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James vs. Giannis - Who should, and who will.. win the MVP?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Plowman, May 26, 2019.

  1. YOLO

    YOLO Member

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    Harden is winning it. Giannis will get one eventually but not this year
     
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  2. YOLO

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    Lol he isn’t even amongst the 3 finalist. Pg13 is one over him.
     
  3. Mr. Clutch

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    Will: Giannis
    Should: Curry
     
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  4. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist

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    It's as close to a tie as I've ever seen, and if they have to pick someone in a tie, then they will pick a new and young and exciting MVP. None of these guys humor the media's stupidity, but blocks are more entertaining than deflections, dunks are more entertaining than 3's and so on.

    When the league was acting like Westbrook and Harden were neck and neck, I totally disagreed and I don't hate Westbrook. I just never believed he was as good as Harden not even in that season, and we can see how true that is now.

    Giannis on the other hand made a case I can respect.
     
  5. topfive

    topfive CF OG

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    Do you mean for next year's voting?

    Because this year's votes were placed a month ago.
     
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  6. topfive

    topfive CF OG

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    FOH
     
  7. Mr. Clutch

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    Why?
     
  8. durvasa

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    Giannis. 1 seed vs 4 seed gives him the edge.
     
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  9. DreamShook

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    I lost interest in the MVP debate.
     
  10. topfive

    topfive CF OG

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    Because Curry wasn't even the MVP of his own team during the regular season, much less the entire league.

    I kind of understand Giannis getting votes. Best player on the best team, etc, even if he can't shoot and has no go-to move other than barreling into the lane and using his insane athleticism to bail him out.

    That said, if someone doesn't vote for Giannis, it's hard to imagine who they'd vote for over Harden. Curry's stats paled in comparison to Harden's this year, and he never had to carry his team for more than shorts bursts during a game. Harden had to carry his team for months and pretty much willed them to a good record.

    So as I said, FOH with that nonsense Curry vote.
     
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  11. Mr. Clutch

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    Curry was carrying the warriors the whole time. Durant struggles badly when Curry sits.

    Box score stats tell an inaccurate story. The warriors are much worse without curry.

    Most valuable to means guy who provides the most value. That's curry, easily. He takes them from a 20-1 chance to win the chip to 1-1 odds or better. No other player provides that kind of value.
     
  12. J Sizzle

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    Giannis will win and should win.

    It’s a regular season award. The Bucks were the best team. He had absurd stats. He is a DPOY candidate.

    I’d vote for Harden but it’s more than acceptable that Giannis will win.
     
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  13. topfive

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    This year's Warriors without Curry are still easily a top-4 team in the stacked West.

    This year's Rockets without Harden would've sent CP3 to represent us in the lottery drawing.
     
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  14. Mr. Clutch

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    Even if true, curry takes a team that is top 4 ish and makes them into overwhelmingly dominant favorites.

    That's more value than taking a lottery team to the 4 seed
     
  15. jerryclark

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    lost the mvp when they choked at okc
     
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  16. xiki

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    And LBJ and Shaq.

    The ‘fatigue factor’ factors fiercely as a JEHj foe.
     
  17. amaru

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    Giannis won that award back in November
     
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  18. BigBum

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    1 year old goes to nba finals
    Nick nurse, David blatt, pat Riley

    68 years old never goes to nba finals. Experience is overrated.
     
  19. fchowd0311

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    Yup, if the Rockets were the second seed, Harden would definitely win.
     
  20. Juxtaposed Jolt

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    I wonder if Paul George will even get anything besides 3rd place votes. Voting him over Harden or Giannis would be pretty ridiculous.
     
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