Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes discuss the new look Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James’ comments surrounding his new teammates. Broussard believes the Lakers will be able to turn around the season with their new additions and pass up the New Orleans Pelicans. The group then discuss whether Nikola Jokić deserves to be the NBA MVP favorite.
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The Lakers aren't making the playoffs this year, they waited too long before making the trade. The only way the Lakers make the playoffs if they were to go 15-8 in their last 23 games. I just don't see this team doing any better than 12-11 or 11-12 over their last 23 games.
I hope this actually gets under Nick's and Chris's skin and it's not totally an act.
OH WOW When Jokic avging a trip dub its not as impressive aight man
RIP
Well… literally everyone disagrees with u on a MVP vote and it's not really eaven close. Like… at all… For all that mental gymnastics around criteria, MVP is and forever was, who, most of the voters feel like is the MVP. There are no set number of requisites because everything goes into it and voters just say how they feel in the end. Except for defense Nick has flipped flopped on every of his reasons for these 3 year's and when they're met he's the one calling out the flipp flopping?!
I literally thought the same thing when I saw the cavs going to buyout love , go win another chip with your boy in LA and they already got chemistry on the court and someone that bron can trust in the playoffs to knock down 3s
If lebron and Greek freak not allowed to win 3 mvps in a row then joking defiantly shouldn’t bc they were the best players in the league
Clinging to CP3 over Joker that year is invalidating Nick's whole (otherwise sensible) argument
First Things First + Nikola Jokic = infinity hate alert
nick is hatin on russ cause of how it went wit bron. houston and washington went as far as they were. gonna go wit those teams. like brou said you may not wanna play him 35 mins or finish the game wit him but to pretend he can’t be a high energy playmaker 20ish mins a night is ridiculous
I feel like they can do better then 14-9
18-5
Who really cares about MVP anymore…..I honestly haven't ever cared about it cuz it's based on the regular season and storylines
Nick losing his voice is so much better🤣🤣🤣
NICK YOUR BOY JOKIC IS GONNA WIN THE TITLE THIS YEAR AND THEN YOU'LL REGET THAT YOU HATED ON HIM MON
I agree that Jokic deserves MVP this year but if you use the argument that he’s having a great statistical year and his team is winning this year, as a case for MVP, then how do you explain his case last year when he was playing great but his team was only the 5th seed in the West and tied for 10th in the NBA? I understand that his team was injured last year but injuries are apart of the game and have derailed many a would be contender. It seems like the MVP criteria is changed to suit whatever Jokic is doing. You can’t have it both ways.
Nick forget about the MVP thing. There are no criteria. This means literally anyone for any reason could win.
Nick yes you hate Jokic and get stuff wrong all the time on history and statistically and LeBron is one of my favorite athletes ever.
Saying Jokic hasn’t shown it in the playoffs is embarrassing!
He’s the only player EVER who averages 26+, 11+, 6+ 2 stocks at elite 61 TS% (52/40/84) and has been unreal!
Broussard saying “everyone today shoots great efficiency today” is a made up lie too.
I do agree it should be closer especially with Giannis (Embiid too) but downplaying Jokic as best passing center ever by far is averaging 25 12 10 2stocks insane 70 TS% (63/39/82 splits insane) and best +/- by a land slide also on/off.
The way so many underrate Jokic Giannis is as infuriating as the lies about LeBron are.
Haters gonna hate; GO Joker!
2021 Jokic: highest PER in the league. played all 72 games. averaged 26-11-8. did things a center hadn't done in decades.
2022 Jokic: highest PER in NBA history. played 74/82 games. Broke records for a center. lead the league in total rebounds and triple doubles. had no help.
2023 Jokic: highest PER in the league, 6th best in NBA history, averaging a triple double, leading his team to the #1 seed in the conference.
Every year Jokic has made himself MORE valuable. The conversation keeps changing because he changes it. His performance changes it. A CENTER averaging a triple double? AND being the first seed? AND having the highest PER in the league?
The conversation should be about how skewed the value of the MVP is not that Jokic doesnt deserve it. He does and its not really close.
Here is an idea. Conference MVPs. You wanna give conference finals mvps right? so give conference mvps.
Jokic is MVP! just say y'all don't like him its okay just stop the BS talk
Ngl I think Jokic should be a champion before he gets a 3rd MVP
You can’t say jokic don’t deserve the award because of post season success then try to make an argument for embid🤦🏽♂️
Luka Doncic is really going to get 0 MVP votes just because his team is abysmal
Lebron went to the finals 8yrs In a row and never won MVP 3xs in a row. Hilarious all of a sudden we can give it to a guy 3xs in a row.
Let's keep it 💯. It's bcuz he's white.
As a Lakers fan, I'll pass on Kevin love. We learned our lesson last year. No more old farts. Let's keep it youthful and energetic.
SO if Joker wins 3th MVP (which he will), MVP award losing its meaning hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Nick having a late puberty.
Joker will find that basket. He doesn't need to score it.
Brother, how can you say this. Jokic is our Mvp
I want joker to get it just because I want nick to be upset haha
It should be Giannis…
hahaahha Jokic is inevitable!
These guys acting like avg. a triple double is great anymore. Buncha clowns
So Hollywood analitics do not like Jokic becouse he is not their man. Nothing new.
Give Rob Pelinka his credit Lebron ruined the team and rob fixed it
As a lakers fan if they miss the playoffs again AD should be traded.
12:42 lol you definitely do NOT
Jokic with 2 MVPS and going for a third, shows you how idiotic MVP voters are. He should not have won last year – Nuggets were freaking 11th.
Here we go again hahaha everyone going to say i didn't vote Jokić but he will be MV3. Haters.
Hahahaha….this is already absurdly funny, what kind of comments! I really wouldn't mind if Giannis or Embiid or Tatum were named MVP of the regular season, really not! BUT IF YOU ARGUMENT LIKE THAT, WHY DOESN'T JOKIC DESERVE THE MVP, IT'S NOT FUNNY…IT'S A PARODY! MVP IS THE PLAYER WHO HELPS THE TEAM THE MOST AND HAS THE BIGGEST IMPACT FOR THE TEAM, NOT ONE MATCH… BROUSSARD'S ARGUMENT WAS THAT EMBID DEMOLISHED JOKIC IN THE MATCH AND THAT GIANNIS HAS MORE POINTS THAN JOKIC ON AVERAGE!🤦♂️ IF YOU USE THIS STATEMENT AS AN ARGUMENT IT ALL SPEAKS ABOUT YOU BROUSSARD, WHO WAS CONSIDERED AN EXPERT BUT I SEE THAT YOU ALSO FALL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NICK WRONG AND THE MEDIA! Giannis has an average of 32.5 points and 5.5 assists, if we consider that an assist counts as 2 points, then Giannis distributes 43.5 points per game for the team. Embiid 33.1 points…4.1 assists… Embiid is averaging a team-high 41.3 points per game. Jokic averages 24.7 points and 10.1 assists. Jokic distributes 44.9 points per game for the team! ACTUALLY JOKIC DISTRIBUTES MORE AND HAS A BIGGER IMPACT ON THE TEAM THAN GIANNIS AND EMBIID HAVE ON THEIR TEAM! NOT TO WRITE ANOTHER ARGUMENT, I WILL SUPPORT WHAT I WROTE WITH THIS INFORMATION! NET RATING DIFFERENTIAL ON/OFF COURT! 1. JOKIC +25.6 2. TATUM +12.5 3. EMBIID +11.8 4. DONCIC +8.2 5. GIANNIA +8.1