Damn +6500 nice, I made the same bet in December +900 though for 1120 pay out on a 112 dollar bet. Unfortunately I think he's going to come in third.
Agreed.
Ja is the best player between the three, but that has been the case for a while. He's always been electric, whereas Garland and Murray took a greater personal leap this year.
It's supposed to be most IMPROVED, and DJ went from a good starter to All-Star, still plays great defense (led the league in steals), and damn near averaged a trip-dub (and finished with the 2nd most in the league behind only Jokic, the potential MVP).
^ it’s all subjective and a pretty useless award to begin with. MVP and DPOY are the only real accolades outside of all nba teams.
DJ has to at least make All-Defense, so that will be another feather in his cap.
I’d say he is a lock for 2nd team.
I'd rather Murray be a superstar on defense and get to the level of a defensive player of the year on that side of the ball. On offense, I'd be happy with all-star level (which he is getting there too).
I think one thing working against Dejounte for MIP is that the national media seemed to think he was good before he was actually good. They saw him as our best player when that wasn't actually very obvious. I think for Spurs fans who are in the day to day details of his progress, the improvement is more than most imagined. Ja was already on the way. Garland should be the main compe ion, but it will probably be overlooked anyway when they give the award to Ja.
I really wish he was able to finish out the season healthy and in the form he was playing at before getting sick. I took a look at his progress throughout this past season. He steadily improved month by month. He started off averaging around 17ppg in the first month of the season and in March he averaged 25.6ppg for the month. Pretty great build up from the start of the season to finish off playing like that. It's too bad that illness took away what was looking like a great finish to the season for him.
DJ with 2 elite players ahead of him would probably be a lock down defender on ball also. He has said himself he is trying to learn how to manage the best way to help the team win on a nightly basis; be it distributing or calling his own card while playing on both sides of the ball every night. Few players do that.
Dejounte currently has the worst odds to win the award. Morant is winning this, which is pretty laughable for the #2 overall pick in the draft but whatever.
People acting like Ja is undeserving is just sourpuss tbh. Both guys had excellent seasons and are deserving. Ja was not this guy last season on a consistent basis and has reached a level that he had potential to reach but it’s tough for any player to dominate on a nightly basis. He had the potential but he was not that guy last year tbh.
People gotta stop crying for these lil individual awards when the team ain't . It's lame.
JA is MIP
Murray came in second with 183 total points, Ja with 221 and Garland with 178 points.
Atleast he got second. Meaningless award tbh but Ja being in there is politics.
DJ salty on twitter. This is slowly turning into a little rivalry even though JA is much better.
Last edited by KingKev; 04-25-2022 at 06:37 PM.
It was a close race. No need to be salty. He had a great season, hopefully it makes him hungrier if that’s possible. There’s next season to show off.
Second year in a row that the previous year’s #2 overall pick wins MIP. it’s meaningless to give the award to a player who is SUPPOSED to develop into a star.
Ja didn't deserve MIP because it kills the spirit of the award. It would have been like giving it to Kobe Bryant in 2001 because he went from averaging 20 ppg to 30 ppg. MIP is reserved for guys that come out of nowhere to making a name for themselves. Ja was a ing top 2 pick and RoY. That would automatically get you out of MIP consideration in previous years.
Damn, Dejounte would have won it with the right criteria.
And the ROY. how does a ROY win MIP the next year.
Papa Murray weighs in.
He improved significantly. His percentages are better, it wasn’t just usage. He went from being an inconsistent player that got a team through the play in, to dominating consistently. His improvement was legit. The ability to be consistent is what improved his overall productivity. He was a guy with potential same as many other guys who can get hot on occasion and disappear just as often.
Wasn’t Ingram kind of the same? That’s how these awards go. It’s always whoever improves the most and is the best player of the group, with improvements in the team record factored in. Heck Morant won ROY almost by default bc Zion missed so many games their first season. He wasn’t this dominant player from day 1. He had a lot of potential but was very inconsistent and a poor shooter. I think spursfan here is just salty but that’s just me tbh.
To me all 3 guys were deserving but I feel like Morant is discounted here, when not to recognize his improvement would be the biggest diss.
That’s the way to handle it. Otherwise he’d come across as salty. Playoff picture is factored in and always has.
I mean Ja really only upped his point average while DJ kinda upped everything. DJ also upped his defense which is something Ja never did. Plus Ja missed 25 games. That’s gotta count for something when Memphis went 21-4 without him. Ja winning this is stupid. Why didn’t Luka win it then when he went from 23 points a game to 29 9 and 9?
I like Ja, but he was not deserving the true spirit of the MIP. The guy was 2nd overall pick, ROY. He was supposed to be good. But I hope this put a little more burn on DJM stomach to strive even harder.
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