NLSC MVP Race

[mp3]

Jordan and the winning Bulls teams were never manufactured by bringing in current allstars to stack there team they were more built like the Hawks and became successful.

I always look at what Lebron did with the Heat and now with the Cavs as some sort of manufactured boyband on xfactor or something.

[ThePointForward]

Jordan and the winning Bulls teams were never manufactured by bringing in current allstars to stack there team they were more built like the Hawks and became successful.

I always look at what Lebron did with the Heat and now with the Cavs as some sort of manufactured boyband on xfactor or something.

Different times man... It's not like Jordan was going to pick up a cellphone in 1989 and call Hakeem and Magic and say "guys, come to the Bulls, we're going to beat Celtics' record together".
Nowadays they're all friends and keep in touch easily.

It's not like people are hating on Shaq for going to LA and Miami.

As far as Cavs go: LeBron was drafted by Cavs. Kyrie, Varejao too. Love was pretty clear on his intentions to leave T-wolves, so they would be stupid to not try to get him. Other than that they've made some good trades lately as far as I am concerned. Plus they acquired Shaqtin' MVP.

[mp3]

Neither the Lakers or the Heat where close to winning anything before Shaq got there and they did it with 2 stars when they got there rings, lebron needs 3 stars on a team to get it done and they might not of had cell phones back then but they had a regular house phone and if he really wanted to build an ultimate team he could of but that's not how the old school players got things done

[Andrew]

Things have started to gel for the Cavs and LeBron is having a good season, but not a standout one by his own standards. He's always going to be in the discussion, but I don't think his claim is particularly strong this year.

[NovU]

How does Hassan MVPside only have 3 votes so far? I think OP needs to reset the poll since he left out Wade.


LBJ in Miami was a different animal. This season, I don't know what the heck is going on but he just hasn't been the same. Is it because he's now strictly playing as a SF as he needs to yield post area to Love and Mozgov? I honestly don't watch their game, perhaps someone else can explain.

[Andrew]

What we've discovered is that Wade, Bosh, and the rest of the Heat deserve more credit than they received. Granted, the 2014 Finals weren't their best showing, but they were a better and more cohesive team than the Cavaliers were earlier on this season. It was a lot easier for LeBron to put up amazing efficiency numbers and flat out dominate, when two other players were commanding so much attention defensively. Likewise, when the team knows each other and runs like a well-oiled machine, a player like LeBron isn't forced into as many bad shots, or prone to committing a high amount of turnovers.

[shadowgrin]

Harden's defence kills it in my eyes.

To be fair Harden is actually trying to play defense this season like he did when he was with OKC.
He has a career high blk%, stl% and spg, and not much of a liability on defense as he was last season and contributes to the Rockets now above average defense.

[Mandich]

I honestly can't see how anyone can look past Curry/Harden.

Lol at Westbrook having a shot with tthe Thunder going 4-3 in his streak and scrapping for a playoff spot. Also, if Kobe didn't win it when he was scoring 35 per game (he didn't deserve it in my opinion) how do you suppose Westbrook will win ?

Lol at the guy picking Kyrie and throwing Leonard in the mix.

[air gordon]

What we've discovered is that Wade, Bosh, and the rest of the Heat deserve more credit than they received. Granted, the 2014 Finals weren't their best showing, but they were a better and more cohesive team than the Cavaliers were earlier on this season. It was a lot easier for LeBron to put up amazing efficiency numbers and flat out dominate, when two other players were commanding so much attention defensively. Likewise, when the team knows each other and runs like a well-oiled machine, a player like LeBron isn't forced into as many bad shots, or prone to committing a high amount of turnovers.

To be fair, the current cavs roster has had maybe 2 months of games worth played together. 2014 heat is a poor comparison

[Ofek99]

for me the ones that gonna race for the MVP until the end are :

Curry
Harden
Davis
Westbrook
and Kyrie
those 5 are the most Favorite to win it in my view
but kawhi leonard if he wasn't injured for me he was the MVP this season..

You can actually pick 3 of those at the top of this thread.

yeah but those are my five who will race at the end.
the 3 who gonna left at the end..i dont know yet,,,,

[Andrew]

To be fair, the current cavs roster has had maybe 2 months of games worth played together. 2014 heat is a poor comparison

That is the difference, yeah.

[NovU]

The Heat struggled mightily in their first year together. They even cried. The Cavs are not there yet. We need to see tears then we can talk again.