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When an award ballot is egregiously bad, it is somewhat noteworthy (think Drummond & Whiteside for DPOY).
Outside that, the votes only matter if the relative order they establish is incorrect.
Outside that, the votes only matter if the relative order they establish is incorrect.
The entire point of having a wide variety of voters is to factor in a diverse set of opinions while relying on the large number of votes to produce an accurate final result.
The All-NBA teams are mostly good. Middleton should be on there, but that was a format casualty (he had enough votes, but split between positions). Sub him for Westbrook, and it's fine. I'd have Jokic first team and Siakam third team, but those are minor quibbles.
Giannis obviously deserves his MVP. The playoff struggles simply don't matter for a regular season award.
Should there be a postseason MVP? Absolutely.
Should regular season awards be given out near the end of the regular season? That would make sense to me.
Should there be a postseason MVP? Absolutely.
Should regular season awards be given out near the end of the regular season? That would make sense to me.
LeBron did deserve some votes for the MVP based only on the regular season, but a vote split like that was to be expected. His argument was very much from 'a certain point of view.' I don't think that POV is wrong, but it also doesn't consider every angle.
