Lillard for MVP 2021

Luka couldn’t hit a wide open game winner so clearly he sucks.

 

Why? I'd rather the entire vote was the fans. The All Star game is an exhibition for the fans to see the stars they want to see. I think that's a good role for it.

I consider the All NBA teams to be the purely merit-based awards. Conceptually, at least--I'm not sure it always ends up working out that way.

 

Lets not pretend that fan vote is not heavily influenced by who is pushed by the media. Luka is constantly pushed down our throats while Dame is barely mentioned, and the media even voted Dame over Luka.

 

Everything, whether sports, politics, social issues, has some element of media influence. But are you saying there's some agenda in who gets pushed? Personally, I've seen no animosity in the media to Lillard--he seems like a well-liked player who gets a lot of plaudits for his big shots and dynamic play.

 

Aldridge was considered 3rd in MVP race at times in 2014ish. He was certainly top 20. LeBron didn’t play with a Top 20 player in 2017-18 or 2018-19 And he certainly didn’t play with a Top 20 player 2003-10. So that’s half of LeBron’s career.

 

Umm Dame literally danced after making a 3 in Game 1 last season. He also points to his wrist and waves goodbye vs OKC.

 

Dame gets doubled with and without the pick'n'roll.

If we didn't want him to get doubled, I suppose we could not give him the ball, but that doesn't make much sense to me.

If we have 4 threats around him, then I suspect we'd see far less double teams.

 

Mo Williams didn’t join til 2008. When LeBron went to Finals in 2007, his 2nd best player in those playoffs was Boobie Gibson. A rookie. Similar to when LeBron won 2 finals games vs GS with Dellavedova as his 2nd best player.

 

Why Curry or Jokic? Both teams have been disappointments. Why not Kawhi? I got LeBron, Kawhi, Dame, Gobert, Embiid, and Harden ahead of those guys.

 

The Thunder and Nuggets did not have a rash of injuries. We were the ones with the injuries. CJ is a necessary pressure relief for Dame. That is how we won game 7 on the road. Last year, CJ’s back was broken and LeBron is the near GOAT and Davis is a matchup nightmare, neither of which is CJ’s fault.

 

The East won in the surrounding years. Pistons in 2004, Heat in 2006, Celtics in 2008.

 

LeBron has played 9 of his 18 seasons without a Top 20 teammate, most recently in 2018-19.

 

Magic went to 9 Finals. Did Kareem go to 10?

 

100% false.

 

I don’t. Dame has already tried carrying Pavlovic to Finals (as LeBron did in 2007) and failed to make the playoffs (2013).

 

I agree with this.

 

He did hit a game winner against Clips in his first playoffs last season.