mvp

1. harden
2. adetokunbo
3. jokic

coty

1. budenholzer
2. rivers
3. mcmillan

dpoty

1. george
2. embiid
3. gobert

roty

1. doncic
2. ayton
3. jackson

6moty

1. sabonis
2. rose
3. dinwiddie

mip

1. siakam
2. fox
3. winslow

DPOY: 1. PG13, 2. Rudy (he'll almost certainly get it by the end of the year; they were just so bad, even defensively, to start the season), 3. Myles Turner (This year, this award feels like it should be cancelled and just retroactively given to Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan)

ROY: 1. Euro Harden, 2. JJJ, 3. A very solid starter disguised as a number one pick

CotY: 1. Atkinson, 2. Doc, 3. Pop or McMillan

6th Man: 1. Fuck, it has to be Lou, huh? 2. Sabonis, 3. D-Rose (R.I.P. J.J. Barea)

MIP: 1. Siakam, 2. Winslow, 3. Booker (never have thought he's been an actual good NBA player until this season)

I haven't dabbled in any new fiction in a minute

>mvp
>
>1. harden
>2. adetokunbo
>3. jokic


1. https://goo.gl/images/W7rUz8
2. https://goo.gl/images/iiZrEu
3. https://goo.gl/images/x4Uk4y

>coty
>
>1. budenholzer
>2. rivers
>3. mcmillan

1. https://goo.gl/images/ag1RMX
2. https://goo.gl/images/upj2Fy
3. https://goo.gl/images/RyHxm6


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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

just threw a BUNCH of shit on there last week. let's see...

>I haven't dabbled in any new fiction in a minute

my fiction game is actually kinda trash right now too lol. i'm getting back tho. just recently got back into comics heavy. so a bunch of tom king, bunch of warren ellis. grant morrison. azzarello. king kirby's fourth world omnibus. and planning to reread some classics like sandman.

a couple of nnedi okorafor's books (if you're not up, she's a DOPE ass naija scifi writer based in chicago)
pat barker's regeneration trilogy
in a free state - v. s. naipaul (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004G5ZU4G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2)
the siege - helen dunmore (https://www.amazon.com/Siege-Novel-Helen-Dunmore/dp/0802139582/ref=sr_1_1)
mohsin hamid (https://www.amazon.com/Mohsin-Hamid/e/B001J3MU1Y/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1547828561&sr=1-2-ent)
and then some jules verne. some delany. the a. a. milne pooh books. and the friends of eddie coyle ("best crime novel ever written")
oh and the "year's best scifi" and "nebula awards" anthologies from last year

as far as non-fiction --

kamala's new book (interested in your take on her btw)
chris hayes - a colony in a nation (https://www.amazon.com/Colony-Nation-Chris-Hayes-ebook/dp/B01H5HPC0S/ref=sr_1_1)
obama: an oral history (https://www.amazon.com/Obama-Oral-History-Brian-Abrams-ebook/dp/B07B2WYTTS/ref=sr_1_1)
woodward's trump book
rick wilson's trump book

voices in our blood: america's best on the civil rights movement (https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Our-Blood-Americas-Movement-ebook/dp/B000FC1KW0/ref=sr_1_1)
rise of the warrior cop: the militarization of america's police forces (https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas-ebook/dp/B00B3M3UFQ/ref=sr_1_1)
free soil, free labor, free men: the ideology of the republican party before the civil war (https://www.amazon.com/Free-Soil-Labor-Men-Republican-ebook/dp/B005EEHMM6/ref=sr_1_2)
my brother moochie: regaining dignity in the midst of crime, poverty, and racism in the american south (https://www.amazon.com/My-Brother-Moochie-Regaining-American-ebook/dp/B075C7YF1Q/ref=sr_1_1)
mindful of race: transforming racism from the inside out (https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Race-Transforming-Racism-Inside-ebook/dp/B073ZVY4SX/ref=sr_1_1)

no ashes in the fire: coming of age black and free in america (https://www.amazon.com/No-Ashes-Fire-Coming-America-ebook/dp/B075CSDR9J/ref=sr_1_1)
i'm still here: black dignity in a world made for whiteness (https://www.amazon.com/Im-Still-Here-Dignity-Whiteness-ebook/dp/B07466JDSH/ref=sr_1_1)
white working class: overcoming class cluelessness in america (https://www.amazon.com/White-Working-Class-Overcoming-Cluelessness-ebook/dp/B01N276AU1/ref=sr_1_1)
backlash: what happens when we talk honestly about racism in america (https://www.amazon.com/Backlash-Happens-Honestly-Racism-America-ebook/dp/B07B8VYDV9/ref=sr_1_3)
david macey's fanon biography (https://www.amazon.com/Frantz-Fanon-Biography-David-Macey-ebook/dp/B0087GZL3K/ref=sr_1_1)

the fix: soccer and organized crime (https://www.amazon.com/Fix-Soccer-Organized-Crime-ebook/dp/B003FS0KFY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1)
how soccer explains the world: an unlikely theory of globalization (https://www.amazon.com/How-Soccer-Explains-World-Globalization-ebook/dp/B0013M31GE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1)
jackie mac's new basketball book
all the pieces matter: an oral history of "the wire"
the new sopranos book by sepinwall and MZS
a couple of kubrick books
simon callow's series on orson welles

and several investment/personal finance jawnts

so yeah, i'm set for a minute.

Your recommendations have legit influenced my
life through the years

You have fantastic book taste

You ever write reviews?

I'm about to cop like several of those

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

that's real rap, homie. appreciate it.

>You ever write reviews?

bro. i ain't wrote NOTHING in about 5 years. kinda hate my writing now lol. i always get discouraged whenever i read actual great writing. like yeah, you're trash fam, knock it off. ima get back to it tho.

>I'm about to cop like several of those

lemme know. legit interested in your thoughts on kamala btw.

Especially after that 51 piece they laid on Denver the other nigh.

>mvp beard

>coty budenholzer

>dpoty embiid

>roty doncic

>6moty rose

>mip fox

.

yeah he ballin

Cuz he always seemed to impact the game when I have seen them play.

he also has refined and tightened his handle so he can take people off the bounce. Last year dribbling more than a few times had him falling down like a baby deer.

MVP- Harden


DPOY- Defense? (c) Jim Mora


MIP- Jamal Murray


COTY - Doc


All NBA* - Harden, Giannis, Embiid, Jokic, Steph *Bron

2nd Team - Durant, A.Davis, Lillard, George, Kawhi

>mvp
>
>1. harden
>2. adetokunbo
>3. jokic

my number 3 is Toronto Kawhi. that dude is filling that LeBron void in the East in a big way

and asterisk bron of course

and I ain't mad at Jokic because that dude is basketball I can believe in

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25788328/paul-george-most-disruptive-force-nba

I want 'em to get ONE more scorer. just one more dude who can get "F.U." points

offensively and defensively.

>mip

It sucks he’s having his best year when Giannis and Harden have been otherworldly. Kawhi has been amazing too - but I think PG probably edges him. Amazing year for the NBA.

Between the way they play and their team's records, those are the top 2.

Harden's 3rd

PG is washing people in The Green Death

- much better sidekick than giannis or harden (or jokic for that matter, although he has moved ahead of jokic on my ballot)

- george ranks highly in all the categories that matter (player impact plus-minus, player impact estimate, win shares, box plus-minus, value over replacement player, player efficiency rating, real plus-minus, wins above replacement player) but isn't the actual leader in any of them, while giannis and harden are

- george himself has harden as the mvp: https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/paul-george-james-harden-case-nba-mvp-2018-19-season

so he's definitely behind giannis and harden for me, but solidly in 3rd. dude is killing shit, basically having a 2014 KD season with 2016 steph shooting and 2017 kawhi defense. sick.

basically having a 2014
>KD season with 2016 steph shooting and 2017 kawhi defense.
>sick.

That's an MVP




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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

>mvp

Giannis
PG
Harden

>coty
>
>1. budenholzer
>2. mcmillan
3. Mike Malone


>dpoty

Flobert
George
Vacant

Don’t care about the rest

>
>roty
>
>1. doncic
>2. ayton
>3. jackson

>6moty
>
>1. sabonis
>2. rose
>3. dinwiddie
>
>mip
>
>1. siakam
>2. fox
>3. winslow
>

Giannis.

That's it.

He's goofy and has the athletic ability of moldy bread so I get it.

But while you go about your day, just know that you were probably here in this post, being wrong.

Particularly considering that the Nuggets are the second best team in the west when most thought a successful season would be making the playoffs. Or that they've done so while having more critical players miss significant time than any other team. And of course, GOATic has steadfastly balled out and put up ridiculous stats that have translated into wins all damn year.

Is any part of that not MVP material? Oh, he doesn't play defense. I guess we should give it to Harden, then.

Again, I give it up to Giannis so far but for Niko to hardly be mentioned in here... lulz!

His top competitors all run better offenses, and you admit he's an outright liability on D. They've repeatedly fizzled when playing the league's best, and he has more talent alongside him than Harden has all year and even arguably Giannis, injuries included.

So, what the fuck are you talking about? Jokic has been really, really good. Probably the seventh or eighth best player in the league. But he's a liability on one end, and Houston, Golden State, and Milwaukee all sport better offenses.

He wins a lot, but Milwaukee, Toronto and Golden State win more. So... this is dumb. We get it. The passes are pretty. So are Ben Simmons and Lonzo's.

though I'd probably give it to Fox because he's the focal point of this Kings squad that might even make the playoffs (!)


Not sure many people saw this coming. Not many Kings fan that I know of anyway.

just see RBO's post on him, LOL

even if he was Homer Simpson he lookin' like OJ right about now