Ernie, Shaq, Chuck, and Kenny break down who they believe should be the league MVP and debate First Team All-NBA players on Inside the NBA.
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Not having Luka 1st team is a crime
Kenny has shockingly terrible takes from time to time
Giannis jokic shai luka and tatum are my 1st team
@@tahltone1417Only right answer you know ball
@@tahltone1417 I would change Giannis by Jokic but the rest I agree
@@pedrosilva2162 uff.... did you read the comment 😅
Anyone that says SGA over Luka for MVP needs to stop watching basketball
Because MVP is Jokic 100%
Your smoking dips 🚬
@@BrentWoods-nr3ui give me your best selling point on why SGA is more valuable than Luka this season
Jokic MVP and Luka 2nd. Then Gianiss and SGA.
@@harrikuusjarvi3795 In fact jokic MVP 95-99%
How can Luka be a top 3 MVP candidate and not be all NBA first team? And these guys get paid to talk about basketball. Seriously.
Good statment. So embarassing. Luka eats Shai for breakfast
Man I root for brothers as well but we gotta stop this blatant hate for white / Euro players. Anthony Edwards over Luka is straight up crazy kenny my man.
I agree they mad af they taking over their own American game
They just skip right over luka and joker 😂 those two are at the top rn
@@cryptopep1498it’s a Canadian game
@@ipods87bro, ur missing the whole point
I love ant man but he’s not mvp over luka but he is leading his team to a better record an that’s where they comin from
Luka has 50 30 point games as of this comment. He's got an all new team, they've missed tons of games, he's leading the league in scoring and #2 in assists, damn near a 34 pt triple double a game, and he's only 5 games behind the 1 seed... What more does he need to do? The disrespect is crazy, not even putting him on 1st team??
He already got 50 dude.. what are u talking abt, get ur number right
Because he's not from North America 😂
@@econometrics469…..he has 50. 😭 i never seen someone this confident in their counting skills he LITERALLY has 50, it was pointed out in the hornets hame WHEN he got to 50
Haha he needs to get darker
He not black
Kenny has finally lost it... Luka 2nd team all nba hahahahahaha
Luka second team?!?
I said the same thing. Kenny ah geeked out
Sga vs Luka reb and assists difference does not count?
@@bojans9369broo who cares about the stats. Luka is 50 tiers above anf clearly better than sga individually talent wise and his teammates. Lukas has not good defense but shai isnt a good defender he has dort chet and jdub
Why do people keep bringing up shai having 50 30 point games when luka has also had 50 with less games played while being better in basically every facet of the game, it’s luka or Jokic, simple as that, luka is mvp for me though 34/9/10 won’t be replicated for a long time, funnily enough, the only person I can see doing it, is luka, next season🤝😭
Somebody just needs to ask them who’s had the most 40 point games this season, who’s had the most 30 point triple doubles this season ? Shaq is so ill informed it’s laughable
Insane to me that fans are smarter than the media that get paid millions 😭😭
Shaq salty cuz Joker will be 3rd tine mvp and hes a center lol so obvious
That’s exactly what I was thinking
Jokic is more valuable to the nuggets than shai is to the thunder
Your smoking 🚬 dips
That's debatable. But Nuggets have a 2-1 record without Jokic, they beat a healthy Clippers without Jokic & Murray. OKC is 2-5 without Shai. I think they'd for sure be a lottery team without Shai. That team is way too young, Shai's superstardom & leadership is what took them to the top.
You're correct. The stats confirm that Joker has the greatest impact on his team than any other player. When he's on the bench compared to when he's on the court is like night and day
@@lazzi2462 The Clippers at that time still didn't mesh well and were on a losing streak
@@salutcava2262 Oh yeah, you're right.
Luka on his historic year, 2nd Team?
No one cares
@@dillatronic4757 U are so obsessed
@@sou1412 Just throwing truths
@@dillatronic4757you know, you proved youre even a bigger dumbass than i first thought
They’re racist and scared of Europeans taking over
Shaq: no Viewers: he doesnt watch games of mavs
You don’t either if you can’t tell as soon as he utters a sentence about them
Luka doncic is the MVP and Wemby is the DPOY
Strongly agree🤙
Nah
No is over MVP is joker
Agreed
Not wemby for dpoy but it should be closer then what it is
All of them want a black and north american player as the mvp and it's so obvious. Europeans really been dominating the league in the last few years. The things they say to discredit luka is crazy and they should be held accountable for pushing their agenda. Saying luka isn't all nba 1 team is insane. This year luka is the mvp the only player i wouldn't be too mad about winning is jokic, sga ain't even close the players luka and joker are.
Are u using the race card lol
@@advanced8998 what other reason would there be to take anthony fucking edwards over Luka lmao
Tf is kenny smoking. Luka 2nd team
Anthony edwards is not an "all nba first team " right now. Look at the game last night? Nearly zero shot attempt in the 4th quarter😂
SGA's value for Thunder is much Higher than Jokic's value for Nuggets? I'm never taking Kenny seriously ever again, he's a 🤡
Luka feels pressure. His team should be top of the West. With or without Kyrie, you should win. He'll be probably first-round exit. Shai shines at OKC. I think voters will see that.
@@dillatronic4757career sample size. I would take Luka over Shai everyday of the week especially in the playoffs. SGA have not win any playoff series yet.😅
@@jrey5874 Luka has only 1 WCF. In the other series, he was spanked by Clippers as usual.
@@dillatronic4757 the team get spanked not Luka. I love PG13 and Kawhi but they can’t guard luka. Luka has 1 WCF SGA has nada, zero.
@@jrey5874 SGA plays with 22 year olds whereas Luka plays with Kyrie. Luka should be ashamed of himself. He was playing with Brunson as well. Brunson is way much better fit for Luka. You'll see this in Clippers series.
Shaq jealous for 3 mvp for center that is not Shaq
Since Embiid went down, nobody has made a bigger impact this year than Luka
Jokic 100% be MVP
@@Jokic1515 How is he impactful when he's done less for his team statistically and his team has a winning record without him?
SGA
@@danraul9759jokic missed 3 games this season btw
Shai
Shaq saying SGA please. He don’t want JOKER to win because he knows he has passed him already in the all time great list, and another MVP puts the final nail in the debate. JOKER is better than Shaq period
Nice
jokic still has a lot of work to do to even be in a debate with shaq
@@RafaelPereira-px3ys Shaq has only one MVP
@@TheNekgnedand four chips all nba rookie of the year….. and most dominant ever
@@HomerunsamSOSAwilt
luka not winning the mvp this year is the biggest snub in the history of big snubs
Cry about it
Idk both of nash's are very suspect
@@themilkmansfuckinyawaaafhe won cuz of record.
@@HomerunsamSOSA exactly
Wouldn't even be the biggest snub in the last 2 years
Its still Jokic, his efficiency is off the roof and he is the highest winning % when playing
All-NBA Teams should not be postionless imo, but if it was still the traditional 2 guards, 2 forwards, & a Center, I would choose Doncic & Shai as the 2 guards. Ant really has potential to be the next great SG under MJ, Kobe, & Wade, but I feel like he still has lots to improve on. He definitely took a step up this year, but there's still a lot of room for improvement. He still has a lot of nights where he struggles badly, scoring single digits only, inconsistencies, & shooting terribly. I'd like to see him take another step up next season, put himself in the MVP discussions, top player discussions, & become more efficient. Exactly like how Shai took a step this year from last year. Ant has all the tools though.
3:25 I cannot believe they're even mentioning SGA. It's either Luka or Jokic.
Or Ant for that matter.They just throw in random names to discredit Luka
Are you serious?
Kenny Smith just said on National TV with a straight face he would not have Luka first team 😳
Usually I agree with the crew, but on Luka not being 1st team - or below SGA in MVP conversation - cant agree one bit
Joker mvp
Chuck and earnie are the only ones that make some sense. Shaq and kenny should be fired for the things they say and being baise. They really just don't want a white player to win mvp. Luka and joker are way better than sga.
Shaq and Kenny are just either hating or clinically insane. How on Gods great earth do you have SGA over Luka and Luka as 2nd team?? 💀 SGA does more volume? Bro, without Luka that Mavs team never even is able to sniff or say the words “play in” cause they’d be that bad; especially before the trade deadline. You’re telling me, since acquiring Gafford and PJ, Luka has led the Mavs to a 21-7 record, got them OUT of the play in, and secured a either 5th or 4th seed and somehow he doesn’t contribute more “volume” than SGA? The only real MVP options are Luka and Jokić with both being correct answers but, I’d give it to Luka because he’s done more with less. If Luka had this squad to start the year off I PROMISE you he’s a top 3 seed with damn near being the 1 seed hands down no question. Injuries and lack of team size killed Lukas “team success” for the first half of the year and the second they filled the holes needed and stayed healthy they’ve been balling. Man about to get snubbed harder than Hero Boys ticket from Polar Express for a guy who just scores in SGA and THATS it. Luka: 50 30PT games 13 40PT games 21 TRPL DBL games 10 of those games were 30PT TRPL DBLs… So Shaq repeating that dumb point about SGAs 30PT games holds no meaning…Luka for MVP.
Because joker passed him as best center
Everyone forgetting Luka scored 73 this season too! A game that's statistically one of the best in history. "Oh but SGA's team had 5 more wins" get outta here
THANK YOU... jesus 😭😭
Sga who? Luka mvp
At this point everyone is racist. No other explanation.....
That man just said Luka Doncic is All NBA second team.😂😂😂😂😂😂 Oh my god!!😂😂😂
3:17 Kenny is wrong. There are stats which can answer those queries. Individual success - Points Assists, rebounds, blocks etc. Value to the team - PIE(Player Impact Estimate). If you're talking individual success, then Luka is above SGA on points, assists and rebounds, hell, his average is close to a 30 pt triple double(33.9 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 9.8 apg). And if you're talking about PIE for these 3 players, both Jokic and Luka are above SGA. Which is to say, both Luka and Jokic have more of an impact on their team than SGA. Both Denver and Dallas' fall way down when Jokic and Luka are absent, compared to Shai in OKC. Without the 3 star players in any of these 3 teams, OKC is a much more op and balanced team than Denver and Dallas.
This was actually SO PAINFUL to listen to especially the all NBA part 😭😭 no hate to Shai because he's easily top 5 in the world but the gap between him and Luka is MASSIVE... and it's an even bigger gap between Luka and Ant. I really need to see Luka win multiple MVPs throughout his career, even if I wasn't a fan of his I'd still understand that what he is doing clearly makes him the best player in the world, if not that then 2nd best at worst. Crazy that I'm even saying this about Luka fucking Doncic but I guess we just gotta wait till he gets the recognition that he deserves 💔💔💔
The gap between luka and shai is not massive lol luka definitely a better player and playing better this year but let’s not act like they on 2 different spectrums
@@alirocksize it really is, Luka had one of the greatest seasons of all time and also had arguably the greatest game in nba history 73 POINTS WITH A FG% OF 75... not to mention the rebounds and assists. explain to me how it's "not massive" lmao
KENNY U GOT DAMN CRACK.....HOW ANT OVER LUKA
Luka- *33.9* ppg *9.8* assists *9.2* rebounds SGA- 30.1 ppg 6.2 assists 5.5 rebounds ANT- 25.9 ppg 5.1 assists 5.4 rebounds *SGA & ANT 1st team??? Math ain’t mathin* 🤔
The things they say to discredit luka is insane. Most points, highest scoring game, 2 all time ppg apg rpg in history, 2 in asissts this season, only 3 rebounds shy of jokic who is playing center, luka is a point guard, lukas team had lot of injuries, he got a new team to lead after the midseason and you can go on and on about why he should be mvp. Shaq saying 30 point games argument with shai isn't making sense because then it should be luka who has more 30 point games. Them saying luka isn't first team all nba should have them fired for trying to push their agenda and being baist. All of them want a black player to win mvp and an american because european players really been dominating the nba in the last few years. I am sorry if i misspelled, english isn't my first language.
Jokic is playing center and avg 9 APG... so you can't have it your way with rebounding and "Jokic is playing center"
Shaq is center rasict. He dont want big men to get multible awards. SGA is great but behind Jokic and Luka. 15 times 30pts is no good reason to win MVP. Sga´s overall statics looks pale in this race. But he can defend.
“No, you get paid to answer questions about basketball” 😂
Kenny and Shaq playing dumb
And people like this show? 😮
Back seat bus driving Kenny is wild man 😂.
Luka
People need to stop the narrative that Joker isn't playing with any Allstars. Just because you aren't selected to the actual team, doesn't mean your aren't an Allstar caliber player. Jamal Murray balls out like a superstar every playoffs, better than some actual superstars do. If the Nuggets were the East, he'd be selected as an Allstar just like all them years Khris Middleton was selected mostly due to the Bucks having a top record. Not being selected to the Allstar game, does not mean you aren't an Allstar level player. I remember debating with someone on here, they were saying Luka doesn't have any Allstar teammates because none of them made the Allstar game this year. 😑 Bro, Kyrie is a freakin Allstar, he's a superstar! Don't claim he isn't an Allstar just to make a narrative that "Luka has no Allstar teammates." Lol
But you cannot deny that Joker has the biggest impact than any player in terms of point differential. The difference on how his team plays with him on the court or on the bench is very telling of how valuable he is. No other player comes close
@@andrewmontague1339 I never denied that. I'm just saying, Jamal Murray is a Allstar level talent even though they keep claiming Jokic is playing with no Allstars. Also, Murray's numbers in games that Jokic is out is just about the same as when he's in. Excluding his rookie year, these are Murray's averages in games that Jokic sat, 20ppg, 5ast, 4.4reb, 46% FG%, 48% from 3pt. I excluded the rookie year because you can't expect much from a rookie.
Kyrie not an all star in the western conference tho. He’s not better than SGA or Steph curry. Even JA morant can beat him for an all star spot. So yeah nuggets have no all stars besides joker
@@andrewmontague1339you definitely can deny it, stats like that need context and considering that the rotation is designed for Jokic to always be on the floor with the starters, he doesn't play with the second unit so of course his raw on/off numbers would favor him.
@@dukec2255 The point is, Kyrie's an Allstar caliber player, & he didn't make it because he was injured earlier in the year, missed 22 games prior to the Allstar break. If he wasn't injured, he definitely would've made it probably over Paul George or AD since the Lakers weren't winning at that time. Only 12 players can make the Allstar team, that doesn't mean other players aren't deserving. A guy like Sabonis was definitely deserving. And since you brought up Curry, Kyrie's stats are actually better than his this year, that's crazy right? A 2nd option having better stats than a 1st option player. Lol
4 old guys (i should say 3 cause ernie is ok) so pissed because europeans are ruling the nba
JOKER own the NBA, does what he wants when he wants!
Shai has an excellent support from Giddey, and Jaylen Williams. They are the least famous, but two of the greatest point guard and two guard.
Damn they starting to sound like ESPN
Jokic showing out against the timberwolves locked up the MVP
Luka showing up against the Nuggets locked the MVP
Luka is mvp.
Nope
@@Young_squeeze That's what happens when youre the best player in the league
Mvp shouod be jokic or luka. If you consider all the games the mavs played with kyrie out or luka or others players out and still getting 50 wins and not to mention luka was getting his numbers while still playing on with lingering injuries combined with his numbers scoring title and historic 73 pt night should be enough to give him the nod imo
I'll give it to joker
Luka stats are much better than SGA but Jokic deserves it and he should have got it last year too.
Jokic is MVP again imo because he just does more scoring, rebounding and assisting
Is that why Luka has the 2nd greatest season in NBA history with PPG+RPG+APG and far greater than Jokic's last 2 MVP runs, including this season? Sit down
this is becoming the reverse of the “I want my quarterbacks quarterbacky”
People really forgot or just choosing to ignore the biggest factor on Jokic winning his 2nd MVP. He had 2k points, 1k rebs and 500 assists that season. The first and only to ever to that! Russ won his for averaging a triple double, first since Big O. Both also lead the league in advanced stats. It made sense why the voters gave them a pass despite being 6th seed. My point is Luka doesn't have anything like those this season. He may have great stats, but nothing really historic or record breaking. If they were too 3 seed, he'd definitely deserve to get it but not as a 5th seed.
Luka has the most points created (points plus points from assists) all of time if not behind wilt i forgot cmon man
All of these clowns 🤡 need to stop it. They know them well the Joker and Luka are the ones. Period. 😂
There was literally a time you had to be top four (home court advantage) in your conference to get an MVP. I don't know exactly when that changed but I remember clearly that the reason KG got his only MVP was because he finally managed that feat. New NBA fans don't know that your team's standing actually matters in the MVP conversation and think it really is just a straight forward "Who is the most valuable for their team". If that was the case then it wouldn't matter if your team was in the playoffs either. So that's why SGA has a stronger case than Luka. Team record has always and will always matter.
THE CRITERIA NOT MAKIN NOT A BIT OF SENSE
People really sleep on the fact Ant is already a bonafide two way star. He's like 5th in the league in opponent fg percentage.
We are literally hearing voters say they voting for jokic no matter what any other player does. Ernie clearly only sees Jokic as the MVP despite a young player carrying his team on his back in SGA having OKC in a battle for the number one seed
I think what they do is bad for SGA. He might be in this discussion at some point in his career and potentially win the mvp legitimately. But if they give it to him now everyone knows it is bullshit and that is how it would be remembered.
The m v p should possess both offensive and defensive prowess. Everyone's high on Luka and Bronson, but where is their defense?
I'm sorry but the NBA needs to be realigned because the disparity between conferences is absurdly large. No team in the East would even make the playoffs in the West other than the Celtics. Even the Celtics aren't doing so hot against the top teams in the West.
The "Joker" Nikola Jokic is my MVP.. Plays defense,scores,assist,rebounds ,leadership & selfless team mate
What's Kenny on? He talks about individual success, LUKA has a better individal performance than Shai by far. But I'm mostly shocked about Shaq like he loved Jokic a year ago, why discredit him this year. He keeps getting better and his percentages are insasne
If its not based on positions, just put first 5 in MVP race to be all nba 1st team...
Brunson is 4th in the league in scoring, 7 assists a game, and more importantly, has a team as the second seed while playing without their entire starting front court for half of the season. It is incredible.
And because of his presence, three guys on their team are having career seasons. If Brunson is not MVP, the only other possible one is SGA. Luka is still a stat player. His stats are better than he is.
Kenny needs to publicly apologize for this
Thank you Ernie: “no joker is my MVP” way to go
Kenny is like yoko ono from beatles. We all love the Inside the Nba crew but Kenny just kinda hang around and making noise that make no sense
Joker has no all stars ✨ on his team. All the others have all stars on their team. Joker has no all NBA players on his team.
36 wins and a chance in the playoffs is insane
THE DISRESPECT FOR JOKER AND LUKA , AAMEEERIKAAA
I see a trend here....
SGA carried his team on his back. It ain't even close. Without him that team might not even qualify. Joker is great but the way they all judged it last year and the years before. Giannis lost out a few times because they said that he hadn't improved a lot over the previous years. Joker is right up there but if that was one of the criteria he dint improve by much either and when you talk about the 3rd mvp well they expected a lot of giannis. Need to keep the same energy. Cannot be changing the rules. Moreover, SGA as a pg, scoring, defence and overall leadership has been right up there with the elites. Atleast for this regular season and amongst all the MVPs his usage rate and leadership due to the young cast plays a much bigger role. Most Valuable to his team has to be SGA. It isnt just 30 point games its the sum of everything.
The efficiency stats are so underrated.
wtf did I just watched
Charles said we get paid to ask questions lol
He’s somewhat right. They mostly get paid to answer them, so if anyone asks a question then there’s an opportunity to answer
Luka Jokic SGA they're the top 3 candidates for this year's NBA leagues MVP
Shaq really said “positonless?”
Sorry guys, Luka is the MVP and the only guy who can challenge that is Joker.
Ant is not better than Luka bro 😂
Shai Gilgeous Alexander is rhe MVP look up the head to head comparison against the other teams before you idiots say he not
Hes not.Delete your comment because its so dumb its hard to be dumber than that
2:17 what else he should do? what others did? i mean you can not put up this numbers and not getting it.
SGA over Luka and Joker, Ant over Luka for 1st team. Lol it's no Kendrick Perkins but these takes are as color-coordinated as Kenny's suits.
You guys can hate Luka all you want but he would still become one of the biggest earners in 2024 and 2025. According to Forbes, he was the 44th Highest paid athlete in the word in 2023 base on off-the-court and on-the-court earnings. He earned way bigger the Jokic, SGA and Ant. If he resign with Dallas in July 2025, he might get the highest contract ever offered in the NBA. When that happens, Luka will have the last laugh. 😂
" SGA has 50 straight 30pt games" lol well Luka averages 34... It's crazy how they hate on Luka
73pts??? Like FR??
🥇: SGA 🥈: JKR🃏 🥉: LUKA🧞♂️
IMO, the reason OKC have a similar record to Denver is because Mark Daigneault is a far superior coach to Michael Malone. Malone gas great analysis after the fact but his in game coaching is dreadful! He is just very fortunate to have Jokic and his record without him is awful.
Hell no! MVP criteria needs to be improve
how can shaq make a case for shai based on scoring while luka is averaging 34 pts per game??????
Big R word
Luka missed kyrie for 25 you clowns
Honestly I don’t think Jokic should’ve won his first 2 MVPs. I think he should’ve got the next 2 but that’s not what happened so it holds me back tbh because he already has those 2 and by the same logic he got them which I didn’t think he should get, Luka should blow this one out of the water. He’s averaging by far better numbers, does more heavy lifting and has lost a lot of surrounding players due to injury while the Nuggets are an amazing team that just mesh so well together. But the narrative shifts and changes every year so whatever. Every time I lose more faith in the MVP debate and care less and less for it. There have always been and will always be absolute robberies with players not getting more when they deserve or getting them when they don’t as much as someone else especially when the people voting don’t even know what they’re voting for and change it up all the damn time.
Is over MVP is joker Yesterday them beat Minnesota Jokic Beat DPOY
Wait, so you don’t think that Jokic should’ve won his first 2 MVP’s yet you think Luka should win it this year? You know whose MVP case is similar to Luka’s? The Jokic 2022 MVP case, where he carried an injured riddled team to a playoff spot while having a historic season. If you don’t agree with his win then, why back a guy with the same case?
@@Croutonking65 Yeah I don’t think Jokic should have won it those 2 years so usually I wouldn’t really think Luka should win it now and instead Jokic should but it’s BECAUSE Jokic already did win those 2 then I think we have to be consistent and fair and we can’t just change the narrative whenever we want to fit Jokic to give him another one because Luka is doing even better than those ones if that makes sense
Lolol. So true!
Jokic won his 2nd mvp at 6th seed that year the mavs is 4th seed and luka average more points and assist that jokic that year no way this year luka end up 2nd
Broooo luka 2nd team? He’s second in mvp, he’s so much better than edwards and he’s better then Shai slightly when I add the d that Shai provides. But even still luka is better overall
NBA and it's ''newslets'' are trying to snub Luka hard ever since Luka said that NBA is easier than Euro League. I have Joker as MVP, but putting SGA over Luka with argument of SGA having 30 50-points games, when Luka had 50 50-points games with less games played is criminal and biased at best, straight out manipulation at worst. Also arguing that Joker has better support when besides AG, Joker's teammates are incosistent AF (Including Murray, who can drop 40 one game just to drop 5 next) is criminal.
I don’t like the play in though…clearly heat are 6 games above bulls and 8 games above hawks but bulls and hawks still have a chance?
50 30 point games yet Luka has scored more points in less games?