Seeing the success of the MVP ladder in the regular season, the NBA decided to start one for the Finals as well. Currently, Stephen Curry is top of the list after two magnificent performances. However, the presence of two of his teammates in spots two and three drew furious reactions from the fans.
Jordan Poole and Kevon Looney are the players who are behind Curry on the MVP ladder. It was rather surprising, as they are above the Boston Celtics duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. While Curry has been the best player in this series, Tatum and Brown have been next in line. They have been the pillars of the Celtics’ offense and have averaged over 20 points in 2 games.
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NBA Twitter is fuming after seeing teammates of Stephen Curry ranked over Brown and Tatum
The NBA fans were not happy when they saw this list. They agreed Curry deserves to be at number 1, but seeing Tatum and Brown ranked so low irked them. They called out the league for being biased towards the Warriors. Here are the best reactions:
Jordan Poole and Kevon fucking Looney??? Over Tatum and Brown? The GS bias is crazy https://t.co/yfVAh1alix
— jay 📸 (@AmenHOF) June 7, 2022
Jordan Poole being on here because he made two deep 3s after playing two pretty poor games shows you everything you need to know about how the NBA is viewed https://t.co/NabBcJUTxr
— Iceberg Slim (@SL7MB4NDZ) June 7, 2022
Poole is an FMVP candidate this year after being in the g league last year, yet was not even top 3 MIP is all we need to know.
— Swish🏀Culture (@SwishCultureYT) June 7, 2022
It’s Curry Brown Tatum Wiggins White. Tatum still averaging like 20 10 and 7. Wiggins overrated
— StellarCT ☘️ (@stellarct) June 8, 2022
Poole had a great quarter and a half. How is he 3rd?😂
— richie ⁶𓅓 (@richie_moler) June 7, 2022
Jordan Poole at 2???????😂😂😂😂😂
— Threes🩸 (@Jahm3r3Crumpton) June 7, 2022
They really had poole and looney up there. They just want gsw to win lmao
— gman (@gmanyouknow) June 7, 2022
Lmao nigga been playing mediocre but if you have an average game and hit 1 3 from half court, boyyyyyyyyyy MVP honors is on your way
— Ray Ray (@myhappymustache) June 7, 2022
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Poole..? pic.twitter.com/Tx6I95GwrC
— TK (@PuntKing23) June 8, 2022
Yo Draymond should be #2 on this MVP list come on! His Defense and his amazing screens in Game 2 were amazing! pic.twitter.com/McyFupTtGl
— Luis Arocho (@LuisArocho84) June 7, 2022
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Poole is a star of the future but he is not number 2 on the list
Jordan Poole’s rise has been phenomenal. From a G-League player to being the sixth man on a championship team is quite something. At times, he has single-handedly carried the Warriors in the playoffs, but he doesn’t deserve to be number 2 on the Finals MVP ladder.
Steph is back on top after the @warriors tie up the series 🍿@mikecwright | https://t.co/x9HYOKxbAI pic.twitter.com/0Hjasr47Vv
— NBA TV (@NBATV) June 7, 2022
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In game 1, Poole had 9 points and he just couldn’t make an impact. He was atrocious while shooting the ball and was highly ineffective. In game 2, he had 17 points, but the majority of them came when his team was up big. Many of the fans claim that the reason he is so high is that he hit two threes at the end of the third quarter, including one from half-court.
Meanwhile, Boston’s Tatum and Brown have averaged over 20 points. Although the former had trouble scoring the ball in game 1, he notched up 13 assists. Many of the threes the Celtics hit in game 1, where Brown was the catalyst, were courtesy of Tatum’s passes. Three days later,?Tatum bounced back and ended up with 28 points while Brown had 17.
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Poole is a star for the Warriors and has all the potential to be a superstar one day. But saying that he has been the second-best player in this series could be an overstatement.