According to an anonymous league source, Steve Nash will be named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second straight season. This should come as absolutely no surprise, as he seemed to be the media’s consensus choice.
That doesn’t mean it’s the right choice. The fact that once again writers got an award voting wrong should also not be surprising, but it’s still dumbfounding. Do these people actually watch basketball?
Nash will be only the 9th player in the history of the league to win the award in consecutive seasons. Listen, Nash had a great year and in other seasons would be deserving; this year, anyone paying attention knows LeBron and Kobe are more valuable basketball players. First off, they both play defense. If given ten one-on-one opportunities, don’t you get the feeling you could score on Nash at least one time?
A guy who averaged 31.4 PPG, 7 RPG, and 6.6 dimes, or a guy who dropped over 35 points on his opponents head each night, including an 81 point effort (the single-greatest regular season performance ever?) will be regarded as the third most valuable player in basketball this year; what a joke.
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