Why does the United States want Steph Kerry to be the MVP? | Israel today

What the Golden State star has been doing lately is nothing short of amazing, but that does not mean he deserves an outstanding title this season in the regular NBA • So why do the American media insist that it does?

For the same reason they tried to set up a Super League in football

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You who are currently reading a NBA column in "Israel Today", you are probably not ESPN's target audience.

You may not be browsing their site or using the app at all, and since their channel went off the air in the country, you have not given them another second of thought at all.

But the people who write about the NBA in Israel (including me, hey!) Consume the content of ESPN.

Much.

too much.

And therefore affected by it.

And so it turns out that readers of the sports section of this paper are also exposed to the narratives of the body of the most influential sports content body in the Western world.

So let me stop this chain for a moment and not write you a column explaining why Steph Kerry is the hot contender for the MVP title.

Because the truth is, he is not.

While that doesn’t stop the Americans from pushing it and promoting that narrative (“narrative” is probably the most significant thing in this season’s Outstanding selection in the best league in the world).

On the face of it, the reason they are now running Steph to the MVP is what is happening on the field, where the Golden State star has scored an average of 40 round points per game in the last 11 games.

He does it in a style and percentage not seen before (54% from the field, 7.1 threes per game at 49.7% over the arc! #What_is it?).

And with 90.3% of the penalty line it is a fraction of a percent away from putting up a percentage line of 54-50-90.

Just to be clear: 50-40-90 is a rare achievement, reserved for the greatest scenes ever, yes?

And let's not forget that at this time the Warriors won 7 of 11, went up to a 29:29 balance and are in 9th place in the West, which as mentioned leads to the play-in games and a real chance to make it to the playoffs.

And he does it all while Clay Thompson is injured and not playing.

It's really amazing.

nothing to say.

But below the surface, ESPN's season-best pompom has a bad taste.

A taste that comes from a rich history where this media body tries and fails to adapt to its NBA League a pinch of journalistic honesty and tough love, simply because it is a body that is a business partner of the league of course, and most of the time is nothing more than a cheerleading band / department Expensive promos of the league.

It must be Jukic

You wouldn’t see me freaking out if someone also said there was an American preference in this - when even in a season like this when five of the prominent candidates for MVP votes are foreigners, the previous name ESPN ran for the award was LeBron James (who at no point really led in this race).

So if not Steph (because of the Warriors' weak balance), and not LeBron (who missed a lot of games due to injury), who does?

Well, it's clearly Nikola Jokic, Denver's Serbian chin.

It must be him.

But even Philadelphia's Joel Embed returned alive from the injury straight to the Eastern Conference and to the MVP debate. 

Yannis (Greece) will not win mainly because he has won in the last two years.

And in the 26:30 balance and another hysterical season, Luka Doncic (Slovenia) is also eligible for comment.

And yet we have not said a word about Rudy Guber (France), the most important player in Utah who holds the best balance in the league.

And true, if we mentioned all those names then James Harden (Rattles!), Kwai Leonard, Damian Lillard and Chris Paul will also get votes.

But none of them are both a beloved character and play in a big market like Steph.

So the same ESPN is pushing.

After all, if there’s one thing sports fans don’t need a reminder of this week in particular, it’s that with all due respect to our love, in the end it’s business and money that is the main driving force. So go buy Steph's shirt, and do not wait for the voices of the sailors. No one counts the sailors anymore. Unless these sailors are billionaires on yachts, of course.