Nikola Jokic’s MVP CHANCES 🔒 ‘You can’t bet against him!’ – Harry Douglas | First Take
The First Take crew debate which team in the Western conference needs the one seed the most. Then, the panel take a look at the MVP race and if Nikola Jokic is a lock for the award.
0:00 Which team needs the one seed the most in the West?
6:00 Nikola Jokic MVP chances
10:00 Playoff players/odds
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OKC needs the 1 seed more because they’re a young and inexperienced team. Denver can win the championship being the 2 or 3 seed. The T-Wolves have more playoff experience lately than OKC they’ll be fine as the 2 seed. Luka is the MVP!!! But I do agree Jokic should’ve been the MVP in 2023
16/20? VS best defence 😂🃏🔥🔥🔥🔥
OKC doesn't have a good matchup against any team in the west in 7-game series.., too young to unexperienced and too small/thin up front. Can KAT com back healthy and in rythm for the playoffs? How will they manage their absence of playoff experience? Denver will have a much tougher time getting through the west this year as it is much more competitive and they're not as deep as last year. Boston will come out much fresher out of the east if they can manage leads and not choke in the crunch time.
Stephen A called out for this LMAOOOO
Jokic Doncic SGA Embid Gianis all foreign player its crazy then Rocky Wemby not very soon American will be best player or win MVP lol
It hurts Luka that the media doesn't touch him with a ten foot pole. He's quietly been the MVP all season, yet they won't give it to him because the narrative says Joker deserves it. Joker is great, but so is Luka. Give the man his just due.
Win based award….lmao yall gave the MVP to Jokic who was a 6 seed and had worse numbers than Doncic this season. Yet NOW its a win based award cause Jokic is in the 1 seed. Please get this nonsense out of here and actually push the NBA to make real guidelines for MVP voting so we stop this BS.
ESPN analysists wanted to pick a black person so badly, but they have to choose the white man.
Can we stop having football guys talk nba
Joker the MVP button
I wanna hear SAS talk about OJ lol
Jokic is shoving that MVP down ESPN‘s throat. You gotta talk about him now. Even screaming a Smith got a bow his head..
Give luka MVP!
What do you mean Luka didn’t start off hot that str8 bs he was literally averaging 40 dam near the first 5 games
Joker nailed it.He is the far best player.
Tbh I kinda hope they slight Joker again and give it to Luka. Big Honey going on a postseason rampage fr fr AND embarrassing Team USA in the Olympics if they overlook him again and i can’t wait lol 😈🃏🏆🥇🐐
Everybody wants luka to have it. Joker don’t even care about the stupid award. All he cares about is championships.
He should of won it last year but you know, Perkins.
🃏Mvp
imagine replacing jokic with deandre jordan or zeke nnaji lol. the nuggets probaby won't even make the play-in
I got no issues with Jokic winning the MVP but maan, the reasoning of this group gave was so weak… "Doncic started too late, if this was the Mavs all year"… if this was the mavs all year they would win 70 games, not to mention that he was averaging these numbers the whole time, so it's just a switch of narrative. The Mavs won 50 games can go for 52 they are 5-6 games back not 15. Obviously their injuries were not of the scale as the one to Denver when Jokic won it but still like 3 starters and 2 more players missed 20+ games. If it was Embiid with 50 wins 34/9/10, ESPN would be wetting themselves at what this brotha is doing and how historic it is….
Where's RC? No SAS? No Unc? No Mad Dog? Gotta have my guy. It only makes sense and he's knowledgeable to hold the chair for any sport
Wins Title oh he should have been the MVP, gets the First Seed in a tougher conference than last year, oh but Luka has great numbers. Im a Lakers Fan who do you think has been destroying us lol. Who is everyone trying to Avoid in the Playoffs. Jokic is the MVP and congrats to Luka for a great season and he will get one eventually. But for now its the guy who loves horses time haha.
Joker vs Wemby: 37-16-6-2-1 and a W
Joker vs Rudy: 41-11-7-3 and a W
to take the #1 seed in the West
GOATić making your DPOYs look unemployable #MV3 😤🃏🏆
Mcnut is bad for television ✌🏽
Remember this comment by June 2024 he will be the first player since lebron to win mvp and finals mvp in the same season
MVP hands down Jokic…SGA second
Didn't know First Take had a "C" team in its rotation too! 🤣
Hey, how about "Jalen Brunson" for NBA MVP.
He performance is almost better than jokic. Does he count?
There are two ways to look at this scenario. 1st way is by "race". Jokic is obviously white and this makes some people uncomfortable as he would be joining the elite club of mostly black players up at the top in NBA history with his 3rd MVP win. 2nd way to look at this is through "stats". Statistically speaking this man is almost averaging a triple double this season, which is absolutely out of this world compared to historical numbers of MVP's. His stats are insane, even when compared to the greatest players that ever played the game, and that is not an opinion that is a fact. So statistically speaking, he is not only a 100% an MVP this season, but "statistically speaking" the best MVP NBA player to ever play the game, and this again is not an opinion, this is a statistical FACT.
Luka is the MVP
Jalen Brunson of the Knicks the are cooked.
Jokic's on/off stats being far ahead of anyone else this year and the last few years should answer the question quite clearly regarding which team would go down the most if they lost a player. Denver probably wouldn't even make the play-in without Jokic, because everything offensively goes through him. Oklahoma and the Mavs would definitely lose a lot if they lost SGA or Luka, but not as much.
It by default since joel went out he the next best thing from the past 5 season
Who are these people?
Joel get mvp award event embiid ALWAYS get injured😂😂😂 event last year😂😂😂how bias voters rob jokic last year😂😂😂
Luka is the mvp
Why'd he have to call out my Raptors like that 😅
denver only has 6 more wins than dallas lol mvp is luka
Shai not being MVP is ridiculous