It's not a team award...the team award is the NBA title and the team MVP is the Finals MVP, right? If team success is the primary stat, then why do they vote before a teams season can be deemed successful? If the Mavs, or Suns, or Spurs, or Heat lose in the 1st rd of the playoffs...no one would call their season a success?
2007-04-07 08:28:18 · 12 answers · asked by ithinksports 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
The NBA MVP is for the regular season and Basketball is a team sport. Success is defined by the team. Not the individual. If a player does great on a bad team... is he truly an MVP in a team sport?
You really should disregard the NBA MVP award. It means little to nothing. The players dont vote, neither do the coaches, nor anyone in the front offices. Its a media voted award by people who have never played. If the media likes you. You will get votes. If not you dont. Jordan ... the greatest player ever has 6 championships and never won the NBA MVP twice in a row. Steve Nash is going for 3 in a row and has never smelled the NBA Finals. So... the meaning of the award is minimal when you think about it. Its a regular season pat on the back. The real prize is the NBA Championship.
2007-04-07 09:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Slinktrodamus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reasonable argument but the team has to have a certain amount of success in order for a player to even be considered an MVP, the only sport I know where an MVP can come from a losing team is baseball.
2007-04-07 08:41:14 · answer #2 · answered by 40thStreetBlack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is judged by overall team success. It's based on how successful a team is with and without a particular player.
This makes the case for Steve Nash. Without Nash, Phoenix had a tough time winning games. When Nash came back they went on a terror - winning 11 games in a row.
Nash isn't high scorer on the team vs Coby at the Lakers. Nash is the catalyst that makes the Suns a cohesive team.
Obviously there are other players who should be considered for MVP, but in my opinion none of them is in Nash's league.
I'm not a Steve Nash or Phoenix Suns fan. I just happen to recognize that Nash is that good. I'd much rather watch Lebron James.
2007-04-07 08:37:42 · answer #3 · answered by I Like Stories 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every team has at least one player who "gives it their all" as you put it. The MVP is about the player that puts his team over the top. He makes his fellow teammates better and thus the team becomes a winning team. The MVP will have taken his team to the best that it can be. So far this year, there's only two players that have demonstrated that - Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. No one else comes close.
2007-04-07 16:23:28 · answer #4 · answered by BillH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it does depend on the team because if the team is not doing well, but they have a star who is possibly the best player in all of basketball they can't win the award because the team actually has to be at least mediocre for him to be in the running for it. Look at the Timberwolves. They have Garnett carrying their team, but until they can get some help for him they have no chance to get anywhere in the playoffs-or even get in for that matter but he does go all out when he is playing.
2007-04-07 08:35:51 · answer #5 · answered by bballboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Most Valuable Player goes to guys who are not just great players but great leaders. Being able to lead your team and make your teammates better (besides filling it up yourself) is what usually translates to success. Look at anyone who has won the award and the leadership factor applies to almost every single one of them. Magic, Bird, Jordan, Duncan, Nash, etc. They are great players who get less-talented teammates to believe in them and uplift thier own games to benefit the team. Don't you think that's more valuable than having a guy jack up 30 shots a night while his teammates stand around or set picks for him and the team is not going anywhere?
2007-04-07 08:46:26 · answer #6 · answered by H Y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me that's the problem...we have too many people looking at guys just trying to excite and get on Sportscenter, but not making it to the playoffs or barely getting in and losing 1st round.
You must be a Laker fan...if you are...where were you when they where three peating and winning these post season awards.
I not a person who wants to reward mediocrity. You wouldn't asking this question if they Lakers were on top of the Western Conference.
2007-04-07 20:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by Dawg Winfrey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the most valuable player award, how valuable is a player if ur not winning since winning is the only thing that determines if u goto the play offs and advance that would mean if ur the most valuable player you would atleast have to make it to the play off, otherwise how valuable are they really if u keep losing
2007-04-07 08:44:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
50 points is wortless if you arent winning. WHat is the point od scoring 50 point i you dont win. Maybe it the player is part of the blame maybe he didnt share the ball enough
2007-04-07 09:16:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well think about it....if a player on a losing team is REALLY that valuable, then why is the team losing?
2007-04-07 08:32:09 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋