OPINION Should The NBA MVP Go To The Best Player or The Best Player On The Best Team?

[Goldie]

Should NBA MVP Go To The Best Player or The Best Player On The Best Team?

 

[TTBF]

Nah.

 

[Rubato]

No but their team should at win more games than it loses

Otherwise it’s hard to argue impact

 

[Goldie]

Poll added

 

[AZTG]

What about a case by case basis?

 

[grYmes]

Typically the best player is on a playoff team at least. Very rarely could anyone make an argument that the best of any given year wasn’t on a team that’s in the playoffs.

 

[TTBF]

What about a case by case basis?

It already is that.

 

[Goldie]

What about a case by case basis?

Makes it easy for voters to use bias and favoritism.

There should be a set criteria.

 

[AZTG]

It already is that.

Word and it should stay that way

 

[AZTG]

Makes it easy for voters to use bias and favoritism.

There should be a set criteria.

Word but there are issues with making it rigid.

Last year the Celtics had the best team. You can make an argument that neither Tatum or Brown were top 5 players in the league. Giving one of them MVP would have been wrong.

The way it is right now, there is unofficial criteria. The first thing is to make sure the team with the MVP is a top seed, but because it's unofficial, when something historic happens like Westbrook averaging a triple double, they can still give it to him even though his team is the 8th seed.

Imo this isn't a bad way to do it. Have guidelines and unofficial criteria, but because it's unofficial, you can go outside that criteria when something happens that gives you reason to go around that criteria.

 

[O.G.]

Best combined offensive and defensive player who is on a playoff team.

 

[Hater Hearst Helmsley]

No exact science. Normally it is the best player on the best team. Now with all the analytics and different ways to measure impact on and off court, there’s more room for players who have ridiculous stats to make a case for mvp.

 

[Goldie]

Should Russell have won MVP?

 

[AZTG]

Should Russell have won MVP?

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The NBA started after Magic and Bird got drafted.

Anything before that is just shit before that

 

[O.G.]

Should Russell have won MVP?

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I woulda voted for Elgin Baylor.

 

[Goldie]

I woulda voted for Elgin Baylor.

 

[O.G.]

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Just looked it up. He only played 48 games that year. I take back my vote.

 

[5th Letter]

Should Russell have won MVP?

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Looking at the numbers without context. I’d say Wilt.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

did Steve Nash deserves them MVPs over Kobe and Shaq?

 

[NotRol]

Should Russell have won MVP?

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Back then the players made that choice. I think his game really gets under appreciated.