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NBA lottery pick
2019 Playoff MVP
2022 - Stephen Curry
2021 - Giannis Antetokounmpo
2020 - Lebron James
2019 - VOTING NOW
I've seen people including Ben Taylor make a case for Curry but pretty sure I'm going with Kawhi.
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Cancer
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
30.5/9/4 on 49/38/88 over the course of the playoffs (24 games) is pretty damn good.
Kawhi for me.
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NBA Legend
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Kawhi.
Though I'm waiting for a year where I can pick someone who didn't win a ring otherwise this is a boring exercise. Come to think of it that year might be the very next one.
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Originally Posted by FKAri
Kawhi.
Though I'm waiting for a year where I can pick someone who didn't win a ring otherwise this is a boring exercise. Come to think of it that year might be the very next one.
The only players I see doing that are LeBron, Jordan & Kareem. But yeah, the flaw with this project is the vast majority of years are going to be painfully predictable. The selections from 91-03 will all be unanimous.
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NBA lottery pick
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
The only players I see doing that are LeBron, Jordan & Kareem. But yeah, the flaw with this project is the vast majority of years are going to be painfully predictable. The selections from 91-03 will all be unanimous.
Wilt might be able to take a year or two from Russell as well.
But yea we might skip those unanimous years. 2001 I could see a case for Kobe. He was better than Shaq against the Spurs who were the Lakers' best opponent. The WCF was the real finals. And against Portland and Sacramento, Kobe was roughly as good as Shaq as well.
Last edited by dankok8; 08-16-2022 at 01:50 PM.
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Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
You should probably just skip over the ones that are pretty obvious with basically no debate.
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Originally Posted by dankok8
Wilt might be able to take a year or two from Russell as well.
But yea we might skip those unanimous years. 2001 I could see a case for Kobe. He was better than Shaq against the Spurs who were the Lakers' best opponent. The WCF was the real finals. And against Portland and Sacramento, Kobe was roughly as good as Shaq as well.
These are the years I think you should do
2014-15, 2017-18
2004-05, 2007-10
2001, though Shaq is almost guaranteed to win
1980-82, 85, 88
The rest, at least post 1980, will have too obvious an answer imo.
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Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
These are the years I think you should do
2014-15, 2017-18
2004-05, 2007-10
2001, though Shaq is almost guaranteed to win
1980-82, 85, 88
The rest, at least post 1980, will have too obvious an answer imo.
But really only obvious on a philosophical level. Meaning rINgz.
As far as who actually played the best, it was Butler in 2022. 2019 saw a ridiculous defensive peak from Embiid, two-round craziness from Harden, Durant, and Jokic, and then the obvious Kawhi and Curry additions.
Draymond didn’t have a bad series as well and was the best player in a series with Harden, Durant, and Curry, IMO. and Kawhi was a negative on defense limping around by the time the finals started. It was a crazy playoff run overall. Looking at basically just the finals does it disservice, philosophically of course.
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Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
In those not so obvious years, I do think that the playoff MVP needs to, at minimum, make it to the conference finals, with the conference finals being competitive and said player dominating up until that point.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
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Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Originally Posted by Wally450
30.5/9/4 on 49/38/88 over the course of the playoffs (24 games) is pretty damn good.
Kawhi for me.
Kawhi no contest.
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... on a leash
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Originally Posted by jlip
In those not so obvious years, I do think that the playoff MVP needs to, at minimum, make it to the conference finals, with the conference finals being competitive and said player dominating up until that point.
No.
No filter.
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National High School Star
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
another thread where the assumption is there is an answer
when really there are just various guys that played well
part of me thinks there should be no awards at all regular or post season
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Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
These are the years I think you should do
2014-15, 2017-18
2004-05, 2007-10
2001, though Shaq is almost guaranteed to win
1980-82, 85, 88
The rest, at least post 1980, will have too obvious an answer imo.
I'd say 80, 88, 08 and 10 are pretty obvious.
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College superstar
Re: 2019 Playoff MVP
Kawhi not that close either 2019 was the best year of Kawhi Leonard career especially his amazing playoff run.
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