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One voter left Nikola Jokic off their MVP ballot entirely: ESPN’s Mark Jackson


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Mark Jackson’s top 5 picks were:

1. Embiid Joel (PHI)
2. Antetokounmpo Giannis (MIL)
3. Tatum Jayson (BOS)
4. Gilgeous-Alexander Shai (OKC)
5. Mitchell Donovan (CLE)

by Aslan27

39 Comments

  1. iSleepUpsideDown

    common Mark Jackson moronic moment

    daily reminder this idiot had steph go to his church and rub oil on his ankle and told him mto walk the injury off

  2. HumperMoe

    I’m glad it wasn’t a Philly voter.

  3. Balls_of_Adamanthium

    There’s a reason this clown hasn’t gotten a coaching job since poisoning the Warriors locker room

  4. That is advanced hating right there.

    Really pushing boundaries on how big of a hater someone can be.

  5. SadConfusion6

    Mama, there go that man (with a terrible MVP vote)

  6. AleroRatking

    I would love to hear the explanation.

  7. jfortyfourj

    This is definitely a racial thing and you can’t convince me otherwise. I figured it was a Philly beat writer

  8. Filip_N997

    If he just put him after Tatum it would have been somewhat fine,but to put Donovan and Shai this is crazy.

  9. lowercase-punishment

    There should be consequences for dudes who try to game the system like this

  10. EchoInExile

    Terrible announcer and now certified fucking idiot.

  11. Jordanstrom3329

    I’m really happy it wasn’t a Philly voter lmfaoooo

  12. Sweatytubesock

    Color me unbelievably unsurprised.

  13. packimop

    wHy iSnT mArK jAcKsOn a CoAcH – certain members of the media.

  14. LeAnthonyJavis

    Shai and Mitchell over Jokic is crazy

    This has to be racially motivated

  15. PatientIndividual651

    I’m curious to hear his reasoning

  16. TheLostKee

    This guy needs to be questioned on air during a game on why he did this

    Complete moron with a shady past that continues to get airtime on espn.

  17. 0racle_epsil0n

    You guys think that there ISN’T at least some racial bias in these results?

  18. The-Pharcyde

    Statement about how he “made a mistake” incoming

  19. griffskry

    “Basketball analyst” what a joke💀 All you have to do is analyze the stats for 2 seconds to realize that Jokic is at least top 3

  20. HornetsAreBad

    Mark Jackson shouldn’t get a vote

  21. thebigfundamentals

    Now I kind of want to watch the nugs win a chip with this twat on the call

  22. sharpshooter230

    I REALLY hope the inside the NBA crew, specifically Chuck, calls him out on this. Barkley made a comment last week about someone not putting Jokic in their top 5 and how their vote should be taken away.

  23. shadow_spinner0

    And I thought the NL MVP 1 year ago was bad when a Philly writer voted Soto 7th

  24. TranscedentalMedit8n

    My personal head cannon is that Mark Jackson does stupid shit so people forget when he cheated on his wife with a stripper.

    For real though, fuck Mark Jackson. Remember when Mark Jackson made condescending comments about Jason Collins after he came out as gay? Remember when Mark Jackson tried to get teammates to turn against Festus Ezeli? Remember when their were rumors he discriminated against non religious players?

  25. PHILtheCANADIAN

    People cry about media like Bill Simmons having a vote, at least he cares about the voting process and puts research into it.

    There’s dummies like Mark Jackson voting…

  26. BikiniBottomBoys

    So just so we’re clear here, none of you think race has played a role in the past when voting for an MVP but you believe NOW it is playing a role? That’s interesting.

  27. faded_on_10

    2 minutes of research:

    Mark Jackson explains his MVP vote

    Less than two hours after that ballot was unveiled, Jackson appeared on SiriusXM to explain himself. He called the ballot a “mistake,” indicating he thought he was making an All-NBA vote, and apologized to Jokic and the Nuggets.

    Jackson said he would understand if his vote is taken away in the future.

    “Mistake. One thing I live by, you make a mistake, you own it. I’m not a guy that does it for clicks or to be trending. Absolute mistake made by me. I am thinking, how did I make that mistake? You can tell, I put one center, two forwards and two guards, so I wasn’t even thinking. I apologize to the Denver Nuggets, I apologize to Nikola Jokic, who is not only in the MVP discussion and deserved to be on my ballot, but he’s one of the greatest players in the history of this game. He’s a top-10 center of all time.

    “So, I own it. If you want to take away my vote or whatever, you’re more than welcome. I made a mistake. I would have still voted for Joel Embiid the MVP, but with Giannis and Joker second and third. They deserve that, incredible year by him, he continues to make history. I own the mistake and I apologize.”

    He apologized again on Twitter, calling Jokic a legitimate MVP candidate and an all-time great.

  28. Having Tatum top 3 and Jokic off the list is basically trolling.

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