tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302061234363243295.post1424920605921208287..comments2023-10-12T00:18:48.164-07:00Comments on Double-Nickel: NBA MVP Value.Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10346141872333392855noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302061234363243295.post-39686619337127972172007-06-14T10:48:00.000-07:002007-06-14T10:48:00.000-07:00Isn't it the point that it is completely subjectiv...Isn't it the point that it is completely subjective? Sure everyone is up in arms about the fact that Dirk won the award, but thats silly. He was the best player in the league during the regular season and thats it. The fact that his team lost in the first round not only suggests that he choked, but also that his supporting cast sucks. That actually tends to reinforce the idea that he deserved it. Whatever. Ultimately, you just have to chalk up this entire NBA season as an abomination and hope that the quality of play improves radically in the years to come.Jerious Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300353207251608519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302061234363243295.post-5130660701756752532007-06-07T05:54:00.000-07:002007-06-07T05:54:00.000-07:00Anonymous - If you are the same person that has be...Anonymous - If you are the same person that has been leaving most of the anonymous comments, I think you should write for this blog.<BR/><BR/>Also, I would have made the same arguements.<BR/><BR/>Now I may be misinterpretting the data and his conclusions, his goal was to predict the award winner and not neccessarily determine the best player, but based on the formula, excluding this years MVP, the MVP had always gotten the most "points" when considering all the stats he considers. He includes playoffs wins, regular season wins, etc. All kinds of crazy stats.<BR/><BR/>Check it out, pretty interesting stuff.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346141872333392855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302061234363243295.post-34210330466079078782007-06-07T00:52:00.000-07:002007-06-07T00:52:00.000-07:00Addendum: That last comment about Kobe should have...Addendum: <BR/><BR/>That last comment about Kobe should have read "another title, and his first MVP", but you get the idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302061234363243295.post-1736128128590604232007-06-07T00:49:00.000-07:002007-06-07T00:49:00.000-07:00The award is entirely subjective. No formula can p...The award is entirely subjective. No formula can prove otherwise. <BR/><BR/>As much as I hate Kobe Bryant his team doesn't win 20 games without him (assuming Odom is hurt most of the season per usual). <BR/><BR/>Are the Mavericks in the same situation without Dirk? Not even close, but Dirk is an easy pick considering he plays for the better team (more on that later).<BR/><BR/>Shaq is one of the most dominant big men ever, completely unable to be guarded for a three year stretch until rule changes made it impossible for him to single handedly gang rape teams on a nightly basis like used to. I think he only has one MVP award. That's simply retarded. <BR/><BR/>Steve Nash would be lost if he were on a low shooting/defense first team like the Bulls. <BR/><BR/>His strengths are the incredible athletes around him that can cover multiple positions which allow him to coast on defense and pick his multiple targets on offense. Sometimes he even shoots the lights out by himself, but he never faces double teams because they're never in a half court set and he is always able to find these incredible athletes slashing to the hoop on offense. However good he may be though, put a player like Lebron on that team and they win a title hands down. <BR/><BR/>Finally ask yourself this. Of the last seven years how many times did the MVP actually win an NBA title? Excatly once with Tim Duncan sealing the deal in 2005. Shouldn't the most valuable player add the most value to his team by winning a title or at least competeing for one? Those other six years weren't even players that WENT to the finals.<BR/><BR/>The fact that the award is chosen before the season is over only serves to illuminate the fact just how wrong the voters are when they choose the "most valuable player" in the NBA. I mean come on, at least pick one that can get his team out of the first round for God's sake. How "valuable" does Dirk look now? Last I heard the Mavs were rumored to be investigating a trade for Kobe before he went schizo and ran back to LA with promises of surrounding him with more talent. More talent that can win him a title. More talent that will win him another MVP. Kind of ironic when you think about it. <BR/><BR/>You think maybe the Mavs would have gotten past Golden State with Kobe on the roster? At the very least they wouldn't have had to endure exposing Dirk's lack of speed on the defensive end only to watch him get shut down by players a foot shorter on offense too. MVP? Yeah right, I wanna see a formula "prove" that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com