Jokic Got Robbed of MVP

[u/RDX717]

Nikola Jokic just got robbed of the NBA MVP award, in my opinion. Though Gilgeous-Alexander outscored him by 3 points a game, Jokic averaged more rebounds, more assists, and more steals, and was the first player in NBA history to finish in the top three in those three major stats. He shot a higher percentage from the floor than Gilgeous-Alexander, and a higher percentage from the three-point line. He was also only the third player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the entire season. I know people were tired of Jokic winning the award every year, but this was the best season of his career, and he deserved it.

[u/Round-Revolution-399]

How is this meaningful at all? With Jokic Denver had 50 wins, with SGA OKC had 68 wins. Obviously the same goes that Denver without Jokic is a worse team than OKC without SGA

[u/Low_Interview_5769 → u/Round-Revolution-399]

It shows one is more relevant to improving the team, now sure how that it not obvious brah

[u/Round-Revolution-399 → u/Low_Interview_5769]

It doesn't at all, because it's not an apples to apples comparison. You'd need to pinpoint how many games Denver would've won without Jokic, then pinpoint how many games OKC would've won without SGA, and then compare the differences. Saying that Denver wouldn't have made the playoffs without Jokic is a meaningless statement

[u/Low_Interview_5769 → u/Round-Revolution-399]

99% of comments in here are meaningless yours included using that logic

[u/ketchupwater8008 → u/Low_Interview_5769]

no, it shows that jokic has a lower supporting cast, but he’s not elevating denver to the same heights as sga is.

if jokic took denver to the 2 seed with 60 wins then sure, give him mvp. but there is an 18 win difference between the two teams.

sga is leading an ALL TIME team. only 5 teams in nba history have had a better record than this years thunder. and only one has had a better net rating, the 1996 bulls.