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The Jokic Robbed MVP Narrative IS Nonsense
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Even if Perk never said anything, Jokic wasn't winning the MVP award anyway.
That was already a decision made by voters subconsciously before last season had even begun. No player since the 80s (Larry Bird) has won 3 straight MVPs and the reason for that is to keep a balance of parity. Say what you want about that perspective but it keeps the league balanced and fair. There's a reason why MJ (the greatest player of all time especially during the '90s) didn't win MVP every year of that decade when he arguably could've.
If Embiid wasn't the winner and didn't have the season that he had last year, another player in the top MVP voting would've won over Jokic, now since Joker didn't win this past season, the voters could reward him similar to LeBron when he didn't win his 3rd straight MVP during 2010-2011 season but instead went on to win the next two ('11-'12 & '12-'13).
That was already a decision made by voters subconsciously before last season had even begun. No player since the 80s (Larry Bird) has won 3 straight MVPs and the reason for that is to keep a balance of parity. Say what you want about that perspective but it keeps the league balanced and fair. There's a reason why MJ (the greatest player of all time especially during the '90s) didn't win MVP every year of that decade when he arguably could've.
If Embiid wasn't the winner and didn't have the season that he had last year, another player in the top MVP voting would've won over Jokic, now since Joker didn't win this past season, the voters could reward him similar to LeBron when he didn't win his 3rd straight MVP during 2010-2011 season but instead went on to win the next two ('11-'12 & '12-'13).
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In The Zone '98
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Nah, Perk flipped the narrative.
Another Joker sequel? Where NBA insiders think the MVP race is headed
Bird. Wilt. Russell. Jokic? The back-to-back MVP has Denver atop the West, but has he done enough to make it a three-peat? Here's the latest voting snapshot.
That's February 2023
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...eated-nba-mvp-debate-racial-bias/11418761002/
That's March 2023
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ESPN isn't the only one voting and secondly never mind what Perk said, Jokic was not winning his 3rd straight, regardless. It was already decided (subconsciously) before the season began, that someone else would've won over Jokic to keep parity in favor.Nah, Perk flipped the narrative.
Another Joker sequel? Where NBA insiders think the MVP race is headed
Bird. Wilt. Russell. Jokic? The back-to-back MVP has Denver atop the West, but has he done enough to make it a three-peat? Here's the latest voting snapshot.www.espn.com
That's February 2023
That's March 2023
Tatum, Mitchell, Luka, etc. Voters would've put someone else in the #1 conversation if not Embiid. People using Perks comments are just playing the old reverse racism game because they're in denial that Jokic wasn't going to win because of what I previously stated about parity.
That's just how it is. LeBron never won 3 straight, Jordan never won 3 straight, Steve Nash never, Steph either, and many other all-time greats so what makes Jokic untouchable and THE ONE for voters to go against the grain?
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Rasille
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Jokic was on his way to 3 straight MVP’s until Perkins mentioned race. That shifted the narrative. The optics would’ve looked bad if in a league of majorly black players that a white man won 3 straight MVP’s since the last time where another white man did it.
Embiid deserved it last year he was by far the best player in the league. Now that he got that out of the way maybe he can not go so hard in the regular season and pace himself for the playoffs.
Embiid deserved it last year he was by far the best player in the league. Now that he got that out of the way maybe he can not go so hard in the regular season and pace himself for the playoffs.
Biscayne
Ocean air
A month can change a lot. The race card being thrown around in here, instead of folks merely just giving Embiid credit for putting his foot on the gas towards the end of the season, while Jokic coasted, is pretty wild narrative. Even the few nuggets fans in here admitted Jokic coasted while Embiid was still putting up some of the greatest big man stats(not empty stats neither) en route to gettitn his team a slightly better record than Denver. How was Jokic robbed?Nah, Perk flipped the narrative.
Another Joker sequel? Where NBA insiders think the MVP race is headed
Bird. Wilt. Russell. Jokic? The back-to-back MVP has Denver atop the West, but has he done enough to make it a three-peat? Here's the latest voting snapshot.
That's February 2023
That's March 2023
Embiid is a fraudulent flopping faq. Of course he didn’t deserve it.
Biscayne
Ocean air
Even if this was true, how does it correlate to Jokic getting robbed?
Why did Jokic deserve it over Embiid? And how did Embiid winning it over Jokic mean Jokic was robbed? Give me a good answer.
Yeah, I didn't think Jokic was the MVP or even the best player in the league, but I honestly let him being white and unathletic in the traditional sense cloud my judgement. I was wrong as hell on all fronts.
Rasille
(Rah.Zil.E)
Jokic wasn’t robbed. The right guy won.
Jokic had a historic offensive season in general and particularly at the center position in both box stats and scoring efficiency from all ranges or scoring. Of course leading his team to a #1 seed. Deep supporting cast but 0 All-Stars.
He also did not cry to the media and have players turned media figures campaigning for him to get the award just to turn into 7 foot Harden when his team needed an MVP the most. And yes, that matters.
Jokic got an MVP trophy... in the Finals