#NBA MVP

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NBA MVP Nikola Jokic Spends $375,000 on Rolex Watches, Worth 5.86 Bitcoin

Nikola Jokic celebrated Serbia's bronze medal win at the 2024 Paris Olympics by gifting his teammates Rolex watches worth $375,000, which equals approximately 5.86 #Bitcoin.

After winning a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Nikola Jokic decided to reward his Serbian National teammates with an impressive gift. The Denver Nuggets superstar purchased 11 Rolex watches, spending a total of $375,500. Sports: After Serbia's Olympic bronze win, #NBA MVP Nikola Jokic celebrated by gifting Rolex watches to his teammates, worth $375,000 (about 5.86 #Bitcoin)…

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Joel Embiid’s 2022-23 NBA MVP Case Is Unassailable

The 2022-23 NBA MVP race has been among the most interesting in years, and this MVP certainly ushers in and serves as acknowledgement of the international wave that the league is in right now.

All 3 of these candidates offer a good reason to believe in them individually as the NBA MVP. Nikola Jokic’s numbers, Joel Embiid leading the league in scoring and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s case as the best player on the most dominant team in the league this year, have all contributed to creating an atmosphere of fervent debate surrounding the winner of this year’s award.

Starting with my pick for the 2023 NBA MVP, Joel Embiid.

At 33 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Joel is leading the league in scoring as a center.

Aside from how historic that is, and the fact that he’s doing it for the 2nd time in a row. The last centre to lead the league in scoring was Shaquile O’neal in the 1999/00 season. Before that was David Robinson in 1993/94 and before that Kareem Abdul Ajbbar, Bob McAdoo and then Wilt Chamberlain.

The point is, having a center that scores as much as Joel Embiid, and in the way that Embiid does in as unique as anything in basketball and yet there are some in the NBA media that seem to think different.

The more concerning narrative to me though, is how the media have chosen not to make a story of how far back Nikola Jokic has fallen in the MVP race.

The Denver Nuggets still lead the conference, but I dare you to tell me that this is a strong Western Conference. The Clippers are now dealing with a new injury to Paul George, Steph Curry and the Warriors have been off-the-pace this season, while the Lakers are scratching and fighting for a play-in spot.

So Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets are essentially the leaders of a Conference whose 2nd and 3rd best teams are made up of young players, because the Western Conference is aging. While Ja and the Grizzlies are the most interesting story in the West as far as the media are concerned, it’s an aging Conference in which most of the best players are in the 30+ age range, if not out injured, as is the case with Kevin Durant and LeBron James.

Former Denver Nuggets head coach and known hater of players that are good at scoring, George Carl, attempted a lazy critique of Joel Embiid by mentioning Embiid’s body language, but it’s just pure hogwash, and George Carl is not an honest narrator.

It became so glaring that Denver Nuggets head coach, Mike Malone, struggled to mount a convincing argument to defend Nikola Jokic’s backslide in this year’s race, and the he actually tried the “everyone’s a winner” excuse, which even if he feels that way will not stop the nitpicking and chatter over this year’s MVP

The guy that should be in consideration far more than what Jokic is, is Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Aside from his team having the 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, coupled with the most wins of any team in the league, Giannis is averaging 31 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists per game but Giannis not being mentioned as the MVP candidate that he is, which falls right in line with a continued refusal on the part of the national sports media to acknowledge anything that the Milwaukee Bucks have done this season, and that’s a trend that goes back to well before all-star weekend.

The American media have pretty much decided not to talk about Milwaukee. They might have them high up in thier power rankings, but that’s not the same as actually providing coverage/talking about a team or player. 

The Bucks have the longest winning streak this year with 16 wins, the no 1 seed, the first team to clinch a playoff berth and Giannis is arguably the most dominant player in the league. All reasons to talk about the Bucks and yet, the media have given them little to no coverage.

76ers head coach weighed in with his opinion on April 5th, and just because his opinion is biased doesn’t mean that he’s wrong.

At this point the race should really be over, and as far as I’m concerned Joel Embiid is the 2022/23 NBA MVP, now whether the voters see it that way is a whole other issue.

I will conclude with this.

The NBA MVP is not awarded to the best player in the NBA or the player with the best numbers in the NBA, or even the player with the most wins.

It is the Most Valuable Player award.

And based on that metric, value as I am choosing to understand it, means this player’s team simply cannot win without them playing above average.

In 2022/23, that player is Joel Embiid.

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For me, Luka Doncic is the best player of this seasson in the NBA

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