NBA Players to vote on their own awards

[tremonthustler1]

the players would probably go with PPG and best record. they don't have time to watch these games.

it would be even simpler than that. They'd vote based on who kicked their ass the worst

 

[street heat]

You know there will be plenty of players who will vote on a personal level, so I'll probably respect the media vote more.

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

i definitely think a player vote holds more weight than a media vote, but even they are still human are subject to their own biases.

like let's say this was put into effect back in the day. would jordan still have won all those MVP's or would his competition have chin checked him and voted against him off GP. do these guys really wanna see the same guy win year after year?

you may run into some of the problems.

 

[Optimus Prime]

forget about the actual awards, imagine the 2 hour red carpet with dudes like Wade and Westbrook trying to out dress each other and what about the wives, side chicks and groupies all being in the same spot

 

[the cool]

Im in favor of this, the media is full of bias clowns and some of which dont watch as many games of some of the brehs here do

You could say the same in player voting. You know a lot of players are going to vote for their friends or team mates

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Wouldn't it be tight if they had a panel of old timers to vote on Awards,mainly the NBA 50 greatest. Bill Russell,George Gervin,Dr.J etc

 

[lutha]

It's all much the same in the end. Except with the media, they'll put more focus on statistical analysis, time on reviewing games, game/historical situations, discussion and more thought on who deserves to win, just in general. Players don't have the time to be doing that shyt, and the ones that do go out of their way to make time to watch games are so few and far between that even with the innate biased-nature that the media creates with its narratives, it'll still end up being closer to the truth.

i disagree....yea, players might not have the time to watch as many games as the media, but i think you're underestimating them paying attention to whose doing what in the league....they know, they talk....and yes, it will be biased somehow just like the media, but i'd still take the vote of the players over the media...

the way yall talk is yall dont want the media nor the players voting for awards, so who do yall want to do that then, fans?....yea, that would be so unbiased lol....

 

[Swagnificent]

it will be interesting to see who gets voted MVP by the players cuz I think Harden is gonna win the media vote.

LeBron will win the players award.

 

[Swagnificent]

Lets make this retroacrive so we can erase nash out the history books

real talk. this shyt is about 10 years too late. Kobe would be sitting on 5 MVP awards right now instead of 1 if the players voted instead of the media.

 

[Swagnificent]

Every player had DRose winning

Bron's own teammates were saying Rose

Goddamn some of you with the distorted view of history

DRose is one of the most well respected dudes in the league amongst players

real talk. this is how the last 10 years woulda looked if the players voted.

2005 - Shaq
2006 - Kobe
2007 - Kobe
2008 - Kobe
2009 - Kobe
2010 - Kobe
2011 - Rose
2012 - LeBron
2013 - LeBron
2014 - LeBron
2015 - LeBron

 

[Brozay]

real talk. this is how the last 10 years woulda looked if the players voted.

2005 - Shaq
2006 - Kobe
2007 - Kobe
2008 - Kobe
2009 - Kobe
2010 - Kobe
2011 - Rose
2012 - LeBron
2013 - LeBron
2014 - LeBron
2015 - LeBron

Agreed, except Durant would have won last season I think

Even Bron was saying it

 

[Swagnificent]

players will just vote for who think they is nice


i've learned current players in all sports dont analyze the game well at all.

I think you tell alot more about a player by playing against them on the court than by looking at a stat sheet or watching from TV.

 

[Swagnificent]

While that may be true, NBA players are watching less games than the 'bias media clowns' are. I don't trust players to value each other's worth.

they play against each other a minimum of 2x each season. they spend countless hours in film study and get advanced scouting reports on each player. many of these guys have also been playing against each other from the time they were kids in AAU so they know each other inside out.

they know alot more about each other than you do watching on your TV.

 

[AAKing23]

While that may be true, NBA players are watching less games than the 'bias media clowns' are. I don't trust players to value each other's worth.

This is an idiotic statement

 

[Leonard Washington]

I think players would have an agenda a bias just like the media