antidope
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I was going to post this in the NBA thread but I feel like theres so much to say that this should be a standalone thread. This in my opinion is the biggest travesty in the recent history of this award, worse than when Derrick Rose won it over LeBron and I think that it will finally bring the MVP and what it represents and what its supposed to represent into question.
I will start by saying that for years I was a proponent of "The MVP should go to the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER" school of thought, but recently I have given up on that because it simply can not work. Theres no way to support it because its largely based off hypotheticals. I've come around to the MVP basically belonging to the best player on the best team or some variation of it which is how the vast majority of voters and fans view the award.
That brings us to this year. In all my years I've never seen the MVP race turn out this year, where its blatantly obvious who the MVP is going to be. I honestly thought he was going to get every first place vote, but clearly he didnt and its finally time for the NBA to either change the name of the award, or create strictly defined criteria for the thing.
Changing the Name: The MVP hasnt meant "Most Valuable Player" for a long time. Its an award that goes to the best player on the team with the best record or something similar. A players "value to the roster" is taken into account, but not in such a way that it is really a meaningful factor, the stats and the record take precedent. If we were talking strictly value, I.E. "If this guy does down, this team is finished" I wouldnt give that award to LeBron this year. If he goes down, the Heat still make the playoffs at a decent seed and advance to the second round. If I had to base the award completly off of "Value" then I'm giving it to Kobe or Carmelo. Two teams that arent that good to begin with and if they lose that guy then its all over for them. If the award isnt going to the "Most Valuable Player" but rather the best guy, then why not change the name. Call it the MDP "Most Dominate Player" or something similar to that"
Defined Criteria: That can be summed up by the article that was done by the person who gave Carmelo Anthony his first place vote, the only first place vote that LeBron Didnt get. Rather than retype things I will just post my response to the article from the NBA Thread below:
I'm hoping that in the future one of these two things happen, so that something like this doesnt happen again.
I will start by saying that for years I was a proponent of "The MVP should go to the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER" school of thought, but recently I have given up on that because it simply can not work. Theres no way to support it because its largely based off hypotheticals. I've come around to the MVP basically belonging to the best player on the best team or some variation of it which is how the vast majority of voters and fans view the award.
That brings us to this year. In all my years I've never seen the MVP race turn out this year, where its blatantly obvious who the MVP is going to be. I honestly thought he was going to get every first place vote, but clearly he didnt and its finally time for the NBA to either change the name of the award, or create strictly defined criteria for the thing.
Changing the Name: The MVP hasnt meant "Most Valuable Player" for a long time. Its an award that goes to the best player on the team with the best record or something similar. A players "value to the roster" is taken into account, but not in such a way that it is really a meaningful factor, the stats and the record take precedent. If we were talking strictly value, I.E. "If this guy does down, this team is finished" I wouldnt give that award to LeBron this year. If he goes down, the Heat still make the playoffs at a decent seed and advance to the second round. If I had to base the award completly off of "Value" then I'm giving it to Kobe or Carmelo. Two teams that arent that good to begin with and if they lose that guy then its all over for them. If the award isnt going to the "Most Valuable Player" but rather the best guy, then why not change the name. Call it the MDP "Most Dominate Player" or something similar to that"
Defined Criteria: That can be summed up by the article that was done by the person who gave Carmelo Anthony his first place vote, the only first place vote that LeBron Didnt get. Rather than retype things I will just post my response to the article from the NBA Thread below:
There was a time where I would have been in total agreement with what he said, in fact part of me is still with him on it. He voted on who he felt was most valuable to their team, but agian that isnt what the MVP is about anymore so hes in the wrong here in the eyes of many. This is why there needs to be defined criteria. The way it stands now, what the MVP is, is left up to too much personal interpretation. One persons definition of who the MVP is can be totally different from the next guys. How can we put stock into this value if there isnt even an agreed upon definition? You cant do that for something as important for this award.
I'm hoping that in the future one of these two things happen, so that something like this doesnt happen again.
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That's robbery.
