Tyler Swope

Happy 4th Birthday to the two kiddos who made me a dad! London & Grayson, you are definitely two of my life’s greatest blessings! God definitely knew what he was doing when he blessed us with you two! #TwinDad

@LakersFaithful_ @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS I’m good with that. We’re ultimately both going to believe the way we believe and a lot of it is, as you implied, ultimately immeasurable. Appreciate you too man.

@TylerSwope @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS Agree to disagree. I appreciate your position and the cordial discourse.

Better efficiency. Half the turnovers. Better defense despite that tiny sample isolation stat that's been making the rounds. This is what I hate about the MVP race. By all means, support your guy, but it always devolves into "you're an idiot for picking anyone else."

@BergmannMa64838 @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS Maybe take into account the way other players praise Shai for what he’s done for their game and what it’s like to play for him? Caruso and Hartenstein are both older than Shai and they look to him as the leader of that team. He makes everyone around him better.

@TylerSwope @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS Wrong carusso harstestein were great even amazing before OKC and shai instead of making them better he is doing them being less good of what they were before joinning the team But the sums of its parts is what mirage what really happens

@LakersFaithful_ @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS On the Clippers he was exactly who I thought he’d be when he was drafted 12th. And I’m not a diehard Shai fan; I’m a diehard NBA fan. Watch as much as I possibly can every night. Shai has taken a leap I could have never imagined when he was first in the league.

@TylerSwope @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS Haha. all right. That's fair. Diehard Shai fan. But even on the clippers? Must've been rough his first few years in OKC. Good for you bro. Enjoy it.

@LakersFaithful_ @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS And that’s kind of my point. I think OKC looks as good as they do BECAUSE of the gravity Shai has. Guys look a lot better than they really are when they’re playing with a guy like Shai. The same could be said of guys like Luka, Jokic, prime LeBron, etc.

@TylerSwope @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS Here's another take..for fun hypothetical discourse Switch cade or jbrown with SGA. Is okc better or worse? Maybe the same? Then would cade or brown be MVP favorite? Would SGA still be MVP on Det/Bos? Tbh. My point is that SGA is great but not as valuable to his team as luka

@LakersFaithful_ @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS A lot of years it actually IS the best player on the best team though.

@TylerSwope @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS Well yea...I'm a Lakers fan of course I'm gonna care more when a lakers is involved. And it's not always the best players on the best team. It's not the "best stastical player" award Valuable is subjective.

@LakersFaithful_ @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS But you care this year because a Laker is involved? Because clearly SGA and Luka are both having good years but only one of them is having one of, if not the most efficient scoring season in NBA history while simultaneously being the best player on the number one seed in the West

@TylerSwope @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS I didn't say that. Just said.i didn't care who won between harden and Westbrook. Both had great years.

@BergmannMa64838 @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS I said what makes OKC great IS Shai, not the team around him. And did you not just say that the reason LeBron and Luka haven’t won more rings is the front office? I was literally quoting your words back to you.

@TylerSwope @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS Jajajajaja u just said shai got better team surrounding and now i am making excuses what is wrong with u Luka is better than shai and lebron is the goat 2 HOF shai not even halfway tru it

@nikolinalepht @SamQuinnCBS If a precedent is set and it’s a bad precedent that is completely ignoring half the game it should be up to us to change it. You clearly haven’t watched OKC enough for us to have a reasonable conversation about this.

@TylerSwope @SamQuinnCBS Correct when a precedent is set you don’t just change it randomly, especially if it’s not even for a top caliber defensive guy. Great, lots of teams switch including the Lakers as well. Of course nobody guards the worst player 100% of the time.

@BergmannMa64838 @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS So you’re saying LeBron and Luka always need the excuse of a “bad front office”? Come on man. Excuses stacked on top of excuses. Also, I KNOW who’s better.

@TylerSwope @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS Wrong having a top3 fron office can put any star to win chip and the lebrons of the world even being the best possible will fall short cause front office is the one to put amazing roster on caliner teams Again luka is still better than shai see How they alone compare

@nikolinalepht @SamQuinnCBS So because something has “never mattered” means it shouldn’t matter? Also, OKC plays a predominantly switching defense in guard to guard screens (unless Dort is involved) so SGA is routinely matched up on the best player on the other team several possessions per game.

@TylerSwope @SamQuinnCBS Never called you dumb. I said using his defense as a selling point for MVP when that’s never mattered and they’re both guys who get stuck on the worst player is dumb, which it is.

@LakersFaithful_ @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS So you only pay attention to the Lakers and not the league at large?

@TylerSwope @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS I didn't care to be honest. That was a miserable year for us Lakers fans. Hahah

@nikolinalepht @SamQuinnCBS Oh I’ve watched LA. They’re good and Luka has had an incredible stretch in the last month plus. But for you to call me dumb and tell me SGA isn’t a good defender is genuinely the most laughable thing I’ve ever read.

@TylerSwope @SamQuinnCBS So now who hasn’t watched LA this year?

@BergmannMa64838 @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS So SGA wasn’t as impactful when he was younger? I mean, obviously. LeBron and Luka weren’t as good before they reached their primes either. SGA’s ascension is what has elevated OKC to the heights they’re currently reaching.

@TylerSwope @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS Well shai has a great last 3seasons before super stacked team he was shit not even top 20PG so 4years will not erase 4years Also allways luka lebron to the most imposible higher standarts nd why is that? Becuase no matter what your fave player do he will never reach those levels

@LakersFaithful_ @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS When Westbrook and Harden were competing for the MVP in the 2016-17 season, who did you believe deserved it?

@TylerSwope @BergmannMa64838 @SamQuinnCBS I think SGA is good..great even. His team is winning. the GM put an amazing team together. And a good roster shouldn't be the reason why hes won't win... But I just don't know if he's a "more valuable player" than Luka.

@nikolinalepht @SamQuinnCBS And I know you’re not Slovenian so you may not have seen him play, but Luka is a historically bad defender.

@TylerSwope @SamQuinnCBS Hahahah I’m Canadian, I’ve seen plenty of Shai. You’re trying to give MVP to a guy for his defense when he’s routinely put on the worst perimeter player available. Argue his offense, his efficiency, his impact on winning. Any of that. Using his defense is just dumb.

@nikolinalepht @SamQuinnCBS Oh my bad. Didn’t realize since you’re Canadian you’re required to watch all the Canadian players. Can you give me some insight on Andrew Wiggins’ season? Shai is a great defender. Never been knocked for his defense until it comes to this debate.

@BergmannMa64838 @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS Well when Shai wins it you guys can all be upset. No worries to me. I know who’s right here.

@TylerSwope @LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS Luka on okc improves on both ends 63 wins now over 55 Put shai on lakers worst on both ends And from 44 woth shai that becomes 35 wins so no shai is not mvp

@nikolinalepht @SamQuinnCBS Tell me you don’t watch OKC without telling me you don’t watch OKC.

@SamQuinnCBS Shai’s defense is not good. Saying either of them deserve MVP for better defense is just dumb because it’s a negligible difference. If defense is truly that important then it’s Wemby anyway.

@LakersFaithful_ @SamQuinnCBS This take is insane. Put Luka on OKC and they’re at best the same offensively and 100% worse defensively; put SGA on LA and they’re the number one seed in the West. SGA is a walking 50+ wins at this point.

@SamQuinnCBS How about this take…hypothetical of course. Luka on OKC and SGA on Lakers. Okc record probably still the same. Maaaaybe defense drops a little. But offense looks better. LAL - probably a play in team. Definitely not 3rd. So who’s actually more valuable to their team.