Doubters Say Nikola Jokic is Unworthy of Being 3-Time MVP | THE ODD COUPLE
THE ODD COUPLE – Chris Broussard & Rob Parker discuss the MVP race in the NBA and a bit about why people wouldn’t be on board with Nikola Jokic being a 3-time MVP winner.
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35 Comments
Most VALUABLE player isnt equal to best offensive player
I don't get these takes. Wilt has four amd he only really led one title run, Kobe shouldn't have any but has one and he led two title runs. MVP seasons occur in a vacuum
LeBron got his third MVP before his second title
Also the only team record weighting should be literally just if you make the playoffs. Just use advanced metrics for candidates between those teams, it's not 1985 anymore
Kawhi should've won the year Westbrook won because he was just better (not because of team record), counting stats don't matter.
These ppl are being so disingenuous when they talk about jokic winning as a 6seed. The biggest reason jokic won that year is because there wasn't necessarily a better candidate. A lot of the other candidates missed a lot of games due to injury/load management. These ppl clearly have an agenda against giving jokic more mvps than some of the greats of the past.
Broussard should have his voting rights revoked. Luka Doncic will absolutely not be the MVP, so to give him a first place vote is wasting his vote. Jokic is the best player on the best team.
This what happen when u didn’t give. Kobe , Shaq and lebron their MvP that they shoulda won but gave it to another player. Like mash and drose. Protecting Jordan legacy and now years later Jokic cleaning em out faster then Jordan 💀
Don't worry – if Jokic wins MVP this year he won't win another one no matter what he does. Voter fatigue.
Respect to all candidates, some real stars balling right now. But only one true MVP in Jokic 🫶🏼
Joker is a joke cant have it this year. I have a pre season ticket on luka. Im trying to get paid
The joker is the last player in the league who would care about stat padding.
Yah the comp in today's nba is just awful..
The odd couple where both with the black media narrative of jokic not beeing worthy of the 3x mvp club last season but know that he has won a ring and was dominant in doeing so they want to act like they have amnesia
Bro there’s no way Jokic should win another MVP. There have been amazing players who won 1 & could’ve won more. This dude is nowhere near the stature of a Kobe & Shaq and DEFINITELY doesnt have the overall impact to the game like Bird & Magic. There’s gotta be a precedence for MVP. Voting him in ain’t it.
As a Nuggets fan I wish he doesn't get it, he doesn't want it, it's just a distraction for him and for the team. I remember when he got his first mvp it was after a loss, I believe in the first round of the playoffs and they were losing 2:1 in the series and the situation was just unpleasant, you're supposed to be happy but you just lost the game…
Jokic 1st MVP was stolen from Giannis , his 2nd was stolen from Embiid(returned favor last season)… And this year I'd vote for Luka!🤷🏿♂️
if joker don't win MVP he will win finals MVP so it don't even matter
1 seed in the brutal western conference, 26-12-9, defending champs, you're telling me someone else in the league is doing better than this man? Get outta here.
Russell Westbrook was a great player, but his triple double mvp season, his rebounds were padded, when his center often let him have it, it was due to the system they were running, but you could say his rebounds were padded that way.
But Jokic is the last player I would think of, when thinking about someone who pads his stats, because he always goes for the most efficient play, and his advanced stats reflect that. That guy said that about Jokic, it's like calling right, wrong and light, dark.
They keep mentioning Jokic getting MVP as 6th seed and compare him to Luka as 5h seed and literally no one mentioned that he made the 6th seed without his 2nd and 3rd players!!! He lost Murray who averaged 21ppg and Porter Jr who averaged 19ppg season before that, meaning Jokic by himself had to make up 40 points deficit by having Murray and Porter Jr injured the whole season and not getting any new help at all!!! I don't even have to check to know that no player in modern NBA history made the 6th seed without their 2nd and 3rd best players or that no player in NBA history made the 6th seed by having a second player average less than 15ppg!!! It was a team carry job of NBA history by Jokic! He also had the highest PER in NBA history and led the league in almost all advanced stats and led his team in all basic and advanced stats which was also never seen before in NBA history!!! Is anyone insane to think that Luka could carry a team to a 5th or 6th seed without Kyrie and his 3rd best player!??? Luka barely made it out of the Play-In tournament spot with another superstar on his roster! And Kyrie just dropped 50 points the other night and this guy Brew says Jokic has more help???? LoooooL
Just two black racist . 😂😂😂😂😂😂
They just don’t want another white guy to win it. Even tho he’s unstoppable
Who gives AF what kevin hart thinks, he doesn't vote, coach or play in the NBA
I hope someone reads my comment.I love basketball,I played basketball,I worked at basketball….Also I am 38 YO ,and I am paying for NBA league pass ,buying merchandise ect. This bullshit about Jokic and his MVPs ,hate towards him ,towards Luka , racism.I am done with NBA ,and I am not alone ,believe me.I will watch this post season, because I Ve invested hundred of hours ,but I am done! I ll never watch one more NBA game.
James Harden is thee worst mvp in the history of the NBA. Dude played absolutely NO DEFENSE and was GIVEN an mvp
This the Lebron era that people keep saying is more athletic. When you have guys like Steph (unanimous MvP) and Jokic (back to back) dominating the league in Lebron’s time! don’t even dare compare it to 90s brand of basketball. It’s embarrassing
Its a race thing
Damn no love for Jalen Brunson who’s taken the Knicks and made them a 3/4 seed
Jokic is going up against the weakest Center era
While luka is going up against the strongest wing man era
Still won 50 games
Both records are similar without thier second option
And like the world title belt you can’t take that belt by wining a round or two
You have to to the for certain winner to get that belt, it’s the same for 3 time mvp that should be the standard imo
Jokic shouldn’t get a third mvp while
Somebody put up 34 9 10 and won 50 games imo
The hate is because Jokic isn't American
He objectively at this is in the bottom tier of players who are 3X MVP considering its a regular season award and the players who have earned that distinction. He has never led his team to the best record in the league during any of his MVP season like other 3x MVPS:
-MJ
-Lebron
-Moses Malone
-Bird
-Magic
Hell, Giannis has led his team to the best record in the league 3x, and he has been blackballed from ever winning another one.
Jokic should have won 3 straight MVPs, 4 straight including this season.
“Best player in the league” and “best player that year” are two completely different things. MVP should always go to the best player that year imo. I think we should throw out the historical context as well. Just because it’s “not fair” to Jordan, or lebron, or anyone else, we can’t penalize current players for what previous voters have done. “Because that’s the way we’ve always done it” is not a good enough answer
The problem with the mainstream media, is they don't watch Jokic play. So when someone makes a dumb comment, no one is there to hold them accountable.