Yeah Kings are 4th in west playing good bball but neither Fox nor Sabonis is listed. The latter should be top 4.Facts... Sabonis should be a starter in west and is not even top 10 in fan votes. Fans are stupid af.
But he gets in as will Lauri. BC people with understanding are selecting them reserves.
It is not so much a change in market as it is a change in conference. If the cavs were in the west then Mitchell likely still has a similar amount of votes as he received with us.
Because when you fill in an all star ballot you are only able to pick 2 guards for each conference. In the east he is competing against far less popular players than in the west. Most of these idiots filling out the ballots are just picking the most popular players so obviously Luka and Steph dominate the ballot. I would say Ja Morant is more popular than Donovan but even he can't come close to touching those 2 guys in the voting. Put him in the east and he is probably getting more votes than Donovan.
so your plan is to give him even less?
He is also having a career best season and he has been an all star the last couple years. But ya, being in a bit bigger market closer to the east coast probably helps too.
Yeah none of that would have mattered if he had been in Utah. He still wouldn't get the votes.
It's so weird that SGA is among the favorites for this. Sure he's improved his numbers, but it's not like he suddenly went from role player to star like Lauri.Markkanen is now essentially neck and neck in MIP odds with SGA. Fanduel and BetMGM both had Markkanen 3rd clearly behind SGA and Tyrese (with SGA being a clear favourite) until 3 weeks ago.. When Markkanen had that 49 point game he started gaining ground and now is right on the heels.
Right now the odds are:
SGA +105 (Fanduel) / +100 (BetMGM)
Markkanen +125 / +115
Haliburton +1500 / +1300
If Markkanen keeps up his current pace (from mid Dec to now), he should win it by a landslide since his current averages (24.5 PPG) still reflect the early season when he was 22.4 PPG instead of 28.5 PPG (last 15 games, since mid Dec)... so keeping the current pace he would finish the season around 27 PPG. If he ended up at exactly 27 PPG it would be 8.3 PPG more than he has ever before averaged and 12.2 PPG more than last season.
