the nba needs to rethink about mvp?
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YES KOBE DESERVES IT WAY MORE!!! More proof...\n\nOutrageous scoring spree (45+ in 4 games???)\n*81 point game against Raptors\n*Takes record for total points in one season by a Laker\n*Outscoring Dallas in three quarters\n* Most points in one half by a Laker\n*43.4 points averaged in January \n*Scoring 40 or more in one season- 27\n* Games of 20 or more in a season (in a row): 62\n* One of only two people to score 80 or more in one game.\n*One of two players in NBA history to average 40+ in one month in two occasions (one this year)\n*Only player in NBA history with at least 2,800 points and 180 three-point field goals made in one season. \n*One of only two players in NBA history to score 35-plus points per game for 13 consecutive games\n*Scored 30 points in one quarter against Dallas
375876
Here are the Candidates that will win\n\n      Steve Nash:   His team is in 2nd place. He averages 20 points and 11 assists which are  better stats than he had last year when he won MVP. They do not have second best player Amare. Many of you are saying he has Shawn Marion to help him. But when did the MVP award mean do it yourself and lead your team to the playoffs. One thing an MVP should have is the ability to make other players better. Like Micheal Jordan. Steve Nash should get MVP.\n\n     Lebron James:     Is also having a great year and is improving and is a great leader. And proven to the world that he can be a 4th Quarter Player. clinched the 4th seed which they have done in 20 years. He just is not having as great as year as Steve Nash. \n\n       Kobe Bryant:         He is a great player. He has played the best of all the players. But he will not win it because his team is only the 7th seed. And Most MVP's have a winning record. Kobe needs to trust more players and pass more to win more games. But I think that is due to the inconsistency of their gameplay. But if the MVP was just who played the best Kobe would win.\n\n       \n     Allen Iverson had a great year with 33 points and 7.5 assists those are MVP numbers. But the sixers are still currently fighting to get in the playoffs. So they couldnt give it to him.  Iverson is my favorite player and he could win MVP every year but his team sucks so much.
381967
I think Kobe Bryant. I mean, making two carrer-high in one year is amazing. First was 62 then 81. And Kobe was able to bring the Lakers back to the playoff picture. He brought his young teamates to the playoffs. Even though they wont survive first-round, he still beat the odds and is back in the playoffs. So I say Kobe is deserving for the MVP award.
1015810
I don't think so...Dwayne Wade is Special. Is he better than MJ?NO!\nBetter than Kobe or Lebron  .... Not quite. But he is up there.\nI would rate him above Iverson.\nThe hype is his right now he just won the title. But so is the Bullseye, everyone hates Kobe, so they want to crown someone as better. I recall Shaq saying after winning one of the 3 titles that Kobe was the best player on the planet. well guess what he was at that moment. As is Wade right now. But 1 ring doesn't put in inJordan status overnight.. let's not be ridiculous.
349280
The votes are already in.  It won't be officially announced for a couple weeks probably, but there are reports out that Steve Nash has won it.  Besides, Kobe doesn't deserve the award, he led the Lakers to a seventh seed and doesn't make his teammates better, that's not the definition of an MVP.
99252
Chauncey Billups.  Hes had a remarkable year.  Kobe shouldnt get it.  Theyve done horrible this year and scoring 81 pts in a game is amazing but not for an mvp award
425639
KOBE BRYANT ANYONE WHO EVEN THINS NOT KOBE UR WACK LOOK AT THIS GUY 35.4 POINTS AVERAGED IN A GAME!!!! HE HAS THE 2ND MOST POINTS IN A GAME 81!!! JUST BEHIND THE CHAMBERLING WHO HAD 100 I DONT CARE ABOUT STEVE NASH OR LEBRON WELL ACUTALLY THEYRE GREAT PLAYERS TO BUT I SAY AND HOPEFULLY KOBE WINS MVP NO HANDS DOWN
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So Kobe can score more than every othe NBA player? Big deal. Even if that makes him the most skilled player in the NBA, it doesn't make him the most valuable player. Steve Nash-led teams(Suns and Mavs) have led the league in scoring for 4 out of the past 5 years, and if you ever watched the Suns even once this year and compare them to last year, you can see that Nash made the players around him better. I could write an article on why Nash deserves the MVP award.
809500
It's going to be close between Lebron James and Kobe Bryant!But im going with Kobe Bryant, noone has credit him for all that he's done. Steve Nash didnt even deserve to win a second MVP, Kobe should of had won that and if he did and Lebron James played like he is now then Lebron is my vote. Overall Kobe Bryant winning this years MVP!!
451505
yes!!! lebron has 4 or 5 triple doubles this year. this shows that he works on all ends of the court. he scores well, he passes for the assists, he rebounds constantly, and he blocks shots for defense. you cant ask for more. not to mention hes 21. Nash and Kobe all deserve their credit but i feel that lebron is a better player. kobe is all about himself so he can score 40 in a game but has only like 2 assists. lebron scores 40 and has 11 assists. the only other person besides lebron that should even come close to getting the MVP award is Nash but it still should be lebron.
1051387
My friend ill keep this simple, Michael Jordan won it the other time. Plain and simple, the guy above me is pretty retarded since the questions didnt ask to name all the finals MVP.
657335
He should have won the MVP. No one will give him the respect that he deserves. He's about to beat the best team in the league, and make it into the Finals. People are starting to give him some respect, but he deserves more.
415366
Yes, he is one of the top players in the league. Forget about his personal issues, no matter, what, he has been one of the top shooting guards in the NBA for the last 5 years, and that 81 point game proved it. Only Wilt Chamberlain has ever gotten more points in a game, and as a center who was like 6 inches taller than everyone else, he probably had a really easy time of it. As a shooting guard, it's tougher for Kobe to drive in, and get easy hoops. He mostly has to take jump shots, and being able to get 81 points in one game as a shooting guard, in my opinion, is worthy of an MVP. and TMAC, just cause your team isn't in the playoffs doesn't mean that you're don't deserve an MVP. A team could go 35-47, but if one player on their team was amazing, and kept the team in it throughout the season, he should deserve an MVP.
1177713
Personally i think Dirk should have got the MVP award and i don't think Wade deserves to be mentioned in there. (yes wade did great in the playoffs but some of the others even Nash did better in the regular season, which is what the MVP trophy is based on is the REGULAR season.)
1024313
of course this game is rigged!  the NBA is soft.  they had to adjust the rules so that we can sit back and watch millionaires crowd the bench, take terrible shots, cry like infants, watch ticket prices rise, be forced to buy cable to watch the games, and a myriad of other issues!  i am pulling for the Heat, but even if i turn a blind eye, those calls just are not made in the Finals.  it is all about the benjamins.  the longer the season lasts the more money is made for entities who could care less if we, the fans, thought the games were fixed.  take boxing as your example.  those are my opinions.  2fingers
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I am with you on the younger players.The NBA fan of today has the media to thank for hyping all the young guys in the NBA.Back in the day,You actually had to go to games to see the stars then as there was no such thing as ESPN,etc,etc.The younger generation get all jacked up over someone who can dunk a basketball,or score 81 points in a game,Big deal.What they dont get is that B-Ball is a TEAM Sport,not an individual one.All of the "Old School" guys had to pay their dues because they were'nt subject to the World Wide Media Frenzy we have today.I will say that in my opinion for what its worth that Oscar Robertson was the best all-around player ever.The man averaged a Triple-Double for his Entire career.Kobe in all his greatness,or self-appointed greatness as it were,Will never be the player of Oscars caliber.I know I'll probably hear it from Laker Fans,but Tell me how many Rings he has since Shaq Smartened up?Zero,and will be the same amount untill he gets the Team concept which will never happen.All for now,good question by the asker.
862597
This might be the year...Superbowl MVP