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[BIG LEEMELONE]

Who was offended?

Then we started getting video montages of defense. The discussion has just been nasty.

 

[wavycrocket]

So what I've gathered is that MVP talks have always been nasty and ugly but white people are only upset this time because the elephant in the room was finally addressed. Racial biases exist even if we aren't aware of it consciously. I totally understand what Kendrick was trying to say.

“The elephant in the room”.

There we go. Let’s unpack. Kinda wanna get DCAllAfrican & osh kosh bosh in here, for a fuller discussion on race/stereotypes/perception etc in basketball….Because we can go there

Not for nothing, each player that is not your stereotypical “NBA MVP” (6’6 Wing/Big/African American) deals this in their own unique way.

Two ex:

Giannis - Xenophobia
Steph - Soft/LightSkin/Shooter
Bird caught the same Jokic **** in the 80s.



We can make another thread about this topic, for those interested.

 

[ballinsam23]

Who winning the other awards?

Lauri probably got MIP on lock. Brunson woulda have been the pick there
6th man of the year?

 

[WASHED KING]

“The elephant in the room”.

There we go. Let’s unpack. Kinda wanna get DCAllAfrican & osh kosh bosh in here, for a fuller discussion on race/stereotypes/perception etc in basketball….Because we can go there

Not for nothing, each player that is not your stereotypical “NBA MVP” (6’6 Wing/Big/African American) deals this in their own unique way.

Two ex:

Giannis - Xenophobia
Steph - Soft/LightSkin/Shooter
Bird caught the same Jokic **** in the 80s.



We can make another thread about this topic, for those interested.

You don't wanna do this.

EYE got time today. Going to send this thread to purgatory

 

[pmatic]

Who winning the other awards?

Lauri probably got MIP on lock. Brunson woulda have been the pick there
6th man of the year?

Brogdon or Quickley. Might've been Powell had he not gotten hurt.

 

[ballinsam23]

Brogdon or Quickley. Might've been Powell had he not gotten hurt.

Damn forgot about Brogdon. Yea he's been great for them. Probably gets the nod over IQ. IQ had a horrible first few months.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

I’m telling you, BIG LEEMELONE is a master level chaos agent, agent provocateur and propagandist.

Impressive at times I must say

Wow

 

[IATT]

the 2021-2022 season…

nuggets were the 6th seed, we’ve seen what has been said about other MVPs whose teams weren’t higher seeds

Seems like a perfect opportunity Michael Malone could have used to reference past ugliness.. past nastiness

 

[WASHED KING]

nuggets were the 6th seed, we’ve seen what has been said about other MVPs whose teams weren’t higher seeds

Seems like a perfect opportunity Michael Malone could have used to reference past ugliness.. past nastiness

Jokic's MVP last year and Russ's MVP are the same.

THEY got mad at me for saying it though.

 

[getback]

Who was offended?

If you don't bend the knee you're a stan, Jokic's boy and a Jokic truther...or something. Please keep up.

*I think Embiid is in the lead FWIW

 

[dacomeup]

BIG LEEMELONE That’s ME being offended? And more misrepresentation to “can’t even talk about defense” wavycrocket the fact that we literally pointed it out and he followed with this is… *chef’s kiss*

 

[freeze]

Interesting

 

[nick.]

I’m telling you, BIG LEEMELONE is a master level chaos agent, agent provocateur and propagandist.

Impressive at times I must say

read this in Benoit Blanc's voice

 

[don ramon]

I’m telling you, BIG LEEMELONE is a master level chaos agent, agent provocateur and propagandist.

Impressive at times I must say

no doubt. it's a skill i admire, tbh

he often sways conversations for pages and pages with just a few words

 

[amitt5504]

But the blog boy numbers, are GOOD basketball things, that help teams win….and therefore, display Jokic value. Him, Embiid & Giannis have had straight up absurd years.

Big Man blocks and rebounds are weighted heavily in certain “Advanced analytics” too. Same with other stats that inflate/deflate depending on position/role. You could used that “hella inflated” for damn near anybody.

Selective politickin

I have an agenda to run so yes, selective politickin

 

[pmatic]

nuggets were the 6th seed, we’ve seen what has been said about other MVPs whose teams weren’t higher seeds

Seems like a perfect opportunity Michael Malone could have used to reference past ugliness.. past nastiness

Because he had two max contracts sitting on the sidelines, which went into his argument for the MVP.

 

[dacomeup]

Who winning the other awards?

Lauri probably got MIP on lock. Brunson woulda have been the pick there
6th man of the year?

Quickley should be 6th man
ROY - JDub

 

[wavycrocket]

nuggets were the 6th seed, we’ve seen what has been said about other MVPs whose teams weren’t higher seeds

Seems like a perfect opportunity Michael Malone could have used to reference past ugliness.. past nastiness

and you just proved my point. This year specifically, the conversation took a turn. I think it’s “toxic” and “nasty” for how they tear down players, the whole convo about it etc etc. Does Michael Malone prolly have some racial bias? Of f’n course. Assign to that what you will.

Is his observation, that the nba mvp talk this year has taken a turn it hasn’t in the last two seasons wrong?

No! That F’n simple.

 

[getback]

 

[wavycrocket]

I have an agenda to run so yes, selective politickin

And see, I respect that!

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

And more misrepresentation to “can’t even talk about defense”

I think that’s a fair point and there are other metrics we can point to that show that Jokic is having a historic offensive season. But these little spliced up clips on Jokic playing defense just add nothing to this conversation, IMO.

 

[WASHED KING]

I have an agenda to run so yes, selective politickin

If only there were more users like us who were at least honest about their viewpoints.

But they hide behind the veil of pretending to be objective basketball fans so they can praise their favorites and slander players who are direct competition of them.

 

[dacomeup]

BIG LEEMELONE keep going. The reach is incredible

 

[amitt5504]

Who winning the other awards?

Lauri probably got MIP on lock. Brunson woulda have been the pick there
6th man of the year?

6M is Clarkson or IQ

 

[elpablo21]