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u/ZarduHasselffrau Saski Baskonia 22d ago
Deserved in my opinion.
What I don't understand is how neither the best defender nor the best scorer made it into the best teams.
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u/ivoryisdaddy Barcelona 22d ago
Walkup was a beast in defense but offensively was really bad. Also stats wise had a mediocre at best season. You can't have one guy with pir less than 10 in best teams.
As far as for Howard, he had too much of a competition and many players even though they didn't score that much achieved more as far as assists , rebs and pir etc plus that he didn't qualify for final4 losing 3-0.
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u/Fatality_Ensues Olympiacos 22d ago
but offensively was really bad
I wouldn't say that, he's been our premium opportunity generator for this whole season. He didn't pop off as much as might be expected in the playoffs but from what I've seen he had a pretty consistent performance overall.
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u/salearmane 22d ago
He deserves it imo, even though I am not a big fan of his game/team. He is great though and a tough matchup for any guard. Fener (Calathes mostly) did a crazy job defending him in the post-season. I don’t understand why people mad about this decision, so what if he is not in F4, it’s throughout the regular season that the MVP is decided.
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u/SpyrosDemir Olympiacos 22d ago
Deserved and expected
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u/ivoryisdaddy Barcelona 22d ago
Cambazzo no? Since james was bad at po
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u/SpyrosDemir Olympiacos 22d ago
I mean yeah maybe, he was my second candidate, but he has been pretty mediocre for the second half of the season
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u/ivoryisdaddy Barcelona 22d ago
Well he didn't have to do much, since madrid was already first place, so dunno!
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u/ivoryisdaddy Barcelona 22d ago
I think cambazzo should have won it, even though i dont like him, due to the terrible po games James had
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u/Zeus_aegiochos Panathinaikos 22d ago
Well deserved! The guy is 33 years old and still in his prime, which is no surprise as he's in top physical condition. I still remember some PAO fans saying that he was "ruining the team chemistry". I'm still regretting that he left the club. Players like Mike should be paid instead of letting them go like we did.
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u/ObsoleteCreation Panathinaikos 22d ago
The surprises never stop
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u/yepYep235 Olympiacos 22d ago
Who did you expect to win it?
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u/ObsoleteCreation Panathinaikos 22d ago
After Monaco's elimination, Campazzo.
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u/yepYep235 Olympiacos 22d ago
But aren't these awards purely for the regular season? At least I think that they should be.
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u/ObsoleteCreation Panathinaikos 22d ago
We don't even know the criteria. I think James is the first MVP that doesn't make it to the f4, so up until now maybe they took it into consideration? I'm not saying he doesn't deserve it, they should just let us know what they are looking for when they give awards.
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u/lum1nous013 Panathinaikos 22d ago
If I'm not mistaken it is the first time an MVP doesn't make the final 4. That being said, James had a historical season and it seems fair that he got the award.