NBA MVP - Most Valuable Player to their team or Best Player in the League?

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I am always a bit confused on this definition. Thoughts guys?

It its most valuable to their team then Chris Paul wins, no doubt. Take him out of NO and they wouldnt score 50 points in a game.

If its best player in the League then its gotta be Kobe (Just beating Lebron).
 

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Well, I don't believe there is a clearcut defintion given. For a while there, when Steve Nash picked up a couple, it was the most valuable/important player to their team. Dirk won it as arguably the best performed player on by far the best team in the league.

For mine, it should be the best performed player in the league over the course of a season. That takes into account both individual stats and impact on the team's performance. This year, that is Chris Paul, IMO.

I don't like the "best player in the league" critera, as you can be the best player in the league without performing the best during the given season. You know, otherwise it would have gone - Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, O'Neal, O'Neal, O'Neal etc.
 

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This is rubbish. Obviously most VALUABLE player is just a euphanism of sorts for the best player in the league. Sort of like how ''best and fairest'' footy awards are often given to players who are not whatsoever ''fair'' by definition or even sportsmanlike. The award should go to the best player in the league for that particular season obviously taking into account things like his teams overall performance, his teammates performance around him etc. but NOT AT ALL his teams potential or lack of potential without him in the lineup. What is the point of thinking of that?
 

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P.S No prizes for guessing my MVP is Kobe
Strange. Paul has been the better player this season by any statistical measure, so by your definition should win.

Really, the only way Kobe is the MVP is if the definition is "who's been the best player in the NBA over the last 5 years not name Tim Duncan". In which case I'd have no problem giving him the award.
 

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Strange. Paul has been the better player this season by any statistical measure, so by your definition should win.

Really, the only way Kobe is the MVP is if the definition is "who's been the best player in the NBA over the last 5 years not name Tim Duncan". In which case I'd have no problem giving him the award.
More "best player not named Shaq"...

*excluding these last two seasons.

Seriously the guy should have 4+ MVP awards.
 
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More "best player not named Shaq"...

*excluding these last two seasons.

Seriously the guy should have 4+ MVP awards.
Completely agree, from 1999-2005 it should have been exclusively Shaq and Duncan winning it, except the year Iverson won (2001), which should could arguably have gone to Webber (27/11/4.5/1.5/1.5) and if not, Shaq (28/12/2.5).

Still, as good as the Lakers were with prime Shaq, there's no way they deserved that title in 2002. I have never seen such a blatantly biased example of officiating as that series with the Kings.
 

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LeBron has been overlooked a bit this season. Amazing statistical line and dragged an atrocious team to 45-37 despite missing a few games. He's been just as good and just as valuable to his team as anyone.
 
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