Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
[QUOTE=Whoah10115]Having one of the best seasons? Like ever? No.
I don't care what he's better at. His actual play hasn't been overwhelmingly clear. He's a great defender, but his defense hasn't been great this year. Should we put him on the All-Defensive 1st Team this year? He shouldn't even make the 2nd team. Even if he keeps this pace for the rest of the year, he'll make the 1st Team and maybe even win DPOTY if the voters feel there isn't an obvious winner.
He's doing a lot for Miami. But a lot of what he's doing they don't need him to do. He's great and makes things happen, and he has a legitimate argument for MVP. But it won't matter if his actual season play doesn't measure up to his overall game. He's not having one of the great seasons; that's just ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
What is this? You just basically gave me some lame reasons while ignoring all of the facts that makes Lebron the Most valuable player. Not even 2nd team all defense? Miami doesn't need him to do some of the things he does?:biggums: C'mon man, be serious, you can do better.
Lebron is the best in the game and is the leader in points, assists and rebounds for his team. He's as valuable as it gets for a team who's leading the East. Also doing all of this while being more effective than his competition and managing to combine both scoring and playmaking. Durant is doing one thing better which is scoring but he's not even doing it in a more effective way.
Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
Ya, go ahead and name 4 forwards that have been better defensivly than LeBron thus far. :facepalm
Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
[QUOTE=PJR]Ya, go ahead and name 4 forwards that have been better defensivly than LeBron thus far. :facepalm[/QUOTE]
Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Josh Smith, Deng, Iggy, Duncan, KG?
There are probably some others, Lebron played REALLY lazy defense for 50% of the season so far, not even contesting much, letting scrubs blow by him, showing little intensity. Him and Miami have picked it up lately and got back to their old self, but Lebron for the season wasn't as active or impressive defensively as he was past 2 years.
Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
[QUOTE=Nash]What is this? You just basically gave me some lame reasons while ignoring all of the facts that makes Lebron the Most valuable player. Not even 2nd team all defense? Miami doesn't need him to do some of the things he does?:biggums: C'mon man, be serious, you can do better.
Lebron is the best in the game and is the leader in points, assists and rebounds for his team. He's as valuable as it gets for a team who's leading the East. Also doing all of this while being more effective than his competition and managing to combine both scoring and playmaking. Durant is doing one thing better which is scoring but he's not even doing it in a more effective way.[/QUOTE]
I don't know what you're trying to argue. Are you even arguing his level of play this season?
Andrei Kirilenko, Josh Smith, Luol Deng, Paul George, Gerald Wallace, Andre Iguodala, even Shawn Marion...they've been better defenders this season. So what? That's not relevant?
He leads his team in all those categories...so what? Garnett should have 7 MVP's then. I think Durant has played better so far, and I don't even like Durant and his phony chippyness and all the unnecessary FT's he gets. Maybe a week or two will go by and I'll take a look again and change my mind. But for most of the season Durant has played better and I haven't changed my mind yet. But to think Lebron is so far ahead is stupid and is a case of loving the artist and not the art. His season is not levels ahead, sorry.
Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
Those saying that Paul is only strengthening his case sitting out, how the hell do you do that? You're not valuable sitting on the sidelines doing nothing.
Might as well award it to a player who has a season ending injury in the first game and his team goes on to have a shitty season, after winning a championship last season.
Makes no sense. The more you play, the more valuable you are. You sit out a few games and the team loses all of them, too bad. You're not being valuable or proving your value by sitting out doing nothing.
Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
[QUOTE=plowking]Those saying that Paul is only strengthening his case sitting out, how the hell do you do that? You're not valuable sitting on the sidelines doing nothing.
Might as well award it to a player who has a season ending injury in the first game and his team goes on to have a shitty season, after winning a championship last season.
Makes no sense. The more you play, the more valuable you are. You sit out a few games and the team loses all of them, too bad. You're not being valuable or proving your value by sitting out doing nothing.[/QUOTE]
I completely agree. You have to be on the damn court to win the award. Paul has already missed 12 games and he can't afford to miss too many more. KD and James have lead thus far and will likely finish 1 and 2.
Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
CP3.....clipps blow without him. Dominate with him.
Re: Front runner for MVP right now?
[QUOTE=Shih508]Iverson was better than Kobe in 2001[/QUOTE]
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