The Official Off-Season NBA Thread

[Coupé It]

wavycrocket Chance?

 

[B Sox]

Maybe it’s down to Luka’s percentages but it’s crazy to me that Luka was like 6th on that dumb “MVP Ladder” recently.

Mavs currently have a better record than the Nuggets, Bucks, and the Sixers. Solely down to Luka. Literally imagine the Mavs without him

Plus he’s been shown up in big games against some big teams. Luka needs a better PR department. What are they doing in Dallas?

Slow-ish start by his standards probably killed his chances. Should still be 4th at absolute worst.

 

[Coupé It]

Slow-ish start by his standards probably killed his chances. Should still be 4th at absolute worst.

Well yea the slowish start is pretty much his annual thing now

But yea, he should be at 4th at the VERY least.

 

[finessence]

Baby Jordan

I thought the commentator was about to say “Ooh I think they like meeee”

 

[sooperhooper]

Shaq is childish with his Dwight hate. I get it but he needs to let it go.

I wish a psychologist would analyze it. It seems like he's afraid that Howard being acknowledged will overshadow him. He doesn't realize how childish it makes him look.

 

[N41D]

Maybe it’s down to Luka’s percentages but it’s crazy to me that Luka was like 6th on that dumb “MVP Ladder” recently.

Mavs currently have a better record than the Nuggets, Bucks, and the Sixers. Solely down to Luka. Literally imagine the Mavs without him

Plus he’s been shown up in big games against some big teams. Luka needs a better PR department. What are they doing in Dallas?

You know damn well those narratives start EARLY and Luka gave everyone a 2-month head start at the beginning of the year. The three bigs ran away with perception before the new year even started.

Luka's 30/9/9 on 47/37/75 splits since the calendar turned over and the Mavs are 32-12 and one of the 5 best defensive units in basketball in that time frame and he can't get any real momentum going from anyone other than Nick Wright.

It's wild.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[smedroc]

When's the last time there were 2 white players who were legit MVP candidates?

 

[N41D]

When's the last time there were 2 white players who were legit MVP candidates?

Dirk and Nash?

 

[tay1]

When's the last time there were 2 white players who were legit MVP candidates?

Dirk & Nash?

 

[B Sox]

Top 3 (Top 4 if you put Luka there) are all non-Americans too. Feel like there's a pretty good chance that has never happened

 

[addict4sneakers]

We are claiming Embiid. Giannis will be approved in 2023

 

[lawdog1]

Well yea the slowish start is pretty much his annual thing now

But yea, he should be at 4th at the VERY least.

Agree. He hasn’t done quite enough to leapfrog any of the three bigs, but has easily passed everyone else IMO.

Who else was ahead of him on the list you saw?

 

[sneeker]

keep that energy going.

 

[smedroc]

Dirk legit... Steve Nash don't count in my book

 

[N41D]

Agree. He hasn’t done quite enough to leapfrog any of the three bigs, but has easily passed everyone else IMO.

Who else was ahead of him on the list you saw?

A lot of people had/still have Ja ahead of him.

Some have had Tatum, which is goofy.

 

[B Sox]

Agree. He hasn’t done quite enough to leapfrog any of the three bigs, but has easily passed everyone else IMO.

Who else was ahead of him on the list you saw?

Think the list had both Ja and Tatum ahead of him.

 

[sneeker]

Shaq is childish with his Dwight hate. I get it but he needs to let it go.

this is why I don't completely agree with some of his takes.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[lawdog1]

A lot of people had/still have Ja ahead of him.

Some have had Tatum, which is goofy.

I love Ja but he’s out of the running to me just based on number of games missed as compared to the other candidates.

 

[Coupé It]

Agree. He hasn’t done quite enough to leapfrog any of the three bigs, but has easily passed everyone else IMO.

Who else was ahead of him on the list you saw?

Booker and Tatum.

 

[finessence]

When J. Kidd gone start getting some respect?!??

 

[sneeker]

Mitchell with his tunnel vision has always been a problem, and never really got significantly better. Been going back n forth with @Vincent Van Goat for years about it.

D Mitch is just who he is. Pretty much capped out as a 25-4-4 guy. He just doesn’t see the floor well, and has no peripherals or trusts his teammates really. Guy is a star, but it’s going to be more of the same.

not entirely agreeing about this. for me, I believe Don had to take over games by himself once the other guys start missing their shots. it's not like everyone are not given their chances on every possession nor Don hogged the ball as bad as Rust on every single play. I fault the coaching more on not delegating a go-to guy on multiple occasions and that is why they kept blowing up very winnable games. it's quite sad really considering the Jazz have a really good roster but bad executions on crucial moments. still, not as bad as that team from Southern California though.

 

[Coupé It]

You know damn well those narratives start EARLY and Luka gave everyone a 2-month head start at the beginning of the year. The three bigs ran away with perception before the new year even started.

Luka's 30/9/9 on 47/37/75 splits since the calendar turned over and the Mavs are 32-12 and one of the 5 best defensive units in basketball in that time frame and he can't get any real momentum going from anyone other than Nick Wright.

It's wild.

True. Good point.

But YA’LL need to ride harder for your boy. Jerry Jones and the Cowboys can’t be the topic of discussion every damn day

 

[WASHED KING]

When's the last time there were 2 American white players who were legit MVP candidates?

I have no idea