Pardon The Interruption’s Tony Kornheiser is joined by Pablo S. Torre to discuss their biggest takeaways from the Milwaukee Bucks’ OT victory over the Boston Celtics and whether Giannis Antetokounmpo’s is deserving of the NBA’s MVP award as the Bucks extend their win streak to 11.
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Giannis has 3 50 point games in the last month and the bucks are almost the top seed despite missing Middleton most the season. That’s why he’s mvp.
ESPN is the most disgusting, sellout, agenda pushing, narrative based, Chanel on planet earth. in the discussion?? really?? he leads the MVP race, but u fuckheads have the fat Serbian as leading the mvp race for no reason while being carried by his teammates, FY
FYI last year the celtics beat the Bucks on overtime while Bucks were missing all the starters, why noone even mentioned that?? old man here need to retire, fcktard
I’m also Pablo S😅
Watch for Giannis' constant knee soreness . That can stop him from being mvp
Its mind blowing anyone else is even in the conversation
Giannis not being number 1 in the mvp poll is certainly stupid, it's greatness being overlooked or just simple voter's fatigue but it can't be that cause Jokic who's having his best season is number 1 so it's really confusing
Disrespectful comments tbh saying G league team. Def missing all their stars but the rest are NBA players
G league team? We talking about the biggest depth in nba
This guy is the best defender in the league but never gets recognition because he doesn't get lots of blocks or steals. Lopez is no.1 for dpoy right now but giannis is clearly better. He's also 3rd scorer in the league on the second best team that has missed its second best player for 40 games. But somehow jokic is no.1 for mvp whilst scoring less than 25ppg (like 15th in the league). I don't care how good his advanced stats are. He's a 7 footer who isn't a great defender and can't be relied upon to take the game by the scruff of its neck.
Luckily giannis seems to be on a mission to put up stats that are just completely irrefutable.
What sucks is giannis has the potential to be top 3 all time and losing MVP and dpoy races that he deserves to win could really hurt his legacy.
Zero chance. Joker has been a better player for all season.
I think Middleton is the guy who’s a clutch shooter and takes off the pressure from Giannis to let him attack the basket all night
You both obviously don’t watch the Bucks much. Chris doesn’t turn Giannis into superman. It’s quite simple, as an opposing team you need to adjust your defense when there 3 big targets instead of 2 or 1. So there is no way with those 3 threats you are putting 3-4 guys to defend or help-defend on Giannis. Therefore Giannis has more space and les usage in the game.
Now the fact that the Bucks were 2 or 3 best in the NBA with Chris out for 40 games and Holiday missing quitr a few games himself shows that Giannis is the true MVP.
The same argument was made for Jokic last year and he won MVP while the Nuggets were like 6th in the West and not even in the top10 overall. If Giannis doesn’t win it this year the whole thing is rigged.
Draymond green is EASILY mvp this year right now.
Imagine having Gianni’s “just in the conversation” rather than leading the conversation all year cuz he been the best since the start
The celtics cared about it more than the Bucks. That's why they ducked them. If the bucks cared more they would have blown the celtics out.
Everyone stating the bucks BARELY beating the hospital celtics without giving credit to how GOOD the ‘hospital’ lineup is
Giannis has said in the past, when Khris is playing with me I am not afraid of anything
Giannis IS the discussion. End of.
I believe many people aren’t impressed with the greatness of Giannis, because it’s become so regular over the past few years. I think it’s actually hurt him in MVP voting also. I’ve noticed if you gain MVP momentum about halfway through the season and stay consistent until the end of the season, you get noticed slightly more than a player who’s been consistent from the beginning.
G league team? Lol bad take! Malcolm Brogdon, D White player of the week, Both Williams brothers, Muscala, and the veteran Griffin. Boston was depleted but they are the deepest team in the NBA with an excellent coach and culture.
Go Bucks Go!!!