Yes fgrep, Smush = Arenas
Way to disregard the point of that. Where you start is not what matters, fact is Smush was doing some nice things defensively and hitting shots for the Lakers. You were basically saying Smush came from the D-League as to somehow downplay the fact that he's playing good now. Well Arenas and Redd started as 2nd round picks, does that even come into question when we're talking about how good they're now? Who cares where he came from, he's actually playing fairly decent for the team.
Mike James came from the CBA, look what he's doing for the Raptors now. Marquis Daniels went undrafted, and he's playing now.
I know what you were trying to get at, but that's only an excuse is the guy is actually sucking, which he's not. Weren't you one of the people saying he was MIP?
Right, so does that mean it's just going to go to whatever half decent point guard is playing on the team with the best record at the time? Nash would somewhat deserve it this season, last year he definitely didn't but Billups?
If half-decent and Top 5 players at their position can be equated to each other, then sure. MVP is not who can put up the best numbers in the season. KG is as valuable to the Wolves as Kobe is to the Lakers, even more. The Wolves without KG would lose more games than the Lakers without Kobe, we've already seen Ricky Davis with his own team in Cleveland, and then he even had better players than he would on Minny with no KG. MVP is most valuable player, but while it doesn't say it in the award name. It's most valuable player on one of the teams with a lot of wins.
Um... wouldn't that make him worse than he used to be.
He's passive as a scorer, because when you shoot and miss, Kobe gives you the glare of death as if he's a 100% shooter himself. Kobe doesn't want anyone else taking clutch shots on the team because he's the only one allowed to, that's not a positive enviroment in terms of wanting to take shots. This is not saying Odom is a great shooter or clutch scorer, but when put in that situation, and him not being a selfish player in the first place, I'm not sure what you're expecting. When Kobe is injured or even when he was suspended, you could see a difference in how Odom plays.
Numbers aren't everything, surely you realise that.
So then outside of gaudy scoring numbers why would Kobe be the MVP this season? Okay, he's valuable to his team, so is every one man star their's been on a team, that's not something unique, what else?
well the teams with alot of wins are generally the teams with the best players, so I don't understand why the best of a good bunch should be getting it by virtue of their own good fortune. It's a media voted award anyway, personally I don't think it's as credible as people may think. PJ Brown.
