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11 ай бұрын

For the first time in franchise history, the Denver Nuggets will make a Finals appearance after sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. After the series win, Nikola Jokić was named Western Conference Finals MVP for his dominant performances in games 1-4. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes debate if they are ready to call Jokić the best player in the world.
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@FirstThingsFirst
@FirstThingsFirst 11 ай бұрын
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@CoronaHoax-nd2rr
@CoronaHoax-nd2rr 11 ай бұрын
No
@swaglord1522
@swaglord1522 11 ай бұрын
no
@courtneymiller2680
@courtneymiller2680 11 ай бұрын
🤔💭If lebron would quit playing general manager the lakers would have a good team. KCP is better than the DAngelo Russell. But look at their wages. The Angelo is making 12 million more than KCP.🤔💭😳😳😳
@courtneymiller2680
@courtneymiller2680 11 ай бұрын
🤔💭 See you Sign you should sign me up because my debate game is off the hook. How could You even consider retirement after. Getting swept🧹 Mentality. Michael jordan would never get swept and retire he would never end his career like that
@ciscoenzo6827
@ciscoenzo6827 11 ай бұрын
Nick said last time they will win it all😂😂😂
@mcardy250
@mcardy250 11 ай бұрын
Not acknowledging murray being injured for 2 straight playoffs is crazy
@2kTeacher
@2kTeacher 11 ай бұрын
But if it was Lechuckles he would. Funny how that works. Can't stand nick. Got 30 seconds in and cut this off.
@jgg6932
@jgg6932 11 ай бұрын
Do you the LeBron haters acknowledge Kyrie and love being hurt in 2015? How about d wade having no good knees left in 2014 finals and being a shell of his former self? How about Ad getting hurt against Phoenix in 2021 and playing with a torn groin? Are you guys consistent with this or even worse than Nick?
@metazeen
@metazeen 11 ай бұрын
Its not LeBron why would he do that?
@natek3030
@natek3030 11 ай бұрын
Also just look at those rosters lol. Half of the Nuggets rotation players from last playoffs are out of the league (or don’t play)
@MeBihhhh
@MeBihhhh 11 ай бұрын
Chill they aren’t acknowledging Giannis was injured and only played in 2 of 5 games this playoffs
@ShoTheEmcee
@ShoTheEmcee 11 ай бұрын
Bro, Wildes' Nick impression is SPOT ON.
@kirkw.72
@kirkw.72 11 ай бұрын
Best I've seen!
@80for80
@80for80 11 ай бұрын
Not really
@ShoTheEmcee
@ShoTheEmcee 11 ай бұрын
@@80for80 Cool.
@mbelma6329
@mbelma6329 11 ай бұрын
Agree
@sasakikojiro5499
@sasakikojiro5499 11 ай бұрын
Love how he always be looking at Nick like 🤨
@jackharrist1078
@jackharrist1078 11 ай бұрын
Thank You Wildes for calling Nick out for his garbage Jokic takes
@reginaldcharles1133
@reginaldcharles1133 11 ай бұрын
Nick Wright always had garbage takes
@jmf5838
@jmf5838 11 ай бұрын
It’s like you didn’t listen to Nick just said because everything he said was fair and he’s giving Jokic his flowers now
@cheerioss-9121
@cheerioss-9121 11 ай бұрын
@@jmf5838bro and I’ll see comments like these under a lot of videos with Nick and it’s as if these people listen to completely different videos than me 😂😂
@jmf5838
@jmf5838 11 ай бұрын
@@cheerioss-9121 people just wanna hate on the internet, it’s lame but it’s all they got I guess😂
@tiagozimermann9028
@tiagozimermann9028 11 ай бұрын
​@@jmf5838 he said Jokic was the worst MVP since Dave Cowens lol
@taimur9522
@taimur9522 11 ай бұрын
Jokic sweeping Nick Wrights favorite player is good karma 😂😂😂
@AlexBrown-xp7mt
@AlexBrown-xp7mt 11 ай бұрын
It’s the best karma 😂
@razerPh
@razerPh 11 ай бұрын
Lol a 38yrs old Lebron😂okay
@mustafadagreat1031
@mustafadagreat1031 11 ай бұрын
Favorite Player? You mean his favorite person on earth
@roneldeleon8704
@roneldeleon8704 11 ай бұрын
​@@razerPh They Swept Lebron cuz there"s no Minion watching the game. Like in 2020 where they defeated Nuggets in the Bubble. MINIONS are all over hahaha.
@razerPh
@razerPh 11 ай бұрын
@@roneldeleon8704 stop being idiot Flippers 😂😂😂
@oblivionpro69
@oblivionpro69 11 ай бұрын
Nick is ignoring the fact that he had Jokic as the 8th best player in the league just a few months ago. He’s been as WRONG as one could be about the man
@SimpleSock
@SimpleSock 11 ай бұрын
I remember that, and it was right then I realized Nick doesn't know anything about basketball. 😂
@sinnombre5466
@sinnombre5466 11 ай бұрын
It’s cause he’s white
@dwightPhoenix
@dwightPhoenix 11 ай бұрын
​@@sinnombre5466 Nick is white. You are wrong. There are stronger reasons than that.
@goldenflowlaine5026
@goldenflowlaine5026 11 ай бұрын
​@@dwightPhoenixEmbiid won in a landslide because white MVP voters fell for Big Perk's antics. You're silly acting like white guilt isn't a thing. I think Nick is just a hater here, but Jokic being white is probably part of it.
@readmycomment3707
@readmycomment3707 11 ай бұрын
@@dwightPhoenix No hes not, hes from another background that you cant type on here
@im_an_alien196
@im_an_alien196 11 ай бұрын
Nick is being so disingenuous about Jokic. He had Luka top 20 of the last 50 yrs. Lol
@jctslice
@jctslice 11 ай бұрын
To that point, Luka accomplished more than Jokic
@shouryasangam7956
@shouryasangam7956 11 ай бұрын
@@jctslice no he didn’t
@lastresort3188
@lastresort3188 11 ай бұрын
@@jctsliceHe said it was just NBA accomplishments that went into so no, in the NBA Luka had not accomplished more than Jokic.
@tdsm99
@tdsm99 11 ай бұрын
@@jctslice WHAT😂😂😂😂😂😂
@yvans.
@yvans. 11 ай бұрын
@@jctslice no he didn’t lol
@cyrillesu
@cyrillesu 11 ай бұрын
Nick Wright: "I just held Jokic to the same standard as every great player ever" Also Nick Wright: *"Luka is a top 20 player of the past 50 years even though he's done basically nothing"*
@temuujin23
@temuujin23 11 ай бұрын
Im a Mavs fans but you are right. Like wtf is Nick talking about. Where is Luka right now? It's hilarious.
@dcwayne4591
@dcwayne4591 11 ай бұрын
Luka did eat up Paul George and Kawhi in multiple series(with an S). Plus packing up the Suns last year, not the biggest Doncic fan but yall gotta stop 😂.
@cyrillesu
@cyrillesu 11 ай бұрын
@@dcwayne4591 so does that make him a top 20 player of the past 50 years, let alone better than a 2x MVP that has just lead his team to the NBA Finals? Stop defending Nick dude.
@cyrillesu
@cyrillesu 11 ай бұрын
@@temuujin23 it's obviously a ploy for him so we can keep on talking about him, but honestly, it's sad that this is what sports media looks like now.
@dcwayne4591
@dcwayne4591 11 ай бұрын
@@cyrillesu You got me the top 20 comment was blasphemous 🤣. I was more so responding to the "Luka has not done anything portion" but you're spot on. Nick is getting harder to defend by the show 🤦‍♂️
@pjbLIVE
@pjbLIVE 11 ай бұрын
It's so satisfying watching Jokic making Nick look like a fool 😂😂😂
@nelsonkeith9223
@nelsonkeith9223 11 ай бұрын
Nick has no knowledge of nothing sorry just like LJ is the goat no the goat is a player that has that clutch game meaning winning the game when it counts.
@JuztBillz
@JuztBillz 11 ай бұрын
"Worst MVP ever" -Nick Wright
@dvdv8197
@dvdv8197 11 ай бұрын
Nick Wrong*
@justingabriel1765
@justingabriel1765 11 ай бұрын
Well he was Lmfao 🤣, people killing Nick cause at the time he said things that were true like you do realize things change
@adandealba9182
@adandealba9182 11 ай бұрын
He was not right at the time
@yvans.
@yvans. 11 ай бұрын
@@justingabriel1765 no he wasn’t and only goofy thought that. The worst MVP of all time is Dave Cowens. I would say that even D rose was worst than joker.
@kingad8869
@kingad8869 11 ай бұрын
​@@justingabriel1765 Imagine thinking Jokic was the worst MVP while simultaneously saying it should've gone to Chris Paul. Truly ludicrous.
@twizms2
@twizms2 11 ай бұрын
Nick has never been more wrong about a player than jokic
@blackmamba3060
@blackmamba3060 11 ай бұрын
Josh Allen. At least with Jokic he thought he was good in the first place.
@deanhampton1527
@deanhampton1527 11 ай бұрын
Wildes impression of Nick is soooo accurate lol. Its been really fun watching Jokic prove people wrong this playoffs. Hes truly an all time talent, and has put to rest so many debates these past couple weeks with his play
@BERTRAND85O
@BERTRAND85O 11 ай бұрын
A lot of people don’t wanna admit Jokic Is the best in game but it’s so obvious. Zero weaknesses. His defense is better than he gets credit for.
@PearlJamGuy10
@PearlJamGuy10 11 ай бұрын
Held AD to 6-for-15 in the close-out
@shawnba2294
@shawnba2294 11 ай бұрын
⁠@@PearlJamGuy10 lmao ad held himself to 6-15 nothing to do with jokic.
@BERTRAND85O
@BERTRAND85O 11 ай бұрын
@@shawnba2294 just stop..
@PearlJamGuy10
@PearlJamGuy10 11 ай бұрын
@@shawnba2294 if you say so
@VonKappallot
@VonKappallot 11 ай бұрын
I personally still have Steph 1 and Giannis 2 but Jok is locked into the top 3 fasho
@TheBestMovieAlive
@TheBestMovieAlive 11 ай бұрын
Didn’t Nick Wright say Luka Doncic is a top 25 player in the past 50yrs or something?
@greyscott5908
@greyscott5908 11 ай бұрын
Yep, I'm a Luka fan but that was wild to say.
@Sc19869
@Sc19869 11 ай бұрын
He also said the warriors would be worse with kd.
@luffyd.dragonslayer2954
@luffyd.dragonslayer2954 11 ай бұрын
He said projected to be not is
@neugey
@neugey 11 ай бұрын
As a Lakers fan, the part of Jokic I slept on was his rebounding. It's phenomenal. Probably the most intelligent and persistent rebounding force I've seen since Duncan, and maybe even better.
@caseydouglas412
@caseydouglas412 11 ай бұрын
Yeah his rebounding definitely. I would’ve never expected him to beat Ad on the boards like how he did.
@randygram9310
@randygram9310 11 ай бұрын
@@caseydouglas412 And AD played well. But Jokic was continually double-teamed in the series and still scoring and rebounding.
@donovanross436
@donovanross436 11 ай бұрын
And it always seems to come at the most important times like when they’re going on a run or if it’s a close game.
@TheDifferenced
@TheDifferenced 11 ай бұрын
He rebounds without jumping and that is very impressive and smart!
@DuragVon
@DuragVon 11 ай бұрын
@@TheDifferencedpositioning and knowing where the ball goin to bounce
@donaldgeorge2014
@donaldgeorge2014 11 ай бұрын
And how has Embid been held to that standard?
@aw98000
@aw98000 11 ай бұрын
He hasn't and Nick's hypocrisy on this issue is so deep he can't see the light anymore
@LarryBennettHealthCoach
@LarryBennettHealthCoach 11 ай бұрын
The pressure is on now that he has an MVP. He'll either end up like Harden or rise to the challenge.
@tdsm99
@tdsm99 11 ай бұрын
ADD. CONTEXT. Why do you think Jokic was not successful in the post season with rivers and campazzo as starters?????
@mcardy250
@mcardy250 11 ай бұрын
It’s crazy how this is ignored duuuude
@yvans.
@yvans. 11 ай бұрын
He won’t because Nick don’t like Joker
@Mike-ud6hd
@Mike-ud6hd 11 ай бұрын
Context doesn't exist with Nick when it comes to players he doesn't want to like. He's taken a page out of Skip Bayless book, the blue print has been written and Skip has succeeded with it.
@richardgutierrez26
@richardgutierrez26 11 ай бұрын
Nick was saying last year that using Murray and MPJ injures as an excuse why he didn't go to the finals was dumb and he better have the number 1 seed and make it to the finals of with those guys being healthy for that excuse to be legitimate excuse hahaha yet no peep of that in this video
@DJezdic
@DJezdic 11 ай бұрын
@@Mike-ud6hd Nick Wright is the new Skip Bayless, just got takes and nonsense 95% of the time.
@jeremy4807
@jeremy4807 11 ай бұрын
But Nick wanted CP3 to win MVP over Joker?? Where are CP3’s post season accomplishments?
@andresparry8104
@andresparry8104 11 ай бұрын
To be fair, CP3 looked pretty good in the post season with the Rockets, but his inability to stay healthy and capitalize is still part of his story.
@Sinklebarn
@Sinklebarn 11 ай бұрын
His argument was against winning “multiple” MVPs with no play off success. I don’t think he cares about a singular mvp… i.e Joel Embid 👂🏽
@aw98000
@aw98000 11 ай бұрын
​@@Sinklebarn The MVP is for the best player of the year. The fact that we're holding people back because they haven't won before is mental illness.
@bjensen
@bjensen 11 ай бұрын
​@@Sinklebarn that's only been his latest argument. He had several weak anti Jokic arguments before that one. They all crumbled, just like this one.
@M.L.official
@M.L.official 11 ай бұрын
​@@Sinklebarnso then embiid cannot get another MVP? Until he wins the NBA. And what about Giannis
@jkemp6791
@jkemp6791 11 ай бұрын
Being Nick Wright is so easy on NBA takes. Just pick a couple favorite players (LeBron, Luka), always say they’re gonna win (and almost always be wrong), make excuses when they lose (blame the team). That’s literally it.
@UndeadCanDance
@UndeadCanDance 11 ай бұрын
In the same boat as Skip Clueless
@johnhancock1362
@johnhancock1362 11 ай бұрын
@@UndeadCanDance nah skips worse. He used to be decent but now it’s too predictable. For example… we bring up Curry and you know he’s going to bring up KD saving him, 16’ finals, and how he said he should’ve been taken number 1 overall when drafted all at some point, then give excuses and belittle whatever Steph did at the time or exaggerate his current failures.
@daddyfuse50
@daddyfuse50 11 ай бұрын
He's just diet Skip
@Kodreanu23
@Kodreanu23 11 ай бұрын
He is a Clutch agent, I don't expect nothing better out of him.
@jamesdavis-be9ri
@jamesdavis-be9ri 11 ай бұрын
Nick wrong
@raragunner0
@raragunner0 11 ай бұрын
His argument holds no weight , idk why jokic was held to that standard but not embiid who has never seen a conference finals yet everybody kept screaming he was robbed the last two years
@aw98000
@aw98000 11 ай бұрын
Racism
@saadsalman2261
@saadsalman2261 11 ай бұрын
Nick is just straight lying bruh, jokic literally went to the conference finals before he even won mvp, these last 2 years are the only times he had g leaguers on his team why we acting like he needed to win a championship to win those mvps he’s deserved
@meshben7125
@meshben7125 11 ай бұрын
had back to back 3-1 comebacks too which never happened before
@flores7784
@flores7784 11 ай бұрын
This standard he sets hasn’t been met by Embiid
@Trollificusv2
@Trollificusv2 11 ай бұрын
@@flores7784 Plus, Jokic never went crying to the media "What I got to do?? My liddle boy is cryin". And all the racist "experts" dug in. Pathetic.
@LLPOF
@LLPOF 11 ай бұрын
The fact that you didn't know if Jokic could lead a decent team to a deep playoff run speaks volumes about you.
@dredai
@dredai 11 ай бұрын
But up until this year he hadn't, so what are you talking about?
@PhoenixPicks_
@PhoenixPicks_ 11 ай бұрын
@@dredaithe last 2 seasons the nuggets were injured u casual 😂
@Mike-ud6hd
@Mike-ud6hd 11 ай бұрын
​@@dredai Jokic hasn't had a play-off run with a healthy team, until now. Anyone who's watched any Nuggets games this season would know his ability.
@dredai
@dredai 11 ай бұрын
@@Mike-ud6hd key word, this season
@topnotchtajmahal7216
@topnotchtajmahal7216 11 ай бұрын
@@dredai he did though in the bubble you idiot ya be forgetting
@MmaMadman85
@MmaMadman85 11 ай бұрын
Nick is so salty that Lebron just got swept so of course he won't apologize to Jokic.
@gringoboy701
@gringoboy701 11 ай бұрын
No he's just saying the award should have the same consistency it's had since the inception of the NBA... I can see how your feelings get in the way of facts though.
@marvinjones689
@marvinjones689 11 ай бұрын
@@gringoboy701 lefraud is 0-10 in the finals
@saadsalman2261
@saadsalman2261 11 ай бұрын
I mean what do you expect he’s always wrong, he literally said jokic is the worst mvp and that last year cp3 should’ve won it and is better than him 😂
@user-zb8tq5pr4x
@user-zb8tq5pr4x 11 ай бұрын
@@gringoboy701 It's idiotic though. This "consistency" is completely made up. What about the first player ever to get 3 MVP's in a row in the first place? That was literally the opposite of consistent. They completely made that up, and it turns out, nobody really cares. Also, who's not to say Jokić will end up one of the great players of all time after his career is done. I can see him being above bird. If he is the most valuable this year, give me 1 good reason we should give it to a guy with 0 POST SEASON SUCCESS INSTEAD EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE ARGUMENT YOU USE AGAINST JOKIČ
@jctslice
@jctslice 11 ай бұрын
​@@marvinjones689 4-6
@brandonmoskos9149
@brandonmoskos9149 11 ай бұрын
Jokic is the best basketball player on this planet. Do not care what anybody says at this point.
@wjl2068
@wjl2068 11 ай бұрын
I never got to see jokic play that much till this series. I agree
@Maver1ck101
@Maver1ck101 11 ай бұрын
Jokic is absolutely the best player in the world. Giannis isn't even close. He fell off the top spot significantly by losing to the 8th seed 1-4 in the first round. You can't be the best player in the world and lose to the 8th seed in the 1st round despite having a healthy team. That's just wrong.
@AttilatheThrilla
@AttilatheThrilla 11 ай бұрын
@@Maver1ck101 Giannis was injured two of those games.. He was definitely held back by that
@tommymyers3183
@tommymyers3183 11 ай бұрын
💯
@luisekumatum9954
@luisekumatum9954 11 ай бұрын
​@@AttilatheThrilla yeah that's why he missed 13 freethrow😅😅
@valeriylekov9998
@valeriylekov9998 11 ай бұрын
So, is Embiid up to Nick's standard for MVP? Maybe I missed something, and Embiid was a Terminator in the playoffs? Maybe the 76ers are finalists?
@nicholaskatsikas4904
@nicholaskatsikas4904 11 ай бұрын
That’s what infuriates me about this argument because by that logic Giannis should have won MVP but he didn’t. Instead it went to someone with worse playoff numbers and success than Jokic. It shows how illogical the post season success argument is.
@bjensen
@bjensen 11 ай бұрын
The third MVP is extra super duper special-Jokic can only get it if he averaged 60pts /50rebs /40ass a game
@davidmason3671
@davidmason3671 11 ай бұрын
@@bjensen he shot 63%/ and 37% from 3 that’s basically just as improbable for a centwe
@archyleach
@archyleach 11 ай бұрын
@@davidmason3671 I might be wrong, but I don’t think that anyone has ever averaged 24ppg on 63% shooting. Not even Shaq.
@cowabungachris5178
@cowabungachris5178 11 ай бұрын
“I believe he’s the best player in the world” “I voted for Embid” 🤦🏻
@Colmets1
@Colmets1 11 ай бұрын
They look at him like “this guys an idiot” 😂😂
@TheBestMovieAlive
@TheBestMovieAlive 11 ай бұрын
Did they watch these games? Jokic had 3 blocks and a steal with 14 rebounds last game. He had 3 steals and 17 rebounds another game. How can they say he isn’t a positive on defense. Sry he doesn’t have a 40 inch vertical so he can block balls better.
@dvijay461
@dvijay461 11 ай бұрын
Thats not the point. The problem is his perimeter defense. Basketball is about matchups. If they played the warriors, they probably wouldn't sweep them because the warriors would force Joker to guard the three, in particular steph.
@RD-sp5us
@RD-sp5us 11 ай бұрын
​@dvijay461 but would the Nuggets win? In other words, would they lose because of his defense or win because of his awesomeness? Name a player who has no weakness. Who truly is the perfect, both sides of the ball type of player?
@osazone
@osazone 11 ай бұрын
@@RD-sp5us healthy kawhi and prime MJ 🙂
@RD-sp5us
@RD-sp5us 11 ай бұрын
@@osazone see, 'healthy' kawhi and 'prime' MJ. There seems to be disclaimers for everyone else but Jokic. Even the great MJ. The fact Embid won MVP is laughable and the league should be embarrassed and disgusted with itself. Just listen to the dbl standards. Apparently now you have to be good in the post season to even be considered and yet Embid just failed, spectacularly, yet again. The Joker is a once in a lifetime player who I am truly honoured to have witnessed. I am not getting into hierarchy type if debate of who is the best, but he will not be out of place among the greats. Is it beyond any imagination that dhoever they meet in the finals getting swept?
@KGSTUNNERJ
@KGSTUNNERJ 11 ай бұрын
@@osazone kawhi playmaking its not elite, MJ 3 point shooting never was elite, plus MJ it's the GOAT.
@jaceygaither2581
@jaceygaither2581 11 ай бұрын
Embiid winning the MVP is still crazy to me. All because Denver locked up the 1 seed so early that they were able to take their foot of the gas.
@MeBihhhh
@MeBihhhh 11 ай бұрын
Giannis has a better season than both of them homie
@donovanross436
@donovanross436 11 ай бұрын
Don’t matter we’re in the finals baby!!
@ozisnowman
@ozisnowman 11 ай бұрын
Seems a lot of people including the critics/voters etc are confusing what it actually means to be Most Valuable Player for a team. MVP is not necessarily the Most Popular Player or the Best Player Award - rather its a measure of how important that player is to the teams dynamic and regular season success or post season success regards Finals MVP. So was Embiid great this year - you bet, Did Embiid top the league in PPG - you bet, Was Embiid the League's Best Player - possibly. But was he absolutely undeniably critical to 76er's winning and performing well. Not so - 76ers seemed to play as well if not better when Embiid was out, Compare that to Jokic's Nuggets who relied on Jokic playing and playing well. But hey in this Woke World - cant expect much other than Woke NBA MVP voting.
@domingow.17
@domingow.17 11 ай бұрын
Jokic basically forfeited the mvp by not trying as hard. What's so crazy about it?
@MeBihhhh
@MeBihhhh 11 ай бұрын
@@domingow.17 joker finished behind Giannis and always was going to. But hey, whatever helps you sleep atvnight
@alvin081988
@alvin081988 11 ай бұрын
Jokic has always perform in the playoffs 27.5 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 6.2 assists in four postseason appearances from 2018 to 2022 This 2023 Playoffs 29.9 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 10.3 assists.
@distinctga5811
@distinctga5811 11 ай бұрын
Jokic is a high rated defender. The only time AD ate was when Joker was in foul trouble. They can't afford to lose him offensively so he stops challenging shots. Refs also put out some suspect calls.
@bobbywilson5429
@bobbywilson5429 11 ай бұрын
Never change Nick. Keep doubling down and moving the goal posts.
@KleinpeterHank
@KleinpeterHank 11 ай бұрын
It’s funny how this year was Jokic’s best case between stats and team record to win mvp but they were crying about “postseason success” when Jokic was playing with an injured team. Then proceeded to give a make a wish MVP to a guy who hasn’t made the conference finals.
@manz7860
@manz7860 11 ай бұрын
Affirmative Action MVP
@trevorhall3679
@trevorhall3679 11 ай бұрын
@@manz7860you’re the 2nd person I’ve seen say this! I’m the other! Love the comment!
@Trollificusv2
@Trollificusv2 11 ай бұрын
Joel Embiid, recipient of the 2022/23 Make-A-Wish MVP!!!
@nasrallahalfarouq
@nasrallahalfarouq 11 ай бұрын
they say he hasnt done anything in the playoffs like he didnt make it to the wcf while coming back from down 3-1 n the first n second round they lost his startin pg for 2 postseasons n next seasons hes back they make the finals n jokic is doin this all while never playin wit another all star in his career ever smh they needa respect the joker
@vijayvarghese1652
@vijayvarghese1652 11 ай бұрын
People don't know how good jokic is cuz he isn't "flashy". I never watched the nuggets until the playoffs and watching this dude now is like wow... he's the best player in the world by far
@archyleach
@archyleach 11 ай бұрын
He’s been almost this good the past three years, ESPN just doesn’t like him because he’s white or something
@SamUHells
@SamUHells 11 ай бұрын
Glad Nick Wright is getting what he deserves here. He’s been putting up embiid and putting down jokic all year. Now we actually see who’s the best center.
@hiphopotamus69
@hiphopotamus69 11 ай бұрын
It’s unfortunate that Mahomes and the Chiefs will keep winning for the foreseeable future because he will never get humbled like this in the NFL as a result
@bjensen
@bjensen 11 ай бұрын
Nick's been changing his story for 3 years. He had different excuses for dissing Jokic all 3 years. He only started with the "3rd MVP is extra super duper special" at the very end of his 3 year hate parade
@FitNerdz
@FitNerdz 11 ай бұрын
Jokic has a great defensive quality that no one in the media mentions that is his great defensive rebounding ability and initiating a transition play with him bringing the ball up. Giannis does that also
@archyleach
@archyleach 11 ай бұрын
Plus he leads centers in steals and probably deflections.
@O4C209
@O4C209 11 ай бұрын
The hate for Jokic is insane. He's been the best player in the world for three years. And he's only 28.
@jetey26
@jetey26 11 ай бұрын
LOL Nick arguing that Jokic shouldn’t be MVP cause he hasn’t won a final, Embid sitting there never getting past the 2nd round, he just doesn’t like Jokic and can’t admit it
@Trollificusv2
@Trollificusv2 11 ай бұрын
AND, more importantly, can't admit he was wildly, embarrassingly wrong.
@piercegormley8644
@piercegormley8644 11 ай бұрын
It’s been 2 weeks and I still have yet to hear a GOOD reason supporting why someone didn’t vote for Jokic
@Trollificusv2
@Trollificusv2 11 ай бұрын
"Because he really, really wanted it." ?? (Nick Wright) "Because he runs faster than Jokic" ?? (Keyshon Johnson) "Because scoring. And he's black." ?? (Perkins)
@newrecruit100
@newrecruit100 11 ай бұрын
Jokic is so clearly the best player in basketball lol. And literally the only difference between this post season and the past two is that he has some help and his co star returned. Jokic somehow was the only one not to have a Co star with him. He had to win all by himself f
@t.4493
@t.4493 11 ай бұрын
Jokic should have gotten the 3rd MVP because like you said its a regular season award.
@thebuffmssnary
@thebuffmssnary 11 ай бұрын
A nice 10 minute segment about the team actually going to the finals after a 20 minute segment of a guy who isn’t retiring after getting swept
@sensei_...
@sensei_... 11 ай бұрын
Murray had 32.5ppg on 95%ft, 53%fg, 41%3pt
@alucard3374
@alucard3374 11 ай бұрын
Yes but the extra 4 points a game doesn’t outweighs the extra 9 rebs and 7 or 8 ast a game Jokic gets. EVERYTHING runs thru Jokic too.
@jeremymuir4332
@jeremymuir4332 11 ай бұрын
And still isn't their team's most valuable player. The league got robbed last year when Murray tore his acl. What a resurgence they've had.
@Mike-ud6hd
@Mike-ud6hd 11 ай бұрын
He's performing very well as a number 2 to Jokic yeah
@sensei_...
@sensei_... 11 ай бұрын
@@alucard3374 yes I think jokic was better this series but not a lot murray was so important for their starts and comebacks
@sensei_...
@sensei_... 11 ай бұрын
@@alucard3374 end the efficency was much higher than jokic that series
@erdansean
@erdansean 11 ай бұрын
I also think it’s stupid to explicitly take previous MVPS into consideration. You look at season averages, season record, so on. Saying “oh he’s the best player in the nba but we can’t give him three straight” is weird
@aw98000
@aw98000 11 ай бұрын
It's not weird. It's pathetic.
@dejanjevtic4580
@dejanjevtic4580 11 ай бұрын
It's not weird mate, it's hypocritical and very corrupt. Let's call a spade a spade.
@kirkw.72
@kirkw.72 11 ай бұрын
Wright's backtracking is hilarious.
@superdopehiphop
@superdopehiphop 11 ай бұрын
Nick Wright has been EMBARRASSINGLY wrong on Jokic who has been an ILLmatic all timer the last 3yrs (made All NBA 1st team and 2nd team before that too) and that includes amazing playoff performer as well (26 12 6 2 stocks on 51/40/83 BEFORE this year in 49 playoff games he just didn’t have his best teammate Murray last 2 playoffs MPjr too which naturally the goof left out for context) and can’t admit he was dead wrong. He and Broussard 2 months ago acted like anyone who thought Jokic was best player in the NBA didn’t have a clue and Nick didn’t even have him top4 (not top5 most of the year). The reality is Giannis/Jokic have been the 2 best players in the world the last 3 years and it was debatable who was greater (even though Giannis was def best 2 way player). You were dead wrong and a goofy hater on this consistently Nick stop trying to back track. “Worst MVP in 35 years” that’s what YOU SAID! “He’s closer to 6 or 7 then best player in the league” is what YOU said! Instead this clown doubles down (he was incredible in the playoffs he just didn’t have a good/healthy supporting cast). MJ didn’t make an NBA finals until 1990-91 but was considered best player in NBA before that. LeBron didn’t win title until year 9. He was best player in NBA too before title. Wilt didn’t win a title until year 8, but was best player in NBA. Big O didn’t win title until year 12 but was in top1-3 best player in NBA argument. Nick thinks he knows the history and stats, but he really doesn’t and ppl like myself and others out there who really know their stuff, see he gets stuff wrong all time time. He also has Luka 20th best player in his 50 best players of the last 50 years (less playoff series won then Jokic, 1 WCF like Jokic, 2 less MVP, zero top2 MVP finishes) and didn’t have Joker Top50 (also didn’t have Reggie Miller who is top18 all time in regular season + playoffs in WIN SHARES surrounded by legends on both sides and also top10 most clutch ever) which is complete amateur hour! FYI LeBron & MJ my CoGOAT (BOTH Mount Rushmore Athletes period who I’ve seen live 53/51x live respectively center court row 9/11/13 as Pacers season tickets since 87-88 and my moms family has Bulls season tix since 84-85) so this isn’t me saying this about Nick bc I’m some LeBron hater. I’m one of the rare ppl who love both MJ LeBron and think who the GOAT is splitting hairs and VERY debatable.
@mattislinx
@mattislinx 11 ай бұрын
MVP is a regular season award. The narrative that Jokic can't win 3 because he hasn't had a deep postseason run or a championship is ridiculously stupid. Look at what he had to work with over the past 3-4 years. He has carried this team before this season.
@aw98000
@aw98000 11 ай бұрын
It's probably better they didn't give it to him. It got ugly at the end and you could tell jokic wasn't feeling it. Him losing it probably motivated him to raise his level for the playoffs.
@aw98000
@aw98000 11 ай бұрын
@@redmenort345davis6 there wasn't and will never be a good reason for embiid winning the MVP. It's one of if not the worst MVP award in the history of the league. The MVP doesn't have value anymore.
@justinlong5589
@justinlong5589 7 ай бұрын
Lmao Wildes impression of Nick was pure hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nintito9152
@nintito9152 11 ай бұрын
Lmao Wildes impression was legit and him saying “listen, listen, listen” 🤣🤣🤣
@edgewoodaldridge
@edgewoodaldridge 11 ай бұрын
I hate when people try and retroactively change the standards in which a player is judged as if we don’t have decades of precedence already established. That’s probably the most irritating part of the Jokic convo.
@josephmatthews7698
@josephmatthews7698 11 ай бұрын
"this segment is to acknowledge and appreciate Jokers outstanding play this series." *spends the entire segment defending his god awful takes like Jokic being the worst mvp ever and a choker in the playoffs (which has always been untrue)*
@chaiinspace2
@chaiinspace2 11 ай бұрын
So the Timberwolves coaching staff AND the Suns coaching staff AND the Lakers coaching didnt think to exploit Jokic's weakness like Nick Wright says. Imagine that.
@bryanmahoney3434
@bryanmahoney3434 11 ай бұрын
Nicks standard is dumb because in his whole entire take not one time did he mention that the Nuggets were injured the last 2 years. He carried those teams to the Playoffs. You have Murray on the team the last 2 years I can see them make the Western Conference Finals 4 years in a row. I guess we will never know
@magron1987
@magron1987 11 ай бұрын
What's funny is that Jokic killed two giant frauds with one stone... The Lakers Mickey Mouse Bubble Ring, and Embiid's Make a Wish MVP..LMAO.
@freshprincetk
@freshprincetk 11 ай бұрын
It's funny because when you look at him, he's tall, lanky, doesn't have a great looking physique but he plays like he's freaking Gumby. Way more agile and athletic than he looks
@pleaserewind295
@pleaserewind295 11 ай бұрын
Him and Butler are turning into the easiest guys to root for rn.
@cvijanovic1
@cvijanovic1 11 ай бұрын
He is strong like an ox
@jkemp6791
@jkemp6791 11 ай бұрын
Nick Wright is just holding Jokic to postseason standards, guys! Meanwhile, Luka is his 20th greatest player ever, HIGHER than Jokic. But he’s totally consistent, guys.
@aadisky2241
@aadisky2241 11 ай бұрын
Nick has a villain role to play, understand..... but this "having to wait for baptism of playoff" argument... means he does not have the capability to interpolate all the evidences and development of Jokic in hundreds of games into playoff performances make this villain role pretty uninteresting..... because this villain, as an analyst, sucks in his line of work.
@yoniboboshov500
@yoniboboshov500 11 ай бұрын
These people STILL can’t see his defensive presence. His only weakness on defense is rim protection but that’s just a portion of defense. Defensive rebounds, deflections, steals are also important which jokic excels at
@jaxonjoko9912
@jaxonjoko9912 11 ай бұрын
Jokic averaged 33, 13, and 6 on insane efficiency against the nba champs with a g league team in the playoffs last year. He’s been that dude in the playoffs
@corgidoori4229
@corgidoori4229 11 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure MVP is a regular season reward not correlated with postseason. I must be crazy though
@aw98000
@aw98000 11 ай бұрын
Embiid should give his MVP back. Him winning it eliminated any value of that award.
@lw9182
@lw9182 11 ай бұрын
If Nick is actually objective he’ll direct swap Luka for Jokic on his all time list about 3 weeks from now. ( 2 x MVP Jokic never made his top 50 and Luka was somehow 20th).
@MultiBejn
@MultiBejn 11 ай бұрын
And saying he’s defensive liability at this point is just ridiculous
@xephyr4411
@xephyr4411 11 ай бұрын
So nick says he didnt vote for jokic in a regular season award because he didnt have the post season accomplishments?
@othershi4390
@othershi4390 11 ай бұрын
“Let’s do a little bit more apologetic”😂😂
@GoldynChyld238
@GoldynChyld238 11 ай бұрын
Nick said the Nuggets would lose in the first round, Jokic was the worst MVP ever, picked known playoff chokers like Paul and Embiid over him and said AD would shut down Joker lmao. That's not holding him to some previous standard, that's just Silky Johnson levels of hating.
@orionsimerl6539
@orionsimerl6539 11 ай бұрын
I wanted to see Nick and Brou debate about the closest sweep in NBA history, Lakers Nuggets or Nets Celtics
@yanngoffin2073
@yanngoffin2073 11 ай бұрын
Waita minute... The regular season MVP is supposed to be based on the regular season. If you are asking for playoffs run to validate the regular season MVP, you are out of line. And in France, being out of line in school would get you a F grade.
@karaMcg721
@karaMcg721 11 ай бұрын
a month ago, ESPN: "Jokic is the MVP only because he's white and stat-pad" 🤣🤣
@LenOliver-yz6os
@LenOliver-yz6os 11 ай бұрын
Yep your so rt!! i remember that BS!!!
@julianhenderson8705
@julianhenderson8705 11 ай бұрын
The fact they are not mentioning the injury ridden team he was back packing in those playoff is crazy to me
@user-qi9xs5tz4j
@user-qi9xs5tz4j 11 ай бұрын
Well keep the same energy for Joel
@elihg3827
@elihg3827 11 ай бұрын
Murray was more important in this series, his 4th quarter explosion in game 2 and 1st half explosion in game 3 basically ended the series.
@almonjoseph4382
@almonjoseph4382 11 ай бұрын
The fact that Chris and Nick both said if Jokic didn’t win mvp in the past they would’ve voted for Jokic invalidates their votes completely. It’s the 2022-23 mvp nothing else but the play from The player that season should matter. And I hope the nba and player association does something about this because past accomplishments or failures shouldn’t be taken into consideration for awards from The current season
@ashtonoak4370
@ashtonoak4370 11 ай бұрын
Nick wright's answer lets me KNOW he should NOT be an MVP voter
@Znacksweightlossblog
@Znacksweightlossblog 11 ай бұрын
Lmao didn’t make it past round 2 with Facu Campazzo, Will Barton and Austin Rivers playing meaningful minutes
@Phat-rj3jo
@Phat-rj3jo 11 ай бұрын
I can buy Chris’s argument, that to win 3 in a row, Jokic needs to put up even better numbers, but Nick’s playoff narrative, it’s a regular season award, and every Batman needs a Robin, Jokic was without his for two straight playoffs and no MPJ in one of them too. It’s not like he had a healthy squad and failed miserably.
@tired783
@tired783 11 ай бұрын
Guy says jokic hasn’t made it to the finals but then votes for Embiid. What an idiotic statement.
@moeron13
@moeron13 11 ай бұрын
Thank you Wildes for holding that man responsible
@mattbedrosian5298
@mattbedrosian5298 11 ай бұрын
In today’s nba people overvalue individual defense far too much. Great offense will always beat great defense. I don’t think people realize how elite the top few players in the world are offensively like Jokic, there is literally nothing you can do to stop him all you can do is hope is teammates go cold.
@northernrenoservices6634
@northernrenoservices6634 11 ай бұрын
And after all that Jokic defends Embids MVP win in the post conference. So humble. But he genuinely doesn’t care about mvps, he simply just wants to play ball and makes it look so easy. I thought Murray had 40 at a point in the game last night and that jokic was having a slow night, I look at the stats and jokic is game high in assists, rebounds and team high in points 🤯
@djura6443
@djura6443 11 ай бұрын
So, Nick Wright is telling us that Embiid doesn't deserve regular MVP because he is not prove him, and yet he voted him for regular MVP. Oh wait, that criteria is only for Jokic. What a hypocrite.
@dumafuji
@dumafuji 11 ай бұрын
Nuggets do need to bring it against the Heat. Heat no joke. I’m not cocky. Nuggets can’t let the Heat go for 73 in a half and plan for a comeback.
@BallAintLife123
@BallAintLife123 11 ай бұрын
Wildes’ impression 😂😂😂
@manz7860
@manz7860 11 ай бұрын
Jokic is a throwback player and its really refreshing to see. Modern NBA fans swear a big like jokic or shaq couldnt dominate todays game because of the 3 point shot. If anything its quite the opposite. Players of this Era couldnt have a hope to stopping a big on that level.
@goldenstatewarriors9418
@goldenstatewarriors9418 11 ай бұрын
Why is Nick pretending like the reason Jokic hasn’t made a deep run in the last two seasons had to do with him “not proving it” rather than his teammates being injured. Nice shoutout to Josh though.
@goodmooneung
@goodmooneung 11 ай бұрын
Idk how many people know this but Jokic is the lowest drafted player to ever become MVP let alone two. 41st in the 2nd round. Giannis and Karl Malone are the next lowest at #15 and #13 in the 1st round if I'm not mistaken.
@baruckobungoo8225
@baruckobungoo8225 11 ай бұрын
I love how these guys openly admit that they didnt vote for Embiid because they really wanted to, they just didnt want Jokic to win. Really insane to think about.
@kirkw.72
@kirkw.72 11 ай бұрын
I noticed that too.
@onionman2975
@onionman2975 11 ай бұрын
Well he’s beat multiple of Wilt’s records so why would you not put him in that category
@TekWolfie
@TekWolfie 11 ай бұрын
So basically he's saying that you should not be getting a REGULAR SEASON award if you don't have success in PLAYOFF. Is it just me or does that sound stupid. It's like saying you don't get the Finals MVP if you were not good enough in regular season.
@Richbeans115
@Richbeans115 11 ай бұрын
What Nick truly fails to understand, is that a player isnt great because they won a championship, great players win championships. I actually think he is being disingenuous, BUT, Jokic is a great player regardless of whether he wins a championship or not. He has the ability to do it. There are a lot of things out of the player's control at all times. All they can do is be the best and hope some of those sliding door moments go their way.
@Trollificusv2
@Trollificusv2 11 ай бұрын
+1, Wisdom from the Malone, Barkley, Melo, Stockton Club
@zoransokolovski5959
@zoransokolovski5959 11 ай бұрын
So what did Embid do in “ post season “ to Reserve MVP?😮
@RamessesIll
@RamessesIll 11 ай бұрын
Embiid won cuz of petty votes. You cannot argue that Embiid is better than Jokic. He just proved that he’s the best.
@EbutEm
@EbutEm 11 ай бұрын
Jokic is the best bigman in the league hands down and best player in finals! I think denver gonna win it all. Much Respect from this knicks fan!
@GodsProphet23
@GodsProphet23 11 ай бұрын
The real mvp Nikola not crying overrated Embid the only thing he does better then Nikola is defense
@Riqq44
@Riqq44 11 ай бұрын
And score
@joserivera4272
@joserivera4272 11 ай бұрын
Even then he still got exposed defensively vs the Celtics
@Ahjusshi_Brown
@Ahjusshi_Brown 11 ай бұрын
Jokic fanboys still talking abt this when Jokic himself not even worried abt it 😪 get over it my god
@GodsProphet23
@GodsProphet23 11 ай бұрын
@@Ahjusshi_Brown where Embid lol?
@Trollificusv2
@Trollificusv2 11 ай бұрын
@@Riqq44 Not really. Compare his usage rate to Jokics'.
@jasonarnold1990
@jasonarnold1990 11 ай бұрын
Jokic had half his fkin teammates injured in previous years for the playoffs. Bring that up.
@GerryDeeSf
@GerryDeeSf 11 ай бұрын
didnt know mvp was a post season award, wonder why embiid got it this year
@tnosugar
@tnosugar 11 ай бұрын
Dr. Nick's Clinic. God help us. Totally clueless. Never shot through the hoop in his life.
@Saylin021
@Saylin021 11 ай бұрын
Nick 'he ruined the MVP award' Wright
@Hanaad_90s
@Hanaad_90s 11 ай бұрын
Yo where can watch full episodes online replays
@ferb2989
@ferb2989 11 ай бұрын
Nick talking about players having to prove themselves with championships and final appearances, while having luka in his TOP 20 OF ALL TIME! Luka hasn’t done anything compared to jokic. 🤡🤡🤡
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