Message Board Oddities: Volume III April 14, 2008
Posted by nedd_turrley in NBA.Tags: Chris Paul, Hedo Turkoglu, J.A. Adande, Jemele Hill, Message Board Oddities, MVP, NBA
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Today’s message board oddity includes two oddities and doesn’t come from an actual message board. However, the absurdity of the statements fully qualify as “message board oddities.” In a feature entitled “Roundtable: Who is the league’s 2007-08 MVP”, each of ESPN’s NBA writers submitted annotated ballots telling who should receive the NBA MVP and why. Most of the ballots presented logical arguments except for those of J.A. Adande and Jemele Hill. (more…)
Should Chris Paul Be This Year’s MVP? March 27, 2008
Posted by nedd_turrley in NBA.Tags: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, MVP, NBA
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Kobe Bryant will win this year’s NBA MVP – but he probably doesn’t deserve it. Not because he hasn’t been outstanding and extremely valuable to L.A.’s resurgence as a contender, but because there’s someone else who’s been having a hall-of-fame type year. And no, it’s not Lebron James.
Many sportscasters and analysts have somehow overlooked Hornets point guard Chris Paul’s remarkable numbers this season. Not only has he averaged 21 and 11 thus far, but he’s played a primary role in putting a mostly irrelevant franchise at the top of the western conference standings. There literally isn’t a legitimate argument against Chris Paul winning the MVP this season, especially since Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki have dominated the award for the last three. (more…)
