Giannis deserves MVP over LeBron, Nick Wright hands out NBA awards | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Well, Jenna, you really just ruined my mood coming into this segment. Broussard is going to fix the fact that I don't have a vote, by the way, it's just a multi-year oversight by my NBA friends. I know but we were tracking the mvp ran like a horse race all season long and

giannis

led all the way now just before the shutdown

lebron

had gained significant ground but

giannis

was still the leader and now the season is frozen in time Giannis

deserves

this award Lebron there is no doubt that Giannis' team is the best record Giannis is averaging 30 points in 30 minutes, there is no doubt about it Lebron finished second finished second in the third year in the NBA now he will finish second in the year 17.

This will be his eighth

first

or second place finish in his career. In his career, he should have six

first

place finishes, but that's neither here nor there. Chris Paul might be the most notable in this look at where the Thunder are in the standings. Look what they've been up to. I think they are 29 and 10 in his last 39. He has been the best key player in the NBA for a team that at the break some people thought could trade Gallow and Tank. Luca we have become desensitized to what he is doing 29 nine-nine in the second year and James Harden throughout the The criticism he receives is that he is only averaging a little less than 35 per game for a team that was the third seed 10 days before the restart before they had a bad week and a half, so that's the top five wildcards on the MVP ballot, I guess they're people.

I'm going to have the biggest problem with Chris Paul, but I firmly believe he should go third on the MVP ballot. No, I like Chris Paul. I think it's a great decision of yours. Well, this weekend Frank Vogel said Lebron was Brassard's MVP. Do you think Frank Vogel really believes that or is it just a bit of job security? That's job security. Look, Lebron has been tremendous, but he is cut and dry. They are Giannis' usual numbers. The points, the rebounds, the field goal percentage or better. His analytical numbers are better. Only Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan and Lebron ever performed better than Giannis.

He is now more than three points ahead of anyone else in the league. He has the best record in the league for his team without a second superstar, anyone close. an anthony davis and he's like

nick

says he could be the defensive player of the year he's possibly the best defender in the league so he's giannis I give credit to

nick

for being objective uh chris paul I always love chris he's been great I don't have him in my top five mvps, although I see why you don't have a vote, oh I just want to say nick, no, no, no, sorry, this will always be the case.

I feel like I went into nick too much without getting a vote I think. I'm going to leave that now, we'll just move on to your next award, which is every team in the NBA taking it, my friend, this has really gone crazy, it's really not like I was. I apologize, I appreciate you, I appreciate you, no, I know you're sincere, but Broussard, who really only has one vote because he's covered the league for 25 years and used to work at the New York Times, suddenly gets a vote that he has. . more credibility than me, I don't know in what world that's true, right now, the entire NBA team, which actually will probably be a little more controversial than the MVP ballot, which I think most people will have at least four of those same best. five first team all nba is very simple as long as you put anthony davis at center now while i don't have a ballot i have seen the ballot and anthony davis is listed as a forward or center i put him at center because then you can get you will see the guys who have had the five best seasons in the league, maybe some people say wait, Chris Paul is the first, the third in your MVP, but not the first team in the NBA, he has been more valuable than Hardin and Doncic, but I think those guys.

The numbers are so overwhelming that they should be the first team, the second team for me is also pretty easy. You have to have Chris Paul on your second team, the entire NBA to accompany Kawhi. He gets there because he was great when he decided to play with Pascal Siakam. you are the best player between the two seeds in the east jokic after a really slow start and out of form he was great the last few months and russ everyone acts like russ fell off a cliff all he is doing is giving you 29 nine and eight a night as the second best player on a contender and third team.

Hello Celtic fans to everyone who says I hate you. If I had put Anthony Davis at forward, Jason Tatum wouldn't have been on this list, but I put Anthony Davis at center. tatum to attack chris middleton, i know broussard takes every shot to remind america that the bucks don't have a second way out. All he's doing is averaging 20 points, 20 more points at 50, 40, 90. The list of people who do that, 20 points at 50. 40 90. uh larry bird dirk nowitzki kevin durant steph curry and chris middleton dame han been sensational, possibly statistically the best year of his career ben simmons will be close to winning the defensive player of the year award, he can protect all five spots and bam adebayo for me because embiid missed 20 games he is the third he has had the third best center of any great man ahead of go bear and ahead of joel embiid broussard i know you have a lot of problems with all of this, most notably your deep personal dislike for chris middleton, so go ahead sir, tear me down here, first of all, I love Chris Middleton.

I probably shouted, oh, you love it and I'll give it to you. There seems to be a shortage of forwards in the league deserving of this award, so I had it. my third team, I'll tell you we talked about it yesterday, I didn't, but when I looked at it, he's fine on the third team now, since his ballot is not official, I'm going to play with the position, let's be real, who ? He was a point guard this year Lebron James played as a point guard all season. I know they probably included him as a forward like you said, but you conveniently put Lebron up front so you could leave Kawhi out, that's a subtle shot, probably for most of America.

I didn't pick it up, but I know it was about making Kawhi the second team and saving all the games he missed. Lucas missed as many games as Kawhi, so what I did was have Lebron at the point on my first team. Harding team in the two and then Kawhi in the forward and Luca goes down to the second team right now I have Dame Lillard, you mentioned him, he is averaging 29 points per game, seven assists, he is playing tremendously, I am not going to go to punish him because the team has struggled, I put Dame on my second team with Luca and I'm going with Jason Tatum instead of Siakem.

I love Pascal and here's the surprise. Nick Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler. No, that's good. Ben Fitness. I have it. putting him as a forward in my second team, jimmy, can I tell you, but we're fine. The ones we just lost would be butler kyle lowry and bradley beal. Beale's team is 14 games under 500. So I couldn't include it, but no, I think. jimmy butler like there has to be heat there so I don't know I don't think you're crazy about jimmy butler at all I put bam in that spot you're playing with the positions to create you know you're putting Lebron here and by the way, yes there is a position for extra forward, the next person on my list the next person on my list was ciaco kawhi was the fourth best forward in basketball this year, so just so you know, yeah, yeah, and well, anthony davis too, so I I guess fifth, but I mean, that's how I know, how I saw it because maybe I was just tuned in too often when Kawhi was resting, maybe that's what it was.

I don't know, you know, you know I am. I'm going to get back to you with the league office to get you a vote, but this logic you're spewing isn't going to help, this is national television, trust me, this isn't helping you. I have and center, you have, bam, in the third. The team I'm going with is Rudy Gobert Bam has been great you know I don't have much of a problem with that but I would go with Go Bear and instead of Ben Simmons I have Chris Paul and my third guard on the team. Okay, Chris Paul, that's fair, you know, Broussard.

I was going to ask you if it's helping their cause or hurting their cause, but you know what I'm not going to ask. I feel like I know. It's okay, Nick. We have your MVP

awards

. Have you. all the NBA teams, tell us about the rest of your

awards

, yeah, so we'll quickly go from right to left, actually, instead of left to right. Nick Nurse has to be their coach of the year and do what he has done despite the departure of Kawhi Leonard. most improved player now this is controversial you could argue bam you could argue that tatum luca made the jump from excellent player to superstar some people will say if you're a top five pick from year one to year two you're supposed to improve as a sixth man of the year came down to dennis schroeder or montrez harrell, i leaned towards harrell because he had a heavy workload, especially considering the fact that his team's stars don't play often, so his importance increases john marantz, your unanimous rookie of the year and my commitment to integrity makes giannis the defensive player of the year.

I chose anthony davis before the year. I would love to give it to anthony davis, but wilds giannis, the Bucks defense has been demonstrably the best defense in all of basketball. Giannis is the The biggest reason for that is that giannis will join akeem olajuwon, michael jordan and

lebron

james are the only players to win defensive player of the year and mvp in the same season. Before you tweet, you'll say lebron never did this well technically, he never did. that, but in 2013 he should have done it, he finished second, the guy who won it, mark gasol, wasn't even first team all nba, another flaw in the voting process that wouldn't happen if i had a vote, while lebron Technically he didn't.

I'm not doing it in the same year he actually did it. Giannis joins that list. It's a sensational year for Giannis, culminating in him winning both wild card awards. Okay, uh, keem, also the Finals MVP that year, uh, nick, I like this list. Part of me, Brassard. Just be 100% honest, this feels like Nick is auditioning for the league office to get a vote. He says: Look, I'm not, I'm not in Lebron's field. I'm trying to be as objective as possible. Are you really buying that Nick? he thinks this is the list, Bersard, I think he thinks this is the list, but for him to be left unequivocally saying that Lebron won MVP and defensive player of the year in the same season, which makes my head spin.

I mean, what do I do? He didn't, it's official, he didn't, I don't know how you say that nickname, but mainly through uh, I think Bam from Bayou probably gets the most improved player, uh, and then, uh, mantras, Harold, a great player, a great sixth man, but. Is he even the best six man on his team? I mean, Lou Williams will do a discussion there and Dennis Schroeder. I think Dennis Schruter might end up getting this award this year. Schroeder could win it. There's no doubt now, quickly as to what did or didn't happen, you know what I mean, I guess this is, you know you have your own alternative facts, so to speak, like if I asked you in the presidential election of the year 2000 who won the state of Florida like Bush won. but now that we have all the information, we're like oh Al Gore, he probably won it at that time in 2013, we're like, hey, Marc Gasol, the defensive player of the year.

Now that we have all the information, we say, oh Lebron. In fact, he won defensive player of the year that year along with league MVP and Finals MVP. He completes the trifecta. It's not on his wiki page, but we all know it should be Jenna.