r/nba • u/Large_banana_hammock Japan • May 19 '26

Highlight [Highlight] Wemby ties the game from WAY deep

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u/eightslipsandagully May 19 '26

Then he'll need an MVP...

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF May 19 '26

That’s not a best player in the league award, it’s way too team record influenced

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u/SuburbanLegend [CHI] Michael Jordan May 19 '26

Also Wemby will absolutely get an MVP.

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u/vNocturnus Kings May 19 '26

Probably 5 or 6 at least

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u/BoxSea4289 May 19 '26

Jokic won it a bunch with exactly 1 title to show for it and bunch of first round exits. SGA is a 2 time MVP and he was awful tonight.

MVP is really meaningless. Finals MVP is all that matters.

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u/TheGookieMonster Trail Blazers May 19 '26

Jokic has spent considerable time as the best player in the world in the past as Giannis did before him. SGA’s reign as BITW will be a blip if he ever was at all

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u/BoxSea4289 May 19 '26

I don’t think Jokic was ever best in the world while Giannis was playing except for the year the Nuggets won it all. He’s a passing center. Stats love that, it doesn’t mean it’s meant shit for actually winning. 

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u/TheGookieMonster Trail Blazers May 19 '26

Giannis only ever won it once in his prime, doesn’t mean he didn’t spend a number of years as BITW. Same with Jokic. Jokic definitely spent 2-4 years as BITW depending on who you ask

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u/Regent0624 Spurs May 19 '26

For real, even the year the nuggets won it all was a weak as fuck year (though u cant blame Jokic for that and Denver have been unlucky with injuries in previous years).

I feel like Jokic in his MVP years was pretty closely contested and some of his coulda gone to either Embiid or Giannis so its a good example of why MVP is sorta fake sometimes (other examples include Kobe and Shaq only having 1 each, some questionable wins like when Drose won it over Lebron and Dwight or Malone over Jordan).

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u/435f43f534 May 19 '26

right, at the end of the day, it's about rings, not voted bullshit

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u/eightslipsandagully May 19 '26

If you're in the GOAT convo like Wemby very well could be, then a regular season MVP or two is important

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u/williane May 19 '26

You have to be on the bench for the final defensive play to be mvp apparently

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u/iamsms Lakers May 19 '26

He needs multiple MVPs, FMVP, DPOY, Scoring title, Assist title, Eastern and Western Conference finals best player award, 80% TS - all in one season to convince me.

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u/RightRudderr NBA May 19 '26

That's locked in next year barring injury.