote, I will cry tears of joy.

Julen_23

1 | an hour ago

Keep MVP, post season chip all anybody really gunning for. #Nuggies

Pneuma_LooT | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

Shai was always a lock to win it if he came back in time to hit 65.

Hes the best player in the league on the best team.

I hate watching OKC, but theres just no doubt that Shai is the MVP.

RepairHonest8030

1 | an hour ago

Give it to him, we all know who the real mvp is. When people from the future look back and see the stats they will also know

spawnofelmerfudd

1 | 34 minutes ago

The whole thing losses credibility once Luka or Jokic is left off a voter’s top-5.

Foolishness.

Due_Connection179 | Heat

1 | 32 minutes ago

Jaylen Brown get 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes 😂

TheMias24 | Suns

1 | 5 minutes ago

Jokic and Luka don’t get enough appreciation

Balls_of_Adamanthium | Warriors

1 | 4 minutes ago

It’s him and it’s hasn’t been close.

IcyTie9

0 | 3 hours ago

investigate anybody putting JB above 5th

warriors_of_hope | Warriors

0 | 3 hours ago

Jaylen Brown 1 LMAO

Jec1027 | Warriors

0 | 3 hours ago

Shouldn’t have even had 1

oloshh | Nuggets

0 | 3 hours ago

One 1st and two 2nd place votes for JB is some nasty work, given who’s in the run for the award. Really interested to know who was it

majidLuv | Thunder

-2 | 5 hours ago

It hasn’t even been one day yet bro

BBallHunter | Thunder

-2 | 5 hours ago

Not even close.

Sammy2729 | Lakers

-1 | 4 hours ago

Brown getting more 1st place than Luka, son im crine

Loud-Appointment-301 | Celtics

-1 | 2 hours ago

Jokic is leading the league in both blocks and assists and averaging a triple double, with a 67% eFG%. He’s played the same number of games as Wemby and only 4 fewer than SGA. I think it’s a tossup between he and SGA but it seems like he’s being very much underrated in this conversation.

lmaoooyikes | Thunder

3 | 4 hours ago

my goat going B2B, im about to say some crazy things if Shai gets B2B Finals MVP

DragoniteGang | Timberwolves

-1 | 4 hours ago

Top 15 all time convo?

lmaoooyikes | Thunder

2 | 4 hours ago

If he actually goes B2B MVP, Championship, and FMVP than yes, he’d have valid arguments to already be an all time great

Getting all 3 in one year is already historical, doing it B2B is something only top 10 players have done (MJ, LeBron, Kareem, and Bird). And assuming no major injuries happen, Shai has at least 3-5 years of high level play as well so he’d easily be on top 15 trajectory

sorendiz | HOU

5 | 4 hours ago

He’s having an all-time great peak in terms of personal performance between last year and this year regardless of whether he goes b2b MVP/FMVP or not, tbh

DragoniteGang | Timberwolves

3 | 4 hours ago

Bird did not go back to back rings. Kareem also did not win back to back when he won those MVPs in the 70s. So it is just him, MJ, Russell, and Bron

lmaoooyikes | Thunder

1 | 4 hours ago

Google lied to me lol welp point still stands its only top 10 players have done

sorendiz | HOU

4 | 4 hours ago

Don’t ever trust the Google AI summaries (in general, but especially for sports they’re horrifically bad)

lmaoooyikes | Thunder

2 | 4 hours ago

Usually I don’t but i didn’t want to spend that much time looking through the MVP + FMVP list lol

sorendiz | HOU

4 | 4 hours ago

Yeah I feel you but somehow sports trivia is an even bigger weakness for genAI than you’d think

Maximum_Pumpkin_449

-2 | 3 hours ago

Where’s KAT? This a bs voting

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received 88⁄100 1st place votes in ESPN’s latest MVP mock ballot April 3rd. Last Year in April he had 77⁄100 1st place votes.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received ⁸⁸⁄₁₀₀ 1st place votes in ESPN’s latest MVP mock ballot April 3rd. Last Year in April he had ⁷⁷⁄₁₀₀ 1st place votes.