MIP | D'Angelo Russell vs. Pascal Siakam :patrice:

[Brosef]

Spicy P

 

[CarltonJunior]

It's D'angelo. Going from a branded loser to an all-star is a big jump.

Siakam is good as hell tho

 

[CarltonJunior]

Pascal has beat the Bucks and GSW without Kawhi and both were very convincing victories. Don’t sleep on him.

Ultimately this debate hinges on whether you value whose team improved more, who has to carry to most load or who actually improved more individually as a player. Whatever you value most will determine who you think will win. I think DLo will even but I think Pascal improved more, but that’s because he started with a much lower floor individually but had the better team. On the other hand, Russell had the worst team but a higher floor.

Based on how I value the award, I’d give it to Pascal but DLo will win it.

That said, Siakam will be the better player two years from now.

You think Siakam would be able to carry a team like the Nets into a playoff spot if they swapped places? I'm not buying it.

I don't see Siakam being able to put this kind of work in if teams didn't have to worry about Kawhi, Lowry and Green all at the same time.

 

[Hersh]

siakam as well.. but he's pretty close to a finished product..

dlo will continue to improve

 

[MikelArteta]

You think Siakam would be able to carry a team like the Nets into a playoff spot if they swapped places? I'm not buying it.

I don't see Siakam being able to put this kind of work in if teams didn't have to worry about Kawhi, Lowry and Green all at the same time.

Kawhi has missed more than twenty games Lowry like 15

Siakam has managed fine without them

 

[ISO]

You think Siakam would be able to carry a team like the Nets into a playoff spot if they swapped places? I'm not buying it.

I don't see Siakam being able to put this kind of work in if teams didn't have to worry about Kawhi, Lowry and Green all at the same time.

Breh, D’Angelo ain’t “carrying” shyt it’s a team effort out there and a great system

Siakam has dominated when Lowry and/or Kawhi have sat. He has surpassed Lowry.

 

[No Homo]

To me both are deserving depending on your criteria.



But for those of yall saying no to Russell hope yall had that same energy for Oladipo last year. Another former #2 pick

 

[Detroit Wave]

siakam because he improved the most

 

[ISO]

To me both are deserving depending on your criteria.



But for those of yall saying no to Russell hope yall had that same energy for Oladipo last year. Another former #2 pick

That’s different because Oladipo was raw and developed a lot particularly off the bounce

 

[Ben.]

I mean like Zach Lowe said in the video, the award is about who improved the most and that is Siakam.

Also TheColi gonna ignore that some cac who never played ball bodied two NBA players right here tho

 

[Kwabena]

Siakam

 

[Tom Foolery]

 

[010101]

dlo% shots arc like world.b.free*

 

[Miggs]

Breh, D’Angelo ain’t “carrying” shyt it’s a team effort out there and a great system

Siakam has dominated when Lowry and/or Kawhi have sat. He has surpassed Lowry.

Exactly why are dudes saying hes a 3rd option hes clearly there 2nd option he takes way more shots than Lowry does this year....and many games this year has out played Kawhi like he did tonight in the BKN game....if or going by the true definition of the award it's not even close...hes improved much more than anyone else...

 

[ISO]

Siakam once again showing why he's MIP

Like I said Kawhi gets most of the love but there's nights where Siakam is the BEST player on the floor. Y’all gotta remember he ain’t even playing back to backs.

Kawhi goes for 6 turnovers and 5 of 19, hijacked the offense with iso ball late too when he could have deferred to Siakam more. Siakam destroyed the Magic with floaters and dream shakes and 3's and goes for 30/11/4 on 13 of 20