Who's your NBA MVP? ***UPDATE: Poll Added***

[Revolver]

nothing can top balance

 

[DangDaGawd]

I though it was Dangada or some shit. Pretty forgettable either way LMFAO!!

Taken from this classic video.



Something only real Gs know about so I wouldn't expect you to recognize it! LOL!

 

[faustian]

lol @ Bas trying to lecture me on streetfightng. I think 201-0 speaks for itself LMAO!

Anyways that vid was pretty awkward, reminds me of

 

[Possum Jenkins]

Reasonable experts agree with my predictions. The only ones who don't are Rustled Jenkins and the other Rockettes knobslobbers.

How do you reason with someone who can't even remember his fully healthy team getting demo'd by a mediocre Blazers team last season? It just sucks that cans like this have to ruin the thread for those of us that come to seriously discuss basketball.

Canti, every reasonable person agrees that this year's Rockets are better than last year's. Ariza, Smith and Brewer are excellent acquisitions. Even with the 3rd most injuries in the NBA, they're still #2 in the West as of right this second.

But it's unreasonable to say that this team will do well in the playoffs? (if they can avoid injuries, like I've said)

You guys' personal dislike of Harden is clouding your judgments about his team.

 

[faustian]

I've been a Rockets fan ever since they traded for Drexler. Can't stand Hardcan tho

 

[Shaq Mamba]

kobe Bryant.

 

[Fatchops]

Picking Curry over hardcan

 

[llperez22]

westbrook has been the best player but voters auto disqualify guys for not making playoffs.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

jenkins is right in that Harden's style is totally clouding people's judgements. seriously, swap out harden and curry, and who's team suffers more? that rockets team is fucking garbage, to the pt that two defenders (brewer and ariza) are now the second and third offensive options...

but the others are right about their playoff concerns. A) harden's history in the P/Os, when the whistle tightens, is not good (although he did play well in FIBA under similar circumstances, haters forget) and B) for the same reason his MVP campaign should be heavily considered (shitty team), they're fucked. Terry and Prigioni at the PG? for a whole series, against WC point guards (lillard, CP3, Conley, Parker, Rondo/Monte, curry, etc)???? good lawd

 

[snake_vato]

jenkins is right in that Harden's style is totally clouding people's judgements. seriously, swap out harden and curry, and who's team suffers more? that rockets team is fucking garbage, to the pt that two defenders (brewer and ariza) are now the second and third offensive options...

but the others are right about their playoff concerns. A) harden's history in the P/Os, when the whistle tightens, is not good (although he did play well in FIBA under similar circumstances, haters forget) and B) for the same reason his MVP campaign should be heavily considered (shitty team), they're fucked. Terry and Prigioni at the PG? for a whole series, against WC point guards (lillard, CP3, Conley, Parker, Rondo/Monte, curry, etc)???? good lawd

At best I see the Rockettes struggling to make it out of the 1st round, getting bounced in the second. And fuck that Rondell/Montel backcourt.

 

[Sexy]

westbrick will probably never be MVP cause he is a dick to media 24/7 and these grown men cannot handle it
its hilarious though the way he talks to them.

 

[kuromusha]

One of the only things the WCE (worst coach ever) has said that I actually agree with

http://uproxx.com/dimemag/2015/04/byron-scott-kobe-bryant-mvp-conversation/

Very true

 

[Sexy]

this is why westbrick will never be mvp




im sure hte reporter was slamming on his keyboard writing an 'article' later

 

[Revolver]

Westbrick won't be the mvp because he can't get his team to the playoffs.

 

[Sexy]

thats true too, tio revo

 

[Shaq Mamba]

I'm all for Westbrook. He has that fire, like the Bleek Mamber once had, the fire that says, "Hey motherfuckers, when I'm on, nobody can touch me and there is nothing you can do about it."

Once West goes to the Lakers, under the tutelage of the Koobster, he will understand what was once passed down from #23 to #24 and now to #0... wait wtf he needs to change his number from #0, you can't win shit being a zero.

 

[Revolver]

even the fans don't care about hardcan

 

[DangDaGawd]

jenkins is right in that Harden's style is totally clouding people's judgements. seriously, swap out harden and curry, and who's team suffers more? that rockets team is fucking garbage, to the pt that two defenders (brewer and ariza) are now the second and third offensive options...

but the others are right about their playoff concerns. A) harden's history in the P/Os, when the whistle tightens, is not good (although he did play well in FIBA under similar circumstances, haters forget) and B) for the same reason his MVP campaign should be heavily considered (shitty team), they're fucked. Terry and Prigioni at the PG? for a whole series, against WC point guards (lillard, CP3, Conley, Parker, Rondo/Monte, curry, etc)???? good lawd

Rustled Jenkins just said though that the Rockets are a lot better than last year. Can't have it both ways. Either the Rockets have a really good team and are poised for a deep run in the playoffs or they have a terrible team, completely carried by Harden.

I'd personally go with a mediocre team carried by a volume shooter. Harden is a very good scorer, but he doesn't score with the efficiency that Curry does and he doesn't make you drop your jaw on the reg like Curry does.

 

[Possum Jenkins]

Everyone has different criteria for what MVP should mean. Personally, I've never given the "he means soooo much to his team" angle that much importance.

The season after Jordan's first retirement, the Bulls only won TWO less games than in their previous championship season. Doesn't mean MJ wasn't the best.

Hardgoat has simply been the best player on a good team that would be great if it wasn't for the damn injuries.

The pendulum seems to be swinging in Curry's way though so you hating haters will be happy.

 

[DangDaGawd]

It's swinging Curry's way because he deserves it. Curry is superior to Harden by literally every metric except PPG. I'm not even a Warriors fan, but what he's done this season has been nothing short of amazing.

the Warriors are on pace to finish the season with the league's top-ranked defense (98 points allowed per 100 possessions) and Curry is receiving rave reviews for the way he has defended. Through 76 games, Curry (according to NBA.com) was holding his man to a shooting mark this season (43.4%) that was the lowest among the aforementioned MVP candidates.

More importantly, that mark was 2.1 percentage points lower than the average shooting percentage for those opponents - a figure that trailed only the New Orleans Pelicans' Davis in that key category (his is a remarkable minus-6.6). Additionally, Curry's steals rate of 2.2 per 36 minutes played is tied with Westbrook for the lead among the aforementioned candidates.

In a day and age when a player's efficiency is being valued like never before, it's not even close when it comes to Curry v. Harden (48.7% overall shooting for Curry to 44% for Harden; 44.2% from three-point range to 37.8%; a league-leading 91.4% from the free-throw line for Curry to 86.6% for Harden). Harden is vastly superior when it comes to getting to the line (9.9 attempts per 36 to Curry's 4.7), which helps cut the gap between those two players in true shooting percentage, which takes two-pointers, three-pointers and free throws into account (63.8% for Curry and 60.5% for Harden).

But make no mistake, the Warriors are a far worse team when he's not on the floor. The plus-minus point swing of plus-18.9 when Curry is on the floor vs. on the bench is the second-best of the MVP candidates, with Paul leading in that category (plus-19.6), James third (plus-16), Davis fourth (11.2), Harden fifth (plus-8.2) and Westbrook sixth (plus-6.4). And while the Warriors have been healthy in ways that so many others have not, they maximized that health to the hilt. With two games left this season, Golden State (65-15) has already set a new league-record for improvement among teams that won 50-plus games the season before (14 and counting, breaking the record of 13 set by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1966-67 campaign).

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport.../strephen-curry-warriors-steve-kerr/25685473/