Should a NBA player who's team didn't make the playoffs be awarded the MVP trophy?
452789
Maybe they've been "considered" for MVP, never will they be awarded the trophy. The only reason they'll consider a player from a non-playoff contending team is they'll look at most likely, the last half of the season, and check out that players superior stats, versus how his team did in that span. A team can lose the first 40 games of the season, then turn around and win the last 40 games.... when they won the last 40 they could've had a player single-handedly boost them into an "almost" playoff spot. Maybe the player's averaged 40 pts, 12 rebounds, 10 assists...(extreme example). He was able to bring his crappy team into the NBA spotlight by going on a 2nd half season tear. But for now, don't get a headache, a VERY extreme circumstance would have to happen before a player from a crappy team gets awarded the MVP. And it won't happen.
150451
Well, Ben Wallace is the team he would be most deserving. But Billups would get it because of his ability to take over a game, and when he shoots poorly, the Pistons lose. Rasheed can also take over games because he is so hard to defend because of his length. But Rasheed tends to be inconsistent. What was he..1-11 in three's against the Nets? Hamilton is also deserving, he is the teams leading scorer and his defense has been superb this year, but he cant knock people around like Billups can.
449121
Yep!  Kobe just scores.  His team loses most of the time when he scores 40 or more.  His passing comes last.  Takes more than scoring to get MVP.  Jordan got his team winning with leadership and Kobe, well, because his leadership sucks can never be compared to Jordan or considered for MVP.  Lebron James!!!  MVP.  Go Kings!
393591
So Kobe can score more than every othe NBA player? Big deal. Even if that makes him the most skilled player in the NBA, it doesn't make him the most valuable player. Steve Nash-led teams(Suns and Mavs) have led the league in scoring for 4 out of the past 5 years, and if you ever watched the Suns even once this year and compare them to last year, you can see that Nash made the players around him better. I could write an article on why Nash deserves the MVP award.
1093669
yes they should have won this year because first of all they deserve it. they've got shaq down low in the paint to dominate and alonzo to rotate for shaq. they're got dwyane wade to shoot and score and pass and rebound. but its not only because of the stars!!! shaq and dwyane wade did not win the championship all by themselves. the bench was the most helpful. they did better than dwyane wade or shaq this year. they were the most productive. so if you wanted the best players of the 06 NBA Finals i'd give you Antoine Walker, Gary Payton, and James Posey.
1062614
Ihe NBA officials should get the MVP! In a matter of 8 seconds, Dwyane Wade commited a backcourt violation, pushed off on THREE players, got a phantom foul and Josh Howard calls a time out between his foul shots when any ref that has been in the NBA for any period of time knows that no one would take their last time out then when they could advance the ball!  \nTerry should take the ball at Shaq and foul him out quick in game 6.\nStackhouse has averaged about 12 point per game in the series. The Mavs lost by one. Do the math.\nI'm a dude so I will stick with the cheerleaders.
470273
definately not, most HOFrs have made the MVP and played 4 longer, he will, but he will have 2 play 4 longer
86450
I don't know who should've won.  Iguodala's dunks were pretty impressive.  Especially the one from behind the backboard.  Robinson's dunks were cool, too, and he probably won because he's shorter than most people that enter the dunk contest, and he still did all those awesome dunks.  Allen Iverson was saying that Iguodala might not ever do the dunk contest again because of how he got robbed, so that's not good.  Iguodala should come back next year.
1051387
My friend ill keep this simple, Michael Jordan won it the other time. Plain and simple, the guy above me is pretty retarded since the questions didnt ask to name all the finals MVP.
956427
I've been asking myself the same question ever since the season began.\n\nI think Lebron has huge chances. The Cavs are doing good and basically, they depend on Lebron to do almost everything. Cavs are a team of nobodies, and if Lebron does have a 52+ win season averaging 29/6/6, He will be a shoe-in for MVP. If not, blame the judges.\n\nOther players I consider for the MVP award are: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas; Steve Nash, Phoenix (He's got the assist stat owned so why not); Carlos Boozer, Utah (guy's been really good this year); Dwyane Wade (Wade's still the same high-powered scoring offensive beast out on the court, but his team isn't doing so well); and Tim Duncan (Probably another best record in the NBA. If Duncan keeps up his 22/12/3 effort, He could be a deadly candidate); Yao Ming (He's shown he deserved the first overall draft pick selection and he is healthy); and Kobe Bryant (Im still doubtful about this; hope Kobe returns to his 81-point form, but with more assists).\n\nThat's all I got. I still think LBJ will get it all.
358059
I think you mean MVP, but I don't think he should, because, even though he scores a whole lotta points per game, they don't necessarily guarantee wins. Just a couple of days ago, he scored 51 points, but his team lost by the score of 100-93 (I think). If a player's efforts don't contribute wins the majority of the time, he shouldn't be MVP. Steve Nash, Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett - when they got their MVP's, they clearly elevated ALL of their teammates by their play. Not so for Kobe.
445214
I think that he should be elected. He was a very consistent underrated player for 14 seasons averaging 16 points per game. What was more important than just stats was the fact that he was a very good perimeter defender who was a 4 time All NBA Defensive 1st team selection (with an additional selection to the 2nd team once). He was also a 6 time all star, 2 time NBA champion and was the 1989 NBA Finals MVP. He should be elected for being a tireless worker, a great defender who excelled at the fundamentals.
226474
If they can get consistently good performances from all their players, they might just wrestle that 8th seed away from other teams. But it really won't make a difference if they make the playoffs or not because they will be facing off against either Dallas or San Antonio and they have no chance of beating those teams. They will win at most 1 game in the playoffs if they make it.
810944
a good chance he will NOT be MVP.
35768
No unfortunatley he does not, while he is a great talent. Kobe will have him beat for the offensive superstar and scoring machine on a mediocre team vote . And players such as Duncan and Nash and Billups will beat him in the All around Superstar on a great team vote.\n\nJust one more point. They vote for the League MVP before the playoffs start. The sixers making the finals will have absolutely no impact on AI's MVP chances.
415366
Yes, he is one of the top players in the league. Forget about his personal issues, no matter, what, he has been one of the top shooting guards in the NBA for the last 5 years, and that 81 point game proved it. Only Wilt Chamberlain has ever gotten more points in a game, and as a center who was like 6 inches taller than everyone else, he probably had a really easy time of it. As a shooting guard, it's tougher for Kobe to drive in, and get easy hoops. He mostly has to take jump shots, and being able to get 81 points in one game as a shooting guard, in my opinion, is worthy of an MVP. and TMAC, just cause your team isn't in the playoffs doesn't mean that you're don't deserve an MVP. A team could go 35-47, but if one player on their team was amazing, and kept the team in it throughout the season, he should deserve an MVP.
1104414
That's what the f*#k I'm talking bout... and for people that say Wade is the best, they only say that s**t cause they turn one the TV and see him right now...  they either have never played organized basketball, don't remember the Laker 3 peat, or they just got the mind of an impressionable 10 year old little kid...  and the MVP stands for the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER...  if your going to give it to the player that makes his team better...  give it to LeBron, not Nash...  wins ain't got nothing to do with the MVP.  It's supposed to go to the player that had the best year... that was Kobe...  END OF DISCUSSION !!!!