Jokic & Jimmy Butler battle for supremacy in Nick’s NBA Finals MVP Ladder | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

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Nope lol

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@@Datboy0 😂😂😂 they trying hard

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Kevin Wildes is literally the life of this show. Genius move by fs1 making him the host.

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We need more wildes

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He very good at letting the other two take most of the time cause the show is about them, but then he adds jokes and knowledge as host. Never detracts from the conversation. He is much better than like Molly

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Surprising these guys aren’t on more shows like Stephen A….I guess Fox got them on lock

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Letting go of Jenna was bittersweet but mostly sweet she added zero humor

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That Jenna broad was a show killer, annoying big mouth that constantly interrupted it when it was getting good

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Protect this crew at all cost

[@HearItHereFirstTV]

Came here just to agree

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RT

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Please

[@danluce5995]

Sadly they are pushing Nick to replace Shannon. I pray they don’t do that this show is the best sports show right now

[@joeytheboy69]

@@danluce5995 that wouldn’t be nearly as good

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Give this show the Undisputed airtime. They deserve it…

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That time slot is tinted man I don't know

[@MentLeee]

Older people watch at those times at home. That spot gets higher ratings

[@babystephena3773]

@you fell for my bait 🪝 that’s the typical daddy’s time slot.

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This by far the best sports show on TV. They don't yell and scream at each other like on First Take. They don't take cheap shots like on Undisputed. I wish this show was 3 hours long.

[@stevanchez1122]

I see you haven't seen Nick talk about Josh Allen, Mac Jones, or MJ.😆

[@Drako7077]

It's also a different show than those you named. You're not the first person to get it wrong 😂😂😂

[@bradbennett4237]

@@Drako7077 I said sports show...when I want to watch a show that talks about sports, I prefer watching this one. That is what I was talking about...jeez, there always has to be someone that has to be disagreeable.

[@bradbennett4237]

@@stevanchez1122 I don't mean towards players, I meant towards each other.

[@johnnybaxter1953]

To be fair Undisputed had like 1-2 cheap shots throughout 8 years of television. Most of the time they have excellent chemistry

[@vijayvarghese1652]

wildes spinning around in the chair and coming right in with "its tuesday". a true professional. 11/10

[@ktvindicare]

You know, it was Nick that brought me to this show, but Wildes is the main reason I keep coming back.

[@freddyramirez1820]

Its brousard for me..😂

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@@freddyramirez1820 def brou that brought me here and keep me on the show

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I like all of them

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Me too hahaha

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@@freddyramirez1820 The three guys are a great team together I love them all, best sports talk show by far, it's intelligent analysis, Colin Cowherd is good too but I get bored because he's by himself. I do love the segments with Colin and nick

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Man the crew laughing in the background always get me🤣

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This show was great in the beginning, hit its low point when Brandon Marshall nearly destroyed everything, and now it’s quite literally the best on sports tv. They all love each other and their chemistry is unmatched

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I forgot about Brandon Marshall. That era was rough.

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Wildes always be wildin on this show

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Best part

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I see what you did there 😂

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I love how you can hear people laughing off camera🤣

[@camchangfilms]

It’s one of my favorite parts of the show lol. Almost every wildes intro you can hear the crew laughing it’s so fun

[@ChriSSorrow]

Kevin Wildes is such a gem, i wouldnt trade him for anybody whos hosting something in the sportmedia world

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The way this is phrased, there’s no way this isn’t Wildes burner yt

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​@@lombardi_bug even if it is, 90+ people agree with this statement, including me 😎

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This is literally Kevin’s burner

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@@sabe2147 Why can't there be 90+ additional burner accounts? No reasonable person trusts comments, rankings, or reviews, anymore. Entirely too much "bot" action going on to not presume that most of what is spoken on social media is anything but horseshit.

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@@ThomasFromTNyou’re a burner account too

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Wildes had a late night burning the midnight oil guys, dont get on him for not knowing what day it is 😂😂😂😂

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Grinding the all 10 😭

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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@htdubski23]

he better bring that catch phrase back this football season

[@munki17]

"Lot of crazy stuff in the 60s" had me ROLLING. Love this show

[@Jordison888888]

I would like once again to apologize to Wildes for borderline hating him when he came to the show.I love this dude so much it’s ridiculous. You always make my day when I return from work tired keep it up man,a fan from Greece

[@keithmcgregor3330]

I was a bit like that, I couldn’t stand Nick in his early days either.

[@sportshenry198]

Brandon Marshall is the reason I hated this show in the pandemic, and I'm glad he's gone now.

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Wildes with the GOAT intro🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾my dawg too smooth even when he mess up😄

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I'm glad this show is getting so much more love, been the best show around since they stopped doing the show over Zoom and made Wildes the host. I know they read the comments so keep it up guys!

[@microwaves25]

Ye it can't be understated how better chemistry is when all presenters are in the same room. ESPNs coverage is just a bunch of floating heads.

[@AP-sr2lr]

10:22 "It was 1969, lot of stuff went crazy in the 60s" lmfao

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😂😂😂

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@@IknowMoreThanYou This entire segmen is a gem. Every little comment they made while the other was speaking was right on point.

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By far the best show especially since we are in the final days of undisputed Sidenote nick wright is the king of nonsensical hypothetical

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This is easily the best sports show on FS1. Actually, on all of TV

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Best show in all of sports! By a wide margin too. Keep this crew together as long as humanely possible please 🙏🏻

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S/o wildes for the spin move save 😂

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Chris Brouhaha is the best. He’s why I started watching. Knowledgeable. Credible. Funny. Charismatic.

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I love when you here the camera crew and producers laugh in the background 😂😂

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Wildes is killin it !!!!!!😂

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This is the greatest sports talk show on television lmaoooo😂😂😂 This is a great collection of people

[@MuscleMTG]

It's OK Wildes, I thought it was Wednesday for a while today too 😅

[@TC-gx3qn]

That weary look that Brou gave into the camera when Nick started his hypothetical scenario. 😆

[@danielbrown4395]

Wildes is at the top of the First things first mvp ladder 😂

[@Jeffersonhoopstar]

The pan to Chris an Wildes as Nick was explaining ladders was hilarious 😂

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Everything in this show is so well put together. Bravo! 👏

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This crew is too good together

[@caper087]

Hahaha this show , since these guys got together. Has become the best sports show on tv… you gotta love it, wildes is a comedy genius

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This segment had me rolling 😂

[@HassanTheTraveller]

Loool Wildes at the end "that's a good point" whilst actually coming to realisation that nick is right is very funny 😂

[@munki17]

Oh my gosh I just realized why Wildes loves the youtube comments lol! Love you Wildes have a great one

[@timwormus]

"Can you instruct the witness..." I'm dying 😂😂😂

[@StRyKeR9478674]

😂😂😂 My man Wilde's is too real 🔥🔥👌 I never know what day it is either bro 💯

[@dayostical]

Nick thought he had something with that 60-pt hypothetical but Chris knocked it out of the park.

[@antonioiniguez1615]

Completely avoiding the hypothetical isn't knocking it out of the park

[@jaylucas8352]

Nah. The 60 point hypothetical stands. Broussard just got loud like feelings prove anything. There are a small amount of times the best player is on the losing team. Like 3 out of 54 times.

[@enlightenme3673]

@@jaylucas8352 Best player is not the point of the award. Being the best or even "most valuable" on the team that loses is not worthy of an award. The words are invisible, but the award is really Player Most Valuable to Winning. If a guy puts up 80 ppg and 40 rpg and loses, he doesn't get a trophy. If a guy leads his team with 10 ppg and 2 rpg and somehow leads his team to wins, he's the MVP. Pro sports can't reward losing. That's ridiculous.

[@jaylucas8352]

You’re correct. Since the league follows those guidelines Giannis won the MVP this year because the Bucks won the east correct? Oh wait , the third place team has a guy named Embiid who won the mvp and they finished 5th in the whole league. Hmmm. Guess you’re logic is wrong.

[@enlightenme3673]

@@jaylucas8352 That's called a bad faith argument my friend. We were discussing Finals MVP and you brought up reg season MVP, which doesn't have the same criteria or standards. You even misrepresented the award you brought up because, in the reg season, neither being the 1st or 3rd seed is "winning the conference" and isn't the sole piece of evidence that determines MVP, so your Joel/Giannis argument is dismissed. The reg season MVP is always affected by narrative, voting fatigue, biases, teammates, etc. In the Finals, every team and player has one objective, WIN THE SERIES. The purpose of basketball and competitive sports is to WIN. To the victors go the spoils. Trophies are spoils. The player that played great on the losing team could be acknowledged, commended, respected, etc. They don't get a trophy. That's absurd. P.S. If you're going to try to tell someone off with intellect, you should use the right version of "your". "Guess YOUR logic is wrong".

[@Saylin021]

Chris Paul MVP is hilarious that year. man was averaging less points and same assists than Jokic that year. AS A POINT GUARD

[@jehushaphat]

And man swept Jokic in the playoffs that year and consolidated his candidacy.

[@stevanchez1122]

He also bashes Steve Nash's MVPs, who had better numbers in his MVP seasons than Paul did in 2021 and won for the same reason Nick thinks CP3 should have won (most important player on the best regular season team).

[@DammitBobby]

@@jehushaphat he wasn't even CLOSE to the best player on the floor in that series so no lol he didnt. It was an insane take then and is still an insane take now.

[@thaabestt7701]

Who was better that series Chris Paul or Jokic? Go check those numbers

[@jehushaphat]

@@DammitBobby I know. Murray was. And CP3 was the best player on his team during those playoffs.

[@fudgematthew33]

Smooth save, Wildes.

[@DammitBobby]

Finally nick Wright soft admitting his take of Chris Paul winning mvp in 2021 is actually a legitimately insane take.

[@hiphopotamus69]

Saying Jokic shouldn’t have been MVP was a defendable position at the time Saying Chris Paul should have won it was not lol

[@DammitBobby]

@@hiphopotamus69 no it wasn't. There were no other candidates even close to Jokic at the time. Lol that's why people were just throwing random names out there "how about Chris Paul". Because "we can't give mvp to the sloppy fat boy". Every other potential candidate that year hadn't even played 60 games. Jokic was far and away the clear MVP in 2021

[@jaden5843]

@@DammitBobby yea that was Nick top 5 worst takes of all time. makes me embarrassed to agree with him as often as i do

[@youtuber_00786]

@@jaden5843 He has such a long list of bad takes, this one may not even be top 5 tbh

[@jaden5843]

@@youtuber_00786 nah this one is super egregious imo but to each their own there’s definitely an argument

[@kwamayee261]

When Shannon leaves undisputed, First Thing First should take that slot

[@erikpuka2627]

Butler is not carrying the Heat. GOAT Spoelstra is. Butler just happens to be their best player. Like Chauncey Billups on the 2004 Pistons.

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💯

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“Just happens “ omg 😂😂😂😂

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Bam is

[@jaylucas8352]

Bam is easily playing better than Butler. Butler has been basically a no show

[@mreincome]

Rasheed Wallace was the best individual player on the 04 Pistons

[@kevinkusman9137]

If Heat Win, Bam has been the bedrock of the team and played excellent for his Ability. If I was a betting man, Id take that 635

[@DammitBobby]

Definitely. He's by far been the most impactful player on that team for these first 2 games.

[@theonewhoknocks2118]

Agreed. It's a different team when he is not on the court

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There's great balance in the show.

[@bball933]

I know it’s silly on the surface but that is an interesting thing Nick brought up. What if there was really someone that averaged like 50 for the finals and lost in 7. That’s something we have never seen before it was like giving Russ the mvp for averaging a triple double even though his team was a 6 seed yet someone like harden who averaged 30 on a 2 seed didn’t get it. I think it would make us really think hard about it

[@OMG-si3wn]

If 2015 Bron couldn't no one will

[@JDNoble]

@@OMG-si3wn agreed

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

But that’s never going to happen. I’ll be the first to say, if someone literally averages 60 for a team that loses in 7, they should get finals MVP. The reason is that 61 is literally the most points someone has ever scored in the Finals so if someone averaged it they probably deserve it. That’s not realistic though. The Finals MVP trophy needs to go to someone on the winning team.

[@ktvindicare]

I think he's right. I think West DESERVED the first finals MVP trophy, I think Lebron did deserve it in 2015. He only has 4 guys potentially winning it on the losing side, I don't think it's an insane take. I think it SHOULD be a rarity, and I don't think it's going to matter anyway in this series one way or the other, but I don't think the finals MVP should ALWAYS go to the winner like Brou is saying. I think it usually should, but if there's a standout performance on the other side and the series is close, I think it can go to the losing team.

[@jerryroy5198]

Right now it is Wednesday at 4:00. That was trippy.

[@kingjames361]

Chris is 100% right how valuable are you if your team loses if a team won there has to be someone on that team that deserves to be mvp

[@robertflood3007]

Brou and his conversational gymnastics lol. Can always see it coming 😂

[@LeftoverTake]

Jokic isn’t battling anybody. He’s dominating and hoping the rest of his team holds up their end

[@KevinWildesBurnerPhone]

Wildes with wink LMAO

[@rcpsilva1]

Wildes is a genius!

[@marcgisby6452]

Please, please never get rid of any of these 3. Wildes may be the best host on any TV show

[@benjitime7563]

Imagine if Shannon Sharpe join this group, even if for just a limited time, this show would be even more 🔥🔥

[@DammitBobby]

Bro he's leaving fs1 entirely he's not letting any of these clowns ride his coat tails.

[@SkipBaylessBurner]

That would be the equivalent of the 2017 warriors

[@thaabestt7701]

@@SkipBaylessBurnerfacts 😂😂😂 2 Lebron lovers, a hilarious guy , Chris with the history facts and perspective

[@icomeinpeace3756]

He doesn't fit. They're all fairly eloquent unlike Shannon

[@supersaiyannigga5980]

@@icomeinpeace3756 foh

[@Constantinch]

Rare Nick W. I think it's silly that finals MVP has to go to someone on the winner team. Winner team gets the trophy. MVP should go to the best performing player in the finals.

[@GravelordWrust]

By far the best sports show (watching in the UK).

[@mikewallace9292]

Actual good conversation this segment

[@matthewrogers2521]

Its Wednesday here in Australia Wildes. Not 4pm but at least it’s Wednesday

[@Benjamin-fc9ww]

Great question Wildes

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

I’ve been saying these guys are the only entertaining ones. I especially like Nick because he brings up the most proven metric. The basketball Gods

[@SparkLoud]

They opened up with me rolling 😂

[@NostalgicTheFirst]

Hopefully Nick stays and doesn’t take the Undisputed job Keep this trio together at all costs man please

[@kenny9805]

He might take the undisputed job? I haven’t heard that I also hope he doesn’t

[@NostalgicTheFirst]

I read that he was a candidate that FS1 was considering

[@ATDUB-ty9nc]

Am I the only one who loves hearing the laughs from behind the camera?? 🤣

[@pipz420]

To me Most Valuable Player is the one who contributes the most value to the win for the team. You cannot lose and be most valuable. In any sport the mvp should never miss the playoffs.

[@yugo4855]

Wildes is really amazing love him

[@dtmgomc2039]

FMVP to a losing team will always make sense to me because i saw it with my own eyes in 2015

[@marcusaurelius5149]

Brou went off about the Finals MVP and I love it!

[@TW__________]

Them late nights in NY .. I understand Wildes 🤣

[@jfr788]

dont worry wildes! its Wednesday here in Australia!

[@MannyTanios]

I LOVE WILDES SO MUCH - "It's not a list, it's a ladder"

[@timpestano7307]

You could see Nick’s saying Jokic’s name at 1 the self-hate for. Ahaha

[@diegobromfield]

Chris: "The first time, they really didn't know what they were doing" Nick: "You can't say that" Chris: "It was 1969!" 😂😂😂😂 Lol

[@RaymondIsiah]

I hear Wildes is studying the all 22 already

[@marianoortega6725]

“One of the worst MVPs of the last 25 years” *- Nick Wrong*

[@SalKhayer]

I now know what Brou's kids feel like when they got lectured and yelled at. Epic rant about the Finals MVP.

[@blank1795]

It's nice that even if the debate gets heated its still fun and friendly not like other shows.

[@kingcrowder]

The show is improving!

[@Nigel100]

My goodness, I love this show 😂

[@tongdgreat12]

Can we please talk about Nick’s 🔥🔥🔥 fit. Drip God

[@fart7505]

No. We can’t talk about Nick’s wardrobe. We’re all men.

[@chomosuke0720]

​@@fart7505 Nah I wish had that fit it's really good

[@3000amps]

God I love this show!! And thank goodness it isn’t Wednesday Wildes otherwise I would have to be at work 🤪😉🥰😂

[@831cassels]

pray for Jenna

[@akeemMagic01]

Bam is underrated

[@ChrundleTheGreat1917]

Easily the best sports talk show of all time.

[@jaden5843]

haven’t liked a show this much since undisputed 4-5 years ago

[@dus10Bish0p]

This is the best sports show on TV currently.

[@JLuis718]

My fav sports show. The best!

[@j.rrodriguez3671]

Not gunna lie I thought it was Wednesday too lmao

[@MentLeee]

I could listen to these guys talk about sports, movies.. anything really

[@diegobromfield]

The background laughter

[@brennonplays]

Best sports show on TV

[@nethbt]

Boussard : "LeBraawn Jaymz....."

[@knox8113]

"Chaos is a ladder."

[@scottstheemcee]

Nick tho "unless we give it to Heat Culture" 🤣 I'll pay that 😂

[@elijahmccoy1]

I love this show so much

[@righttocensorvalvenis]

It's ludicrous Kobe only has 1 MVP

[@Fredles128]

No not really, his best years were his teams worst years and the other years there was always a better candidate like bron

[@fart7505]

@@Fredles128 Go back to watching lacrosse

[@ofentsemalatse5733]

Best show ever!!!!

[@Denverscorpio]

Weird I found this book and it says denver ends the finals in Miami gm 6.

[@brianchu8147]

I agree with Chris - someone was the most valuable on the winning team, or they ain’t winning. If the losing player was the MVP his team should have won the series

[@aztin2891]

This show is so good

[@troyc7726]

Best show on TV