Chris Berardi lecry is overrated wtf they run the offence through him season after season they never take time to develop any other player on the team that's why when he doesn't play they seem lost because they give him all the offence
lol a team player that treats you like trash when you lose? Doesnt even shake your hand?? Blames you instead of himself??? Yeah..thats a team player alright...smh
Lost both times to Jordans Bulls in the Finals and never got back there with Utah he was important to that team but he was a detriment when it mattered
should have a legit 6 MVPs when d rose won he was a close second in voting. when Durant won it was even closer. the only reason he didn't win was because they treated him like the smart kid in class who knows all the answers, let someone else get a turn.
raiders7420 Lmaoooooooo bronsexual theirs a guy averaging a triple double and 31 points and another guy averaging 28 and 12 assist Lebron has 2 all stars those guys have none
They used to have fellow allstars in D Howard and KD guess what happened they didn't wanna play with them anymore in a TEAMGAME. Ye they should really get the MVP for scaring away all other stars from their team.
GLO • ENT when lebron is on the court his team is +12.2 compared to Harden +5.5 and westbrook +4. when he is not on court his team scores 10 less points and allow like 8 more points a game
C Mistrinho lebron stacked a team for 5 years with 2 other future HOF the warriors drafted a core team and traded for iggy they only got 1 player in FA that was KD
Yet Lebron fans complain he didn't win in 2011 with prime Wade and bosh and couldn't even get the 1 seed in the weak east. KD has his team #1 in the strong west. Neither deserve MVP btw
Designz R Us because he ain't valuable to that team. They'd be a first seed even without him. It's called Most VALUBALE player, but the NBA has lost sight of that.
Colin criticizes Westbrook and Harden for triple doubles because "it's all stats" but then complains about Derrick Rose's MVP by saying LeBron had better stats. But LeBron finished second with Miami with Wade and Bosh behind Chicago...
Fadi Hannouche he's pointing out the inconsistency with the voters. If we are looking at stats this year with Harden and Westbrook then how come Rose beat James the year James had better stats? Makes no sense......
A young Lebron at 22 led his team to a finals appearance and all he had were bench players. Everyone is saying that harden it and Westbrook are doing more with less, but they aren't. A young lebron in one season carried his team to a finals appearance which is more than Westbrook harden and it could ever do
Rocky Maivia No idiot. He said lebron can get a trip dub whenever he wants similar to westbrook. He emphasized how triple doubles have been around for a very long time and are nothing special. U didnt even watch the video properly, ur an idiot.
Rocky Maivia LeBron does it more efficiently. Westbrook trip doubles feature 40% shooting 2/7 from 3, 8 turnovers. LeBron didn't put up stat lines during his younger years when he had average teammates. Also Harden gets trip doubles by flopping his way to the free throw line forcing teams to give him and his shooters more space because opponents are scared of foul trouble. #LBJHaters just want to watch a top 10 player of all time suffer just becuz he's great and that's sad.
Rocky Maivia LeBron does it more efficiently. Westbrook trip doubles feature 40% shooting 2/7 from 3, 8 turnovers. LeBron didn't put up stat lines during his younger years when he had average teammates. Also Harden gets trip doubles by flopping his way to the free throw line forcing teams to give him and his shooters more space because opponents are scared of foul trouble. #LBJHaters just want to watch a top 10 player of all time suffer just becuz he's great and that's sad.
Isaiah Thomas? James Harden ??? Russell Westbrook ???? These guys are leading their teams, doing more with less. Neither one of them have a player on the caliber like a Kyrie or Kevin Love. Please get off the Lebron train
Shadow 0876 Wait till playoffs and compare lebrons stats with ANYONE he plays against that is considered good. Isiah isn't even as good as lebrons pinky finger.
Justin Heredia Maybe that ballerina should've been suspended in the OKC series when he actually kicked Adams, not when he barely touched your precious Queen when he didn't even initiate the scuffle
Andrew Blackop he did he set a tough screen and then got emotional when LBJ was trying to get around him and pushed LBJ so LBJ reacted caught his arm and turned donkey on his head and stepped over him, then he swung with a balled fist to LBJs nuts
Kai I agree. Colin talk about how statistically better LBJ was over rose, I'm sorry but Rose deserved that MVP because he was more important to his team than LBJ was that year. He was literally the reason everybody was thinking the bulls might get pass the Cavs that year. Plus to date, it's was probably D Rose's best season of his career, we've seen LBJ have better seasons.
LeBron carried the cavs into a 50-32 team, he played with literally 4 teams this season 1.pre Isaiah 2.isaiah 3.post Isaiah (trades 6 guys got traded for 4 new guys) 4. Injuries (guys going in and out) Not to mention ty lue being out for a few games And he still managed to somehow carry the cavs into a 50 win team.....something that harden and Westbrook can't never do....harden played in the rockets with d'antoni as his coach(one of the best coaches right now)great system also has a great center in capela and a great PG in cp3 and a great team overall....Westbrook? He has PG and melo, and even though he averaged another triple double this season THE OKC THUNDER ONLY WINS 48 GAMES, they didn't have any major movement in the roster during the season, sure there were chemistry issues but the cavs had that same issue times 4...... Oh yeah LeBron is in his 15th season btw..... If LeBron doesn't win the MVP this season, then the MVP award will lose all of its remaining credibility.....
Even if Lebron was in the Western conference, he might not make it to the finals each year but lets say he makes it 4 times, not in a row but just makes it 4 times. Now would he ever lose in those finals against a eastern team? To me that would take away the argument that most people have which is he loses to much in the finals but if he is 4-1 in the finals (including his first lose to spurs) then wouldn't that make his legacy better?
Luke Elgee Thank you. But ppl are smart enough to realize this. Ppl always say "lebron cakewalks to the finals" yet they cant name how many time he really has done that. And if you put lebron on the CLIPPERS they are damn near going every year. And if hes on the spurs or warriors or okc its a wrap
Curry da Point GoD what about when Em put out a diss and Jay Z literally said let's make a song together then they made Renegade. How can you know anything about rap if you call Curry a "Point GoD"??
WITHOUT lebron, the cavs are barely worthy of even making the eastern playoffs. WITH lebron, they are guaranteed finalists and proven NBA champions. He is the definition of MVP
You forget the bulls we’re fine for awhile without rose due to injury, they had a good coach before they fired him. Look at rose now look at James now what are you 13? Lebron would take any team and win.
Steph averaged a 12.5 BPM last season, broke the nba record for 3's in a season (basically doubling it) and took a team to the greatest nba regular season in history. But sure Lebron should have won the regular season mvp that year, jesus...
8:58 I kinda feel like Lebron does care about his stats, he plays 38 minutes a game and then sits out complete games in order to preserve his averages rather than play 30 minutes a game...
They should change the name of the award to "Player of the Year" because if we are talking about value, LeBron is the most "valuable" player every year.
Colin when Lebron James won back to back MVPs in Cleveland he got bounced out in the 2nd round and lost to Dwight Howard in the conference finals it's about what you do in the regular season not playoffs
trevion sewell - Lebron average efficient 38 8 8 in that orlando series and carried subpar players. what more can you ask for? - against the celtics in 08 he carried the team and brought the series to Game 7 scored 45pts and lost in OT with bunch of scrubs. what more can you ask for? and celtics won the title that year in 6 games vs the stacked LAKERS.
crazyman9711 i know that but again lebron is more deserving than kobe. in 2010 he had a bad game in game 5 and if you watched that series as usual lebron is carrying that team averaging near trip double. he almost he had 30 20 10 in game 6 and still lost a competitive series. i dont know if any player can even manage to win a game with that kind of team vs a great celtics team
SONICdaGOON yeah this season he's the most deserving player. Plays both sides of the ball at elite levels and I think is the second best player behind Lebron. Lebron is the clear best player in the league but he hasent been the most valuable player to his team in the regular season. Lebron will show he's the clear best player in the league once the playoffs start and the intensity and games really start to matter. Not a fan of ether teams but can appreciate both for there greatness and the Spurs are always there and Kawhi has been amazing this season.
Really? People are just saying to give it to LeBron, yet they don't considering Russell Westbrook, the guy who has 34 triple doubles this season? Which is just 7 under the leader of Triple Doubles in a single season, Oscar Robertson? I think LeBron is awesome, but I kinda think Russell should get it this year.
Christine you're good at your job, and I enjoy your takes for the most part. BUT your distain for LBJ borders on stalker got turned down, now hates me type of feel. Ugh!!!
Ronald Larry Yea She Finds Anyway To Devalue Him Most Women Do Because Of Most Male Fans Perspective. Smh We Gotta Change This Hate Thing Its A Lil Too Much On All Platforms
You're such a Lebron fan boy. If all of those factors affect Westbrook, how come they don't apply to lebron? Can't even appreciate something that comes along every few decades. You don't see people averaging triple doubles every damn day. Westbrook hater
Jack M He has to "stat stuff" for the Thunder to even be competitive. Do you see their roster? They have 0 shooters in a shooters league. They have 1 star in a conference where the best team has 4.
Renaldy Calixte you're acting like only this season applies to their whole careers, Westbrook didn't have to average a triple double before this year, he had no other star help the best way of helping his team is to do what he's doing
What I appreciate the most about this video are Colin's facts. Triple Doubles are great and they are an achievement that deserve recognition. But they aren't that special if you aren't a championship contending team. Westbrook and Harding are a force to be reckoned with and this year they are AMAZING! But their triple doubles are like glitter on paper, it looks pretty. In my opinion I think the NBA should not solely focus on the fancy numbers but the type of impact a player has on a team. I'm curious to know how the team does without certain players on a team like with the Lebron and Leonard statistic. I am a Lebron fan first and naturally I am inclined to have a bias towards him but players like Leonard, Draymond Green , Giannis and those similar contribute a lot to their teams and I feel they are being cheated by not being included in the discussion just because they aren't stat stuffers or don't have triple doubles every second.
Laprye777 still selling out tours, doing features, has his own streaming service (don't think he has it anymore though), putting together a festival, etc.
Colin you are so blind and biased when it comes to LeBron. The fact that he's been to so many finals in a row is not impressive with how weak the Eastern conference is. He has been cake walking to the finals in the east. You seriously think if he was in the Western conference that he would be going to all these finals in a row? Blind. LeBron did not get robbed from Derrick Rose in 2010-2011. LeBron was on a team with 2 all-stars. Derrick Rose had a great year with less help on his team, same as Westbrook and Harden this year. That is why LeBron comes up short in MVP races because he is always on a stacked team. Throw out all the stats you want on LeBron but we all know that it is easier to accumulate stats when a team has to pay attention to more than just you. And in response to the "LeBron is great for the league" thing. How? Because he gets talented players to take pay cuts to play with him? Awesome, so all the talent in the league has become distributed between 3 teams, the Cavs, Spurs and Warriors. How is that good for the league? All the games are boring to watch up until the finals, besides the match-ups between the 3 teams I just mentioned. Yeah sounds great for the NBA that has become so watered down...
Cody Bornemann MJ smashed through the East during his prime. Lebron is currently doing the same. The East wasn't weak during either period. They both were just so dominate over the league that nobody in their conference could touch them. Give them both the credit they deserve. Once you took them off their old teams, those teams couldn't make the Finals (although Bulls still got to ECF while Miami didnt). Basketball is the one sport where one transcendent superstar can make all the difference.
Cody Bornemann Disagree, LeBron took an average Heat team and made it a contender. Also the West is extremely overrated every year San Antonio and one other team and all the other teams are comparable to East teams. Memphis and Houston and Utah are going to give LeBron trouble??? 😂😂😂Thats funny, you guys that dislike LeBron try way to hard to discredit, I don't know why it would be one thing if there was a better player than him but there isn't. So you have to make up excuses to rationalize arguments as to why LeBron shouldn't be MVP.
That heat team was going nowhere without lebron, lebron was the reason that team was a title contender. We all know that bulls team wasn't making the finals. Rose couldn't carry that team to the finals, he wore himself out.
I like the fact that he said Russell hasn't gone to the finals except that one year where he had KD and Harden, well LeBron didn't go the finals except for those years he had Wade and Bosh or Kyrie lol like what's your point
Lebron is the most valuable player agree, cavs will barely be a 500 team without him maybe below.Harden and westbrook are valuable to their teams as well, if you remove them form their teams they are below 500 teams.
agreed with most points except one, the defense in todays nba is the best its been, sure you cant rough them up like you used to but people have just gotten smarter overtime and defensive schemes are much more complex, like each team has a advanced scoting team who are constantly breaking down how they can get better on both sided of the basketball
Lebron is the most consistent player in the NBA he's been playing Elite basketball for over a decade . And ppl still want to compare hardens and westbrooks to him. This isn't a who can stack their stats up better contest. We are talking about a most valuable player. Lebron is the most valuable player.
This guy is 100% right and i agree with everything he says but just stop talking about other sports and other people that have nothing to do with basketball what so ever, just stick strictly to basketball..
Love you Colin ! Love the way you broke it down ! I was particularly surprised to see when you placed the stats side by side of D'Rose and Lebron for the year D'rose won the MVP. Clearly, that was a STOLEN CROWN from the KING !
I'm a LeBron fan but they gotta stop with this. MVP is about who had the best regular season not who's the best player. James Harden, Russell Westbrook & Kevin Durant are having better seasons. We all know that'll change postseason, but its not a playoffs reward.
love how he downplays the triple-double but then goes straight to stats when comparing Rose to LeBron. Put LeBron on the Spurs and he is NOT a 12 point a game difference in Pops system.
Colin said the NBA has more possessions. In the 60's they had over 110 possessions per game but now they have around 80 possessions per game. Tf you talking about
Sorry Colin but Kawhi definitely deserves MVP more than Lebron. It's blasphemous how a player like Kawhi has never won MVP despite being the 2nd best player in the league since 2014.
Listen i love kwahi leonard i think he is an amazing player, but really?????? he should win mvp over lebron??? Lebron ain't my favourite player, but lets be real
what about Kwhai Leonard for MVP? Best defender in the league not even a debate. Also shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from the 3line. 90 percent free throw line, and doesn't turn it over 5 plus times a game like Harden and Westbrook.
Colin is right on the mark! and I think LeBron James is the only player i got to think to go All in double performance, because he has the length, the athleticism, the jump. he can assists, he can rebound, he can block shots, i think if the steals is the only thing i think he cant get enough. Other than him, i can think only on DWade, MJ and Scottie.
I know someone who would disagree with all of this and his name is, Skip Bayless, a man who thinks LBJ is overrated but Tim Tebow is the greatest ever!
Colin has made many valid points. The one with the most weight being when you ask any GM in the league which player they would choose RIGHT NOW out of all of them. Sure, looking long term you would choose a young, upcoming Superstar. But RIGHT NOW.. if you would not take LeBron James, you would embarrass yourself.
Strange stats on Kawhi Basketball reference says the Spurs are up 20 points per 100 possessions on their opponents with Kawhi on the court and only 8 points up overall per 100 possessions overall.
Should LeBron win MVP this year?
LeGoat.
Colin Cowherd yup he's the goat
Colin Cowherd yes! no doubt
Probably. For the same reason that Shaq should have been winning MVP every year in the early 2000's.
Colin Cowherd yes he should and I second getting rid of this woman.
LeBron is the ultimate team player. No one I'd rather have on my team then him.
Chris Berardi Jordan!
Ruler of Worlds opinion
Chris Berardi I agree with ya
Chris Berardi lecry is overrated wtf they run the offence through him season after season they never take time to develop any other player on the team that's why when he doesn't play they seem lost because they give him all the offence
lol a team player that treats you like trash when you lose? Doesnt even shake your hand?? Blames you instead of himself??? Yeah..thats a team player alright...smh
Forget the Lebron talk. Shout-out to Colin for pointing out that Mac Sauce is nothing but relish and Thousands Island dressing✊
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lmaoo.... Facts !!!
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Colin hitting it right on the head. The rest of y'all are bugging.
Lost both times to Jordans Bulls in the Finals and never got back there with Utah he was important to that team but he was a detriment when it mattered
Him and nick would go to war just to get a hug from Lebron
Add Shannon Sharpe in and you get a triplet
rushking20 #TerribleTowels he's not wrong though..
rushking20 #TerribleTowels i would fight 2
and Kristine and Skip hate LeBron....
rushking20 you dont wanna hug from lebron
should have a legit 6 MVPs when d rose won he was a close second in voting. when Durant won it was even closer. the only reason he didn't win was because they treated him like the smart kid in class who knows all the answers, let someone else get a turn.
Best rant ever. LeGoat
SheamusCurtis get his "Ledick" out your mouth lmao😂👎👎
Speaking facts
Dontrell Taylor He should be the frontrunner, honestly.
raiders7420 Lmaoooooooo bronsexual theirs a guy averaging a triple double and 31 points and another guy averaging 28 and 12 assist Lebron has 2 all stars those guys have none
They used to have fellow allstars in D Howard and KD guess what happened they didn't wanna play with them anymore in a TEAMGAME. Ye they should really get the MVP for scaring away all other stars from their team.
GLO • ENT when lebron is on the court his team is +12.2 compared to Harden +5.5 and westbrook +4. when he is not on court his team scores 10 less points and allow like 8 more points a game
Dontrell Taylor no he's not
Everyone hating for LeBron having an easy route to the finals in the East, while GSW stacked their team and nobody says a word. Smh.
C Mistrinho so nobody has complained about gsw this year?
GSW in the East would go 12-0 en route to the finals where they would lose their first game.
C Mistrinho lebron stacked a team for 5 years with 2 other future HOF the warriors drafted a core team and traded for iggy they only got 1 player in FA that was KD
Timvon Salter don't speak facts like that, bronsexuals will attack you
KD is the only addition. Before then, there team has been the same other than draft picks and they won, fair and square.
Legoat should have about 7 mvps hes been robbed
MiGoat Jordan should have 8-9
Lucifer Morningstar Kareem was the only 7foot player in the league and he was playing vs part time optometrists
Lebron should have easily 6 by now
Jordan should have 12 Lebron should have 3 he stole Wade MVP in 09
GLO • ENT he also got robbed from 5 in row...by Drose
if KD wins the MVP then it will be a complete joke
Alec Ashby how? if he deserves it then he deserves it
Yet Lebron fans complain he didn't win in 2011 with prime Wade and bosh and couldn't even get the 1 seed in the weak east. KD has his team #1 in the strong west. Neither deserve MVP btw
Israel Cuellar mvp is not a team award tho so thats irrelevant
Designz R Us because he ain't valuable to that team. They'd be a first seed even without him. It's called Most VALUBALE player, but the NBA has lost sight of that.
Scott Bennici Most valuable to the LEAGUE. And stop actin like this the 2016 warrior team. Kd the rim protector dude
MJ and lebron should have more mvps. But lebron is the most valuable player of all time. Or second behind bill russel.
Xavier Savage I think mj was more valuable
leenster naw. Pippen almost lead that team too two finals
Xavier Savage how was the second round almost the finals ?
GLO • ENT well they got robbed on one
And if you look at stats every time a team leaves they suck
GLO • ENT lebron leaves
Colin criticizes Westbrook and Harden for triple doubles because "it's all stats" but then complains about Derrick Rose's MVP by saying LeBron had better stats. But LeBron finished second with Miami with Wade and Bosh behind Chicago...
Fadi Hannouche funny how he just"forgets" that huh? just like all the other Lebron riders
Fadi Hannouche he's pointing out the inconsistency with the voters. If we are looking at stats this year with Harden and Westbrook then how come Rose beat James the year James had better stats? Makes no sense......
Yea I was thinking the same thing. He contradicted himself badly
Fadi Hannouche he literally said that stats do matter it's just that LBJ takes steps back to help his team wins
Fadi Hannouche he doesn't criticize them, he criticizes the fascination by people surrounding the triple double.
He stretching a little bit with jayz
em is better than jay z
A.R. Smith way better
A.R. Smith right
A.R. Smith at syllables thats about it
Colins talking about everything (like business) not just rap,
A young Lebron at 22 led his team to a finals appearance and all he had were bench players. Everyone is saying that harden it and Westbrook are doing more with less, but they aren't. A young lebron in one season carried his team to a finals appearance which is more than Westbrook harden and it could ever do
***** east back then was compete time because of the big 3 in boston: garnett allen and pierce aswell as rondo
That was one year before the big 3 in Boston was form.
Colin disrespectful to Karl Malone
Joe DeAngelis the bulls were 31-34 before Jordan came back
Ruler of Worlds Also went 55-27 and almost went to the ecf
So triple doubles only mean something when LeBron does it?
This is why you get called bronsexuals....
Rocky Maivia bronsexual lmao
Rocky Maivia No idiot. He said lebron can get a trip dub whenever he wants similar to westbrook. He emphasized how triple doubles have been around for a very long time and are nothing special. U didnt even watch the video properly, ur an idiot.
Rocky Maivia LeBron does it more efficiently. Westbrook trip doubles feature 40% shooting 2/7 from 3, 8 turnovers. LeBron didn't put up stat lines during his younger years when he had average teammates. Also Harden gets trip doubles by flopping his way to the free throw line forcing teams to give him and his shooters more space because opponents are scared of foul trouble. #LBJHaters just want to watch a top 10 player of all time suffer just becuz he's great and that's sad.
Rocky Maivia LeBron does it more efficiently. Westbrook trip doubles feature 40% shooting 2/7 from 3, 8 turnovers. LeBron didn't put up stat lines during his younger years when he had average teammates. Also Harden gets trip doubles by flopping his way to the free throw line forcing teams to give him and his shooters more space because opponents are scared of foul trouble. #LBJHaters just want to watch a top 10 player of all time suffer just becuz he's great and that's sad.
Wesbrook is averaging a triple double while his team is 7th seed. More importantly, Wesbrook is inefficient and has never shot above 50% in a Season.
Isaiah Thomas? James Harden ??? Russell Westbrook ???? These guys are leading their teams, doing more with less. Neither one of them have a player on the caliber like a Kyrie or Kevin Love. Please get off the Lebron train
Shadow 0876 theyll suck him off in a second
Shadow 0876 exactly which is why LEBRONS stats aren't as high as the others
Shadow 0876 Wait till playoffs and compare lebrons stats with ANYONE he plays against that is considered good. Isiah isn't even as good as lebrons pinky finger.
FamishedØats the midget couldn't compete with lebron on his worst day
Okay shadow 0876 but is isiah thomas or westbrook going to beat lebron james in a 7 game series
lebron mvp no more to say
Kristine seems to not know about sorts always getting own
Colin speaking TRUTH!!
Every hater in here is acting like Colin isn't speaking straight facts lmao. Get with the program peeps. It's Lebrons league
Justin Heredia I'm not arguing the LeBron points but the other ones have to hold a L.
Of course it's his league. I mean who else could have the commissioner suspend a key player in a crucial Finals game
Andrew Blackop well maybe if that player stopped doing ballerina moves on the court and hitting a player or two, he might've not gotten suspended
Justin Heredia Maybe that ballerina should've been suspended in the OKC series when he actually kicked Adams, not when he barely touched your precious Queen when he didn't even initiate the scuffle
Andrew Blackop he did he set a tough screen and then got emotional when LBJ was trying to get around him and pushed LBJ so LBJ reacted caught his arm and turned donkey on his head and stepped over him, then he swung with a balled fist to LBJs nuts
Agreed colin, James should win it.
LeBron really should be MVP every season. People just get tired of seeing his consistency of greatness smh
Another Bronsexual
Allvin Alvarado do people like you actually use that word😂😂😂 pathetic.
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Uncle Drew1997 I think the Cavs will win it this year but I can't stand when people dickride on LeBron and always defend him as if he's perfect
talk to em colin (FAAAAAAXXXXX)
I'm a cavs fan but cmon lbj is great but not mvp every season
Kai it could easily be argued LeBron should have 10 mvp awards
+Aaron Mcclure yeah, by idiots. He should not have won anymore than he did.
WhateverReally he should've won the one rose won
Kai I agree. Colin talk about how statistically better LBJ was over rose, I'm sorry but Rose deserved that MVP because he was more important to his team than LBJ was that year. He was literally the reason everybody was thinking the bulls might get pass the Cavs that year. Plus to date, it's was probably D Rose's best season of his career, we've seen LBJ have better seasons.
drkdze heat*
Lebron is the MVP of ...
FLOPPING
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i mean, he does flop a lot.
low-key having one of his best seasons
LeBron carried the cavs into a 50-32 team, he played with literally 4 teams this season
1.pre Isaiah
2.isaiah
3.post Isaiah (trades 6 guys got traded for 4 new guys)
4. Injuries (guys going in and out)
Not to mention ty lue being out for a few games
And he still managed to somehow carry the cavs into a 50 win team.....something that harden and Westbrook can't never do....harden played in the rockets with d'antoni as his coach(one of the best coaches right now)great system also has a great center in capela and a great PG in cp3 and a great team overall....Westbrook? He has PG and melo, and even though he averaged another triple double this season THE OKC THUNDER ONLY WINS 48 GAMES, they didn't have any major movement in the roster during the season, sure there were chemistry issues but the cavs had that same issue times 4......
Oh yeah LeBron is in his 15th season btw.....
If LeBron doesn't win the MVP this season, then the MVP award will lose all of its remaining credibility.....
Even if Lebron was in the Western conference, he might not make it to the finals each year but lets say he makes it 4 times, not in a row but just makes it 4 times. Now would he ever lose in those finals against a eastern team? To me that would take away the argument that most people have which is he loses to much in the finals but if he is 4-1 in the finals (including his first lose to spurs) then wouldn't that make his legacy better?
Luke Elgee Thank you. But ppl are smart enough to realize this. Ppl always say "lebron cakewalks to the finals" yet they cant name how many time he really has done that. And if you put lebron on the CLIPPERS they are damn near going every year. And if hes on the spurs or warriors or okc its a wrap
Lebron and Devin Booker sounds VERY interesting actually. lol
Ok you know sports, but not rap. Never say Jay Z is better than Eminem or 2pac. Stick to sports man.
EazyE 2k jay z 10x better than em
Curry da Point GoD what about when Em put out a diss and Jay Z literally said let's make a song together then they made Renegade. How can you know anything about rap if you call Curry a "Point GoD"??
EazyE 2k jay is easily better than pac, it's not even close
Jay TS You are the worst drugs known to mankind
Business wise he is, but spitting bars and rapping, of course Eminem rules all.
WITHOUT lebron, the cavs are barely worthy of even making the eastern playoffs. WITH lebron, they are guaranteed finalists and proven NBA champions. He is the definition of MVP
The jay z point is so dumb
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Sorry but D Rose won more games than LeBron that year and also did so with a much less talented team..... so no.
actually the Bulls had the best record in the NBA that year, oh and MVP is for the regular season not the playoffs
Saint Anthony Bulls did have the best record in the league in 2011.
You forget the bulls we’re fine for awhile without rose due to injury, they had a good coach before they fired him. Look at rose now look at James now what are you 13? Lebron would take any team and win.
Mj probably asks Lebron for an autograph
Bronsexuals probably look up LeBron highlights in Pornhub
Steph averaged a 12.5 BPM last season, broke the nba record for 3's in a season (basically doubling it) and took a team to the greatest nba regular season in history. But sure Lebron should have won the regular season mvp that year, jesus...
Because hes more valuable what did curry do in he finals? One trick pony overated trash he isnt even top 10 this year.
Overrating beyonce hard
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8:58 I kinda feel like Lebron does care about his stats, he plays 38 minutes a game and then sits out complete games in order to preserve his averages rather than play 30 minutes a game...
They should change the name of the award to "Player of the Year" because if we are talking about value, LeBron is the most "valuable" player every year.
Colin when Lebron James won back to back MVPs in Cleveland he got bounced out in the 2nd round and lost to Dwight Howard in the conference finals it's about what you do in the regular season not playoffs
trevion sewell he did better than drose in that season but voter's fatigue
exactly
trevion sewell
- Lebron average efficient 38 8 8 in that orlando series and carried subpar players. what more can you ask for?
- against the celtics in 08 he carried the team and brought the series to Game 7 scored 45pts and lost in OT with bunch of scrubs. what more can you ask for? and celtics won the title that year in 6 games vs the stacked LAKERS.
co yo ro uu ss he won the MVP in 2010 not 2008
crazyman9711 i know that but again lebron is more deserving than kobe. in 2010 he had a bad game in game 5 and if you watched that series as usual lebron is carrying that team averaging near trip double. he almost he had 30 20 10 in game 6 and still lost a competitive series. i dont know if any player can even manage to win a game with that kind of team vs a great celtics team
He talks about Jay Z but forgot about Dr. Dre
I've been saying that for years facts!!!
lmao how did this go to Beyonce
Eminem has Jay-Z beat in almost every major category dealing with music and also has an oscar so Colin was pretty wrong about that one...
Kawhi deserves MVP
SONICdaGOON yeah this season he's the most deserving player. Plays both sides of the ball at elite levels and I think is the second best player behind Lebron. Lebron is the clear best player in the league but he hasent been the most valuable player to his team in the regular season. Lebron will show he's the clear best player in the league once the playoffs start and the intensity and games really start to matter. Not a fan of ether teams but can appreciate both for there greatness and the Spurs are always there and Kawhi has been amazing this season.
SONICdaGOON lol
Really? People are just saying to give it to LeBron, yet they don't considering Russell Westbrook, the guy who has 34 triple doubles this season? Which is just 7 under the leader of Triple Doubles in a single season, Oscar Robertson? I think LeBron is awesome, but I kinda think Russell should get it this year.
Jordan still has more regular season and finals mvps than Lebron
dpistons149 cool????
dpistons149 i don't think LeBron career is over.
He's already played longer than Jordan tho.
its not a lebron mj debate, colin said mj should have also won more. Why has it always to be mj against lebron on every topic lebron is involved.
Are we talking about Jordan?
I could hear you all day. Every subject, every day. Remarkable analysis. The Brady in the business.
Christine you're good at your job, and I enjoy your takes for the most part. BUT your distain for LBJ borders on stalker got turned down, now hates me type of feel. Ugh!!!
Ronald Larry Yea She Finds Anyway To Devalue Him Most Women Do Because Of Most Male Fans Perspective. Smh We Gotta Change This Hate Thing Its A Lil Too Much On All Platforms
I love Colin Cowherd! Only guy that really appreciates Lebron James and what he is to the game!
You're such a Lebron fan boy. If all of those factors affect Westbrook, how come they don't apply to lebron? Can't even appreciate something that comes along every few decades. You don't see people averaging triple doubles every damn day. Westbrook hater
westbrook would trade his stats for a ring. russ is fun to watch but stat stuffing won't get you places
Jack M replace lebron with Westbrook on the thunder. Lebron would be in the SAME position westbrook is in. Competitive west with no help
Jack M He has to "stat stuff" for the Thunder to even be competitive. Do you see their roster? They have 0 shooters in a shooters league. They have 1 star in a conference where the best team has 4.
Joshua Lovell LeBron could average a triple double during a season if he wanted to but he doesn't care about a triple double he wants a ring.
Renaldy Calixte you're acting like only this season applies to their whole careers, Westbrook didn't have to average a triple double before this year, he had no other star help the best way of helping his team is to do what he's doing
The "Mailman" nickname should have went to John Stockton... just my opinion.
Eminem is more accomplished then jay-z colin.. stick to what you know homie..
Stephen Yetman W
Stephen Yetman L check that net worth
eminem is more recognized all over the world
What I appreciate the most about this video are Colin's facts. Triple Doubles are great and they are an achievement that deserve recognition. But they aren't that special if you aren't a championship contending team. Westbrook and Harding are a force to be reckoned with and this year they are AMAZING! But their triple doubles are like glitter on paper, it looks pretty. In my opinion I think the NBA should not solely focus on the fancy numbers but the type of impact a player has on a team. I'm curious to know how the team does without certain players on a team like with the Lebron and Leonard statistic. I am a Lebron fan first and naturally I am inclined to have a bias towards him but players like Leonard, Draymond Green , Giannis and those similar contribute a lot to their teams and I feel they are being cheated by not being included in the discussion just because they aren't stat stuffers or don't have triple doubles every second.
nas is better then jay-z...
Laprye777 true, but he's not at the level of influence. popularity, and power 20 years into his career
Jay TS what's Jay doing know ?
Laprye777 still selling out tours, doing features, has his own streaming service (don't think he has it anymore though), putting together a festival, etc.
Collin is the best analysis in sports by far. Stewart Scott is smiling on you Collin. Keep up the good work.
Colin you are so blind and biased when it comes to LeBron. The fact that he's been to so many finals in a row is not impressive with how weak the Eastern conference is. He has been cake walking to the finals in the east. You seriously think if he was in the Western conference that he would be going to all these finals in a row? Blind. LeBron did not get robbed from Derrick Rose in 2010-2011. LeBron was on a team with 2 all-stars. Derrick Rose had a great year with less help on his team, same as Westbrook and Harden this year. That is why LeBron comes up short in MVP races because he is always on a stacked team. Throw out all the stats you want on LeBron but we all know that it is easier to accumulate stats when a team has to pay attention to more than just you. And in response to the "LeBron is great for the league" thing. How? Because he gets talented players to take pay cuts to play with him? Awesome, so all the talent in the league has become distributed between 3 teams, the Cavs, Spurs and Warriors. How is that good for the league? All the games are boring to watch up until the finals, besides the match-ups between the 3 teams I just mentioned. Yeah sounds great for the NBA that has become so watered down...
Cody Bornemann MJ smashed through the East during his prime. Lebron is currently doing the same. The East wasn't weak during either period. They both were just so dominate over the league that nobody in their conference could touch them. Give them both the credit they deserve. Once you took them off their old teams, those teams couldn't make the Finals (although Bulls still got to ECF while Miami didnt). Basketball is the one sport where one transcendent superstar can make all the difference.
Cody Bornemann Disagree, LeBron took an average Heat team and made it a contender. Also the West is extremely overrated every year San Antonio and one other team and all the other teams are comparable to East teams. Memphis and Houston and Utah are going to give LeBron trouble??? 😂😂😂Thats funny, you guys that dislike LeBron try way to hard to discredit, I don't know why it would be one thing if there was a better player than him but there isn't. So you have to make up excuses to rationalize arguments as to why LeBron shouldn't be MVP.
Cody Bornemann well why doesn't anyone else do it?
Cody Bornemann it's hard to think of an era where most of the talent didn't belong to 3/4 teams
That heat team was going nowhere without lebron, lebron was the reason that team was a title contender. We all know that bulls team wasn't making the finals. Rose couldn't carry that team to the finals, he wore himself out.
Well Devin Booker recently dropped 70 points so I would be careful lady 😂
I completely agree with Collin here and the same should be said for Mike trout in the MLB
on point once again.
Agree so much hope more ppl see and understand this
Colin Cowherd should be heard by more people. Tells us real things. You don't see people like him everyday. Respect!!
he just went off lmfaoo. i love it
it's true, but if LeBron doesn't win it, Leonard deserves it too.
I like the fact that he said Russell hasn't gone to the finals except that one year where he had KD and Harden, well LeBron didn't go the finals except for those years he had Wade and Bosh or Kyrie lol like what's your point
Lebron is the most valuable player agree, cavs will barely be a 500 team without him maybe below.Harden and westbrook are valuable to their teams as well, if you remove them form their teams they are below 500 teams.
john malkovich is now my most despised person i have never met
agreed with most points except one, the defense in todays nba is the best its been, sure you cant rough them up like you used to but people have just gotten smarter overtime and defensive schemes are much more complex, like each team has a advanced scoting team who are constantly breaking down how they can get better on both sided of the basketball
Lebron is the most consistent player in the NBA he's been playing Elite basketball for over a decade . And ppl still want to compare hardens and westbrooks to him. This isn't a who can stack their stats up better contest. We are talking about a most valuable player. Lebron is the most valuable player.
This take played out exactly like Colin said. Hilarious how accurate this take was.
comparing a triple double for a season too 4000 yards passing; want a redo on that one Colin smh
He's confusing Most Valuable Player with the best player.
agreed
He was called the Mailman because he delivers. Come on Colin.
This guy is 100% right and i agree with everything he says but just stop talking about other sports and other people that have nothing to do with basketball what so ever, just stick strictly to basketball..
Love you Colin ! Love the way you broke it down ! I was particularly surprised to see when you placed the stats side by side of D'Rose and Lebron for the year D'rose won the MVP. Clearly, that was a STOLEN CROWN from the KING !
Finals MVP is what matters
Love listening.
I'm a LeBron fan but they gotta stop with this. MVP is about who had the best regular season not who's the best player. James Harden, Russell Westbrook & Kevin Durant are having better seasons. We all know that'll change postseason, but its not a playoffs reward.
swear Colin never hold punches one of the realest on the microphone
russel westbrook isn't just getting triple doubles, he's the leagues leading scorer.
1999-2002 Shaq is objectively the most valuable player of all time
love how he downplays the triple-double but then goes straight to stats when comparing Rose to LeBron. Put LeBron on the Spurs and he is NOT a 12 point a game difference in Pops system.
Colin said the NBA has more possessions. In the 60's they had over 110 possessions per game but now they have around 80 possessions per game. Tf you talking about
Mail man is better nick name then the flying bullet lmfao
Straight Facts💯
Sorry Colin but Kawhi definitely deserves MVP more than Lebron. It's blasphemous how a player like Kawhi has never won MVP despite being the 2nd best player in the league since 2014.
Listen i love kwahi leonard i think he is an amazing player, but really?????? he should win mvp over lebron??? Lebron ain't my favourite player, but lets be real
what about Kwhai Leonard for MVP? Best defender in the league not even a debate. Also shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from the 3line. 90 percent free throw line, and doesn't turn it over 5 plus times a game like Harden and Westbrook.
he keeps emphasizing how karl malone is nicknamed "the mailman", but federer is nicknamed fedex. :thinking:
Colin is right on the mark! and I think LeBron James is the only player i got to think to go All in double performance, because he has the length, the athleticism, the jump. he can assists, he can rebound, he can block shots, i think if the steals is the only thing i think he cant get enough. Other than him, i can think only on DWade, MJ and Scottie.
I wish Colin was still on ESPN so he could teach Max Kellerman a thing or two about Tom Brady
jayz not the sauce in hiphop. dre is.
I know someone who would disagree with all of this and his name is, Skip Bayless, a man who thinks LBJ is overrated but Tim Tebow is the greatest ever!
i absolutely love colin.
Colin has made many valid points. The one with the most weight being when you ask any GM in the league which player they would choose RIGHT NOW out of all of them. Sure, looking long term you would choose a young, upcoming Superstar. But RIGHT NOW.. if you would not take LeBron James, you would embarrass yourself.
I just wanna hug this man.
Colin speaking facts 💯💯
Strange stats on Kawhi
Basketball reference says the Spurs are up 20 points per 100 possessions on their opponents with Kawhi on the court and only 8 points up overall per 100 possessions overall.
Colin's analogies are so crazy but when he actually explains them they make nothing but sense!!