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SGA received 4 non-top 3 MVP votes out of 99 votes:
SDNA's Tolis Kotzias had him in 5th place
ESPN's Dave McMenamin had him in 4th place
SHO's Rachel Nichols had him in 4th place
The Ringer's Ryen Russillo had him in 4th place
by LoxDnw
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For everyone who was mad at Lu being left off all-defense, you can pretty much blame ESPN. Their dumbass reporters all seemed to leave Lu off completely in favor of SGA, some even having Shai on 1st team. All the voters from the athletic seemed to have Chet and Lu, some with Lu on 1st team. Might be the Schlecht effect!
Simply pathetic.
I could maybe see some very convoluted justification for 4th, but 5th???
Rachel Nichols still has a vote???
Unless I’m looking at the votes wrong Rachel Nichols had him 3 and Kevin O’Connor was 4.
Who is Tolis Kotzias and why does he get to vote?
It’s not just MVP but every other award too