Zach Lowe:" I am not sure Kawhi isn't the MVP of the whole league" "should be #1...

[100%duncan]

It's already done? Well . That comment made it sound like they votes hadn't been cast yet. You can tell how much I care about the awards. They're still going to delay it until June, so they can milk it as a separate event?

There's another award show I won't be watching.

Takes away a lot of fun factors as well. Like watching if the MVP can deliver or not ala curry last year. An mvp losing in the 2nd round, wont really care much about the award in june etc2

[daslicer]

Makes everything less fun as well. Nobody cares about the awards after your team lost in the playoffs. Besides people discussing player resumes of course. Such a stupid move by the NBA.

I feel it takes the excitement out of the playoffs that you normally get when you announce the MVP in front of the fans. Also you get to see what a player is made of during the playoffs when that award is announced. There is added pressure and scrutiny to perform. All that is taken away due to this stupid awards show.

[TheDoctor]

It's already done? Well . That comment made it sound like they votes hadn't been cast yet. You can tell how much I care about the awards. They're still going to delay it until June, so they can milk it as a separate event?

There's another award show I won't be watching.

What I took from that comment is that Kawhi didn't win it. Hence the need to re-open the voting. I mean, based on the premise that they know who won.

[GSH]

What I took from that comment is that Kawhi didn't win it. Hence the need to re-open the voting. I mean, based on the premise that they know who won.

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm just laughing because everybody but me knew they had already cast their votes.

Honestly, I thought the voting was open, and that's why Pop has been campaigning for Kawhi recently. Damn, it really doesn't make sense to start the campaign AFTER the election.

[DAF86]

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm just laughing because everybody but me knew they had already cast their votes.

Honestly, I thought the voting was open, and that's why Pop has been campaigning for Kawhi recently. Damn, it really doesn't make sense to start the campaign AFTER the election.

He waited after the voting to get Kawhi to get over himself.

[GSH]

He waited after the voting to get Kawhi to get over himself.

LOL... that's the post I was looking for. You made me laugh, and I didn't feel much like laughing after seeing Tony go down like that. That's a good time to call it quits for the night.

[TheDoctor]

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm just laughing because everybody but me knew they had already cast their votes.

Honestly, I thought the voting was open, and that's why Pop has been campaigning for Kawhi recently. Damn, it really doesn't make sense to start the campaign AFTER the election.

Maybe it just was to give Kawhi a moral boost? Not that he needs it but in case of... Also to make voters look bad? We'll never know

I agree w/ the majority in here. Even Marc Stein wasn't pleased w/ the idea of revealing the awards after the Season. But we need to remember that contrary to other Sports, the players are NBA's product/face. And while I hate it, I can see some logic behind all this . I mean, after all the trolling that took place after last year when the 1st unanimous MVP failed to deliver and win the Championship? It was BAD, it's still BAD. Plus after winning 73 RS games and choking a 3-1 lead in the Finals they felt the need to do something about it. That's my theory.

In reality, it takes a lot of pressure and weight off the players' shoulders. But that tbh. I know it sounds selfish, but as a Fan? I want to see the players wrinkle, die or succeed from that same pressure.