Completely lost his head after that travel call which is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen on court.
They'll get a point guard now, plenty to choose from, and could get a good player with Lakers pick too (it will go to them IMO as I don't believe Lakers will be top 3). They'd do well to trade Okafor for someone who can shoot now too.
This has got "Shaqtin" written all over it. The refs did try to bail him out though. One step - no call, two steps - no call, three steps - no call. At this point other players start to notice that it was egregious (even for the NBA) and start to point and then finally the refs call it. I don't know what happened to be honest. It was almost like his brain shut down for a few seconds. It was funny as hell though.Completely lost his head after that travel call which is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen on court.
And that is why I cannot take seriously people who say that Westbrook should get MVP (or go close to it).
I still can't stop laughing at that, I don't think I've ever seen that happen before. Took him 5 or 6 steps before he was called, I guess it took a few seconds for everyone to register what was going on, no one would have ever imagine someone doing something like that haha.
I watched some of that game and at the end of the third quarter it looked like it was going to be an interesting climax to the game. However, in the fourth if the Blazers had been in a boat in the middle of the ocean and started trying to toss balls over the side, I'm not sure they could have hit water.
But trible doubles.
Harden has around 12-13 triple doubles so far, which is also impressive.
Yeah, that's what it will probably be. Embiid and Love are ahead of Butler in the fan vote but I think the media / players will give him the edge, as they should. The only other question mark is Westbrook vs Harden / Curry but I don't think he'll start (although he deserves to). Rest is pretty clear, I think.
He doesn't. Both Curry and Harden are better and playing better. Just that they don't shoot 73 times per match, aren't the only players on their teams who have the right to keep the ball, and the players on their team don't stop making rebounds in order to give numbers to Westbrook.
I don't think Curry has been playing better. Maybe in the last month but not over the course of the season. I agree with the criticism of Westbrook, I don't think he's the best player or an MVP and I know his triple doubles have an asteriks on them. That doesn't mean that he hasn't had a great season though. He's played very good since October, unlike Steph.
These are the second voting results:
This year it's not entirely based on the fan vote though - now only 50%. Media and players each have a 25% contribution and the final result is based on an average (by rank) of the three scores.These are the second voting results:
Eastern Conference
Frontcourt
1 LeBron James (CLE) 1,066,147
2 Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 963,110
3 Kevin Love (CLE) 473,328
4 Joel Embiid (PHI) 457,300
5 Jimmy Butler (CHI) 400,448
6 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 327,716
7 Kristaps Porzingis (NY) 324,106
8 Paul George (IND) 249,484
9 Jabari Parker (MIL) 120,022
10 Tristan Thompson (CLE) 114,759
Guards
1 Kyrie Irving (CLE) 971,362
2 Dwyane Wade (CHI) 514,866
3 DeMar DeRozan (TOR) 453,538
4 Isaiah Thomas (BOS) 401,671
5 Kyle Lowry (TOR) 256,668
6 Derrick Rose (NY) 223,804
7 John Wall (WAS) 173,148
8 Jeremy Lin (BKN) 109,088
9 Kemba Walker (CHA) 105,637
10 Avery Bradley (BOS) 64,157
Western Conference
Frontcourt
1 Kevin Durant (GS) 987,479
2 Zaza Pachulia (GS) 823,376
3 Kawhi Leonard (SA) 630,766
4 Anthony Davis (NO) 567,201
5 Draymond Green (GS) 464,319
6 DeMarcus Cousins (SAC) 379,225
7 Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 223,979
8 LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) 192,784
9 Blake Griffin (LAC) 172,393
10 Marc Gasol (MEM) 172,146
Guards
1 Stephen Curry (GS) 990,390
2 James Harden (HOU) 961,685
3 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 899,024
4 Klay Thompson (GS) 555,430
5 Chris Paul (LAC) 379,076
6 Damian Lillard (POR) 208,171
7 Eric Gordon (HOU) 191,407
8 Andre Iguodala (GS) 130,224
9 Man Utd Ginobili (SA) 122,333
10 Zach LaVine (MIN) 94,867
Zaza still second on the West frontcourt.
I agree. Free Zaza! Let him play!
I'm just looking forward to see Kevin Hart and Draymond Green in the rematch.
I don't think people are ridiculing Russ for getting the triple doubles it's how he's going about getting them that's the problem. In an ideal world, getting a triple double just happens to come about due to playing good basket ball. However, it almost seems sometimes that Russ goes seeking the numbers first and the actual score in the game is almost secondary.
Numbers are not everything in NBA. Durant scores more points than James, is more accurate in all 2 pointers, 3 pointers and free throws, makes more rebounds and makes more blocks, but everyone who watches NBA would agree that James is the better player.
As a scorer not only Durant is better than James, but he is one of the greatest scoring machines in the history of the NBA. There's nothing misleading about the stats there.
