Whats even more wild is not seeing Jalen Johnson on this list.
Senorsty
Maxey is going to win that award unless he gets hurt. He has the national media attention and he’s now the #1 option on the Sixers. Coby has been a revelation but nobody’s touching Maxey.
baberdayweekend
lmk if im misunderstood but didnt maxey start last year and have multiple 40 pt games?
IMKudaimi123
Jalen Johnson should also be on here
lightsvber
Simply put, it’s because the Bulls aren’t doing well. Award candidates on bad teams rarely get the nod unless they’re playing at an MVP level, and this is true across all of the major sports.
Aromatic_Recording_4
Anyone but Sengun
A1Horizon
For sure it should be closer. Maxey went from “one of the main guys” to “one of the main guys but better”. Coby went from 7th(?) man to THE guy in most games.
Get_Dunked_On_
Maxey and Sengun are both really good and it helps that they didn’t start the season slow like Coby and the media pays attention to them. They’ve all made pretty significant jumps it’s honestly a matter of personal opinion.
Atrain175
Losing team
BuzzfeedRon
Bulls are a franchise no one cares about at all league wide right now
carrot-man
Not that crazy imo. Coby has improved considerably but so have the others. [EPM comparison](https://imgur.com/a/L03ehPL)
Gyshall669
All the former MIPs earn at least another accolade that season or are fringe accolade guys. Coby is not.
It’s also supposed to be against all of your cumulative seasons. Coby has come into his own but he was just in a very minimized role which makes the leap seem greater than it is.
I-N_Clined
Simply put, Coby didn’t start the season like this. If he’d been playing like this all season, he might be the favorite.
Also, there’s still a lot of season left. So who knows, he still could win.
GuyWithNoSwagger
Maxey literally broke out last year lmao
VinceVaugnsPants
Because Maxey
misterpeebooty
Because it’s a fairly stupid award with pretty amorphous criteria outside of the narrative that gives voters the fuzziest feelings that year.
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Whats even more wild is not seeing Jalen Johnson on this list.
Maxey is going to win that award unless he gets hurt. He has the national media attention and he’s now the #1 option on the Sixers. Coby has been a revelation but nobody’s touching Maxey.
lmk if im misunderstood but didnt maxey start last year and have multiple 40 pt games?
Jalen Johnson should also be on here
Simply put, it’s because the Bulls aren’t doing well. Award candidates on bad teams rarely get the nod unless they’re playing at an MVP level, and this is true across all of the major sports.
Anyone but Sengun
For sure it should be closer. Maxey went from “one of the main guys” to “one of the main guys but better”. Coby went from 7th(?) man to THE guy in most games.
Maxey and Sengun are both really good and it helps that they didn’t start the season slow like Coby and the media pays attention to them. They’ve all made pretty significant jumps it’s honestly a matter of personal opinion.
Losing team
Bulls are a franchise no one cares about at all league wide right now
Not that crazy imo. Coby has improved considerably but so have the others. [EPM comparison](https://imgur.com/a/L03ehPL)
All the former MIPs earn at least another accolade that season or are fringe accolade guys. Coby is not.
It’s also supposed to be against all of your cumulative seasons. Coby has come into his own but he was just in a very minimized role which makes the leap seem greater than it is.
Simply put, Coby didn’t start the season like this. If he’d been playing like this all season, he might be the favorite.
Also, there’s still a lot of season left. So who knows, he still could win.
Maxey literally broke out last year lmao
Because Maxey
Because it’s a fairly stupid award with pretty amorphous criteria outside of the narrative that gives voters the fuzziest feelings that year.