The Most Undeserving Reg. Season MVP of this Decade?

[truethat23]

Who do you all think is the most undeserving regular season MVP of this decade? 2000-2009.

Shaquille O'Neal, 1999-2000
Allen Iverson, 2000-2001
Tim Duncan, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Kevin Garnett, 2003-2004
Steve Nash, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Dirk Nowintzki, 2006-2007
Kobe Bryant, 2007-2008
Lebron James, 2008-2009


For me I have to go with Dirk Nowintzki. This guy didn't even get his team out of the first round of the playoffs that year. They got beat by Golden State. If you are MVP of the league in the regular season, it has to at least carry over into the post season to a certain extent. If you are MVP, you at least have to take you team to the conference finals.

What do you all think? Who was the most underserving?

[GMW]

Has to be Nash for me.

[EvinWizzle]

steve nash first mvp

[The Magic Man]

Nash 05/06. There really is no comparison when it comes to awards.

[The Magic Man]

Check the times of the last 3 posts. Lol, great.

[VCMVP1551]

That's tough. It's between Iverson and Nash. Shaq was the clear MVP in 2001 and 2005 while I would have given it to Dirk or Lebron in 2006.

[Fatal9]

Allen Iverson over Shaq in '01 was the most undeserving...

[Bush4Ever]

Under the general methods and rules for selecting an MVP, all of the choices are somewhat legit.

MVP does not equal best player. That isn't the purpose of the award.

But to answer your question, Iverson's was probably the most undeserving, given his team padded their record against the absolutely pathetic East that year. Against the West, the 76ers won at a 47 win pace. Against the East? 60 win pace.

Duncan could have won in 2001, and if not him Shaq should have won. In fact, Shaq should have been the favorite most likely. But Iverson was a clear third place in my eyes.

22/12/2.3 blocks/All-NBA defense for a 58 win team IN THE WEST (Tim)
29/13/2.8 blocks/All-NBA defense for a 56 win team IN THE WEST (Shaq)

Iverson's team won 56 games in the EAST, and Iverson irrefutably had a worse individual season in my eyes than both of them.

[depletedW]

Who do you all think is the most undeserving regular season MVP of this decade? 2000-2009.

Shaquille O'Neal, 1999-2000
Allen Iverson, 2000-2001
Tim Duncan, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Kevin Garnett, 2003-2004
Steve Nash, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Dirk Nowintzki, 2006-2007
Kobe Bryant, 2007-2008
Lebron James, 2008-2009


For me I have to go with Dirk Nowintzki. This guy didn't even get his team out of the first round of the playoffs that year. They got beat by Golden State. If you are MVP of the league in the regular season, it has to at least carry over into the post season to a certain extent. If you are MVP, you at least have to take you team to the conference finals.

What do you all think? Who was the most underserving?

Dirk is an MVP player. Yes he had a bad series that year vs. a bad matchup in GS, but was also let down by his teammates. But he has evolved into such a force in this league, and has put this team on his back numerous times in the regular season as well as the playoffs throughout his career.

I would have to go with Nash. Two MVP's? Come on.

[truethat23]

Dirk is an MVP player. Yes he had a bad series that year vs. a bad matchup in GS, but was also let down by his teammates. But he has evolved into such a force in this league, and has put this team on his back numerous times in the regular season as well as the playoffs throughout his career.

I would have to go with Nash. Two MVP's? Come on.

I'd rather the NBA gave the MVP to Duncan a third time then to give it to Dirk that year. If you wanna talk about guys carrying their teams on their backs in the reg season, then I think Kobe or Lebron should of gotten it before Dirk. Not saying that Dirk isn't a great player, because he is, but I just don't think he was MVP material that year. I can live with Nash having two.

[crisoner]

Iverson was great in 01 but come on we all know Shaq SHOULD of had two which comes to my next point...STEVE NASH TWO MVP'S WTF?????

That just ruined the award for me.

For real it's a crime that Shaq did not have at least two.

Most deserving is Duncan's two.

[Meticode]

I don't know. Steve Nash or Allen Iverson to me.

[VCMVP1551]

I'd rather the NBA gave the MVP to Duncan a third time then to give it to Dirk that year. If you wanna talk about guys carrying their teams on their backs in the reg season, then I think Kobe or Lebron should of gotten it before Dirk. Not saying that Dirk isn't a great player, because he is, but I just don't think he was MVP material that year. I can live with Nash having two.

Dirk led Dallas to 67 wins in the West while averaging 25 and 9 along with a rare 50/40/90 shooting % line. He deserved it.

[KenneBell]

Nash.

[Bush4Ever]

D
I would have to go with Nash. Two MVP's? Come on.

MVP does not equal best player. The general criteria for the award is...

1. Being on a elite team by rank (usually within the top 3 spots)
2. Within those teams, whomever has the best statistical outputs

Bonus: If one goes to a team fresh, and that team experiences a turnaround in win total, it really helps (see KG in 2008, very modest statistics but was 3rd in the vote).