It's hard to deny how downright toxic the discussion around the NBA's MVP award has gotten over the last few weeks.
have Jokic installed as a shoo-in for the honor yet again, which began the nitpicking of both his game and motives of the voters.
Philadelphia's Joel Embiid sits at the other end, as he's been second to Jokic the last couple years, almost like Clyde Drexler to Michael Jordan, good but not good enough., even making a sizable leap in that department. He took it to Jokic in their one-on-one matchup several weeks ago and is still a mammoth presence defensively.
But it’s gotten bogged down and ugly, and the noise is hard for the players themselves to ignore. Jokic’s play has slowed down a bit, with some folks around Denver suggesting the talk has worn on Jokic to the point that he’s purposely taking his foot off the gas to dissociate himself from the madness.Antetokounmpo tried to get a cheapie triple-double in D.C.
It’s also easy to tell when a guy is desperate to accomplish some individual mark at the expense of his team, and how his teammates react to the pursuit of it. The NBA has no defined criteria for the award, nor should it. It’s up to each individual voter to assess what it means. Sometimes, things have gotten a little kooky, but in the aggregate there have been just a few MVP votes that look funny in the light.
And some would simply go with the flow rather than deal with the smoke coming their way, let alone embrace it. It certainly feels like the age of groupthink has taken over, especially since Twitter has taken ahold of the conversation in the last decade.
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