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RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: January 30, 2017, 5:49 pm
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Of those not named Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is your Most
Valuable Player?
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Re: RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: adamcoffman
Date: January 30, 2017, 8:28 pm
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This is a very hard decision between Jabari Parker and Greg
Monroe for me. Both have improved drastically from last season,
Parker adding a 37 percent three-point stroke and Moose
reinventing himself as a defensive ace. In a vacuum, Jabari is
the better player and would be assigned a higher value, so I'll
go with him, but it's very close in my mind. Although he gets
overshadowed by Giannis frequently, there have been nights this
season where it's easy to see why many had him pegged as the
next LeBron coming out of high school. Defense is still a work
in progress and consistency hasn't quite yet been achieved, but
Major Cat is looking like a lethal second option for the Bucks
going forward.
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Re: RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: guest10
Date: January 30, 2017, 9:50 pm
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Greg Monroe is my inaugural NNG-MVP. Whenever the offense
stagnates or shots just don't fall, Greg is there for the
consistent points. He's still one of the most skilled post
players in the world and he's finally showing off his elite
passing skills. He looks quicker than he's ever looked and he
has excellent chemistry with his fellow bench players. He's
contributing on both ends of the floor and aside from Giannis,
that can't really be said of any of the other players on the
team.
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Re: RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: Rohan Katti
Date: January 31, 2017, 10:47 am
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It depends on how you define "valuable." Greg Monroe has had a
vastly improved second season in Milwaukee, and has been a
strong veteran presence for the young Bucks. If you look back at
the Celtics game on January 28th, the reason the Bucks had a
chance to win that game was because of the Moose. He has been
criticized for his defense in the past, but this season, he has
not been a defensive liability. Whether this is because he is in
a potential contract year or not, Monroe has been solid this
season.
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Re: RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: heffernon
Date: January 31, 2017, 4:49 pm
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It has to be Jabari. He has floundered a bit as of late but he
has truly had a fantastic third season. He can score all over
the court and he is going to be an elite scorer in the NBA as
soon as next season. He has shown in spurts this year that he
can play solid defense, rebound, and facilitate the offense. If
he can become just a bit more consistent in those areas of the
game next year, especially defensively, he will likely be an All
Star.
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Re: RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: adammcgee
Date: January 31, 2017, 7:50 pm
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I'd go Jabari, but only just. It hangs in the balance between
him and Moose right now. Jabari needs to have a strong second
half of the year for the Bucks to have any chance of success,
but his improved shooting and effortless scoring played a major
role in the good they've shown up to this point too.
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Re: RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: JordanTreske
Date: January 31, 2017, 10:18 pm
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For me, it has to be Greg Monroe, with Jabari just on his heels.
Everyone, including myself, were already writing off his time in
Milwaukee by the end of last year, thinking that his signing was
worth the risk but one that ultimately wouldn't work out in the
long run. Now, as Adam and I talked about in this week's Win in
6 (breaks out conch shell and yells "SHAMELESS PLUG!"), he has
become exactly what all of us were hoping for two summers ago
and then some if you consider his incredible impact on the
defensive end.
Given how Miles Plumlee and John Henson are essentially a
wrestling tag team that replaces one another on a bi-weekly
basis and leave everyone disappointed (I'm accepting tag team
names, by the way), it only makes Monroe's turn that much more
valuable for the Bucks and you can only imagine where they'd be
without him this year.
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Re: RT9 - Question 6 - MVP Not Named Giannis
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: February 2, 2017, 7:02 am
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I'm going with Jabari, just.
It's too hard for me to look past the rapid improvement to his
three-point shooting, from virtually ignoring the shot last
season to flirting with 40% for most of the year on more than
three-and-a-half attempts per game is exceptional. Obviously,
there are valid defensive concerns, but there is no questioning
his offensive talent as he's already a potent 20-points per game
weapon and definitely on track to evolve into the All-Star
caliber scorer he was projected to be when the Bucks drafted
him.
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