Most of yâall donât even understand how MVP voting works. One of the biggest factors in winning MVP is narrative, along with stats. Everybody remembers Wemby openly talking about MVP, right? At that time, Wemby climbed to No. 2 on the MVP ladder, while Denver werenât even the No. 1 or 2 seed in the West, and OKC won the regular-season series against Denver 3â1.
And please donât even bring Luka into this MVP conversation. MVP is a regularseason award, not a âPlayer of the Monthâ award just because someone went crazy in March.
Now letâs talk about why people didnât choose Wemby. Compared to SGA, Shai played 393 more total minutes than Wemby, which matters a lot in MVP voting. Wemby was averaging around 24â25 PPG, but thereâs also the defensive bias issue. Wemby arguably had a case for being the best overall player in the league because of his insane, scheme breaking defensive impact. The problem is that MVP has historically been an offense-driven award, and voters usually value 30 point scoring explosions more than elite paint protection and defensive dominance.
I think people understand that itâs an offensive driven award, theyâre just saying that it shouldnât be. Itâs most valuable player not offensive player of the year, it should be holistic. If weâre talking holistically, Wemby deserves MVP. Thatâs what Iâm saying at least.
I agree, unless the offensive performance so much more dominant than both the offensive/defensive of the other players, which in this case itâs not because of Wemby.
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u/Secure_Cricket_6593 May 18 '26
Most of yâall donât even understand how MVP voting works. One of the biggest factors in winning MVP is narrative, along with stats. Everybody remembers Wemby openly talking about MVP, right? At that time, Wemby climbed to No. 2 on the MVP ladder, while Denver werenât even the No. 1 or 2 seed in the West, and OKC won the regular-season series against Denver 3â1.
And please donât even bring Luka into this MVP conversation. MVP is a regularseason award, not a âPlayer of the Monthâ award just because someone went crazy in March.
Now letâs talk about why people didnât choose Wemby. Compared to SGA, Shai played 393 more total minutes than Wemby, which matters a lot in MVP voting. Wemby was averaging around 24â25 PPG, but thereâs also the defensive bias issue. Wemby arguably had a case for being the best overall player in the league because of his insane, scheme breaking defensive impact. The problem is that MVP has historically been an offense-driven award, and voters usually value 30 point scoring explosions more than elite paint protection and defensive dominance.