FIRST THINGS FIRST | “Jokic is the MVP” -Nick: Nuggets look to be the clear favorites for NBA Finals

FIRST THINGS FIRST | “Jokic is the MVP” -Nick: Nuggets look to be the clear favorites for NBA Finals

The road and at home while notching a 3212 11 and zero turnover triple double only it’s only happened three times this year Joker has them all uh MVP odds joker now firmly in control at one then SGA then Luca whose team is not good then Giannis whose team’s pretty good

And then Tatum who might be leaving this graphic if anyone saw last night’s game uh Brew you’ve got an official vote as Joker have your vote right now yeah he’s got my vote and he’s probably got just about everybody’s vote you look at the field and they’re really I mean Luca is

Playing phenomenal all right I don’t want to say lock it up because it not something crazy happens but SGA is playing great I don’t know if people ready to give him an MVP uh Luca I mean they’re he’s playing they’re not he’s not winning MVP as an eighth seed uh

Giannis again have to se season it’s felt like they’re a disappointing team I that matter how it feels yeah I yeah cuz they have been viewed I mean they had to fire their coach that’s how disappointed they were now I know the record was I mean they fired their coach they’re not

As good as expected but that was to me reminiscent to the 16 cabs they didn’t fire their coach cuz LeBron wasn’t doing well they fired their coach because they were like we’re trying to win a championship we don’t think this guy can get us there like that’s the go ahead

I’ll let you finish I’m sorry I just uh I’m not saying y he’s having a great year but I don’t think and then you go Tatum Tatum’s problem is he wasn’t going to win anyway he’s in fifth but this has been a bad week for him not just because

Of the couple of games where he missed big shots but people started paying attention right everybody saw the clutch stats most probably people didn’t even know those existed at this point and then they oh my gosh she’s 32% in the clutch so he’s done he won’t win it but

Dark Horse and you said it Anthony Edwards could at least if he leaves him what he did last night was he could take Tatum spot soon yeah and maybe go a little high like if he keeps them at the one or the two seed and they’re without

Cat for this whole and they got a tough schedule coming up where if he gets through this tough eight games they got coming up and they’re still the one or the two and he’s putting up great numbers he gets in the conversation but out outside of Luca like I mean um joic

Getting hurt I don’t this this is where I vehemently disagree I think that y so Giannis didn’t even make our little odds thing there because he’s 17 to one right now so can we just do Luca I’m sorry yic and Giannis side by side and that let’s hold

On Brew let’s just talk about it let’s just talk for a moment the the the points is going to be Giannis but that’s the assist are Yoki so I would they’re creating about the same amount of points per game the rebounds are yic but it’s close they both have Elite field goal

Percentage they’re playing the same amount of games right now Denver has a better record than Milwaukee but it’s very close now Denver has a chance at a one seed Milwaukee doesn’t but Denver also wouldn’t have a chance at a one seed if Boston was in the west you know

What I mean so does this what what we’re switching conf no I’m just saying they I just think also the the number of the seed should do we agree that number of seed is not as important as what your team’s record is that if you’re the two

Seed and you win 58 games and in the other conference the one seed wins 57 like to me you guys were equivalent do so why would it be that one guy is minus 170 the other guy is 17 to one one one thing you look like Giannis is telling

You even though it’s not true that it’s Dame’s team but Giannis is not the go-to guy at the end that’s the joic is the go-to guy joic is Mr everything for them their whole offense revolves around joic not in a bad way not in a bald dominant

Way but he’s creating it all and he’s doing it fluidly like you just watch those two and I think you come away yeah Giannis is awesome but joic is just he’s the man he does it all whereas the other guy saying it’s his team he’s the one

We’re looking for at the end of game so if kic is the League’s best offensive player Giannis right now is fourth behind Luca and Shay right so like offensive player yeah there some somewhere in that vicinity Steph maybe he’s fourth but Steph’s actually I mean statistically his numbers are great but

If I need a bucket am I definitely going to Giannis no but again this is the that wasn’t held against Shaq I don’t know go to Shaq and he would dunk on you you and you can go to J the thing if jannis would get down there jannis doesn’t go

Down Yan is going to get it and then try to drive between whatever he’s doing he’s he’s averaging 31 a night that’s right whatever he’s doing and he’s doing it on 60 I don’t know why we minimize he’s doing it on the best field goal percentage in the league your vote would

Go to Giannis right now no I am saying right now I think it is uh with respect to Shay a twoh horse race and it is a 5545 Joker and the fact that it is that that big of a discrepancy when they’re both two-time MVPs they’re both one-time Champions they’re both onetime

Finals MVP the idea that like one of these guys is just in a totally different Stratosphere than the other that’s what I disagree with I mean I I I I agree that Giannis is in the stratosphere with him but I’m saying I I will say this I do think there is a

Sentiment for yage AG that a lot of people feel like he should have won it last year and so now I think there are some people that are he started out with a head start that I agree with I also think the point you made at the beginning is actually a sneaky very

Important one and I don’t think it’s fair the Bucks have felt underachieving that’s right even if the the Nuggets were the defending champs and the favorites coming into the year they have they in Milwaukee are we’ll see who finishes with the they were underachieving too correct but just’s

Nobody everybody because they won the title last year when they were underachieving saying the Bucks were underachieved no and I think Denver had a stretch pre Allstar break where it looked like they were in a bit fun the Bucks were under okay all right but that’s but you understand what I’m

Saying that it feels like it feels like the narrative has been set in a way that is a little unfair and again if I had a vote right now I would vote joic yeah but I think it is very I think it’s very close and should come down to the final

Two weeks it or final 20 games I think it is very surprising to me that Giannis right now is you bet 100 bucks you win 1,700 bet 100 bucks on yic you win 60 Warriors Bulls Steph Curry hurts his ankle and a loss not great uh golden state currently firmly in the playin

Clay confident the Warriors will be okay take a listen he is out unfortunate but it’s part of the you know the the length of the season it’s hard to play every game especially not have any their injuries and um we’ll we’ll uh make up we’ll do we’ll

Do well without him we we can rely on our history and how to execute without him okay uh can Steph afford to miss any time that’s the question you’re going to ask okay no snarky reparte no no little winking nod at the camera like yesterday

When we can show it to you LeBron left the game in the exact same time under the exact same circumstances I think by the second I don’t know if we can show you uh oh I’m sorry 5 seconds straight the locker room LeBron almost ran well

Yeah I’m sorry that LeBron can deal with the injury maybe a little better cuz he doesn’t have bad ankles I don’t know I don’t know you just you did a whole Inquisition when LeBron left a game early with an ankle injury with Steph you seem awful concerned with LeBron you

Seemed awful brw once again I know you hate to agree with me am I right or am I wrong I hate to yeah Nick is right thank you very much BRS I’m objective thank you BR I appreciate the objectivity he is objective do you think LeBron’s going to miss a game he’s very

Tough okay do you think Steph’s going to miss a game probably but he’s got bad ankles so I mean I don’t know what you want from me there um now listen I I mean golden state is totally cooked without him but because the Jazz and and Wild’s Rockets are

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