If Dame was Harden he would have been doubled from start of game and at the half court line. Just the THOUGHT of Harden putting up a potential 50 scares every coach, every team, every fanbase. Yet when another player gets hot and gets close to 50, no one doubles. Not TJ, not Luka, not Dame. There is only ONE James Harden.
Giannis lost his damn mind he always wants to act extra aggressive on somebody like a Dunleavy, Mo Wagner, or some old assistant coach, but when he starts getting pressed for sneak dissing Harden, it’s “Giannis doesn’t want any trouble now, I have a family”
If not the media, how should it be decided? Which current honors given out by the NBA is the most accurate, and who is voting for those?
Wow. I assume a multi-game suspension is on the way. Head butting another player like that is so dangerous.
If the main concern here is bias, does this really help? Players, especially, would have a clear conflict of interest given the various personal relationships that exist. Another problem with this is that you would lose transparency. With media votes, there is no issue with publicizing how each person voted. But if its up to players/coaches/front office, they would obviously not want to make the voting results public. Far greater potential for a corrupted voting process that way.
Valid points. Still would trust players and coaches who see the work being done. Not much narrative to fight there.
No way they are going to give Giannis a multi game suspension. He definitely deserves it. His team wouldn't suffer anyways if they lost him for the first round. The East is still a joke once you get past 5.
I am fine with the media voting for awards. But we need PROPERLY VETTED media. No *hot takers* should be included. Maybe also look at past voting. Take Reggie Miller for example who voted Westbrook, LeBron, Giannis the last 3 MVP years. That shows a CLEAR bias against Harden. So bam, take his vote away.
Wow, that’s absurd. Narrative obsessed people like Ramona Shelburne and Chris Broussard have votes, but hard working beat writers, intelligent people who delve into the numbers and look at many factors before coming to conclusions, and people with far more integrity get nothing. It’s a shame.