Geez dude. Maybe it's also cause you know every time you watch a Bulls game the guy is diving on the floor and throwing his body around?
There are no voters for this award. And, Marcus Smart is a 3 time winner.
Giannis should have gotten more love, but I can definitely see why Luka got more votes than those other guys. Like it or not, you take Luka off Dallas and they are a terrible, bottom 10 team in the league. Take Ant or Tatum off theirs and those teams still make the playoffs
You think a Wolves team, without Ant, and led by Gobert and Towns would make the playoffs in the West??
Very cool.
Nba media has been dying to give him the mvp for years now. He's a stone cold lock if the mavs ever got a top 3 seed.
He missed the playoffs his rookie year and then last year when they intentionally tanked. He has had some pretty trash teams
Calling what they did last year an intentional tank is beyond charitable. They were 6th with 3 weeks left in the season and were in 10th with a couple of days left. They threw in the towel with 1-2 games left, no matter how you describe it they (and Luka) were an embarrassing failure down the stretch.
James Harden is an incredible basketball player. Like top 40 of all time. Not sure being almost as good as prime Harden is an insult
It's not meant to be, it's pointing out that Luka is a guy whose game is based on enormous usage offensive play and that is a style that voters love, even if unlike Harden he can't translate it into consistent team success.
He's pretty close though, isn't he?
Not to defend Broussard (a true blowhard if there ever was one), but that article is from last year.
Other than the fact that they haven't even announced the results yet I'm not sure what your point is. Congrats to him? He's the best player on the team
League context matters. In 2018, league TS% was .556; this year, it's .580. Harden's .619 in 2018 was a fair bit more valuable than Doncic's .618 in 2024.
yeah Haliburton isn't that bad, EPM loves him and it's one of the more popular all in one metrics among voters, plus he has a nice narrative as the clear best player on a surprise team.
WHAT? Have you seen his stats? He led the league in total rebounds by a wide margin and was 4th in total ASSISTS. And he should get credit for not being load managed.
He’s a non factor against good defenses, and he’s a horrible defender.
Agreed, plus for better or worse, Haliburton has actually helped his team achieve something (IST final, ECF). Sabonis couldn't even get his team to the playoffs.
Hard, hard disagree here. Someone thought Sabonis had a better year than one of Luka/Giannis/Tatum. That is an absolutely horrible take. Things get a lot more fluid going into 2nd team. Sabonis is Draymond Green offensively, which is pretty fucking mediocre when not accompanied by Draymond Green's defense. It's with good reason that despite his offensive numbers (poor man's Jokic), his career net rating is just +0.3, and he was a sad -2.1 this year. DARKO has him as a barely positive player. Someone thinking he was a top 5 player this year is gross.
