Luka Dončić fuels MVP hype with 'numbers don't lie' slogan
Since joining the Los Angeles Lakers in a February trade for Anthony Davis, Luka Dončić has become the leading NBA MVP candidate, and his team is backing the hype.
Luka Dončić fuels MVP hype with 'numbers don't lie' slogan originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Luka Dončić is ahead in this season’s NBA MVP race, and his team is equally insistent on it, as shown on social media on Wednesday.
This isn't the first time, but yes, after Dončić's trade from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in February in exchange for Anthony Davis, he's proven he's a serious No. 1 contender. Regardless of what anyone says, Dončić has faced heavy resistance from media MVP voters like Michael Wilbon and Rachel Nichols, who favor Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama.
This week, on a Sports Illustrated podcast, Nichols dismissed Dončić outright, saying: "Is he the top contender for MVP right now? No, he is not," Nichols said . "You have to play both sides of the ball for all eight months of the season… Once he gets to the playoffs, he cares differently.
He plays differently. ” In the last week of March, speaking on Pardon the Interruption, Wilbon said Dončić doesn't make his list: “I have a vote in this, and I will tell you it’s tightened up," he said . "My vote, and I’m not even sure the order, I think it’s Jaylen Brown one, I think it’s SGA two, and I think it’s Victor three.