NBA Countdown’s Malika Andrews, Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins and Chiney Ogwumike join SportsCenter to discuss who they’re voting for for NBA MVP between Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo before discussing the Denver Nuggets’ recent slide.
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Please get Malika off this show ESPN. Thanks!
Jokic is mvp
Joel embid can get the mvp. But still Philly gonna bounce out first round anyways 😂😂trash.
Wait Perc gets a MVP vote? This is more a joke than I thought
Embiied cried so hard he’s got the media bias pushing his case. Joker did it all and is number 1 in the west with less. Giannis a beast as usual. Both over Joel for me.
I wish Perk would get fired
voter fatigue confirmed.
I think idiots like perkins made jokic take the foot off the gas peddle. He was running away with it
Embiid proved it last night he should be mvp 👏🏾👏🏾
Lol they definitely ain’t bringing jalen and Richard Jefferson wild selves back on here 😂😂
As a Giannis fan, Embiid is the clear cut MVP. I have Jokic behind Tatum & Luka in the rankings.
Giannis has a complete team & Embiid is playing with a g league team plus a 36yr OLD James harden
If your not a 2 way player you shouldn’t even be in the MVP conversation 🤷🏽♂️. Joel should’ve won it last year and he should win it this year.
I agree it should be embiid but only by a slim margin…and no surprise Stephen is voting for him, being as racist as he is
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These guys routinely contradict themselves. Jokic is under pressure to win the championship yet he clearly doesn’t have the talent around him. So why put him under pressure over other players on better teams
Jokic can't play defense as a big man . zzz
Yes give him the MVP so he can stop being a baby about it
Big perk 👌
The sixers winning percentage with embiid is 66 percent, without him its 64 percent. The nuggets winning percentage with Jokic is 71 percent and without him is 36 percent. Jokic is infinitely more valuable than embiid is
Nuggets have the 4th best record in the league. Top 3 teams are out east. Joel is playing better in the better conference
Joel has carried his team all season long.
Giannis and the bucks have depth for years plus an all nba guy in Jrue and 2 players if asked to can drop 25 points in Khris and Brook. They have the best starting 5 with no weakness.
Jrue
Grayson
Khris
Giannis
Brook
Jevon
Jae
Bobby
Joe
Espn u are such a joke showing 8 turnovers of jokic but not showing hes points ahhahahah nice pushing embitch
Of course, Smith is a raciso. Figures
Jokic was clearly better all year. Joel gets the benefit of a race baiting narrative out there, ducked Jokic in Denver and then gets crowned MVP bc these guys have the memory of a gold fish and only remember the last game?
Gimme a break. Man is going to whine and duck his way to an MVP robbing Jokic of a historic achievement
I'm voting Giannis…
Race determines most of Steven A’s decisions.
There is no basketball justification for not voting for a man averaging a literal triple double.
Nuggets fans are weird he got fried by the Rockets, they keep saying Philly gonna get bounced in the second round I bet the Nuggets get Bounced in the first round
The goin to give it to embid dis year kuz they not gonna let jokic win 3 in a row
I’m a nuggets fan and the way they’re playing, I’m scared
Woj is completely clueless how the tiebreakers work between Lakers, Clippers, and Warriors. It's not for the 6th seed. If Lakers win tonight, they get the dreaded 5th… ☀
I already did the calculations with the tiebreakers yesterday. If my Clippers want to avoid the Phoenix/Denver bracket, they must lose to the Lakers tonight. Go, Lakers. Beat us.
They never gave Denver their props when they're beating playoff teams and racking up wins, so of course predictably they're gonna try and sow the seeds of doubt the first chance they get with any small mishap that happens. This is what the New ESPN is all about, playing favorites and diminishing those that doesn't sit at the popular table. That's why I still love that they have JJ and Richard cause they keep these clowns in check.
The MVP race this season is wild. You can literally make a valid case for Jokic, Embiid & Giannis. Sucks 2 people have to come short
Tank for the 2 seed!
Still dont understand how Perkins has a vote.
Perk said Embiid MVP all year the just randomly says Giannis? lol
Bruh, how Perkins switched up on embiid, He been talking about embiid n Philly but now says he voting Giannis.
Joel Embiid might win MVP, but Phil are going to be eliminated in the first round. That's the upset everybody sees it coming, but nobody wants to talk about it. Maybe, they are not sure yet that Miami heat would finish 6. If they do, it's not going to be a secret anymore. They all will pick the heat over Phil.
Kendrick Perkins is a flip flopper
If we're being honest here giannis could have won MVP the last 2-years 😂 😂 he's just getting the LeBron treatment
Once again are we just ignoring the fact the sixers are 9-5 without Embiid if ur making an argument atleast make a good one
Joel has not even had a shooting slump this season. Not ONE slump
Kawhi Leonard is EASILY the mvp so far this year.
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Just gonna say I'm sick of this whole pity embiid vote. Sorry but giannis has better stats in less minutes. Best record in the nba. Better record vs Joel in head to head. He's had more roster issues with khris middleton out 40 games. I keep hearing Joel's scoring but last I checked giannis had a better ppg per 36 too lol. Like the lebron effect is so real, this is clearly giannis as the mvp
Perk did all he did to discredit Joker for the sake of Embiid’s MVP case… just to vote for Giannis 😂 flip flop game crazy
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Nuggets got 1 seed on lock there just waiting for playoffs