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It’s no big secret that LeBron James will win his second straight NBA MVP award this season.
The King averaged almost 30 points, more than seven rebounds and nearly nine assists while leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the best record in the NBA.
Guys like Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Amare Stoudemire could all steal a couple votes when the polling begins, but it looks like a sure thing for The Chosen One.
However, this season, basketball fans got a good look at the future of the game with players like Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard creeping into MVP talks. It will just be a matter of years until one of these three takes the league’s top individual honor.
But which one will do it first?
If you weigh the MVP’s performance alongside team success, than Howard and his work with the Orlando Magic would seem like the logical choice. Orlando is the defending Eastern Conference champ and Howard is the most important man on the team. In the last 20 years, true big men have won the MVP crown five times (Shaq, Hakeem, Robinson, Duncan twice), giving way to Michael Jordan four times in the 90s.
If pure numbers are what true MVP’s are made of then Durant would have to get the nod. He led the NBA with more 30 points per game this season while adding 7.6 rebounds a night. Of course, big numbers alone won’t sway MVP voters. Monta Ellis isn’t going to sniff the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as long as the Warriors are winning 20 games. Durant’s efforts have lifted Oklahoma City to the playoffs in just its second year since escaping Seattle. He should get some MVP cred this year if LeBron doesn’t pull off a clean sweep of the voting.
If MVP value is measured in sheer importance to a team’s being, than Rose would definitely pick up a Maurice Podoloff Trophy before Howard or KD. The Chicago Bulls point guard is the motor behind one of the NBA’s most dangerous teams. Rose does have impressive numbers, scoring almost 21 points, pulling down nearly four boards and dishing out six assists a game, but his work on both ends of the floor and the attitude he instills in his teammates is tough to capture by statistics.
So, who wins the MVP honor first: Howard, Durant or Rose?
Or, is there someone else that should get a solid shake at taking home the future hardware?
The King averaged almost 30 points, more than seven rebounds and nearly nine assists while leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the best record in the NBA.
Guys like Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Amare Stoudemire could all steal a couple votes when the polling begins, but it looks like a sure thing for The Chosen One.
However, this season, basketball fans got a good look at the future of the game with players like Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard creeping into MVP talks. It will just be a matter of years until one of these three takes the league’s top individual honor.
But which one will do it first?
If you weigh the MVP’s performance alongside team success, than Howard and his work with the Orlando Magic would seem like the logical choice. Orlando is the defending Eastern Conference champ and Howard is the most important man on the team. In the last 20 years, true big men have won the MVP crown five times (Shaq, Hakeem, Robinson, Duncan twice), giving way to Michael Jordan four times in the 90s.
If pure numbers are what true MVP’s are made of then Durant would have to get the nod. He led the NBA with more 30 points per game this season while adding 7.6 rebounds a night. Of course, big numbers alone won’t sway MVP voters. Monta Ellis isn’t going to sniff the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as long as the Warriors are winning 20 games. Durant’s efforts have lifted Oklahoma City to the playoffs in just its second year since escaping Seattle. He should get some MVP cred this year if LeBron doesn’t pull off a clean sweep of the voting.
If MVP value is measured in sheer importance to a team’s being, than Rose would definitely pick up a Maurice Podoloff Trophy before Howard or KD. The Chicago Bulls point guard is the motor behind one of the NBA’s most dangerous teams. Rose does have impressive numbers, scoring almost 21 points, pulling down nearly four boards and dishing out six assists a game, but his work on both ends of the floor and the attitude he instills in his teammates is tough to capture by statistics.
So, who wins the MVP honor first: Howard, Durant or Rose?
Or, is there someone else that should get a solid shake at taking home the future hardware?
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maybe
and OKC is alot better than last year
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