Welcome to the first edition of my very own “Race to the MVP” I will be doing this once a week to give you guys my insight on the NBA MVP race. As usual remember to rate, and comment (give me feedback if you guys disagree on anything, and tell me why).
1. LeBron James: James had BY FAR the best week out of any player. He won the player of the week award already for the third time this season. Dropping 41 in Portland, two nights after Kobe went an abysmal 14-37 from the field. Let’s not forget the 37 he poured on the Golden State Warriors. It’s no surprise that LeBron gets the best stats (by far) in the NBA. However the MVP race is so much more than that. We’ll have to see if the Cavaliers win total will match up with LeBron’s unmatchable stats. For now, LeBron is sitting pretty.
(” The ol’ 8-8 start usually gets me going”.)
2. Kobe Bryant: Let’s see here, 10-30, 14-37, 4-21, and 7-10 last night against the Spurs. Yikes! The Lakers have lost three out of four and it seems as if Kobe’s injuries are starting to take a toll on him. Don’t get me wrong, Kobe is the most durable guy in the league if you ask me, but you have to know what your body is capable of when it’s ailing. Regardless to say Kobe is still Kobe (the league’s best player), I’m sure he will bounce back and have another 40 point game and the Laker faithful will say something along the lines of “Kobe isn’t affected by injuries!”. If the MVP race ended today it’d be a no-brainier to give The Black Mamba the trophy, however it was a tough week for Kobe, so for now he’ll have to take a seat in second.
(Yeah, I don’t want to look either Kobe.)
3. Dirk Nowitzki: Not a bad week for the Mavs, going two and one is solid. And that’s how Dirk has played, solid. Dirk averaged a shade below 26 points this week and grabbed roughly eight rebounds in the process. I don’t have much to say on Dirk that hasn’t already been said. (Yawn…….) The Mavericks have a couple big games ahead of them, but for now it seems as if Dirk has found a home for himself in this MVP race.
(Quit your smilin’ and cut your hair cut already.)
4. Dwight Howard: The Orlando Magic split their games this last week. Dwight on the other hand had a very Dwight Howardish type week. If you don’t know what that means let me clear it up for you: rebounding like nobody’s business, more turnovers than someone would like to have in a bakery shop, too many missed free throws, and hanging around the 20 point mark, not to mention getting his fair share of blocked shots. The Magic hold the Eastern Conference’s third best record, it seems they’ll stay there with the way the Celtics and Cavs are playing.
(-”Superman never made his free throws”)
5. Steve Nash: Nash is now shooting a career-high 54.3 percent from the field while averaging a career-high 18.9 points. Talk about efficiency! The Suns’ leader has the team tied for third in the Western Conference. The one thing that really stood out to me this last week while watching Nash was the way he takes Amar’e's (is there an apostrophe now?) game to another notch offensively. Amar’e will have to tell Steve thanks for the All-Star start. One more thing, please remember to vote for Nash on the all-star ballot. (No one wants to see an injured T-Mac play).
(“Don’t you try and get me jipped out of an All-Star start”)
Honorable Mentions: Brandon Roy, Tim Duncan, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Durant, Joe Johnson.
See you guys next week.
