NDballer13 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:58 am
BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:51 am
NDballer13 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:29 am
Andre Iguodala.
Don't think Iggy is in the running this year.
My point was he's the perfect example of a role player winning the award. Wiggins is having a better series than Iggy did in 2015. He won it mostly due to his "fantastic defense" on LeBron that series. The same series LeBron averaged like 35-13-9. Even Kawhi's first one with the Spurs was the same.
If Wiggins plays that defense again on Tatum, while also being the 2nd best offensive player, he's absolutely in the MVP conversation.
Sorry, I was being sarcastic. I understand your point.
Reasons why Wiggins won't win MVP this finals:
Curry put up historically good scoring numbers the first 4 games of this series.
Tatum isn't LeBron. LeBron probably deserved MVP in 2015 even though they lost.
Curry doesn't have a finals MVP. This shouldn't matter, but it will.
We probably agree Wiggins "should" be in the convo this year....I just don't think there is any chance it'll happen unless Curry gets hurt in game 6 and Wiggins has a huge game 7 to win the series without him.