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sure, dame was spectacular, hit some crazy half court shots, scored 11 last points, but giannis was 16/16, hit three 3-pointers and no-one can say his mvp is undeserved

dame deserved it too, but giannis being perfect is what got him the mvp
 
Mr. Robot said:
sure, dame was spectacular, hit some crazy half court shots, scored 11 last points, but giannis was 16/16, hit three 3-pointers and no-one can say his mvp is undeserved

dame deserved it too, but giannis being perfect is what got him the mvp
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He banked in two out of three of his threes. Total luck.

Look at his shot chart. Like.... come on man.

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Voting was done before Dames end of the game display. At the beginning of the 4th when voting took place, Giannis was the mvp. They should wait to hold to vote till after. It screwed Dame out of an MVP.

I dont want to hear perfect game for giannis. He missed one and it was gifted back to him. He banked in some ugly lucky threes. Most of his makes were undefended at the basket dunks that my dead grandma couldn't have missed.

Did Giannis hit a half court three? No. Did Giannis score the last 11 points, including a near half court three to win it at the buzzer? No.
 
they were lucky shots, but they went in... i guess you could say: "giannis 3-pointers are equal to dames half court shots", cause we know dame has a long range and giannis cant shoot 3-pointers

dame didnt won the mvp, but he was "the highlight" of the all-star game, he was in the spotlight
 
Mr. Robot said:
"giannis 3-pointers are equal to dames half court shots", cause we know dame has a long range and giannis cant shoot 3-pointers
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That makes no sense at all. One is a show of skill. Dame practices half court shots. That's within his range. He can do something that probably 99% of the NBA can't do.

The other was complete luck. Giannis is a bad three point shooter and two of his shots were complete luck.
 
I thought Dame was gonna win it till I found out Giannis was 16/16. But you guys make some great points. Big men in an all star game, most of those shots are complete gimme’s.
 
bobf said:
I thought Dame was gonna win it till I found out Giannis was 16/16. But you guys make some great points. Big men in an all star game, most of those shots are complete gimme’s.
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Dame had a bunch working against him. He didn't get hot until the votes were most likely already cast.

Also, I suspect that if Giannis didn't win, I bet they give it to Curry. Dame was cold early and got hot late. And they made a much bigger deal about Curry hitting easier shots than what Dame hit. But still, I'd rather have Curry win than a dude who got to free dunk 13 times.
 
If anything, Dame's play last night was a big middle finger to the fans that voted for Luka to start. I saw a meme on the web that said something to the effect of "You didn't choose me to start the game, so I finished it."
 
I will put it like this:

Dame dropped 32 on better than 50% shooting in a pickup game at the Y against adults.

Giannis scored 35 on a bunch of dunks on a lowered hoop against a bunch of 8 year olds.
 
Mr. Robot said:
they were lucky shots, but they went in... i guess you could say: "giannis 3-pointers are equal to dames half court shots", cause we know dame has a long range and giannis cant shoot 3-pointers

dame didnt won the mvp, but he was "the highlight" of the all-star game, he was in the spotlight
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Equal? Hell no they weren't! Giannis couldn't make the shots Dame made. (Curry couldn't even truly duplicate Dames half court three, no matter how much credit they want to give him.) Giannis barely made threes at the arc. Giannis bank ins were not equal to Dames half court shots.
 
MickZagger said:
I’m not trying to be a dick, but who cares? Didn’t Like Mitch Richmond and Glen Rice win the award before? It doesn’t mean anything
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I'm not trying to be a dick, but why click on this thread if you don't care?
 
Natebishop3 said:
I still can't believe Luka played 31 minutes. He was totally invisible.
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He got 8 assists, but yeah, he was pretty much a non-factor otherwise. He was selected by the fans, so Snyder didn't have much option but to play him more minutes than the backups. The thing that pissed me off was Chris Paul getting ten more minutes than Dame. What the hell? If the fan vote is supposed to be so important, how does the league explain 2,848,663 for Dame vs. 391,667 for Paul, yet 21 minutes for Dame vs. 31 for CP3? What do you suppose Dame's point total would have been had he been given those extra minutes? Think it might have made an even stronger case for winning him the MVP?
 
e_blazer said:
He got 8 assists, but yeah, he was pretty much a non-factor otherwise. He was selected by the fans, so Snyder didn't have much option but to play him more minutes than the backups. The thing that pissed me off was Chris Paul getting ten more minutes than Dame. What the hell? If the fan vote is supposed to be so important, how does the league explain 2,848,663 for Dame vs. 391,667 for Paul, yet 21 minutes for Dame vs. 31 for CP3? What do you suppose Dame's point total would have been had he been given those extra minutes? Think it might have made an even stronger case for winning him the MVP?
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Paul is old and getting ready to retire. Synder was giving him a last hurrah.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Yup. This is most likely his last All-Star game. That's how I saw it as well.
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That may be right. I remember when Magic was named MVP of the All Star game over Clyde. I sometimes wonder about giving extra recognition to the old guard at the expense of the younger guys. Clyde never won an ASG MVP. Magic had plenty of accolades by then. If Dame never wins an MVP, I’ll think about those minutes Paul was gifted and will wonder if that made the difference.
 
e_blazer said:
That may be right. I remember when Magic was named MVP of the All Star game over Clyde. I sometimes wonder about giving extra recognition to the old guard at the expense of the younger guys. Clyde never won an ASG MVP. Magic had plenty of accolades by then. If Dame never wins an MVP, I’ll think about those minutes Paul was gifted and will wonder if that made the difference.
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If LeBron hadn’t taken himself out of the game, I wonder how many minutes Dame would have gotten.
 
Kind of funny that the guy who won MVP and the guy who was probably runner up, who were the top scorers in the game, only got 19 and 21 minutes, respectively. I guess it matters more what you do with your minutes than the number you get. Probably a life lesson in there somewhere if I wasn’t too thick-headed to look for it.
 
Today's SF Chronicle was all Curry. Dame barely got a mention. Hope he remembers next time Blazers play GSW.
 
...would it be poor taste to joke reply to OP subject title with "I thought Lloyd Center was closed" :dunno:
 
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Natebishop3 said:
He banked in two out of three of his threes. Total luck.

Look at his shot chart. Like.... come on man.

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i haven't read the rest of the thread so this may have been mentioned but Giannis also got most of his points in the first half when zero D was being played. Dunks and layups aRe super easy with no defense.
 
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