Jordan in ‘88 was impressive. Dude averaged 35 PPG while also winning DPOY. Doing both in the same season was crazy.

Nah jordan averaging 35 points and winning defensive player of the year in the same Szn is insane

In 2022 Jokic was the first to have at least 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists in a single season. This also impacted the decision.

Kareem winning in 1976 while missing the playoffs with a losing record is INSANE

Another crazy stat is that every player to have won an MVP has made it to the Hall of Fame. Of the active players, the only one who’s looking like he might not make it is D-Rose

Meanwhile MyPlayer in 2k16 (MyCareer): Became MVP as a rookie while in a 7th seeded team (Don't worry, per Hall of Fame difficulty rules, said MyPlayer got swept by the Cavs 😂)

Jordan in 88 is easily the most impressive one on this list. Can you imagine a guy averaging 35 a game carrying his team not only on offense but defensively as well in today's league?

Been watching you for years. Your channel is the reason I still follow up with basketball. Thank you, Andy.

Jokic should’ve been featured twice. The nuggets were 3rd in the west in 2021

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

planning, research narration are all top notch by andy as always. premium content indeed. indeed.

you’re the only channel where i watch every video that comes out. your format is addictive tbh, lmao. i think joel deserves this mvp cause of his late season push and because he outplayed jokic when they played each other.

Great video Andy!! Thanks!

I love your background music you have in every video

You know it’s a good day when Andy posts

Embiid is probably gonna be the first player ever to win the MVP coz people feel bad for him not winning it yet💀 Giannis is the MVP in my opinion, hes just been THAT good for so long that people just dont appreciate him as much anymore. He'll put up 25,15, and 5 and people will say that's a bad game..

AndyHoops is my MVP on basketball youtube content.

Yeaaa no MVP should ever win on a non playoff team imo 😂

4:22 “Moses became arguably the greatest rebounder in history!” Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain & Dennis Rodman: “Are we jokes to you?!”

Good job Andy

Very good video

Another banger bro

Love from Toronto 🩸

I believe Jokic did this feat twice. His first mvp season they were third, and for his second they were sixth.

In the 2020-21 NBA season, Nikola Jokic won the MVP and the Denver Nuggets were 3rd in the West

Yeah, you forgot someone. Jokic first MVP in 2020-2021. The Denver Nuggets finished 47-25 as the third seed.

How’s going Andy!

James Harden deserves MVP, but Russell Westbrook triple double season INSANE 🔥💪🔥

Man LeBron vs Harden in 2018 is so close.

KP willed Embid into this MVP conversation and ppl are afraid to buck it in order to not appear rascist...

Andy is coming

5:27 I put Kareem as an MVP in 1979. Although, Moses was so close that it could easily be him. However, Gervin was only 7th, behind those two + Hayes, World B. Fee and Julius Erving.

I don’t think an MVP winner should be lower than the 5 seed. I’m curious how many MVPs also won the scoring title that same year.

Just thinking that Petit won MVP closer to Peach Basket-ball than today.

Out of curiosity, who is the best player you don’t see listed here. This is every player who finished top five in an MVP vote: ABA Players (24): Connie Hawkins Doug Moe Mel Daniels Larry Jones Willie Somerset Jimmy Jones Rick Barry Spencer Haywood Roger Brown Bob Verga Zelmo Beaty Charlie Scott Dan Issel Artis Gilmore Billy Cunningham Julius Erving George McGinnis Ron Boone Joe Caldwell Willie Wise Bobby Jones Mack Calvin James Silas David Thompson NBA Players (97): Bob Pettit Paul Arzin Bob Cousy Mel Hutchins Dolph Schayes Bill Sharman George Yardley Bill Russell Maurice Stokes Elgin Baylor Wilt Chamberlain Oscar Robertson Jerry West Sam Jones Jerry Lucas Nate Thurmond Lenny Wilkens Dave Bing Wes Unseld Willis Reed Kareem Abdul Jabaar Walt Frazier John Havlicek Dave Cowens Tiny Archibald Bob McAdoo Bob Lainer Elvin Hayes Bill Walton Pete Maravich George Gervin David Thompson Walter Davis Moses Malone Bob Dandridge Larry Bird Dennis Johnson Dan Roundfield Robert Parish Gus Williams Magic Johnson Sidney Moncrief Bernard King Isiah Thomas Terry Cummings Dominique Wilkins Hakeem Olajuwon Michael Jordan Kevin McHale Charles Barkley Clyde Drexler Karl Malone Patrick Ewing David Robinson Scottie Pippen Shaquille O’Neil Penny Hardaway Grant Hill Tim Hardaway Glen Rice Gary Payton Tim Duncan Alonzo Mourning Allen Iverson Jason Kidd Kevin Garnett Chris Webber Tracy McGrady Kobe Bryant Jermaine O’Neil Peja Stojakovic Steve Nash Dirk Nowitski LeBron James Chauncey Billups Chris Paul Dwight Howard Dwayne Wade Kevin Durant Derrick Rose Tony Parker Carmelo Anthony Blake Griffin Joakim Noah James Harden Stephen Curry Russell Westbrook Anthony Davis Kawhi Leonard Isaiah Thomas Damian Lillard Giannis Antetokounmpo Paul George Nikola Jokic Luka Doncic Joel Embid Devin Booker

How's going Andy?

Nikola deserves a MVP this season

I won't be mad if Embiid wins this year but I still think it should go to Jokic. He's basically averaging a triple double, shooting well over 60% from the field and led his team to the first seed in their conference. But if Embiid or even Giannis wins, I'll be happy for them too, all three had a terrific season

80’s Jordan put his stats to drag his teams to the postseason before Pippen came into his own

emflopper cried his way to an award 😢😂

Bron should have MVP and DMVP when he was in Miami tho

Jaylen Brown your next video Andy Hoops 🙏🙏🙏

Still waiting for 2 separate videos about the pre-LeBron Cavs and the new CBA.

Russ is probably the best player on this list simply because of the triple-double narrative plus it was no coincidence he fell off after this. Malone is definitely the worst on this list. There's no way he should've won it over Timmy. No disrespect to others of course.

Its most valuable PLAYER, not most valuable team member, its not his fault if the other cannot play well

Moses came from no where? He dominated the aba.

Division rules are gone now right?

As a Jokic fan, I honestly don’t have a problem with Embiid winning it. His reign at the end of the season won me over.

1:40 I have to disagree. Team success shouldn’t be the most important criteria. Players can’t help it if management makes poor decisions. I get there’s an argument that they should make everyone around them better, but it’s so much deeper than that.

Jordan's '88 season is the best individual season of an NBA player of all time, people who say Bird or Magic should have gotten the MVP have no regard for reality. And Jordan was robbed of probably at least 2 more MVPs because of the "successful team" sentiment.

11:28 yea, that was Harden’s year. Though, Russ was close imo.

You will never convince me Kareem deserved his ‘76 mvp 😭

The NBA shouldn't have changed the MVP trophy 🤦🏽‍♂️

Westbrook also broke the record for most triple doubles in the season

So okay, you can get the Playoffs in the 70 era per division record not by conference record.

3:18 those division don’t even make sense. Cavs and the rockets are in the same division? Who tf is the kings?

How the fuck were the rockets even considered to be in the East when Malone played

Yeah the 99 season was a weird. A bit of a bubble year feel to it real but sorta not real feeling at the time. Karl’s MVP at the time wasn’t too controversial he was still great and his numbers were impacted 1 - but the weird ass shortened season but that combined with it being 1999 meant scores were down. 2020 bubble teams playing street all almost at times scores were up. I’d say Malone deserved that MVP. I think yeah his age but being the season after MJ retired - Jazz made the finals the previous 2 years and the Jazz come out and are still at or near the top? That helped Malone too

Joel Embiid has officially joined the list

1:38 Not everyone. The best player in the league shouldn't be held back from winning an individual award if his teammates aren't good.

I hate that narratives & analytics are the primary deciding factors in MVP races. If it were up to me, it would just be a good old fashion eye test & 1 question: Who's the best damn player in the NBA. It's that simple. Jordan, Shaq, Kobe, Lebron, & Giannis would all have more MVPs than they currently do.

Spurs and Rockets in the East. My god, it seems so fake but I remember that NBA back then was weird af.

harden should have two MVP’s, not from 2017 but from 2019. he made offense look so easy

Don’t think anybody could argue Jordan 88 season.

🏆🏆🏆, thats what i think

And the winner of them all and Grand MVP goes to........ Michael Jordan. 23

Carl is Fugazi

I feel like the 70’s is a kinda underrated era.. there were just 2 leagues with top talent

The problem I have with MVP is that, the criteria changes too much. If lower seeded team can have an MVP than. Kobe should’ve won it when, he dragged that Lakers team to the 7th seed years ago. Then with Westbrook, how is Westbrook a stat padder but Jokic isn’t? Don’t get me started on with D-Rose won the award over LeBron. That was an all-time joke.

Kobe shoulda made it in 2006, trying to drag like hell those Kers to playoffs. Yeah I mispelled the name on purpose noticing how bad they were, as cheap as it gets. 35.4 5 and 4.5 an 81 and 62 in three quarters multiple 40 and 50 point games. What else? Damn

You make great reports, but this seasons MVP is a pity MVP... Joel plays great but always plays like 50 games. He scores 40+ in blowout games when the game is over already, he stat pads a lot. His defense is great but overall, offense amazing minus the flopping, because like 6 free throws per game out of his 12 are bogus calls where he cries and yells. Giannis, Jokic and Taytum deserve it more.. but Nba i pushing for embiid for some reason, when Jokic and Giannis won, no one cried this much, now Embiid and his team, coach, ESPN cries for him. Give him his MVP and be done with it... He wont ever have a chance because he will get injured...

Jokic 3 peat

Where is steve nash 2nd mvp?

Embiid better send perkins a thank you basement for getting him that mvp.

Westbrick the stat padder lol

Practically kept nagging voters to give him the award

Joel Embiidddddddd

first, havent even watched the video but i know it'll be great!

bob macadoo was kd like before kd; people forget kareeem team was so trash with out him

I like your content. But you gotta get your grammar right dude. Past and present tenses should not be confused

2017: westbrook deserves the MVP cuz muh triple double!!! 2018: well actually westbrook is stat padding to get the triple double (just like he was last year)

The greatest mvp of all time was jordan in 88

Embiid deserves MVP

2020s gonna take that crown from the 70s

The Royals went 55-25 in the 1963-1964 season, but Oscar Robertson won the season MVP in 1964

I can't comment

No I think Jokic is winning MVP again

Isiah thomas got robbed in 2017

damn they really gave Karl Malone the MVP also known for him the Most Valuable Pedophile

The bias is real. When Jokic was the 6th seed you mention the fact that the other mvp candidates had a much better supporting cast. However, regarding Westbrook, you conveniently ignore the fact that his team was significantly worse than Harden’s rockets and even worse than Jokic’s supporting cast.

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The league should retire the number 23 #jordan

Harden should have won instead of Westbrook. Check everyone's predictions for Rockets when Dwight left.

Pretty much all of what you said about Moses malone in 1982 was false, he played for the 76ers at that point

harden shouldve been mvp in 2017

No offense but we all knew russ won that mvp because he had that historic trip dub season since big o, only to averaged trip dub again 3times

Joel don’t deserve the mvp honestly

The last two still bogus to me. Should of been Harden 2017 and one of the other two in 2022. 6th seeds losing in the 1st round shouldn't be mvp if there's clearly a better candidate.

Jokic is the worst mvp of all time

Embiid doesn’t deserve it