Wow that’s crazy tight. Actually fewer first place votes than Jokic. Needs to convert those Giannis voters next week
ScholarImpossible121
Shocked Giannis gets a 5th vote.
This is what the ballot should look like if each voter had independent thought, it really is a race that is hard to pick and it comes down to individual beliefs in what the award is.
BlackyChan20
Gonna be real funny when Jokic is first team but Embiid wins MVP
Aworn
JJJ with an mvp vote
fortghoul
Jimmy Butler?
theytook-r-jobs
One of them getting more first place votes but losing would be the perfect ending.
Travesties on this list include:
Someone put Tatum and Doncic over Giannis. Like what the fuck honestly.
JJJ a fifth place vote??
Jaylen Brown a fourth place vote??????
SkyMiteFall
If we ever need to question the true credibility of an MVP award, Jaren Jackson Jr has a vote..I’m just saying…
0ctologist
Do we know when the poll was taken? I wonder if this was before after the nuggets game…
M_Nark
I’m just not exactly sure why we have gotten to this point. It seems really crazy to think that jokic is up for his 3rd consecutive MVP like that isn’t a massive factor and should be treated a such. So many (significantly better, imo) players haven’t even come close to being 3x MVP. Kobe, MJ, Lebron, Shaq all have had bigger peaks and bigger impacts and couldn’t get the elusive 3x. I don’t understand people wanting jokic to eclipse all of that.
Maybe I’m extremely bias in all of this becuase I have the pleasure of watching 82 Embiid games, but Embiid and Giannis are just better basketball players than jokic.
Its fucking stupid Embiid got robbed last year and we had to deal with it this year.
If jokic get it this year, I feel like 10 years from now, people will look bad and know we made a mistake.
Ronshol
The Milwaukee game is CRUCIAL. If Joel can decisively beat Giannis I think he wins it.
battletor7
Nuggets fans rn:
thebobbyshaw33
This is probably before the Denver game unfortunately
eyeatoma
Lol at this not being on r/nba after nearly an hour. Mods are probably having an aneurysm banning all the posters attempting to share it.
What a hellhole that place is.
Aworn
How this still not on r/nba? Mods trying keep the news quiet I guess
CLJT27
What rule is this breaking on nba Reddit? Why does it keep getting deleted? Lol
calman877
Reality is our guy is probably currently behind after the past few days, but if he balls out over the rest of the season it’s definitely still winnable
Wentzsylvania13
I tried to post this article to r/NBA but they keep deleting it…
hoagieclu
tatum being fourth is so mind boggling to me
SonicdaSloth
key is that this was taken after he was announced as out vs Denver, so this is the immediate reaction to that which should mellow over time
Writtenfrommyphone
Where the duck is that dude who said Embiid couldn’t win bc Harden was in top 10 for MVP?
bigSpeakersReddit
truly think most voters haven’t decided and this could end up being a lot less close by the time official votes come out. and that’s going in either direction.
need a Joel masterclass against a Boston team that hopefully has something to play for still. Bill Simmons will 100% remember something like that against his precious Celtics and as we know he is influential
tucker_frump
Last night .. Nice one.
PhatYeeter
Has an MVP tie ever happened? I know it’s happened for ROTY a couple times.
Tipfue
Jaren Jackson Jr???? Why??????
Alex_Phillips_
Stop the count
ulyssessgrant93
I wanna know what clown gave Tatum a 2nd place vote
tyagu001
3 people put Giannis outside the top 3…
kfjsport24
When do the votes need to be submitted by?
Bajecco
It’s nuts that Jokic has the most 1st place votes. These people are just dying to get him another MVP.
JaW1224
The person who thinks JJJ is a top 5 mvp finalist needs to get their brain examined
handbanana84
MP not MVP
M stands for Missing P for Person
ktm1128
r/NBA : we don’t want toxic MVP debates anymore
Also r/NBA: embiitch goes quack quack
DrBigChicken
Apparently Perkins voted Giannis and Jokic over Embiid
What a fucking Uncle Tom having Embiid behind Jokic lol
gbrown17
Who
Fuckin
Cares
Efficient-Screen4931
This is what I’m taking about. I’d 100% bet my life that Tatums second place vote came from either Bill Simmons or Kevin O’Connor. Boston media and the Ringer can freak off
KeyboardCarpenter
Please let Joel get his MVP🙏 I will never hate on jokic again just give my man’s this one jokic can have the next 8
PensiveinNJ
Which Ringer employee is giving Tatum a 2nd place vote.
International-Dish95
Y’all gotta keep in mind that some of these goofy votes are going to change. The votes here are anonymous & the actual mvp votes are public. The “media analysts” are going to actually have to “take the time” to do their due diligence and research (er watch the latest bill simmons episode).
ImpossibleFact7
Now that’s a pleasant suprise, I had already convinced myself to not care for the mvp race cause I thought the last week made him drop lol, MVPIID🔥
ImpossibleFact7
Now that’s a pleasant suprise, I had already convinced myself to not care for the mvp race cause I thought the last week made him drop lol, MVPIID🔥
ftaok
Looking at this chart, it seems to me that someone had a ballot that looked like this.
Jokic – Tatum – Joel – Jaylen – Giannis
That’s a clown’s ballot.
NOTE – I do realize that it could potentially be Joel – Tatum – Jokic – Jaylen – Giannis, which would also be a clown’s ballot, but one that I would approve of.
Raisins1
LETS FUCKING GOÒOOOO
Prestigious-Rock201
They better pray he don’t win or I’m Doing some trolling
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[https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35983235/nba-mvp-straw-poll-30-why-margin-joel-embiid-nikola-jokic-become-razor-thin](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35983235/nba-mvp-straw-poll-30-why-margin-joel-embiid-nikola-jokic-become-razor-thin)
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
He needs to beat Giannis next week
That’s huge
Wow that’s crazy tight. Actually fewer first place votes than Jokic. Needs to convert those Giannis voters next week
Shocked Giannis gets a 5th vote.
This is what the ballot should look like if each voter had independent thought, it really is a race that is hard to pick and it comes down to individual beliefs in what the award is.
Gonna be real funny when Jokic is first team but Embiid wins MVP
JJJ with an mvp vote
Jimmy Butler?
One of them getting more first place votes but losing would be the perfect ending.
Travesties on this list include:
Someone put Tatum and Doncic over Giannis. Like what the fuck honestly.
JJJ a fifth place vote??
Jaylen Brown a fourth place vote??????
If we ever need to question the true credibility of an MVP award, Jaren Jackson Jr has a vote..I’m just saying…
Do we know when the poll was taken? I wonder if this was before after the nuggets game…
I’m just not exactly sure why we have gotten to this point. It seems really crazy to think that jokic is up for his 3rd consecutive MVP like that isn’t a massive factor and should be treated a such. So many (significantly better, imo) players haven’t even come close to being 3x MVP. Kobe, MJ, Lebron, Shaq all have had bigger peaks and bigger impacts and couldn’t get the elusive 3x. I don’t understand people wanting jokic to eclipse all of that.
Maybe I’m extremely bias in all of this becuase I have the pleasure of watching 82 Embiid games, but Embiid and Giannis are just better basketball players than jokic.
Its fucking stupid Embiid got robbed last year and we had to deal with it this year.
If jokic get it this year, I feel like 10 years from now, people will look bad and know we made a mistake.
The Milwaukee game is CRUCIAL. If Joel can decisively beat Giannis I think he wins it.
Nuggets fans rn:
This is probably before the Denver game unfortunately
Lol at this not being on r/nba after nearly an hour. Mods are probably having an aneurysm banning all the posters attempting to share it.
What a hellhole that place is.
How this still not on r/nba? Mods trying keep the news quiet I guess
What rule is this breaking on nba Reddit? Why does it keep getting deleted? Lol
Reality is our guy is probably currently behind after the past few days, but if he balls out over the rest of the season it’s definitely still winnable
I tried to post this article to r/NBA but they keep deleting it…
tatum being fourth is so mind boggling to me
key is that this was taken after he was announced as out vs Denver, so this is the immediate reaction to that which should mellow over time
Where the duck is that dude who said Embiid couldn’t win bc Harden was in top 10 for MVP?
truly think most voters haven’t decided and this could end up being a lot less close by the time official votes come out. and that’s going in either direction.
need a Joel masterclass against a Boston team that hopefully has something to play for still. Bill Simmons will 100% remember something like that against his precious Celtics and as we know he is influential
Last night .. Nice one.
Has an MVP tie ever happened? I know it’s happened for ROTY a couple times.
Jaren Jackson Jr???? Why??????
Stop the count
I wanna know what clown gave Tatum a 2nd place vote
3 people put Giannis outside the top 3…
When do the votes need to be submitted by?
It’s nuts that Jokic has the most 1st place votes. These people are just dying to get him another MVP.
The person who thinks JJJ is a top 5 mvp finalist needs to get their brain examined
MP not MVP
M stands for Missing
P for Person
r/NBA : we don’t want toxic MVP debates anymore
Also r/NBA: embiitch goes quack quack
Apparently Perkins voted Giannis and Jokic over Embiid
What a fucking Uncle Tom having Embiid behind Jokic lol
Who
Fuckin
Cares
This is what I’m taking about. I’d 100% bet my life that Tatums second place vote came from either Bill Simmons or Kevin O’Connor. Boston media and the Ringer can freak off
Please let Joel get his MVP🙏 I will never hate on jokic again just give my man’s this one jokic can have the next 8
Which Ringer employee is giving Tatum a 2nd place vote.
Y’all gotta keep in mind that some of these goofy votes are going to change. The votes here are anonymous & the actual mvp votes are public. The “media analysts” are going to actually have to “take the time” to do their due diligence and research (er watch the latest bill simmons episode).
Now that’s a pleasant suprise, I had already convinced myself to not care for the mvp race cause I thought the last week made him drop lol, MVPIID🔥
Now that’s a pleasant suprise, I had already convinced myself to not care for the mvp race cause I thought the last week made him drop lol, MVPIID🔥
Looking at this chart, it seems to me that someone had a ballot that looked like this.
Jokic – Tatum – Joel – Jaylen – Giannis
That’s a clown’s ballot.
NOTE – I do realize that it could potentially be Joel – Tatum – Jokic – Jaylen – Giannis, which would also be a clown’s ballot, but one that I would approve of.
LETS FUCKING GOÒOOOO
They better pray he don’t win or I’m
Doing some trolling
Genuinely shocked, but pleased.