After issues with the Law, Joe Mixon got to continue on with his career, OJ Mayo did not.
Embiid gambled and lost. I can’t blame the guy for wanting to win MVP. He just needs to accept that they’re never going to give it to him. That award is reserved for guys who play 4 games on national television so the writers can’t see his shit defense and lean exclusively on algorithms created by the Nate Silver’s of the world. He played way too many games to chase MVP. He needs to get back to the 60-65 games played level with load management. They hate you Jo. They’re never giving you MVP. His only shot is to win Finals MVP so he needs to take steps to make that a real possibility.
It’s a fun (albeit stale) joke but dude was a staple in strip clubs when he was league MVP. The problem is what he does outside of the strip clubs. He blames hamstring rehab but over the last two summers he did next to zero work on his game. We will see if it’s true but word around the team through beat reporters is that he started his summer work earlier than at any time in his career. We’ve heard that during the Finals he was already grinding daily with Sam Cassell (who coincidently is the guy most credit with unlocking Maxey). But all of this is talk until we actually see him on the court and see if he has added anything to account for the explosion he has lost in getting to the rim.That's a big 'if'.
Fair point. But that Gobert trade going down in such relative proximity to a KD trade means Nets are getting at least the number of draft picks the Jazz got for Gobert.
I don’t even get the fit, first and foremost. Then on top of that the cost of adding a one way player that gets exposed by stretch 5s taking him away from the rim and his only plus asset every year in the playoffs?!?!? Mind boggling.
They’re never going to give him MVP. It is what it is. Embiid shouldn’t have said it out loud but he’s not wrong. The media doesn’t like him. They hold it against him that he trolled and talked shit before he made it. The most important voices in NBA media, Lowe, Bill Simmons, etc… are married to analytics like they’re fugaze Billy Beane. He’s never winning MVP. Your games played comment is way off. He missed 4 non/Covid absence games this season. He went and fixed what they said the year before for why they didn’t give it to him. This very same media put him on 2nd team NBA two years in a row. Embiid needs to say fuck them and do what his team needs which is a healthy Embiid in the playoffs. That means more load management. He really isn’t sacrificing MVP anyway. He’s been MVP the last two years and they have refused to acknowledge it. It is what it is.
Great college player. Not a pro. The “dream” for him is playing G League for 5/6 years and maybe he becomes an 8-10 minute backup big for a middling team.
Congrats to Garland. That’s a ton of money. That’s almost 39 million a year.
No brainer.
