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The Ringer NBA Show

Which MVP Candidate Is Depended on the Most by Their Team? | The Answer

The Ringer NBA Show

The Ringer

Sports

4.6329 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Kyle and Seerat get together to discuss the NBA MVP award and begin their conversation by examining the meaning of the trophy in relation to a team’s success. This leads to an extensive conversation about the three leading candidates in this year's race: Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo. They dive deep into the individual stats for each, determine how far they can take their squads in the playoffs, and compare these current contenders to significant MVP races in past seasons (16:32). Hosts: J. Kyle Mann and Seerat Sohi Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Benjamin Cruz and Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Mac Jones is ripped. Matt Patricia is calling plays. The Celtics are title

0:05.5

favorites and the ringer has a new Boston show. I'm Brian Barrett, host of Off the

0:09.9

Pike, the show covering all things Boston sports. I'll have shows multiple

0:13.4

times a week covering your favorite teams and with your favorite ringer and

0:16.4

local guests. Plus maybe Bill will stop by to rant about the socks. Follow

0:20.5

Off the Pike with me, Brian Barrett, now on Spotify.

0:30.0

Falks. Falks. I've always kind of wondered what would happen if I just like

0:37.9

screamed it at the top. You know, like, Falks. Falks basketball, as you know, I'm sure

0:43.1

you're aware you're here. So I assume that you think and believe this with your

0:46.4

whole heart. Or if you're new to basketball, let me convince you why basketball is so

0:50.3

very good. Hopefully with the course of this conversation we'll do that. This is

0:53.1

the answer. My name is Jay Kyle Mann. I'm joined by the poet Laureate of Edmonton

0:58.6

Sirate Sohi. But Sirate is, she's Carmen San Diego. It's kind of hard to know where in

1:03.4

the world she is at any given time. She's always on a plane. She's always a plane.

1:07.8

I'm one of those maps just sort of like going traversing countryside and in all kinds

1:13.7

of geography. But Sirate, you're not at home. Where are you right now? What you doing?

1:16.8

It looks like you're in unfamiliar territory.

1:19.3

You know, live from Philadelphia here to bring you Joe LNB propaganda. I'm kind of like,

1:24.3

I'm just no fixed address at this point. And if this is the first basketball podcast

1:28.4

you're ever listening to boy, you're in for one today. It's a good one. We're going

1:32.2

to talk about MVP. So I think I'm in the right location.

1:34.8

Did you fly to Philadelphia? Are you that method that you flew to Philadelphia just to get

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