vote for your MVP pick in the poll and then give the rest of your picks
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 4 April 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
mvp embiid (for political reasons)dpoy jjjrookie paolocoach joe "mindset" mazzullaexecutive pelinka sixth man, most improved idc these ones are dumb
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
MVP: jokic(runner up and most valuable coward/most valuable campaigner (MVC) (dropped a shams interview complaining about not winning MVP and then ducks the nationally televisted matchup with the 2 time defending MVP on the same day): embiid
6th man of the year: immanuel quickleyrookie of the year: paolo bancheromost improved player (not a real award): lauri markkanencoach of the year: mike brown I guessDPOY: giannis
all-nba:- 1st team: jokic, giannis, tatum, luka, SGA- 2nd team: embiid, kawhi, jimmy, donovan mitchell, deaaron fox- 3rd team: AD, markkanen, jaylen brown, jalen brunson, lillard
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 4 April 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
wow no steph all nba huh
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 06:24 (one year ago) link
mvp embiid cos i picked him preseason also hes deserved it very close w the other two tho6 man no idea dont caremip see above dpoy lol the bucks have three candidates, idk i think maybe jjj? if hes not fouling hes insanely good on that endcoy def mike brown ROY paolo but i def like j williams game better and his last third of the season was really impressive
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 06:31 (one year ago) link
steph just didn’t have a good enough season to overcome missing 25 games and his team being doodoo for me
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 5 April 2023 14:03 (one year ago) link
jdub seems like a perfect big wing all around player but paolo has elite scorer upside, tho prob more risk there that he never becomes efficient
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 14:41 (one year ago) link
i like them both a lot paolo is a beast man if he maxes out he will be very tough to deal with, jdub doing basically everything well at the end of his rookie season is very impressive tho worth noting that he played 3 years of college ball and is a year and a half older than paolo
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link
oh wow did not know
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 15:08 (one year ago) link
yeah hes a bit of a late bloomer didnt really break out til his jr year, tho he put up better numbers in the last ~3rd of this season than he ever did in college, prob one of those guys whos just more cut out for the nba game
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:03 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i mean statistically its one of his better seasons. my main issue is having dame in over him, they're going to play roughly the same amount of games in the end
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
dame was just better this year idk
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 5 April 2023 19:10 (one year ago) link
basic and advanced box score stuff favors dame, he was also a net positive when on the floor despite his team being hot garbage. the guards were really tough to pick
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 5 April 2023 19:11 (one year ago) link
https://theathletic.com/4388394/2023/04/07/nba-awards-mvp-roty-most-improved/?source=user_shared_article
hollinger’s awards column
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 April 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
it's surprising to me that jarren's fouling isn't a disqualifier for more people... by definition, to me, you can't be the best defensive player in the NBA if you also foul the most. those two things just don't compute
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 April 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
players like embiid and bam are averaging 35 mpg to jarren's 28 mpg... if you told either of those guys "hey go out there and play 28 mins and foul out it's all good" what kinda defense would you see from them. also their teams would die
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 April 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
hollinger made the argument in his column that a large percentage of his fouls are offensive and loose-ball fouls…to me I’m not sure it really matters because the primary detriment of fouling a lot is getting other teams into the bonus and lack of availability. but it’s hard to argue with his rim protection numbers at multiple positions
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 April 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
embiid is like an 90th percentile defensive player, but I can’t really see the argument for him as a DPOY contender, there are just too many superior defensive players who lock in more consistently
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 April 2023 16:31 (one year ago) link
danny leroux and nate duncan’s awards podcast yesterday was pretty good. they made an interesting case for draymond to be on the ballot
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 April 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2023/4/7/23673254/nikola-jokic-joel-embiid-nba-mvp
― symsymsym, Friday, 7 April 2023 19:28 (one year ago) link
good article. honestly for me it just comes down to the fact that jokic’s advantage in offense is so much larger than either embiid or giannis’s advantage on defense you just have to give it to him (and jokic’s defensive shortcomings are a bit overblown even if they are glaring)
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 April 2023 22:17 (one year ago) link
I'd prob vote Embiiid but the article makes a compelling case
― symsymsym, Friday, 7 April 2023 23:11 (one year ago) link
good article. honestly for me it just comes down to the fact that jokic’s advantage in offense is so much larger than either embiid or giannis’s advantage on defense
― k3vin k., Friday, April 7, 2023 6:17 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
???
https://i.imgur.com/ChEsGlL.png
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 April 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
yes I also recommend batting average for baseball if you’re interested
― k3vin k., Saturday, 8 April 2023 00:13 (one year ago) link
uh im not
― lag∞n, Saturday, 8 April 2023 00:15 (one year ago) link
mvp: jokic (which of the other contenders was also battling ancient bosnian blood phantoms shredding their arms every game)6th man of the year: --bench players are an illusion--rookie of the year: paolomost improved player: brunson (sticking it to cuban)coach of the year: mike brown will win and i don't really care soDPOY: lopez (just a bit of fun)
― Clay, Saturday, 8 April 2023 00:36 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 9 April 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 10 April 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
perfect
― symsymsym, Monday, 10 April 2023 00:21 (one year ago) link
lmaooooo nooooo
― k3vin k., Monday, 10 April 2023 00:33 (one year ago) link
haha we need a runoff
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 April 2023 00:42 (one year ago) link
maybe therell be a tie in the real vote
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 April 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
in the event of a tie the mvp goes to lebron
― Clay, Monday, 10 April 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
i don't think i voted because i don't really care about mvp tbh
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 April 2023 00:45 (one year ago) link
#NBAMVP Vote Update. Three more MVP votes. Mike Singer: JokicJustin Termine: Embiid Vince Goodwill: Embiid 28 first place MVP votes in the tracker: 19 Votes -- Embiid 5 Votes -- Giannis 4 Votes -- Jokic MVP Tracker: https://t.co/4k5XrCiUCK— Max Croes - NBA MVP Tracker Guy (@CroesFire) April 11, 2023
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
wow joel crushing
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:19 (one year ago) link
he won the award season narrative play-off pretty much through and through from what i could tell
― Clay, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link
yeah joker took his foot off the gas too
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link
plus the whole arm scratch situation was just tough to deal with
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:26 (one year ago) link
I lost count of the # of times they had to stop play in the middle of a play for him to get medical attention for his bleeding arms because they didn’t call a foul
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:30 (one year ago) link
cant he just wear some sleeves idgi
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:32 (one year ago) link
has he tried lotion, it might help
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:34 (one year ago) link
i'm tellin you its bosnian blood ghosts
― Clay, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:36 (one year ago) link
cant they do something about that hire a ghost hunter
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:37 (one year ago) link
if the refs would call fouls on him it might disincentivize players from doing it!
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:42 (one year ago) link
ESPN Sources: After leading one of the league’s most dramatic recent turnarounds, Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has been voted the National Basketball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year: https://t.co/oyb4ogbfFj— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 13, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link
earned it. seems like a good dude too.
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 April 2023 19:03 (one year ago) link
yup that's the right answer
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 April 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link
light the beam baby
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 20:01 (one year ago) link
Most Valuable Player
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee BucksJoel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ersNikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Defensive Player of the Year
Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers
Most Improved Player
Jalen Brunson, New York KnicksShai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City ThunderLauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz
Rookie of the Year
Paolo Banchero, Orlando MagicWalker Kessler, Utah JazzJalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder
Sixth Man of the Year
Malcolm Brogdon, Boston CelticsBobby Portis, Milwaukee BucksImmanuel Quickley, New York Knicks
Clutch Player of the Year
Jimmy Butler, Miami HeatDeMar DeRozan, Chicago BullsDe’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings
Coach of the Year
Mike Brown, Sacramento KingsMark Daigneault, Oklahoma City ThunderJoe Mazzulla, Boston Celtics
finalists fwiw
― Clay, Friday, 14 April 2023 22:49 (one year ago) link
wonder if he's the only guy to win both rookie of the year and sixth man
― symsymsym, Friday, 21 April 2023 07:16 (one year ago) link
guess he's the second...first guy was the equally perpetually underrated mike miller.
ben gordon won sixth man as a rookie, but finished second in ROY voting behind...emeka okafor
― symsymsym, Friday, 21 April 2023 07:21 (one year ago) link
tough having so many qualified candidates from uconn
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 April 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
joel gets the big one
― Clay, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link
salute to him he is most valuable
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:16 (one year ago) link
cute
your 2022-23 @Kia NBA MVP: @JoelEmbiid 🏆#KiaMVP pic.twitter.com/DNqnd5g9EY— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) May 2, 2023
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:23 (one year ago) link
aw very heartwarming
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:25 (one year ago) link
trust the process
― Clay, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:25 (one year ago) link
da votes
Jayson Tatum finished 4th in MVP voting as expected, receiving 89 of the 100 fourth place votes. That’s his highest finish of his career after coming in 6th last year. pic.twitter.com/cHYfn0qKJs— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 2, 2023
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:32 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvKOtVnWcAAaSAY?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
all except for one top 3 vote was spread across the top 3 guys
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
nice couple of semi-troll votes at the very bottom you gotta give it up for sportswriters
― Clay, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 23:36 (one year ago) link
idk he got the first one but the rest are pretty rough, one of those guys isnt even alive
MVP rankings in a couple years pic.twitter.com/t7iIACs9f6— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) August 19, 2014
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 00:12 (one year ago) link
rip chris paul
― Clay, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 00:15 (one year ago) link
heh
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 00:17 (one year ago) link
no comment on the MVP award from me!
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 May 2023 01:33 (one year ago) link
Nice job, big fella.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 02:29 (one year ago) link
Joel Embiid is the first Basketball Without Borders (BWB) alumni to win the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Embiid participated in BWB Africa 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was coached by NBA players and personnel, including Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning. pic.twitter.com/A6nhGhddFG— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 3, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
One thing that gets lost with Embiid because of how good he’s been and his outsized personality is how he started playing so late compared to a lot of players. It is pretty admirable that he has really continued to work on his game even this offseason he worked on his passing and cutting down turnovers.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 16:47 (one year ago) link
yeah its crazy he actually has a great feel for the game which tends to be harder the later you pick it up
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
yeah he’s the exception to most of those late blooming big dudes it’s all the more impressive
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
not to mention he missed his first two seasons
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:12 (one year ago) link
the most important award has been bestowed, lock the thread
The winner of the 2022-23 NBA Hustle Award is... Marcus Smart!#NBAAwards pic.twitter.com/87AtlfItBe— NBA (@NBA) May 4, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
he won last year too, the only two time winner, hustle goat
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
given annually to the player who best exemplifies the themes of the 2022 Adam Sandler film Hustle
― symsymsym, Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
it's nice that they invented an award to give to marcus so we can give the defensive player of the year award to the actual defensive players of the year
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:21 (one year ago) link
marcus won the dopy fair and square (years of narative building by celtics twitter)
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
honestly tho they should just have big man and perimeter dpoy awards so everyone gets a shot
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
that's a cool idea. especially w/ them making all defense positionless there will prob be 1 guard per year who makes first team
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 May 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
Cool idea. They should do that.
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 4 May 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
The All-Rookie team seems solid and uncontroversial:Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin, Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray, and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams.
The All-Rookie second team features Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren, Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason, Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey, Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr., and San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan.
― aphoristical, Monday, 8 May 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
jabari smith was awful prob shouldnt have a second team
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 May 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
zeitgeist was he got on track in the second half of the season but i sure did not watch enough rockets to have an opinion
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 8 May 2023 23:25 (one year ago) link
i mean yeah in the sense that he went from the worst shooter in the league to just regular bad
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 May 2023 23:29 (one year ago) link
every team needs at least one Jalen
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 01:12 (one year ago) link
The Thunder's first all-rookie team selection since Russell Westbrook.
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 02:01 (one year ago) link
might take the second team here
2022-23 NBA All-Defensive teams:First team: Jaren Jackson Jr., Brook Lopez, Alex Caruso, Evan Mobley, Jrue HolidaySecond team: Bam Adebayo, OG Anunoby, Dillon Brooks, Draymond Green, Derrick White— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 9, 2023
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
yeah way more switch-ability on team 2
― Spottie, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
https://t.co/SnBSOEhx53 pic.twitter.com/3KnaYH7wph— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) May 9, 2023
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 May 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
lol
― Spottie, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
2022-23 All-NBA teams:1st: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo2nd: Stephen Curry, Donovan Mitchell, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jokic, Jaylen Brown3rd: Damian Lillard, De'Aaron Fox, LeBron James, Julius Randle, Domantas Sabonis— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 10, 2023
― Spottie, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 23:41 (one year ago) link
is this man some sort of... joker
Mark Jackson had an MVP vote this season, here’s how he voted: 1. Joel Embiid 2. Giannis Antetokounmpo3. Jayson Tatum 4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 5. Donovan Mitchell pic.twitter.com/g2yY31Xvy7— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 11, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 11 May 2023 23:19 (one year ago) link
Made an honest mistake with my MVP votes. My apologies to the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic. He’s not only a legitimate MVP candidate who deserved my vote, but he is truly one of the all time greats! Again my apologies— Mark Jackson (@MarkJackson13) May 11, 2023
― k3vin k., Thursday, 11 May 2023 23:21 (one year ago) link
lol ok fine
― lag∞n, Thursday, 11 May 2023 23:21 (one year ago) link
this is an excellent reason to fire mark jackson
― Clay, Thursday, 11 May 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
it happens, so easy to forget the winner of the last two MVPs is eligible
― symsymsym, Thursday, 11 May 2023 23:46 (one year ago) link
wtf does "an honest mistake" even mean in this context
that response is hilarious
― Spottie, Friday, 12 May 2023 00:02 (one year ago) link
so if it was his all-nba ballot, was it just ranked in positional order? lol
― symsymsym, Friday, 12 May 2023 01:51 (one year ago) link
looks like it
― lag∞n, Friday, 12 May 2023 01:54 (one year ago) link