And MVPs
shouldn’t simply be based on top scorer on good team either. It’s out dated, and advanced stats absolutely paint a much larger picture than a running narrative that doesn’t really tell us anything we don’t already know.
To be fair, I’m not even basing this on advanced stats. If you saw my posts in the game threads I’ve been posting about how much iso play Kawhi has been playing as well as how this is the best I’ve seen Kyle Lowry play, all this before we even entered this discussion. Our disagreement is the only thing that brought the advanced stats into this.
To put a Suns spin on this, Lowry is to Nash what Kawhi is to Amar’e right now. On top of everything already mentioned about Lowry, on all the plays Kawhi scores that aren’t isolation plays guess who has over half of those assists.. Lowry, so he’s even aiding in a much larger impact on Kawhi’s game than vise versa.
I mean this could all change 30, 40, 50 games into the season. But 8 games in Lowry has been their floor general and most important piece. You keep harping on the advanced stats but there isn’t anything to dispute them, it’s not like I’m using variables that don’t match or provide holes in relation to my argument without them.
Outside of Toronto being 7-1 or whatever it is I don’t see how Kawhi is doing anything that separates himself from the other guys 5-10 or whatever who could be in the running for some votes. What does the Sixers being .500 8 games into a season have to do with him vs Kawhi winning MVP? He’s playing better basketball and largely providing more value to their success. The fact that they are .500 just shows what their record might be if he wasn’t playing that way. We know Toronto is going to have a record like this will all things common sans Kawhi plus DeRozan.. it’s silly to suggest he’s largely responsible for this when we’ve seen it for 4 seasons now..
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