At this point in the season Jokic is my MVP. But the precedent has always been if you win 3 straight MVPs you have to have gotten a ring during that run. You can say that precedent is foolish and I won't argue that. But it has stood throughout that league's history
Now of course we shouldnt continue to make the same mistakes in the present just bc we made them in the past but NBA voters (who are majority white) seem way more willing to break this precedent for a white player than they have been for black players in the past.
And that's for sure a discussion that should be had. Can't bury your head in the sand like JJ about this and deny racial bias exists in sports media or create a "you're saying Jokic is only getting MVP bc he's white??" strawman bc it's way more layered than that.
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