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If Chris Paul Deserves an MVP Award so Does Deron Williams

 
The MVP award is about redemption isn’t it? How much work a superstar has put in not just this season but for the last couple of seasons. That will be certainly be a factor in Kobe’s case? Chris Paul’s too. Well how about the fact that in his rookie year (2005-06), Deron Williams led the team to a 41-41 record good for 2nd best in their division after they were only 26-56 before his arrival. Then last year he made Utah a playoff team as the team finished atop the NorthWestdivision with a 51-31 record. In the postseason, he beat by Yao, McGrady and the Rockets, Baron Davis and the Golden State Warriors, which advanced the team to the Western Conference Finals. They managed to wrestle away a game from the eventual champions the San Antonio Spurs before going down in defeat. What did Chris Paul do? Chris Paul has took his team to a losing record in his first year there, 39-43. If people are going to argue about the crazy numbers Chris has had this season well look at this, their numbers ... (link)

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