MVP: Parker 6th, Duncan 7th

[will_spurs]

The full results are here (http://nba.si.com/2013/05/05/heats-lebron-james-named-most-valuable-player/).

Parker 6th seems ok since his late season injury and less than stellar comeback really killed his chances to be in the top 3.

The surprise, though, is probably Duncan at 7th before Harden, Westbrook, Wade or Curry... although he was snubbed for the DPOY (in the MVP rankings Marc Gasol finished tied at 11th--dead last--with only one fifth place vote), it's nice to see he wasn't forgotten by the MVP voters.

[spurraider21]

David Lee got a vote :lmao

[RD2191]

Duncan should be MVP. Take Duncan off of the Spurs and they would bs fighting for a 7th seed.

[sananspursfan21]

i can live with those results. i like how joakim noah was on the list

[cd98]

Did Gasol finish ahead of Duncan in MVP race?

[jesterbobman]

Carmelo was 3rd in MVP voting, because people are dumb.

[da_suns_fan]

Carmelo was 3rd in MVP voting, because people are dumb.

Dumb doesnt even begin to describe it.

I think most of you know how i feel.

[Juggity]

somebody please out the mongoloid who voted carmelo for first place

[BatManu20]

David Lee got a vote :lmao

:rollinWtf some of these voters really need to have their votes revoked. That's ridiculous.

[polandprzem]

TP should be 3rd !

[crc21209]

:lol Kobe over TP and TD? Nah son....

[cjw]

Duncan should be MVP. Take Duncan off of the Spurs and they would bs fighting for a 7th seed.

Take CP3 off the Clips and they struggle to make the playoffs. Take Kobe away and Lakers definitely don't make it. Take Carmelo away and the Knicks are no better than the Bucks. Can say that about a lot of these guys.

[100%duncan]

These shits dont matter. Predictions dont matter. What matters most is which team will be left standing first week of june.

[Spur Bank]

From http://www.sheridanhoops.com/2013/05/05/lebron-james-thinks-ny-writer-cast-mvp-vote-for-melo/

Duncan and Parker each got two 2nd place votes. Hopefully the formatting on this comes through okay.


Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
LeBron James, Miami 120 1 - - - 1,207
Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City – 93 21 2 3 765
Carmelo Anthony, New York 1 16 51 27 17 475
Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers - 2 27 39 23 289
Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers - 4 12 23 27 184
Tony Parker, San Antonio - 2 7 8 13 86
Tim Duncan, San Antonio – 2 1 12 10 65
James Harden, Houston - – - 7 12 33

[Clipper Nation]

Dumb doesnt even begin to describe it.

I think most of you know how i feel.

:lol Just because Melo doesn't belong anywhere near the MVP award doesn't mean Jared Dudley is better than him...

[Mugen]

:lol Just because Melo doesn't belong anywhere near the MVP award doesn't mean Jared Dudley is better than him...

:lol

[Gagnrath]

Been saying year after year that Duncan will be the best player on this team until he retires and that is holding true. Parker plays on one end, the guy is a defensive liability. He also has come up smallest in the largest of moments during the playoffs. You could never say that about Duncan.


Tony isn't a great defender but I would put him slightly above average as a defender. He isn't Nash, He's better than Curry on defense..... Earlier in his Career he shrunk a few times in the play-offs but last years issue is that the thunder geared their entire defense to stopping Tony and no one else stepped up. Didn't help much that every 50-50 ball and call went the thunder's way and that stuff that was a no call on one end was a reach-in on the other a few games who am I to criticize? I don't care about the future of the league and ratings the way the Commish does.

[phxspurfan]

I think the Lakers make the playoffs w/o Kobe. And they have chemistry to win more than zero games. Just sayin'


lol Kobe above TD

[Russo21]

Based on the MVP results would that mean Duncan will get the nod for 1st Team All NBA Centre?

He was the highest voted big man by far. The only other bigs with MVP votes were Garnett, Lee, Gasol and Noah all with just 1 5th place vote and i don't even see how they got those votes. I don't see how any bigman in the NBA could outdo Duncan for 1st Team honours. He is still just that damn great.

That would be quite an accomplishment for our 37 year old GOAT :toast

[spurraider21]

The guy that gave David Lee a vote has him ahead of Duncan on his all nba rankings :lmao

[exstatic]

Been saying year after year that Duncan will be the best player on this team until he retires and that is holding true. Parker plays on one end, the guy is a defensive liability. He also has come up smallest in the largest of moments during the playoffs. You could never say that about Duncan.

Tim wasn't the best player on the Spurs the previous two seasons.

[rmt]

Based on the MVP results would that mean Duncan will get the nod for 1st Team All NBA Centre?

He was the highest voted big man by far. The only other bigs with MVP votes were Garnett, Lee, Gasol and Noah all with just 1 5th place vote and i don't even see how they got those votes. I don't see how any bigman in the NBA could outdo Duncan for 1st Team honours. He is still just that damn great.

That would be quite an accomplishment for our 37 year old GOAT :toast

Media and journalists vote for MVP. Coaches vote for all-nba teams. No co-relation.

[Sean Cagney]

Dumb doesnt even begin to describe it.

I think most of you know how i feel.And I agree with you there, Melo is a joke IMO sides his constant chucking! Great O player with a great skillset! He is a chucker though and a ball hog! He plays no D and nor does he make a team better as in a title contender. He is not nearly an MVP but a over glorified scorer.

[Mal]

Garnett with vote :lmao
Melo with MVP vote :lmao
David Lee with vote :lmao

Who vote for this crap ??

[polandprzem]

Take CP3 off the Clips and they struggle to make the playoffs. Take Kobe away and Lakers definitely don't make it. Take Carmelo away and the Knicks are no better than the Bucks. Can say that about a lot of these guys.

What the future brings?

[Knoxxx]

Been saying year after year that Duncan will be the best player on this team until he retires and that is holding true. Parker plays on one end, the guy is a defensive liability. He also has come up smallest in the largest of moments during the playoffs. You could never say that about Duncan.

TP is a finals MVP which means he has done it on the largest stage and been the best player on the court, even with prime Duncan in the mix.

Are all the Fakers fans as dumb as you, on average? If so that must be significantly lower then the overall U.S. population, but no surprise given the type of superficial bandwagoners that crawl out of the woodwork when the Fakes are doing well.

[Gagnrath]

Dude is decidedly average as a defender... and that's being generous. I won't put the Thunder series on him, but he's unquestionably the reason for the Spurs losing to the Grizz. That was his opportunity to show he had gotten over the postseason demons from earlier in his career and he failed miserably.
So Mr. Estevez there are what 32 teams in the league, so around 64 starting or back-up PGs I'm thinking that to be considered an average defender he would be ranked between 20 and 40 of those. I'm thinking he's around 15 to 20 as a defender among pgs.

Just for grins I think that I'd like you to name 20 pg's that are decidedly better defenders, to qualify your calling him average and that being generous. I'd say Rondo, Hinrick, Corey Joseph, Aaron Brooks, Darrin Williams, Chris Pual, George Hill, there are a few others that I'm forgetting but Kid sure isn't anymore. So I'm curious lets take a look and see what you come up with. There are a good number that I'd say are pretty much about equal on defense but tony does play on both ends and isn't a bad cover.

[lefty]

Curry should have been 6th TBH

[Gagnrath]

I haven't seen much of him with the nets but with the Jazz and sloan he was a physical defender that liked to body up alot off the ball and punish the lighter guards.