Why Everyone is Wrong When They Talk About MVP
Seth Johnston | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 1:42AM 
Debating which NBA player deserves the MVP award is nothing new, but this season it feels different. Instead of discussing which particular player among a group of worthy candidates is most deserving, the argument has intensified around whether or not Derrick Rose should win the award. Mainstream media (the voters) seem mostly sold on Rose. Greasy blogger types think this is ridiculous. Watching the camps go back and forth over who is right and who is wrong has established only that everyone is missing something.
The MVP is an opinion award, remember? There is no clear definition. If there was there would be no debate, which would end all of the fun, all of the frustration, and most of the interest. There are qualities that many previous winners share, but the exceptions are evidence that these are not hard and fast rules. There is no single correct answer. Nobody can be right and nobody can be wrong.
Rose is the top scorer on a team that has won a lot of games. He is hardly a radical candidate. Perhaps you think an MVP should have a higher PER, more Win Shares, play better defense, or do something else. All of that is only as right and as wrong as any reason used to vote for Rose.
All of this is simple and obvious yet seems to be getting lost. At this point if someone wrote an article that named their choice for MVP while acknowledging their own biases and the limitations of their opinion I would print it out and frame it. I might even start stalking the author. In the mean time the least we can do is stand down a bit from so loudly mistaking our opinions for facts and the MVP award for something that it is not.
Reader Comments (15)
Nice post. Personally, I wish more people would just say that by watching the games, they think a certain player has done more for his team than anyone else. In the end, box scores and story-lines are just a reflection of whats happening on the court.
Of course, that would also require people to watch both offense and defense, and to pay attention to off-the-ball stuff.
I think Derrick Rose has definitely been the most exciting player this year. Kevin Durant, Kobe, Dwight Howard, LeBron, and other MVP candidates are having great years, but they haven't really "wowed" us. Many people are very surprised to see this Bulls team on top in the East right now. Also, he isn't a villain in the NBA compared to players like LeBron or Kobe. I believe we are in awe of a great talented player in Derrick Rose and he is leading his team in the East over the Heat, a team that many NBA fans wanted to see fail.
I think it gets lost that Tom Thibadeau (sp?) is probably just as responsible as Rose for the Bulls growth, if not more so....
@ Jack
Yes, that is a major point because this team clearly plays defense and they play as a team. Rose fits well with what Tom Thibadeau asks for.
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