Joakim Noah over Stephen Curry?
Can someone give me a decent argument for that beyond “the Bulls have a cool brand and Chicago is a big media market in the East(-ish)"?
Curry had a much more positive effect (+14.7 pts per 100 possessions to +7.2) on a significantly better team (by Pythag more than W-L) with a much tougher schedule; and played more minutes.
Anecdotally, he also did many more "MVP-ish" things -- i.e. score a ton, make lots of highlight reel ankle-breaking moves, and hit numerous clutch 4th quarter shots, etc. I mean, I guess should be happy the voters are not worshipping at the altar of PPG, but c’mon, 24.0 v. 12.6? Not to mention .610 true shooting v. .531.
Just for review: Curry is the only player in NBA history to manage 24.0 pts / 8.0 ast on .610 ts. Lower the points requirement to 23 and the ts to .600 and he's joined by Magic, Jordan, and LeBron (who each did it once).
Pretty bogus, imho. Makes me a little embarrassed to be from the East Coast and live on the East Coast.
I’ll go with:
Durant
James
Curry
Griffin
Dragic or Love
Can someone give me a decent argument for that beyond “the Bulls have a cool brand and Chicago is a big media market in the East(-ish)"?
Curry had a much more positive effect (+14.7 pts per 100 possessions to +7.2) on a significantly better team (by Pythag more than W-L) with a much tougher schedule; and played more minutes.
Anecdotally, he also did many more "MVP-ish" things -- i.e. score a ton, make lots of highlight reel ankle-breaking moves, and hit numerous clutch 4th quarter shots, etc. I mean, I guess should be happy the voters are not worshipping at the altar of PPG, but c’mon, 24.0 v. 12.6? Not to mention .610 true shooting v. .531.
Just for review: Curry is the only player in NBA history to manage 24.0 pts / 8.0 ast on .610 ts. Lower the points requirement to 23 and the ts to .600 and he's joined by Magic, Jordan, and LeBron (who each did it once).
Pretty bogus, imho. Makes me a little embarrassed to be from the East Coast and live on the East Coast.
I’ll go with:
Durant
James
Curry
Griffin
Dragic or Love