05-06-2025, 08:17 PM
(05-06-2025, 05:26 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Jokic should have like 5 MVP's, tbh, and in the humble opinion of this anonymous internet opiner he's starting to build a case for top 5 of all time, a list on which I predict he might finish as high as 2nd when the dust has cleared.
IMO no way and not even close. (At least not now.)
As I noted in a diff thread, titles matter more than almost anything, especially in the subjective NBA pantheon rankings, and Jokic only has one, and no other NBA Finals appearances. Based on that, I believe he's actually gotten more MVP wins than a player with that results record actually deserves -- the name of the game is winning. Until (unless) he wins more titles, I think his ceiling will be limited.
Of course, he likely has quite a few more years to change the numbers of Finals appearances.
PS- I don't think I'm alone in that sort of mindset, that sees titles as an indicator of relative greatness and linked to MVPs and a player's standing in the NBA pantheon.