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To be fair, Nash did defend Parker once in the playoffs. Parker that game only had 41 points and 12 assists.
Just watching the Suns and Blazers and thinking about Nash being the most overrated player in the history of the NBA. The "experts" were so caught up in his stats, which were the result of D'Antoni's system, that they missed the fact that he can't defend a paper bag. Also, he was always outplayed by Tony Parker when they matched up in the playoffs. Actually, the Suns never had Nash defend Parker because that would have been a massacre. Now, with a more standard offense, Nash is averaging 7 assists a game instead of 11, and the MVP's look more and more silly.
To be fair, Nash did defend Parker once in the playoffs. Parker that game only had 41 points and 12 assists.
nash is stuggling with porter change of style
still think nash should not have been mvp though
There are worse calamities. Like TD never being winning defensive player of the year...
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Didn't he make the WCF with their best offensive player Amare injured? He deserved at least one of them. Remove the best player from any team and I imagine phoenix suffers the most.
this is crazy, before the shaq trade Nash with the Suns has to be one of the greatest PGs i have ever seen, and top 5 to ever play the game.
Whether the spurs hate him or not, give credit where it is due. Dude used to be amazing and he deserved at least one of those MVPs
Are you Jemele Hill?
I don't see how the way he's playing now means he should not have won the MVPs. He obviously didn't play like this during those two seasons.
That is a crime.
Nash deserved the first one he got. Kobe should of had the second one he won.
Name one other MVP from the last 20 years who was a total lliability on defense. In fact most of them were great defenders, or at least better than average. If you're only looking at half the game Bruce Bowen could just as well be MVP. Dirk isn't a great defender, but he isn't a liability, and his size gives him some value. But Nash, even in his prime, got torched whenever he faced top tier point guards. That was one of the main reasons the Suns always struggled against top teams, and beat up on mediocre, young teams.
I know Nash is great offensive player, passer, shooter, playmaker, makes his teammates better etc. But I would rather have Billups as a PG any day. If people weren't so caught up on mis-interpreting statistics, he would never have been considered a MVP player. He is an Allstar player, but no way a MVP like Jordan, Bird, Magic, Duncan, Karl and Moses Malone, Hakeem, Shaq, DRob, or even Dirk, who is pretty lame as far as MVP's go too.
I agree.
The one thing Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant have in common is that they each have an MVP trophy that belongs to Lebron James.
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Nash was incredible offensively under Coach Pringles system but there is just no way such a pathetic defensive player should have won an MVP, let alone back to back.
The Suns won 29 games in 2003-2004
The Suns won 62 games in 2004-2005 when they acquired Nash.
Don't tell me that isn't a valuable player. Case closed. MVP well deserved.
i think shaq deserved his first one, and nash deserved the 2nd one he got, and that 2nd one that he got belonged to him by a long shot.
1. Nash is a couple of years older than when he recieved those MVPs
2. Withouht Nash that team SUCKED; and even now when he is off the court Amare is much worse
3. He did not recieve those MVPs because of his defense; everyone knew it always sucked
2 are a lot, but he surely desereved at least one!
I have to say, Nash made being a passing pg fun but he was great for the system he played in which is why he thrive after leaving Dallas. Even pro guy ranked him high but I'd take Kevin Johnson in that system over Nash. I respect Nash because he ran the system to perfection and I didn't have a problem with 1 MVP but if he won 1 for doing that then Paul should have won last year. I always gave alot of credit to putting nash in a system like that, alot of these guy would thrive if coaches would placed them in the appropriate system.
Nash is playing bad at the moment..
I wonder if the fact that Nash and Dirk are white may have helped them somewhat in getting all those MVP's.
The media was presented with a tough choice, give Nash an MVP or give it to Kobe. They've always hated Kobe so Nash was the lesser of two evils.
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