It’s official. JJ Redick has turned in his 2022-23 NBA Awards ballot. That’s right, an MVP has been selected. All three guys are 100% deserving of the award but JJ could only pick one. It was tough to pick an MVP between Nikola Jokic (The Denver Nuggets), Joel Embiid (The Philadelphia 76ers) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (The Milwaukee Bucks) but JJ explains why he selected who he did and much more.
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This was so difficult. All three of these guys deserve MVP. If you'd like to know how the rest of the ballot looks, click here: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/850aec38-7571-4652-92ec-56eaff427759/episodes/fdc5848f-a468-47a9-a3f5-8a9f55c169e8/the-old-man-and-the-three-with-jj-redick-and-tommy-alter-jj-reveals-his-2023-nba-awards-ballot-and-his-official-vote-for-mvp-the-old-man-and-the-three-things-episode-24
I’m a sixes fan but I wouldn’t be mad with giannis winning
SMH come on bro it's Joel embiid or yiannis because they play both sides of the ball jokic shouldn't even be a discussion .
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Jokic missed games because he put his team in a position where they could rest late in the year.
I don't understand why Giannis is a clear MVP he missed a lot of games and Milwaukee has a great roster with the most continuity with their core outside of gsw.
DPOY is OG this year come on baby
Giannis I don’t have at mvp because he is the best player yes but he is not a team that’s probably still a top 3 team without him jokic is my mvp imo because jokic makes the nuggets look like a very good team but without jokic they looked like a lottery team
For what it's worth (not much) I fully agree with your Giannis pick for mvp.
Narrative within a single season makes some sense, but narrative from 3 season ago playing into this MVP? Sure Joel deserves AN MVP, but does he deserve this one?
Giannis has an JRUE holiday an allstar this season, Middleton, a former allstar, and Brookz Lopez the DPOY favorite. Joel has 1 former all star teammates and Jokic also has 0 all-star teammates. Embiid has better stats, Jokic has better efficiency. No matter how you dice it it's joel or jokic…
The integrity of JJ Redick is unmatched
As a Nuggets fan, who would like Jokic to win just to promote his pass 1st style of play over isolation 1v. You are completely right Jokic and the Nuggets mailed in the end of the season. I hope Giannis wins.
Per 36 mins Giannis also took more shot attempts than Embiid and only lead by .04
Embiid leads Giannis in total and per game in points blocks and steals
If you go by per 100 possession Embiid leads in points over Giannis as well
Giannis has the most complete team and also plays in the easier division
The Atlantic is tougher than the central
Giannis plays with TWO DPOTY candidates and a 6th man of the year candidate
Just throwing context out there for this season
I say it's a 3 way tie. 😂😂
I want Embiid to win mvp but I think KD best player in the league only one who get can get his shot anytime he wants
most valuable player jj not most valuable team put joker in any team his doing what he has done in denver
This only makes me respect this guy less. The more he talks the more realise just how much he lacks of integrity.
Funny how "best player on the best team" didn't stop him from advocating extremely hard for Jokic, last season. 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽
Giannis ?!? Lol, so lame dude
Giannis should win easily, I just don’t get how he won’t win. Best player on the best team ALL season
unfortunately it seems narrative has an impact, i love how you simply breakdown this mvp race and i completly agree with the points you made
Key word “valuable”
If your team has a better record without you, you’re not the MVP.
This is why Joel can’t be the MVP.
I have the exact same take. Giannis is the best player on the best team and with the best win percentage. Jokic was #1 2 months ago but hasn’t performed on an MVP level since then