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  1. OX1947

    OX1947 - Lakers MVP -

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    When you have to be a rocket scientist to figure out who an MVP is, it marginalizes the award. If the stupid morons who voted and idiot fans just kept it simple, they’d base it off the best player in the league as it’s suppose to be. It’s an individual award that literally says Most Valuable Player of its league. Then the debate would simply be about individual performance instead of lame friend opinions of fans and stupid bias voters.
     
  2. Kobeluka99

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    Luka Doncic is the MVP. This is a Luka Doncic MVP year. Season.
     
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    Jokic is there too.
     
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    This Big 3 is really unique and you can see why it's not just likely to work but also put up huge offensive numbers.

    I don't think I've ever seen 3 guys on the same team who are elite scorers at all 3 levels (shoot, midrange, rim) and excellent passers. How are you supposed to guard some of this? Luka got a bunch of easy hockey assists by just passing to Lebron on the opposite wing and Lebron just waltzed into easy shot after easy shot because the defense for the first time in his career was tilted AWAY from him.

    I mean holy smokes:
     
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  5. FrontOfJersey22

    FrontOfJersey22 - Lakers All Star -

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    To be fair, the Flippers defense is worse than ours. They pretty much have DJJ(who was out), Dunn, and Zubac as their plus defenders. Their team defense is bad- they don’t communicate very well.
    Last night felt more like an All Star game than a hard fought Cup Match.
    But yes, offensively, our three looked great last night.
     
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    So maybe Oklahoma will have a key injury and we will find a way through them?!?!?
     
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    if holmgren's out, i think it really changes their team. and he's definitely a candidate to be out.
     
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    If OKC get throught the West I hope they face Detroit - over a 7 games series that Detroit frontline could literally break Holmgren in half
     
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    Detroit is playing lights out this season. If Orlando gets healthy, they can be a factor in the playoffs. I wouldn't just assume, that it's going to be the Knicks turn in the East at all. I'm still skeptical of Toronto, but they are playing well right now too.
     
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    Slick2021 - Lakers MVP -

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    For some reason, folks are underating Hartenstein and Holmgren's, impact on that team.
     
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