Bolded was unnecessary garbage lolHe was only a 2nd year pro last season because he missed his true rookie season due to injuries. Most folks expect players impact to rise from rookie to sophomore. Lol.
If he averages mid to low 20's and Denver is still a top 3 team in the West he has a great chance of winning that award. Not too mention if he hits a couple of game tying or winning shots against decent opponents. Lol. You know as well as I that they judge these things off of the numbers and impact those numbers have on winning.
You can put up great numbers but if you don't help your team win the voters aren't gonna take it as serious.
and yes that’s what I’m referring to when I said they judge it differently. I don’t think so much stock should be put into team success for this award.
but to your point about how they vote, when Brandon Ingram won MIP the Pelicans won 30 games and as far as MIP he might have the worst record in the last 7 or 8 years so what do you say there? And don’t tell me he was so far ahead of other candidates that they had to give him the award because if you wanna go by the whole team success thing then Bam should’ve won it over him