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What I’m saying is that defense should matter in an MVP race. Are you seriously defending the poster who said MVP is only about offense, and DPOY...
I guess it comes down to our mental model for how wins are produced on a team. You are saying its a function of player performance + coaching...
By "close race", I meant it is close enough to where the difference in defensive impact can potentially shift who one votes for. Not that it's...
He was DPOY in 92-93 and 93-94. Those were also the years in which he was top 2 in MVP voting. He never finished top 3 outside those two seasons....
Budenholzer deserves COTY for the work he did with his team. A job of a great coach is to make his players better. That's what he has done....
That you can point to past winners who were subpar individual defenders doesn’t mean that defense doesn’t count. Harden should not be...
The argument you are making to discredit Giannis is flawed. First, a jump from 53% to 58% in field goal percentage is not “going up slightly”....
A year ago, the Bucks were +2.8 per 100poss with Giannis on the floor. This year, they are +12.3. The argument here I see over and over again is...
If it’s such a simple question, there wouldn’t be such divergent opinion on who the “better player” is among fans, players, and people in the...
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In the West, right? Certainly you have to include LeBron for what he did with the Heat and Cavs.
I can’t say. They are too different in what they do for me to answer the question with any certainty. You would have to rephrase it in a more...
My “experience” is just reading online articles on this stuff over the last 15 years or so, and perusing the public domain stats websites that you...
Before I answer, I would like you to first explain your first sentence that Harden is a class above based on per minute comps.
Interesting answer. It sounds like you agree that looking only at per game numbers and ignoring minutes played in this discussion is not totally...
Question: If Harden was putting up the exact same numbers, but doing it playing only 33 minutes a game, would you say that makes his case...
Why is it described as "muttered"? Does that mean he was talking to himself, and not intending for Cousins to hear it? Could that be why it was...
I think I'm not quite as down on defensive metrics as what he has said. I would put it this way. I would put more trust in an expert or avid fan...
Bucher voted for Westbrook two years ago. I wonder if there is a pattern here, where Westbrook voters of two years ago are more likely to vote...
So he voted for the 2-way player on a 60 win team over Harden. I wonder who he will vote for this time around.
