Isaiah Thomas ranked number 7 in NBA.com MVP ladder race.

[MasterEmile]

He's really having an insane season.
You have to think he is top 5 if we ever catch up to toronto and finish 2nd in the east.

[mgent]

Yeah, he definitely should be.

He's 5th out of 6 players averaging over 27 points, and of those guys he plays the least minutes, in addition to being the most efficient scorer.

My list:

1. Harden
2. Westbrook
3. LeBron
4. Durant

Then Leonard, Giannis, Butler, Curry, and Isaiah fighting to sort themselves out.  Leonard stands out among them as of right now.

Also worth noting that Westbrook is probably the only one with as little help as IT (and Celtics have a better record).

[Neurotic Guy]

Yeah, he definitely should be.

He's 5th out of 6 players averaging over 27 points, and of those guys he plays the least minutes, in addition to being the most efficient scorer.

My list:

1. Harden
2. Westbrook
3. LeBron
4. Durant

Then Leonard, Giannis, Butler, Curry, and Isaiah fighting to sort themselves out.  Leonard stands out among them as of right now.

Also worth noting that Westbrook is probably the only one with as little help as IT (and Celtics have a better record).

True, but last night ITs "help" came through against Philly.  I was very concerned by the way Embiid/Philly took away Isaiah's game.  IT scored 24 but turned the ball over 7 times and just looked like he couldn't do what he is used to doing.  That was a "welcome to the playoffs" type of game -- and from the Sixers of all teams.     C's absolutely need another shooter in addition to rebounder.    AB or Al can bail the C's out once in a while but I don't see either as the guy who can step up  consistently.   

[Ilikesports17]

Yeah, he definitely should be.

He's 5th out of 6 players averaging over 27 points, and of those guys he plays the least minutes, in addition to being the most efficient scorer.

My list:

1. Harden
2. Westbrook
3. LeBron
4. Durant

Then Leonard, Giannis, Butler, Curry, and Isaiah fighting to sort themselves out.  Leonard stands out among them as of right now.

Also worth noting that Westbrook is probably the only one with as little help as IT (and Celtics have a better record).

True, but last night ITs "help" came through against Philly.  I was very concerned by the way Embiid/Philly took away Isaiah's game.  IT scored 24 but turned the ball over 7 times and just looked like he couldn't do what he is used to doing.  That was a "welcome to the playoffs" type of game -- and from the Sixers of all teams.     C's absolutely need another shooter in addition to rebounder.    AB or Al can bail the C's out once in a while but I don't see either as the guy who can step up  consistently.   

"welcome to the playoffs" are you kidding? the team didnt think they needed to show up against a 9 win 76ers team and the sixers energy and size took them by surprise.

They kinda woke up in the second half and won the game. People are massively overreacting to this game. We barely beat Miami a weak ago, was that a "welcome to the playoffs" game too?

[tazzmaniac]

Yeah, he definitely should be.

He's 5th out of 6 players averaging over 27 points, and of those guys he plays the least minutes, in addition to being the most efficient scorer.

My list:

1. Harden
2. Westbrook
3. LeBron
4. Durant

Then Leonard, Giannis, Butler, Curry, and Isaiah fighting to sort themselves out.  Leonard stands out among them as of right now.

Also worth noting that Westbrook is probably the only one with as little help as IT (and Celtics have a better record).

Giannis has a lot less support than IT does.  They're starting Snell, Henson and a 24 year old rookie 2nd rounder. 

[celticsclay]

He's really having an insane season.
You have to think he is top 5 if we ever catch up to toronto and finish 2nd in the east.

But he should come off the bench

[MasterEmile]

Yeah, he definitely should be.

He's 5th out of 6 players averaging over 27 points, and of those guys he plays the least minutes, in addition to being the most efficient scorer.

My list:

1. Harden
2. Westbrook
3. LeBron
4. Durant

Then Leonard, Giannis, Butler, Curry, and Isaiah fighting to sort themselves out.  Leonard stands out among them as of right now.

Also worth noting that Westbrook is probably the only one with as little help as IT (and Celtics have a better record).

True, but last night ITs "help" came through against Philly.  I was very concerned by the way Embiid/Philly took away Isaiah's game.  IT scored 24 but turned the ball over 7 times and just looked like he couldn't do what he is used to doing.  That was a "welcome to the playoffs" type of game -- and from the Sixers of all teams.     C's absolutely need another shooter in addition to rebounder.    AB or Al can bail the C's out once in a while but I don't see either as the guy who can step up  consistently.   

If anything, I think last night's game proved that IT has help now if teams decide to make him the focal point of defense.

[Ilikesports17]

Yeah, he definitely should be.

He's 5th out of 6 players averaging over 27 points, and of those guys he plays the least minutes, in addition to being the most efficient scorer.

My list:

1. Harden
2. Westbrook
3. LeBron
4. Durant

Then Leonard, Giannis, Butler, Curry, and Isaiah fighting to sort themselves out.  Leonard stands out among them as of right now.

Also worth noting that Westbrook is probably the only one with as little help as IT (and Celtics have a better record).

True, but last night ITs "help" came through against Philly.  I was very concerned by the way Embiid/Philly took away Isaiah's game.  IT scored 24 but turned the ball over 7 times and just looked like he couldn't do what he is used to doing.  That was a "welcome to the playoffs" type of game -- and from the Sixers of all teams.     C's absolutely need another shooter in addition to rebounder.    AB or Al can bail the C's out once in a while but I don't see either as the guy who can step up  consistently.   

If anything, I think last night's game proved that IT has help now if teams decide to make him the focal point of defense.

The Jazz had the exact same plan with a better rim-protector. Every drive they completely collapsed on Thomas. Thomas dished it out and we won easily against a solid team.

We played poorly last night probably because we expected to blow them out and they are probably playing as well as they have in the past 3 years so they caught us off guard. People are reading way too much into last nights game.

[mgent]

Yeah, he definitely should be.

He's 5th out of 6 players averaging over 27 points, and of those guys he plays the least minutes, in addition to being the most efficient scorer.

My list:

1. Harden
2. Westbrook
3. LeBron
4. Durant

Then Leonard, Giannis, Butler, Curry, and Isaiah fighting to sort themselves out.  Leonard stands out among them as of right now.

Also worth noting that Westbrook is probably the only one with as little help as IT (and Celtics have a better record).

True, but last night ITs "help" came through against Philly.  I was very concerned by the way Embiid/Philly took away Isaiah's game.  IT scored 24 but turned the ball over 7 times and just looked like he couldn't do what he is used to doing.  That was a "welcome to the playoffs" type of game -- and from the Sixers of all teams.     C's absolutely need another shooter in addition to rebounder.    AB or Al can bail the C's out once in a while but I don't see either as the guy who can step up  consistently.   

If anything, I think last night's game proved that IT has help now if teams decide to make him the focal point of defense.

Really?  I think last night's game showed evidence that Avery (IT's biggest scoring help) might not be all that special and that Marcus Smart could easily replace his offensive production (and then some once you add in assists).

Makes me wonder how much of Bradley's breakout success is really from playing with IT and now Horford.

Edit:  Oops, I think we were talking about different games lol.