Why is there an MVP award but not Best Player award?

[atljonesbro]

I always thought the MVP was stupid being the top award. Why not just make it the best player of the year award? Makes more sense than trying to measure value which is almost impossible to measure

[Qwyjibo]

The MVP should be the best player award. Unfortunately the voters sometimes fall in love with a good "story" (Nash, Rose) or reward a guy for having great teammates.

[ZMonkey11]

Maybe it's to underline the fact that basketball is a team sport. And if your team isn't successful, you can't be the best in basketball.

Just speculation.

[navy]

MVP allows story lines to grow.

[nathanjizzle]

The MVP should be the best player award. Unfortunately the voters sometimes fall in love with a good "story" (Nash, Rose) or reward a guy for having great teammates.

what was roses story? that he dropped 27 points and 7 assists against the top 8 teams in the league that year?

[navy]

Maybe it's to underline the fact that basketball is a team sport. And if your team isn't successful, you can't be the best in basketball.

Just speculation.
That's just blatantly false.

[red1]

what was roses story? that he dropped 27 points and 7 assists against the top 8 teams in the league that year?
stop lying to yourself boy

[sammichoffate]

That's just blatantly false.It's enough to take the award from those who deserve it most though

[SouBeachTalents]

Well if this were the case, Jordan would have like 8-9 MVP's