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Obviously not but again instead of marketing one guy, you gotta market a collective in the time being. There’s enough talent to do soOf course WE are gonna keep watching
But that's not the sole goal of the league.
The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Begins | Embiid Debut | Klay Return
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I think Embiid was robbed of the MVP that year but he did make noise about it. Whether it's begging or not he made it clear.
The big problem with Embiid is his play drops off big in the playoffs. He's almost becoming 7 foot Harden.
Bro its so ******* corny
THEY act like his run last year after ASB wasn't astounding or worthy. THEY try to discredit him at any chance THEY get
obviously **** the bed in the playoffs
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wonder if IST chip will help those that will probably never win the LOB: Embiid, Cp3, Harden n Clips
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No games on this beautiful Sunday 
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I’m sorry but the CAMPAIGN that went on to take away/make sure Jokic didn’t win 3 straight MVPs last season was one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen in this sport.
Plus I’m pretty sure Embiid said something like “what more did I have to do to win it?” The year before.
It was just very “nasty” last year. So maybe “sympathetic” wasn’t right.
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Now or never couldn’t be said any better.
This is all facts.
We’ll see what happens. “MVP” should be the last thing on his mind.
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Dude...I really don't want to argue about this.
The only point of emphasis worth mentioning is that Joker did take his foot off the pedal at the end of last season (they had a comfortable lead in the West) while Embiid doubled down on the tight race.
Any other narrative is irrelevant. Although I do agree it was toxic.
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They got faces they can push, but they might have to allow them to take pics like James Bond.
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elpablo21
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Who needs a face when you have agendas and narratives to be the forefront of the league
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Are the racist media members who voted for Jokic for 2 MVPs still racist or only racist if they vote for Jokic? ken perkins should be asked that.
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Funny enough, I think Joel is playing way better than last year. He's more decisive with his moves, his body language is way better, he's a better passer, and plays more like a traditional big rather than a big wing.
I agree, MVP doesn't matter, but all the points I've mentioned should in theory translate well in the playoffs.
As long as he stops foul baiting
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Luka , Jokic , Embiid and Giannis all have no off court swag .
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Yea that’s fine. We can all move on.
Time is now for the playoffs like you said tho.
Embiid is 29 years old. Go prove you’re the best.
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You should be banned from season awards if you **** the bed annually.
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He is.
He’s playing the best regular season basketball of his career right now.
He’s playing two-three steps ahead. He’s in is prime RIGHT NOW.
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There was anti-Jokic MVP push last season from certain members of the media and groups on social media was unlike anything I’d seen before in my time as an NBA fan. It’s a fact; it happened.
Does that mean Embiid wasn’t ultimately deserving of the award? No.
But the MVP race got weird and negative in a way it didn’t have to and I think it’s fair for that to get talked about.
Does that mean Embiid wasn’t ultimately deserving of the award? No.
But the MVP race got weird and negative in a way it didn’t have to and I think it’s fair for that to get talked about.
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Zion was supposed to be the face of the league.
Unfortunately he has only proven to be the face of the L thus far.
Unfortunately he has only proven to be the face of the L thus far.
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I don't have any facts to back this up, but I do feel like Silver wants to take the NFL playbook and make the games and teams bigger than the players.
It's harder to do so though because the NFL has a few challenges with players wearing helments (covering their faces) and them playing a specialized role in a big lineup where the NBA only has 5 players who play both offence and defence.
It does feel like Silver will work with what he got so if a player does show up, they might crown him the same way there were shining the crown for Zion.
But no face? no problem.
Any marketing push they are doing right now is short term as it is 100% related to the new media rights for the summer of 2025 (which is funny because it's most likely the year LeBron is retiring).
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Waste of time trying to duplicate the NFL strategy. Those diehards watched two family men QBs on Thursday
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Who needs a face when you have agendas and narratives to be the forefront of the league
But news outlets fired most of their staff members who pushed the narrative.
I actually miss listening to Jalen Rose's takes.
Now we got the corpse of Screaming A and Doc's ashy voice.
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Cooper Flagg is coming to save the NBA and America from the libs.
