Who will win MVP?

• thegreenmenace

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  For me the MVP is simple, Kobe Bryant.  Its liek this, would the Suns make playoffs without Nash? probably.  Would the Mavs make the playoffs with Dirk, maybe.  Would the Lakers be worth watching at all if it weren't for Kobe? Hell no! I mean think about it, his sidekick on the team is Smush Parker! Smush!  Kobe for MVP, because it doesnt matter if he is arrogant, fake, a rapist or whatever.  Its not a sportmanship or model citizenship award, its the MVP trophy and Kobe deserves one before he is done.

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Wolves Updates 1/31
Published 1/31/2007 by Lil Dice at I Heart KG
... Maurice Brooks/NBA.com ranks KG at #7 in the "Race to the MVP" and comments on the team:

Wolves Updates 2/7
Published 2/7/2007 by Lil Dice at I Heart KG
... Garnett slips to #9 in this week's player rankings on NBA.com.

Wolves Updates 2/16
Published 2/16/2007 by Lil Dice at I Heart KG
... NBA.com lists Garnett at #8 in this week's player rankings.

Gilbert is a Sleeper MVP
Published 10/10/2007 by gilbertology at Gilbertology
... Maurice Brooks’ Training Camp Edition of his Race to the MVP has Agent Zero ranked #9 overall and in the “Sleeper” category where he has MVP Potential if everything goes his way. ...

SWAGs 2007-2008
Published 10/15/2007 at CelticsBlog
... Some stuff I managed to somehow get right (like Gerald Green winning the dunk contest). In some cases I got the right result but was off slightly on timing (I thought the C s would trade for KG in midseason instead of this offseason). In other cases, I was just dead wrong (trading Pierce, making the playoffs last year, etc.). As a glutton for punishment, I m back with more predictions that probably have about a 5 to 10 percent chance of happening. 1. Kevin Garnett will win the MVP. First of all, I ...

GMs Love LeBron
Published 10/24/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... According to the NBA general managers, LeBron James will win his first Maurice Podoloff Trophy this season. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images) Talking about who is going to win the league's most valuable player before February's All-Star break is normally viewed as silly. Saying who the leading MVP candidates are before the first day of the new year is usually met with outrage. And trying to create MVP buzz before the regular season even begins? I think Steve in Portland says it best: "Can you let the players play a game before you start trying to predict who is going to win an award that doesn't come out until almost summer? It makes you look stupid." Despite the words of encouragement from my buddy Steve, I still put together my preseason player rankings, Race to the MVP . The Sixers are my favorite team, but I love the NBA for its players. Therefore, in my humble opinion, there is never a wrong time to start debat ...

The Time is Yao
Published 10/31/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... didn't play much this summer and turned in a stellar opening night performance against the Lakers with 25 points, 12 boards, three assists and three blocks. Yet, the potential for gaudy stat lines wasn't the reason for my picking Yao as MVP. I think Yao and the Rockets will thrive in new coach Rick Adelman's Princeton-style offense. He is, as TNT's Doug Collins said late in the game, the Rockets' best free throw shooter. On offense, he moves well for a man his size and has astounding footwork. That, and you can't move the big lug off the box. His biggest weakness is on defense, where he's slow to recover and he's caught playing defense with his hands, which leads to foul trouble. The Rockets showed on Tuesday against L.A. that when they're on, they'll be tough to stop. Tracy McGrady, obviously, will be a big part of Houston's success this season, but I see Yao as the cornerstone of a team that I think will win the ultra-competitive Southwest Division. And who knows? Maybe ...

T-Mac Injured
Published 11/15/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... One night after moving past Kobe Bryant for the NBA scoring lead and maintaining his top-3 standing in the Race to the MVP , it appears Tracy McGrady may be out for a while. He injured his right elbow with under a minute to go in the first half ...

Garnett to Join Jordan, Olajuwon?
Published 11/19/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... KG has been a contender for both awards, taking home the MVP in 2003-04 and finishing as the runner-up to Ben Wallace for DPOY in 2001-02 (albeit, he was a long runner-up, Big Ben had 106 votes to Garnett’s two). My point being is, Garnett is always in the discussion for both distinctions, so he’s already in the church, now all he needs is the right pew. Mentioning Garnett in this year’s MVP debate is a no-brainer. Mo Brooks already has Garnett sitting comfortable a top his Race to the MVP column and when you add in the fact that he is the undisputed best player on the ...

Power Rankings Mail -- Turkey Day Edition
Published 11/22/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... that the Spurs will likely spend most of the second half of the season in the top three or four and that the Bobcats probably won't be in the top 15 come February and March (but wouldn't that be fun if they were). But for now, they are where they are. Sebastian - Kissimmee, Fla.: Orlando so far has proved that they can be one of the best teams in the league, but do you think they can keep it going for the rest of the season? JS: Absolutely. What's not to like? They've got a beastly MVP candidate down low, a lightning quick point guard, shooters galore, an excellent coach and ...

Most Valuable
Published 11/22/2007 by Sam at nba glue
... now, Dwight Howard is all three. Statistically, he's venturing into Shaq-circa-2000 territory: 22.2 points, 14.3 rebounds and 2.4 blocks while shooting 57.5% from the field (and, just to be fair, terribly from the line). His Orlando Magic are 10-3, partially due to the addition of Rashard Lewis but mostly because of Howard's strong play. Unless he gets injured this season (knock on wood), we're not going to have to see how the Magic play without him. However, and Maurice Brooks of NBA.com's Race to the MVP can back me up on this, Dwight is in it to win it.

You Decide: Kobe vs. LeBron
Published 11/28/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... on Cavs.com asking fans how many triple-doubles LeBron'll have this season. I'm going 16-20.) I'm just sad Mo Brooks hasn't seen the light yet. But he will. Make your pick: Kobe or LeBron.

First ROY, now SOY
Published 12/18/2007 by Sean Meagher at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... , Roy is averaging 21.9 points, 6.7 assists, and 5.1 rebounds per game. All while leading Portland to an 8-1 record on the month. Look around the major sports sites, ESPN.com, SI.com, FOX Sports.com, NBA.com and you will find a picture of Roy in all his glory. And today, one day after being the first Blazer to be named Western Conference POW since Clyde Drexler back in 1987-88, NBA.com writer Maurice Brooks tabs the reigning ROY as his SOY (Sophomore of the Year): [T]he streaking Blazers find themselves sneaking up on Denver and Utah for supremacy in the division right now. ...

Kleinigkeiten, KW 51
Published 12/24/2007 by Paul Niemeyer at NBA-Blog
... trips to the U.S. when Yao was just beginning his career. - Derek Fisher attestiert Kobe Bryant eine hohe menschliche Reife: “My observations, for sure, are that he’s a different individual. He’s grown and matured. I personally can’t imagine coming into this (NBA) world at 18- or 19-years old, trying to maneuver around with all the things you have to figure out, and do it at the level of stardom that he was at coming out of high school.” - Sophomore des Jahres? Brandon Roy! Roy, last season’s Rookie of the Year, has shown ...

Power Rankings Mail -- Numbers Crunching
Published 1/2/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... rest of the mail... Jake - Standish, Mich.: Every year for the past few years Chauncey Billups gets overlooked as an MVP candidate. He runs the show in Detroit and there are a lot of players who don't play as well as him who make the board because of their numbers, when in reality Chauncey is one of the most valuable players to his team in the entire NBA. Heck, maybe a little consideration. JS: I agree with you, Jake. Chauncey would be in my top 10, maybe around eight or nine, but Mo's got him at 17 . And the other day, I was filling out an ...

Is There Anything Dwight Howard Can’t Do?
Published 1/3/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... He’s terrorizing the NBA this season, and he’s got a better swing - from either side of the plate - than Michael Jordan did when he gave it a shot. Dwight Howard is totally the next Bo Jackson. Yeah, but can Ryan Howard drunk? (Bugs and Cranks) Race to the MVP (NBA.com)

Game Day: Blazing through the Big Easy
Published 1/23/2008 by Sean Meagher at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... and Nate made the cut as well. Brandon Roy is up to No. 9 in Maurice Brooks' Race to the MVP: Roy's statistics may not be as impressive as some of the other candidates, but the MVP is about more than just numbers. He is the unquestioned leader for the Blazers, who at the midway point in the season are in first place in the Northwest Division with a surprising record of 25-16. Mike Kahn's midterm exam on FoxSports.com. ...

Chris Bosh: Overlooked, Unheralded, and Unphased
Published 1/27/2008 at Courtside
... ), people continue to count CB4 out of superstar talk. This year, the rave is all about Brandon Roy and Chris Paul carrying and leading their teams to surprising seasons. In fact, nba.com has Chris Paul ranked fourth in the Race to the MVP rankings . If I remember correctly, Chris Bosh did the exact same thing for the surprising Raptors last season, but while posting better numbers (Bosh was one of only five players to average 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds per game). The only MVP-talk I heard for Bosh last season was from ...

Today is Media Day.. yeah(?)
Published 1/29/2008 by marianoscutter at Two Of Us Talking Sports
... in this country are too busy with the Super Bowl hype, Presidential Primaries, and tax rebates to keep track of the goings on in the NBA, but Chris Paul has been having himself a year.  He’s averaging 20 points, 10 assist and 4 rebounds a game, and has led the New Orleans Hornets to a 32-12 record (2nd best in the league).  They just got done putting the smack down on the defending champs (that’s the Spurs for you uninitiated), and Paul is getting plenty of buzz for MVP this year.  It’s still early, and the cream of the crop in the NBA usually ...

Ich will nichts beschreien, aber...
Published 2/13/2008 by Paul Niemeyer at NBA-Blog
... ...Kobe Bryant wird wohl auch dieses Jahr nicht zum MVP gewählt werden. Den, wie ich meine, nur schwer haltbaren Grund hat Maurice Brooks auf nba.com genannt: ...

Top Ten NBA Players to win MVP award
Published 2/13/2008 by james at NBA Obsessed - NBA Basketball News
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Maurice Brooks writes for NBA.com and has an ongoing article keeping track of his Top Ten nominations for NBA MVP. It is called Race to the MVP Weekly Leaders. Let’s take a look at Maurice’s list with your intrepid author’s comments in italics. LeBron says - It is all about team (yeah, right) 1. LeBron - Last Week’s Rank - 1 The Cavs are six games below ...

Coach of the Year: First Rankings
Published 2/29/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... ), piped up: "What? No one'll read that." Stung by the lack of interest from our cubical community, and possibly in cyberspace, I sauntered up to the esteemed Maurice Brooks, author of Race to the MVP , and sarcastically asked: "Excited for the first Coach of the Year rankings?" "Yeah, man" said Mo in his best Brooks, which is very ...

Help Me Help You ... Win MVP
Published 3/4/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... With Pau at his side, Kobe could finally get his first MVP. -- Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images While the world breathlessly awaits Mo Brooks' Race to the MVP for Week 18 to show up around 10 p.m. ET tonight, all of this waiting got me thinking: does every Batman need a Robin? ( Editor's note : Mo's checked in .) Last week, for the first time this season, Mo bestowed upon Kobe Bryant ...

Power Rankings Mail -- Rethinking the Real Contenders
Published 3/6/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... him at the other four starting spots. I just don't see a guy who has Ray Allen , Paul Pierce , and various other skilled role players on his team as the MVP. If KG is out for a night, Pierce or Allen can pick it up. Who picks it up when Lebron's out? Uh... NO ONE. That simple fact alone proves just how "valuable" LeBron is, thus the meaning of the award. JS: Here's a quick take (because it has and will be argued to death over the last month and a half of the season, and Mo is the MVP guy): I agree that LeBron means more to his team than Kobe means to the Lakers or KG means ...

No Yao, No Problems In Houston
Published 3/7/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
The Heat, Timberwolves, Grizzlies and Sonics all have 16 victories or fewer this season. Powered by Tracy McGrady , the Rockets have won more games than that during their current winning streak. It is probably too late for T-Mac to make a serious charge into the Race to the MVP upper tier which is currently occupied by Kobe Bryant , LeBron James , Chris Paul , Dwight Howard and Kevin Garnett , but what he is doing in Houston should not be overlooked. Throughout his career, McGrady has been knocked for being hurt way too much (How’s the back?) and for never leading ...

R2MVP: LeBron Lights Up Pacers
Published 3/8/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... for the Daily Record . He went on to star at Notre Dame for three years and is now in his seventh season in the NBA. B) James is performing this season like the best player in the world. If you are a regular Race to the MVP reader, you know that I think Kobe Bryant is the top player on the planet. Still, James is trying his best to prove that my line of thinking is no longer correct. I still believe Bryant is the MVP , but James is inching closer to him for the right to be called the best all-around performer in the league. They are both great leaders and perform ...

R2MVP: From ROY to MVP
Published 3/10/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, the Cavaliers’ LeBron James and the Hornet’s Chris Paul are considered the favorites in this year’s Race to the MVP . If James or Paul were to take home the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, he would become just the 14th player in NBA history to have been named both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player during his career. Bryant, who averaged 7.6 points, 1.3 assists and 1.9 rebounds during his freshman campaign in 1997, was not named ROY. Here is the list of players who have won both prestigious individual awards: Bob Pettit : ROY 1955, MVP 1956 ...

Race to the MVP: Chris Paul Addendum
Published 3/11/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... into The Court Reporter's blog to bring you this addendum to Maurice Brooks' Race to the MVP presented by Kia column. (We kid because we love... I wish I had a sports hero I could mash on for 24 hours.) I've wanted to do a post about the NBA's "hidden" MVPs. And I still may roll out a piece about guys like Kyle Korver in Utah or James Jones in Portland, who aren't focal points, but make themselves indispensable through their specific contributions. Regardless, this post is about a point guard in the Delta who may be the best player in the NBA right now. Well, the best ...

LeBron's a Cover Boy Again
Published 3/14/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... just George and LeBron. Have they all been nominated for an Academy Award? Nope, only Gere and Clooney can claim that distinction. Have they all appeared on the cover of the women's fashion magazine, Vogue ? Ding, Ding, Ding. You betcha. LeBron appears on the cover of Vogue 's April issue along with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen, hitting newsstands next week. Consider this another notch in James' "Global Icon" belt, as his recent off-the-court success has rivaled his MVP consideration on it. This year alone he's hosted SNL , co-hosted the ESPY's with Jimmy ...

Happy Born Day, Andre Miller
Published 3/20/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... While today is obviously all about The Answer, another standout is also going up against his former teammates and coaches today. Sixers guard Andre Miller, who was No. 21 on my 20-player Race to the MVP rankings this week, was the big chip Philadelphia got in return from Denver in the A.I. deal. A victory would be the perfect present on his 32nd birthday. Mar 19, 2008 8:00 PM EDT ...

Race to the MVP Mailbag: Time to Pass the Baton
Published 3/28/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... and do interviews on the radio. While those are some of the highlights, the best part of my job has been writing this column. The same way that the readers anticipate Race to the MVP every Tuesday afternoon, I look forward to having my e-mail inbox flooded with responses a few hours later. I came up with the concept of R2MVP to serve as a reference point for readers who wanted to follow the players who were in the hunt for the Maurice Podoloff Trophy. Type "Maurice Brooks NBA.com" into Google and you will see that my idea is working. Depending on which message board or ...

Game Day Open Thread: Hornets @ Heat
Published 4/2/2008 at Hornets247.com Blog
... combust. Game info... Hornets (W-L): 51-22 Heat (W-L): 13-61 Game Time: 6:30pm Central. TV: CST locally, League Pass elsewhere. Radio: KMEZ 102.9 FM in New Orleans and WIBR 1300-AM in Baton Rouge. Linkage: At the Hive: Q&A with Crazy from the Heat | AP game preview | Crazy from the Heat | Chris Paul climbs to number one in NBA.com's MVP race Here's hoping the Hornets can beat the crap ...

Foye Fouls Out in a BLINK
Published 4/2/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... Read Foye Fouls Out in a BLINK Apr 2, 2008 Posted by: Ben Couch [image] Rodney Stuckey and the "Zoo Crew" boosted the Pistons to victory Tuesday night. David Sherman/NBAE/Getty Images Surprise! After assenting to several demands , Donnie Walsh is the Knicks ' new president of basketball operations . Ken Berger breaks down all the details , and Henry Abbott thinks Walsh brings daylight . [image] Our boy Mo Brooks , formerly of Race to the MVP fame, debuts at the four-letter . [image] With the Nuggets playing ...

Nothing Ages You So Fast As Refusing To Mature
Published 4/3/2008 by Krolik1157 at freedarko.com
... SCHEDULED PONTIFICATION: So Amare's got 25/9/1.5 with some baggage in regards to the defensive end, on the previously mentioned historically nuts shooting percentage. Dirk won the thing on 24/9/3.5 on 60% true shooting and a whole hell of a lot of baggage on the defensive end, while KG's candidacy is far more legit than Amare's with 19.5/9.5/3.5 on 58%, as is DH with 21.2/14.4/1.5 on 62%.; While KG is quite beastly on the defensive end, and DH more than holds his own, Amare being at 13th in the race reeks of bullshit. ...

Kobe Earned It
Published 5/6/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... 82 of the 126 available first-place votes, easily outpacing New Orleans' Paul, who had 28 and Boston's Garnett, who had 15. The Cavaliers' James earned one first-place vote. I don't know what to make of Kobe's wide margin of victory. I thought the voting would be much closer than it was. I have two theories as to why this may be. One, either the voters believe Kobe had a far, far, superior season to everyone else (I can see the argument for Kobe having a superior season -- hell, I made it ) or two, the voters felt some measure of sympathy for neglecting Bryant in the past. ...