Steve Nash named MVP

NEW YORK, May 7 – Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns was named the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2005-06 season, the NBA announced today. He joins Hall of Famer Magic Johnson as the only point guards in league history to capture multiple MVP trophies and becomes one of only nine players to win the award in consecutive seasons.

The 10-year NBA veteran totaled 924 points, including 57 first place votes, from a panel of 125 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five for third, three for fourth and one for each fifth-place vote received.

Rounding out the top five in voting for MVP were Cleveland’s LeBron James (688 points), Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki (544 points), the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (483 points) and Detroit’s Chauncey Billups (430 points).

Nash averaged career highs in points (18.8), rebounds (4.2), minutes (35.5), field goal percentage (.512) and free throw percentage (.921). He posted 3.3 more points per game than last season, the second-largest scoring increase following an MVP season (Larry Bird, 4.5 ppg, 1984-85) in league history. Handing out a league-high 10.5 assists per game, Nash helped six of his teammates to career highs in scoring average.

The 6-3 guard joined Reggie Miller (1993-94), Mark Price (1988-89) and Bird (1986-87, 1987-88) as the only players in league history to shoot at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range (.439) and 90 percent from the free throw line and meet all the statistical minimums.

Nash guided the Suns to their second straight Pacific Division title and a league-high 108.4 points per game despite the absence of three of the team’s top five scorers from last season (Amare Stoudemire, Quentin Richardson and Joe Johnson). A Nash-led team has topped the league in scoring for five consecutive seasons, making Nash the first player to be part of the league’s highest scoring squad for five straight years since Alex English and Dan Issel led the Nuggets from 1980-85.

The NBA MVP trophy is named in honor of the late Maurice Podoloff, the first commissioner of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963.

Below are the voting results for the 2005-06 NBA Most Valuable Player Award:

Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total Pts
Steve Nash, Phoenix 57 32 20 8 6 924
LeBron James, Cleveland 16 41 33 23 7 688
Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas 14 22 25 36 17 544
Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers 22 11 18 22 30 483
Chauncey Billups, Detroit 15 13 22 18 25 430
Dwyane Wade, Miami - 3 4 9 19 87
Elton Brand, LA Clippers 1 1 2 3 14 50
Tim Duncan, San Antonio - 2 - 6 1 33
Tony Parker, San Antonio - - 1 - 4 9
Allen Iverson, Philadelphia - - - - 1 1
Shawn Marion, Phoenix - - - - 1 1

http://www.nba.com/news/nash_mvp_05-06.html

It was kind of obvious! Nash lead a team without Amare to get a very good record, and they defeaed Lakers in the first round. God job Nash

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!

Thats fucking gay.

Congrats to Nash Good decision in my opinion. Good to see it finally official.
I was surprised to see both Dirk and LeBron beat Kobe though..

He makes his team mates better. He made Boris Diaw better. He made Shawn Marion better. He made Leandro Barbosa better. He made Eddie House better. He made Tim Thomas better. He made Raja Bell better. He made Pat Burke better. He made Nikoloz Tskitizvilli better. He made Mike D'Antoni better. He made the referees better. He made the fans better. He made Amare's injury better. He made the Suns uniforms better. He made the ball boys better. He made the parking attendants better. He made the food venders better. He made his hairdresser better. He made Dallas better. He made the Lakers better for three games. He made Seattle better before the end of the season. He made Boris Diaw get a triple double without even being in the game. He created basketball. He created long hair. He created white people. He created Canada. He wrote the Canadian national anthem. He made LeBron James' mother pregnant 20 years ago. He raped a girl in Colorado and got Kobe blamed for it. He traded Shaq for Lamar Odom.

Is there anything left people haven't credited him for?

xD
Jae's post is awesome ^^

but i'm cool with it
i like Steve Nash, i like his plaxing style and i think that he even deserves it more than last year

You forget "He made breast hair look better"

Is there anything left people haven't credited him for?

He created fire which he later discovered by himself.

Justice prevails!

Not even close, Steve Nash in a landslide. I pretty much agree with the exact ranking of the guys on that list except for Tim Duncan and Chauncey Billups. I thought Chauncey should have been ranked lower, and Tim Duncan shouldn't have even been on the list.

Wow!!! Kobe was 4th hahaha

Reason why Steve Nash should not be MVP -- Look at the bottom of the voting list.

Jae

Steve Nash is the new Chuck Norris.

Shawn Marion doesn't get enough credit

congrats to nash.
he might've beaten my lakers, but he definitely deserved it amongst the other candidates. it's impossible to hate the guy

what him and his team did to the lakers was amazing, down 3-1 (with the last loss being his fault), he bounced back like an MVP does and win three straight. just amazing. although it is kinda weird to have his name up there with jordan, magic, etc.

I'm this close to stop watching NBA. This thing is getting absurd. Steve Nash, a NBA legend, Hall of Famer?

Steve nash also got the virgin mary pregnant

bla bla blah, Kobe is on 4th place, Steve is good but this is radiculus! Lebron and Dirk better then Kobe... totaly absurd!

Can people stop hating Nash for winning MVP. You hate the people that decide who wins MVP if you have a problem with it.

Congratulations to Steve. He may not have been the absolute most deserving, but he still deserves it.

He makes his team mates better. He made Boris Diaw better. He made Shawn Marion better. He made Leandro Barbosa better. He made Eddie House better. He made Tim Thomas better. He made Raja Bell better. He made Pat Burke better. He made Nikoloz Tskitizvilli better. He made Mike D'Antoni better. He made the referees better. He made the fans better. He made Amare's injury better. He made the Suns uniforms better. He made the ball boys better. He made the parking attendants better. He made the food venders better. He made his hairdresser better. He made Dallas better. He made the Lakers better for three games. He made Seattle better before the end of the season. He made Boris Diaw get a triple double without even being in the game. He created basketball. He created long hair. He created white people. He created Canada. He wrote the Canadian national anthem. He made LeBron James' mother pregnant 20 years ago. He raped a girl in Colorado and got Kobe blamed for it. He traded Shaq for Lamar Odom.

Is there anything left people haven't credited him for?

hehe..agreement. You forget he impregnated kobe's wife...thats why his daughter looks so light.

Good to see lebron came in second....gives me hope that the basketball world atleast has some sense. Even though kobe came 4th? Nutty shit. They should let the true hardcore fans vote for mvp...instead of those neck tie wearing shit holes.

Well... at least Kobe had the second most first place votes with 22. I'm surprised Shawn Marion didn't get any more votes that one fifth place vote.

congrats to nash.
he might've beaten my lakers, but he definitely deserved it amongst the other candidates. it's impossible to hate the guy

what him and his team did to the lakers was amazing, down 3-1 (with the last loss being his fault), he bounced back like an MVP does and win three straight. just amazing. although it is kinda weird to have his name up there with jordan, magic, etc.

i agree, it is weird to see him up there with those players, but they have different roles. I dont think its possible to try to weigh one versus the other.

SHAME!

congrats to nash.
he might've beaten my lakers, but he definitely deserved it amongst the other candidates. it's impossible to hate the guy

what him and his team did to the lakers was amazing, down 3-1 (with the last loss being his fault), he bounced back like an MVP does and win three straight. just amazing. although it is kinda weird to have his name up there with jordan, magic, etc.

i agree, it is weird to see him up there with those players, but they have different roles. I dont think its possible to try to weigh one versus the other.

Yeah, it's so easy that 1/5 of any of those players still outweigh Nash.

Well deserved, well deserved. I don't care what arguement anyone has against Nash because your opinion is wrong, invalid, and it makes no sense (or not enough sense) for that player to be named MVP. Great season and playoffs thus far for Nash, keep it up in the second round!

congrats to nash.
he might've beaten my lakers, but he definitely deserved it amongst the other candidates. it's impossible to hate the guy

what him and his team did to the lakers was amazing, down 3-1 (with the last loss being his fault), he bounced back like an MVP does and win three straight. just amazing. although it is kinda weird to have his name up there with jordan, magic, etc.

i agree, it is weird to see him up there with those players, but they have different roles. I dont think its possible to try to weigh one versus the other.

Yeah, it's so easy that 1/5 of any of those players still outweigh Nash.

i dont get it?

congrats to nash.
he might've beaten my lakers, but he definitely deserved it amongst the other candidates. it's impossible to hate the guy

what him and his team did to the lakers was amazing, down 3-1 (with the last loss being his fault), he bounced back like an MVP does and win three straight. just amazing. although it is kinda weird to have his name up there with jordan, magic, etc.

i agree, it is weird to see him up there with those players, but they have different roles. I dont think its possible to try to weigh one versus the other.

Yeah, it's so easy that 1/5 of any of those players still outweigh Nash.

i dont get it?

How about now?