Is Silver actually going to wait for the conference finals to announce the MVP?
Is that the plan now? Waiting for the possibility of the two MVP candidates meeting in the playoffs?
can I be honest? idgaf about mvp anymore. its been over a month since the season ended. ffs
Thank you for your honesty
I expected him to lie about his feelings on mvp but this is refreshing.
Atleast he’s honest about it
With all the lies and misinformation out there right now, it’s a relief to know I can still depend on some honesty in the world
Is this a bot
r u?
Am I?
that’s their cousin, chalupa_BOT-man.
It’s okay, common misunderstanding…
I could be lying
Can I be dishonest for a second? I hope Wemby wins MVP. TBD I also don’t think Aaron Wiggins saved basketball.
lol a Thunder fan saying Aaron didn’t save basketball what are we doing now ? shameful behaviour
ngl i don’t think you read the first part of their comment lmao
Wemby has no bussiness winning mvp this year, its SGA and no one else and i hate okc
Agreed. These regular season awards should be given out before the play in. All of them.
When Admiral and the Dream were top 2 in MVP votes it made the ensuing San Antonio-Houston series that much more dramatic
20 years later they had the opportunity to do the same with Harden and Westbrook. Would’ve made the series even juicier. Instead Brodie got the MVP after he was eliminated by the runner up, and it wasn’t nearly as exciting
It’s such a no brainer to have the awards right before playoffs, yet the NBA still chooses not to
Can I be dishonest? I actually think they should wait until everybody has retired to announce who won MVP. I get so hyped up just waiting and waiting for the reveal and wondering about somebody’s legacy that I would love for it to be a mystery indefinitely.
Wait for the league to collapse. We’ll find out league MVPs from the 2020s and 2030s buried on page 134 of a bankruptcy filing in the year 2107.
They should also wait for people to die before they get inducted into the HOF. Need to make sure they don’t go on to be shitty people after their time in the league
I don’t know why they are taking so long. At least when the awards show was a thing we knew when it was announced with all athe other awards. Recently they just announce awards and just drag on the mvp. It’s annoying.
No you’re not allowed to be honest
To be dishonest, mine is 11 inches long
100% I liked when they announced it the first game of the second round, but it makes way more sense to have it right after the season ends. Or at least after the play-in is over
I forgot about the mvp award tbh
I don’t care that you broke your elbow!
Neither do I. But when Shai wins it, I hope they give the trophy to him right before game 1 of the WCF, if the spurs get there.
Speak for yourself pal! I for one wish they would do a 2 hour gambling ad filled presentation on ESPN highlighting all of the most tragic things that have happened to every finalist during their lifetime to really bring the mood down. And then have have the winner give a speech that only lasts 30 seconds because they have to squeeze in one final Kalshi ad
I’m more curious about the aspiration announcement
It’s SGA too. We all know.
I mean shai got the win, the only question is if Jokic or Wemby got 2nd.
But yeah it is massively annoying they keep pushing it back, last year was the latest it’s ever been iirc and who knows if he’ll wait even longer this year.
Getting as bad as baseball. They should do everything the week after the end of the season at the latest.
It strange they just don’t this. Sets the narrative for the playoffs and keeps it focused on the playoffs.
Plus for casual fans it creates ambiguity regarding if it’s strictly a regular season award, like it is, or if it’s the regular season + playoffs to this point. A casual fan could see someone already get eliminated (such as Jokic) and then announce they win the award, and create confusion about ‘how did the mvp get bounced already’
They already know who won, so they announce it strategically. If you were a OKC fan and SGA fan isn’t having it drop at home during a WCF game better than some random Friday when Shai is out golfing???
Well, if that’s the logic then they may as well just announce it at the first playoff game since otherwise you run the risk of an elimination. How dumb would it be if it was Wemby and they ended up going 3-3? You’d have to decide between announcing it on a game 7 when he might get eliminated or you wait and hope he wins.
There’s no great argument over not announcing it at the start of the playoffs and then celebrate the mvp at their stadium whenever you want.
[deleted]
It would still exist if it was announced earlier.
The media goes through stuff fast. It would exist, but everyone would be bored of it and already talking about the next big thing. Announcing it right before puts it into the forefront of the media cycle
na, I don’t see it. if it was announced already, you can have the whole media market it around MVP vs DPOY. right now, what’s the OKC vs SA draw? and when are they even going to announce it? it’s always been done when the team of the MVP plays, so… what, game 1? and then they have to scramble to actually do the marketting properly?
Imagine if the Spurs get upset.
Shai gets announced and then Chet gets the punishment
Atleast this time, someone from The Admiral team will be doing the abusing
Only weirdos are actually focused on this
Same with the draft lottery. 2 weeks into the playoffs when nobody cares
They stagger the awards to occupy more media space when an award winner is revealed
It’s not strange, it’s fucking stupid
They’re waiting over a month after the regular season is over to name the MVP. There is ZERO reason to do this. They get so far into the playoffs that the MVP conversation has completely cooled, and fans have heard every media member say who they voted for.
A month ago, if they announced SGA as MVP it would’ve been a talking point for the week leading into the playoffs. Now? It’ll be a tweet that gets a couple thousand likes.
Nah, this is more fun. Wait until nobody gives a shit about the regular season awards. It’s a neat little way to undercut your own product and diminish fan interest.
At least baseball does all of their awards each day for a week. It’s also announced well in advance. The NBA is just doing a vibe. Check to see when they wanna do it.
Yea I’m a big baseball guy & a casual NBA guy so I opened this thread thinking ‘wait the NBA doesn’t announce the award schedule in advance!?’
Every regular season award should be announced during the first round of the playoffs. It really is that simple
yes. bring back the award show and put it the weekend before the playoffs start
NFL announces the awards after the conference finals, NHL has started to release theirs as most second round series are over. NBA is actually earlier than everyone else.
For a few years weren’t they doing it as an awards show, after the playoffs entirely?
They did, but by that point, all of the momentum had passed and the average viewer didn’t really care about the award races anymore. So they stopped doing it. Im a thunder fan & im already starting to lose interest in the mvp announcement.
Plus you had morons like Drake involved, too many goobers and losers who we don’t need.
Yep, it’s so much better as a private moment between the winner and their team media. Really wish we got to see that with Russ like we did with KD and Shai.
Yes for about 3 years right before Covid they were doing an awards show after the nba finals. It was so stupid by then everyone was already over the season and didn’t care who won.
IMO they should do an awards night the night after the last play-in game, before any playoff games happen.
Exactly. Then the MVP/all award winners actually gets their trophy at their 1st home playoff game. Whether thats a game 1 or a game 3.
I think it was before Nevermind
It was not.
I don’t understand why this stuff isn’t scheduled and just gets announced whenever they feel like it every year
All the awards should be announced before the playoffs start
And that’s the bottom line.
Because stone cold said so
HELL YEAH
WHAT?
#I HAD A BEER
WHAT
Austin Reaves 3-16
AR 15, brother
Love your music Rick
and so do i
Agree. It’s a freaking regular season award so get it over with so we can focus on the playoffs. NBA is too extra with this.
And every time they mention Shai in the playoff games they have to say shit like “the assumed mvp” instead of just the damn mvp.
which is funny because he is also the current MVP
Exactly
I mean, they could easily say reigning MVP too
What exactly do you want to focus on that you can’t if the awards aren’t named yet?
The night between the play-ins and the R1 games starting.
Every year……..
They couldn’t because of the arbitration with Luka and Edwards I think
Yeah, but they didn’t have that excuse last season
The abitration ended a couple days before the playoffs.
It would have been after the play-in, but they could have gotten it done then if they wanted.
Then postpone it a week, not a whole fucking month.
That or I’d also be fine if they wait after the finals and let the playoffs be part of the equation. Instead it’s this weird nebulous state where it’s during the playoffs, and you’re not supposed to be influenced by the playoffs, but you are.
Would be so simple to do the awards show the day before the last play-in games because there are never games that day anyway
Announcing shai or wemby mvp at the WCF when they faceoff is gonna be crazy
They announce SGA is MVP right before game 1 tipoff and wemby goes fucking nuclear
Nah it’ll be game 2
Game 5 would be diabolical. Make everyone think Wemby got it and they’re waiting for G3 or G4 to present it at a home game, only for it to be SGA all along. As long as OKC wins G1 they’re guaranteed to play at least 2 more home games (G2 obviously either G5 or Finals G1/2)
…everyone that cares already knows who won it which is why this drawn out shit makes no sense at all. It’s been over for weeks, same as Coach of the Year. The guy who does the tracker even stopped updating both of them 2 weeks ago lol
I feel like Wemby is the text book definition of “And I took that personally.”
I mean he hates Chet for no other reason than people mention the two of them in the same sentence.
No he hates him because of the FIBA u19 tournament. Chet won MVP because the USA won the tournament even though Wemby was far and away the best player at 17.
Well even more apropos then. If Shai wins, Wemby is going to pull out all the stops.
I don’t think Wemby is delusional enough to not know that he’s not getting it now. It might have been slight motivation at some point but come on it’s been a month.
But they haven’t announced it yet. You think if they announce it right before game one, Wemby isn’t going to go ape shit?
Yes I think he won’t bat an eye.
do you think Wemby is such a mental midget that he won’t try as hard if SGA is not the MVP? lmao
I don’t think he’s a mental midget. I think he’ll look to go off either way, but I think he’s super competitive and takes everything personally.
If they announce Chet as MVP wemby goes nova
Yeah or kevin huerter
That’s the plan goddamn you little nosferatu-looking commissioner
Shai gonna win it again, as bad as I would like Wemby to get it.
Wemby won’t even be second in the voting. Book it.
As he shouldn’t. IIRC the only person to win MVP with the amount of minutes Wemby has played was Bill Walton when he played 58 games.
Total minutes played has always been a consideration for MVP and the history of the league has basically made his total minutes disqualifying for MVP
Edit: I’m wrong. No MVP has ever had less minutes than Wemby in an 82 game season.
he totally should, he was the best player in the world (and most impactful) since the ASB, and already very good before
I AINT HEAR NO BELL
I think the Wolves win the series
Ain’t hear no bell
That’s how they did it up until dirk wanted because it was embarrassing for him to sit there and have a press conference and his team at lost in the 1st round
That might be the plan all along
That’s probably the plan. If they announce it now, everyone will forget it before WCF. But if they announce it right before game 1 it creates another talking point. Especially if Wemby is 2nd
Anthony Edwards has entered the chat.
Can’t wait for the moment when Wemby elbows SGA’s head clean off and then SGA is awarded 18 FTs
Announcing Jokic mvp at the WCF when Jokic has already been in Serbia with his horses for a month would be even crazier
They used to announce all the awards during the first round of the playoffs which I think was the best time for it. Leaving it too long risks a repeat of the Dirk situation where your league MVP is accepting the award in street clothes.
Totally agree. If the argument is that it’s a regular season award, don’t announce it during the playoffs.
Yeah I really hate it. I get the voters and league want to be proven right in the playoffs but it’s a regular season award.
Leaving it too long risks a repeat of the Dirk situation where your league MVP is accepting the award in street clothes.
Yeah but think of the memes
Are you sure? I thought they actually announced MVP in the conference finals, and then in the 90s switched to the 2nd round. So this is actually the old school way
Shai/Jokic/Wemby here’s your announcement.
Can’t wait for 4th 5th and 6th place to be released
You’ll be waiting a while for 6th place
I mean, that’s how they did it last year, right?
Last year was during the second round when OKC was playing Denver.
No it wasn’t. Shai got his MVP during the Western Conference Finals. He got the award last year on May 21, 2025.
Oh, you’re right. I don’t know why I remembered it differently.
Cocaine’s a helluva drug.
You’re right, Buttfucker
Yes. The timing couldn’t be more perfect from a PR perspective.
Fuck no, I don’t want to give wemby an even bigger chip on his shoulder, at this point it’s collusion!!!!
They did something similar last year too, waited till right before game 7 between Thunder v Nuggets to announce the MVP, but i’m pretty sure that was the final semifinal game so maybe that’s what they’re waiting for.
Will he wait until the matchup between the mvp and the runner up to announce the award for dramatic effect?
Jokic will be the runner up. A large chunk of the votes are public and jokic had a significant margin over wemby for 2nd
I don’t get why they wait so long to announce it. Regular season ended over a month ago and now we’ve got multiple days with no games happening.
Why don’t we make our own awards? And vote in people who have better opinions than who they have?
You guys are capable of so much in this day and age.
Stop giving attention to those that seek to simply engage it in a toxic manner.
Vote in cum42069 because he has logical point of view of the sport.
That’s the rule, that’s the goal now.
What are we doing?!
I wonder when he is announcing the Kawhi/Clippers repercussions
“This year’s MVP is Kawhi, and we are banning Jokic for life.” - Adam “Albino Steve Harvey” Silver
What if they made all the mvp candidates vote for another candidate and see who won lol
Jokic probably votes Shai, Shai probably Jokic, Jaylen Brown I think Jokic, Wemby IDK, Luka probably Shai, Cade probably Shai, forgot if there were other candidates
Probably true
I just think it would be a fun exercise
Seeing who the mvps think is the mvp
Didn’t they poll like 100 players anomalously recently and SGA got like 66%
I think so
I think Wemby would vote Shai, he did say earlier in the season he thinks Shai and Giannis are the best players in the league
Makes sense.
I think players generally respect “established” players more while also wanting to give newer guys their props. So someone in their prime who doesn’t already have multiple MVP’s would be favored over a very young player and an older player who already has multiple
Some racist 14 year old probably tweeted that it would be hype to announce the mvp during the conference finals and adam silver felt compelled to listen
He sure as shit hasnt been focused on attracting adults with spending power to take his league seriously.
He’s waiting to announce the All-NBA teams until after Duren doesn’t play in a fourth quarter again.
I’m waiting for the all-nba teams tbh
At this point the Duren 2nd team may be the funniest reveal since the Dirk MVP
Maxey first team
In my heart fs
I could have sworn there was a graphic the beginning of the playoffs showing the award schedule and MVP was last but like the same week. I wondering what I’m mistaking that with
If they wanted to milk it for storylines they should make an extra effort to announce it as soon after the regular season as possible, so people all over the internet has more time to watch playoffs and fight over whether the MVP is playing like an MVP.
I don’t really see what is achieved by sitting on the results. They just drown in actually important stuff, like who is winning the season.
Announce it game 1 of next season you cowards
Last year it got announced during the conference finals
He’s waiting for the 2026-2027 season tip off
That’s when he’s going to finally announce the slap on the wrist for the Clippers.
Spoiler: its Shai
LMAO he may have forgotten it already. I know I have.
This negatively impacts the game
Who cares? We know it’s Shai
Im going Shai. BEst player best team..again. And he actually looks even more deserving with J Will out against the best comp in the playoffs and still doing his thing.
I agree with everything except the best comp part. They’ve played the Suns and the Lukaless Lakers. That doesn’t scream best comp.
Does it matter?
I was just looking into this to figure out what was the hold up. No excuse for not just having the ceremony at the start of the playoffs.
I think he’s waiting to see if there’s a spurs/OKC matchup so he can announce that shai and Wemby were 1&2 to heat up the rivalry
probably right before for the drama
Probably going to give it to Shai during game 1 of the WCF
That said this is only one of those things you care about in the moment. In the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter.
All time greats win MVPs. So yes it does matter in the grand scheme of things
You uhhhh completely misinterpreted what I said
I won’t lie, I had completely forgotten that they haven’t given it to Shai yet
You guys arent familiar with the old ways and it shows.
Giving Shai the MVP in front of Wemby if they face off is just what we need for some fun narrative.
And who cares when they announce it? Everyone knows who won it lol
Pretty sure they pushed the announcement back bc of the Brandon Clarke and Jason Collins news
They usually wait til the conference finals. Its why Hakeem was so energized to bust David Robinson’s ass or a round later and Jordan got the motivation to go harder at Malone. I like the idea because it brings out the best of the top competitors just when they actually meet at the top
People care more about MVP narratives than the playoffs, even when we already know the winner
The real question is, when will he announce the verdict on Kawhi
They are waiting to see if the Spurs can make it past the Timberwolves before revealing that Shai won and Wemby came in at #2. It’s all for the narrative
Have they even announced coach of the year yet? And what other ones haven’t been announced?
It doesn’t make sense. If jokic won you would give it to him when he’s back home playing with his horses?
Cuz they need something to air during off days when there is no game
Why doesn’t the NBA just do what the NFL does and announce all the awards on the same night? It makes no sense that they seemingly get revealed at random.
Is voting closed?
They should have done it in first round of home game lmfao fucking idiots
If I saw Adam Silver step on dogshit I’d feel a glimmer of joy. That says bad things about both of us.
I honestly forgot they hadn’t awarded it yet. This stupid drawn-out nonsense is such forced drama. Just give the fucking award, dude
What about Coty, and all nba teams n shit
Silvers gonna do what makes the most money ie most viewers
OKC vs Spurs Western Conference Finals. Shai gets the MVP award in center home court. The camera zooms in on Wemby staring like LeBron James Game 6 against the Celtics.
chef’s kiss
There obviously trying to announce it during a series between the Thunder and spurs
Spurs deserve to have it announced in the Conference finals but this time to reap the benefits of having the loser going nuclear for the entire series instead of having to endure Olajuwon turning into Godzilla.
Everyone here is brain dead or something. The mvp is currently mid playoffs. You announce the winner when the winner is done for the season. Makes sense…
So if OKC wins the championship the league should wait until the Finals are over for an award for the regular season?