Team record should have no bearing on who gets the MVP

[SillyRabbit]

The MVP is an individual award.

Deciding who gets it based on a team stat is completely idiotic.

Put the 10th place team in the West into the Eastern Conference and they would be a top 2 seed.

It's pathetic that the three best players in the NBA this season:

Kevin Durant
Anthony Davis
Russell Westbrook

will have no legitimate chance to win the award despite the fact that their teams are lottery teams without them and they have been the best players in the NBA hands down.

I refuse to live in a world where James Harden or Steph Curry is the league's MVP.

They are world class players, but MVP's they are not.

[Lebron23]

Tell that to 2006 Kobe and 2006 Lebron, 2008 Lebron, 2009 Wade. Harden will win his first MVP award, and lead Houston to the NBA Finals.

[theaussieguy]

its a totally flawed concept

[pauk]

Individual play must translate towards team success, thats just how it is.... Kevin Durant however if he was healthy/been there all season he would be the #1 MVP on the race, very easily..... and Lebron would be that to if he was healthy/in top form, he said he has been bothered by the knee entire season, lots of wear n tear on that guy, father time is catching up...

Harden & Curry? Screw that, how about Lowry & Marc? Those are equally strong MVP candidates imo..... some more arguably aswell, Lillard? Wall? lol

[Nuff Said]

The MVP is an individual award.

Deciding who gets it based on a team stat is completely idiotic.

Put the 10th place team in the West into the Eastern Conference and they would be a top 2 seed.

It's pathetic that the three best players in the NBA this season:

Kevin Durant
Anthony Davis
Russell Westbrook

will have no legitimate chance to win the award despite the fact that their teams are lottery teams without them and they have been the best players in the NBA hands down.

I refuse to live in a world where James Harden or Steph Curry is the league's MVP.

They are world class players, but MVP's they are not.

Are you gonna commit suicide?

[SpanishACB]

The MVP is an individual award.

Deciding who gets it based on a team stat is completely idiotic.

Put the 10th place team in the West into the Eastern Conference and they would be a top 2 seed.

It's pathetic that the three best players in the NBA this season:

Kevin Durant
Anthony Davis
Russell Westbrook

will have no legitimate chance to win the award despite the fact that their teams are lottery teams without them and they have been the best players in the NBA hands down.

I refuse to live in a world where James Harden or Steph Curry is the league's MVP.

They are world class players, but MVP's they are not.

you're missing the point

apparently good individual performances if they don't account for winning they don't account for nothing.

[Done_And_Done]

Individual play must translate towards team success, thats just how it is.... Kevin Durant however if he was healthy/been there all season he would be the #1 MVP on the race, very easily..... and Lebron would be that to if he was healthy/in top form, he said he has been bothered by the knee entire season, lots of wear n tear on that guy, father time is catching up...

Harden & Curry? Screw that, how about Lowry & Marc? Those are equally strong MVP candidates imo..... some more arguably aswell, Lillard? Wall? lol

I like where you're going with this

[Nowitness]

Kobe would have never won if this were the case.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Harden will win his first MVP award, and lead Houston to the NBA Finals.

[Done_And_Done]

And yes it is an individual achievement but the team success criteria is necessary and should remain a deciding factor. It's not very often the best player in the league isn't playing on a playoff bound team. The MVP should be one who wills his team to a certain degree of victory. Rewarding somebody who puts up 30 a game on a 12th place team just doesn't seem right to me.

[L.Kizzle]

The MVP is an individual award.

Deciding who gets it based on a team stat is completely idiotic.

Put the 10th place team in the West into the Eastern Conference and they would be a top 2 seed.

It's pathetic that the three best players in the NBA this season:

Kevin Durant
Anthony Davis
Russell Westbrook

will have no legitimate chance to win the award despite the fact that their teams are lottery teams without them and they have been the best players in the NBA hands down.

I refuse to live in a world where James Harden or Steph Curry is the league's MVP.

They are world class players, but MVP's they are not.

So a team with a 22-60 records, but the star player is avg 36 points / 9 rebounds and 7 assist on 52% from the field should get MVP over these players:

Player A: 25/12/3 on a 50-32 record?
Player B: 28/4/4 on a 58-24 record?
Player C: 19/6/14 on a 56-26 record?
Player D: 27/6/8 on a 52-30 record?

[SillyRabbit]

Considering the staggering disparity of difficulty in each conference, taking team records into account is severely flawed.

OKC is 10th in the West. They would be a top 2 seed in the East.

New Orleans would easily be top 6 in the East.

Davis, Durant and Westbrook have played better than anyone else in the NBA and it is translating into wins.

Just not as many wins as a team in the East would get, because the West is historically stacked.

[Lebron23]

Durant only had one great game this season.

[Done_And_Done]

Considering the staggering disparity of difficulty in each conference, taking team records into account is severely flawed.

OKC is 10th in the West. They would be a top 2 seed in the East.

New Orleans would easily be top 6 in the East.

Davis, Durant and Westbrook have played better than anyone else in the NBA and it is translating into wins.

Just not as many wins as a team in the East would get, because the West is historically stacked.

Nobody said the system was perfect. It's just the way it is my man. Votes can't be rewarded based on hypotheticals.

[Done_And_Done]

And if Durant plays a major part in OKC making the playoffs, he'll receive consideration.