NBA Season 2016/17

[Mat0369]

Embiid for EMVP. Trust the Process!

[elephants]

Haha 'best player' is arguably a subjective term anyway.

[Holz]

Greatest shooter of the driblle - yeah ill give you curry easy
Greatest Shooter - ill even give you that even though i prefer Klay
Greatest offensive player- i wont argue if you say he is (even though i think hes tied in the top tier)
Greatest Player, now, future, ever - nope

A back to back MVP is not the greatest player now? How many votes did everyone else get? Add up every other player in the comp and get back to me

The mvp is rarely the best player in the league.

Okay so all the MVP's LBJ, Kone and MJ won mean nothing because they weren't the best player in the league

the MVPs mean nothing the fact that they were the actual best player means everything.

The MVP is an award voted by sportswriters and broadcasters. It is massively bias with voter fatigue very real. Was Adam Cooney the best afl player in 2008, was Dane Swan the best player in 2011?

I never use an award to justify the best player, you should use your own judgement. Its exactly the same thing with the best team doesnt always win its the best team on the day. Where the Cavs the best team last year? they wont the chip so surely they are right?

its more complex then that, they were the best team on game 7 day doesnt make them the best team.

I would say Lebron James is amlost universally regarded as the best player on the planet. I think he is still the best player, does he win my MVP no way.

Im tipping Westbrook to win the MVP and i certainly dont think he is the best player in the NBA. He has the right story though to win the hearts of story writers. Abonded by KD, told he wasnt good enough, take the team on his shoulders and put up triple doubles which are flashy but one of the most useless stats in basketball.

Kawhi i reckon deserves the MVP but wont get it due to his quiet nature.

[Holz]

Anyway enough of this.

which team has suprised you the most in game 1?

I was most impressed by philly. they aint going to make playoffs but the look very respectful which is something we havent been able to say for a very long time.

Dario Sairc was abit underwhelming on 2/12 shotting but if he gets into a groove i can see them starting to win some games.

JO JO <3

[My Chumps]

Pretty dope article on JoJo by Sports Illustrated

"Embiid was raised in an upper middle class home in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde. His parents made him wash his own clothes by hand, but they employed a maid. His mother drove a Mercedes. He ate omelettes for breakfast. He was not allowed to play sports until he had memorized all the notes he jotted throughout the day’s classes. “I was a little soft,” Embiid says, “but the Americans had no idea about any of that. They just knew I was from Africa. They thought I grew up poor, in the jungle, killing lions. I was like, If that’s how they think of me, I’m going to use it.”

http://www.si.com/nba/2016/10/26/joel-embiid-philadelphia-76ers-the-process

Harrison Barnes being clutch was probably the biggest surprise of day 2, lol.

[Mat0369]

I forgot to post the JoJo article last night. Best line is when he mentions how he learned to shoot.

[Spite]

Greatest shooter of the driblle - yeah ill give you curry easy
Greatest Shooter - ill even give you that even though i prefer Klay
Greatest offensive player- i wont argue if you say he is (even though i think hes tied in the top tier)
Greatest Player, now, future, ever - nope

A back to back MVP is not the greatest player now? How many votes did everyone else get? Add up every other player in the comp and get back to me

The mvp is rarely the best player in the league.

Okay so all the MVP's LBJ, Kone and MJ won mean nothing because they weren't the best player in the league

the MVPs mean nothing the fact that they were the actual best player means everything.

The MVP is an award voted by sportswriters and broadcasters. It is massively bias with voter fatigue very real. Was Adam Cooney the best afl player in 2008, was Dane Swan the best player in 2011?

I resent you for using those two examples in the same sentence.

[My Chumps]

Kawhi with back-to-back steals - one and-1 and two freethrows - making it 4 for the quarter. Far out this guy is good

[valkorum]

Kawhi with back-to-back steals - one and-1 and two freethrows - making it 4 for the quarter. Far out this guy is good

He has single-handedly bringing the Spurs back in the 3rd quarter - been all Kings up until that point.  DMC has 25 and 12

[valkorum]

Kawahi just picked up his 5th foul with 4:30 to go.  Spurs up 92-97

[Jay]

I hope that not one of the people who thinks Embiid looks like a star has a bad word to say about Hinkie and 'the process'.

#JusticeForHinkie

[R.Griffen]

Harden and LeBron being spuds

[R.Griffen]

Kyrie!!

[plumdog millionaire]

Westbrook goes 17/44 from the field and 2/10 from 3 and the Thunder scrape past the Suns in OT.

But hey more evidence that the Thunder make the playoffs and Russ wins MVP, right?

[R.Griffen]

Westbrook goes 17/44 from the field and 2/10 from 3 and the Thunder scrape past the Suns in OT.

But hey more evidence that the Thunder make the playoffs and Russ wins MVP, right?

Russ winning MVP yes. Thunder making playoffs no, Suns and 76ers really aren't top competition