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Way OT
Posted By: Joe Russell In Response To: Way OT (Stick)
Date: Thursday, 18 June 2015, at 9:32 a.m.
I think you would have had several people come forward, if there were many that agreed with you. And, to say that no one backed you up because Europeans don't follow the NBA is pretty lame and not true.
Determining the MVP should not be that hard. Take Lebron away and how would Cleveland have done? Swept in four, probably double digit losses in all? Take Igoudala away and how would GS have done? Maybe they would have won, maybe they would have lost. GS had other pieces that might have handled the job, maybe not like Igoudala, but they would not have had to play as well as he did for GS to be competitive. How many players in the NBA could have replaced Leborn and given the Cav's a chance? 0, 1, 2? I'll go with a strong 0! How many NBA players could have replaced Igoudala and given the Warriors a chance? 60, 70, and maybe one or two on his own team.
The award is not for the player that played the most over his head. The award is for the Most Valuable Player. Lebron is the greatest NBA player since Michael Jordan, without doubt, and he had one of the greatest NBA finals performances ever. He was responsible for almost everything Cleveland did on offense: ball handling; post play; ball distribution; rebounding; creating; scoring. Nate Silver, I hope you know who he is, ranked Lebron's supporting cast 60th out of the last 62 NBA finals teams. Without Lebron, Vegas would have made GS 500 to 1 favorites. Without Igoudala, Vegas would have still made GS the favorite.
Lebron nearly averaged a triple-double and he averaged 45 or 46 minutes a night. Sports scientist Michael Young stated: "Every one of these NBA guys are under a tremendous amount of stress at this point, but LeBron in particular, playing 46 minutes a game with that travel and quick turnaround ... it's a little insane. That's unbelievable, really, to bear that mental and physical burden and still play at a high level."
And,Lebron's 46 minutes are not like any other player's. He plays the most labor-intense minutes of any player, ever. Lebron may or may not be the best basketball player ever, but he is certainly the greatest physical specimen. Worldwide, trainers consider Leborn to be the greatest physical athletic specimen. His photo is posted in the locker room of several Premier League teams. Young said LeBron's workload is "unfathomable." He compared it to the Tour de France, but with more physical contact.
To be forced to carry that workload and to have one of the greatest finals performances and not win the MVP is a travesty, especially losing it to a player that, while he played amazing well in his three starts, was several orders of magnitude less important than Lebron to his team.
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