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Kawhi will win the MVP if Curry misses about 15 games or more.
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If Kawhi can dominate Curry in the SA-GSW matchups he can certainly boost his chances. That's basically what won him DPOY.
(a) Curry out for +15 games + come down to earth right after.
or
(b) Spurs +65 wins + top seed (or close 2nd) + Kawhi outplaying Curry in their H2H..
Spurs would have to overtake GS for the top seed for that to even be a consideration.
Dunno that Kawhi has to outshine Curry by that much in H2H. Kawhi is a huge difference maker on both sides of the ball. Curry is just having an unprecedented offensive season though. I think if Kawhi marginally improves and Curry marginally decreases offensive output, the race could be much tighter than people expect.
Probably the best bet, or
(c) in any event the Spurs get the 1 seed over GSW, Kawhi will get it.
I don't think it'd be outrageous if the voting committee starts taking into consideration both sides of the ball. But since there is not a "offensive player of the year" to counterpart the defensive one, the MVP is mostly about the best offensive player anyway.
There is the scoring champion ... but Curry is more than just a scorer. The gravity he has is the center of GSW offense.
Kawhi is a very different player obviously, his offensive pull is not the epicenter of the Spurs. However, he's impactful in every sense of the game, and has been truly remarkable this season.
It will require Curry coming down to earth, and GSW to hit a skid, which may not happen. Curry has been historical this season...
Kawhi's scoring average going up a bunch through the season + Curry's coming down a few + Spurs catching up to warriors is the only chance.
If the Spurs finish w/ a better record. That's how Rose won it over LeBron (2011), Kobe over Chris Paul (2008), Curry over Harden (2015), Nash over Kobe (2006) ...etc.
Kawhi's best hope is for it to unfold like the 2007-08 MVP race b/c Kobe/CP3 when the Lakers overtook the Hornets during the season finale after Chris Paul had been putting on a historic season & running away w/ the #1 seed before the Lakers traded for Pau. In reality Kawhi is more like KG on the 2007-08 Celtics as the best 2 way player in the league.
Bryant received 82-first-place votes and 1,105 points in the media vote. He was followed by New Orleans' Chris Paul (28 and 889), Boston's Kevin Garnett (15 and 670) and Cleveland's LeBron James (1 and 438).
http://www.nba.com/features/player_rankings.html
Last edited by Kawhitstorm; 12-22-2015 at 08:51 PM.
If Curry has unprotected sex with Magic and LeBron blows out his knee.
best record would give him a slight chance ... but we are still due for the annual injury bug where several Spurs are out with small injuries at the same time, so I doubt it heavily
it's amazing tbh... if not for curry kawhi would be the #1 candidate.
i hate how some people on here and everyone on reddit say the spurs made kawhi. we helped a lot but you can't teach the drive/work ethic kawhi has.
Ok but what have you done?
He's a Spurs fan you stinky Frenchy.
If curry continues his form, prime MJ wouldnt even win MVP.
This. Specially if he can make it difficult for Curry to score just like what he did to KD, PG, CA, & LJ.
A lot of season left but it's petty incredible he's even being talked about as a candidate right now. Even crazier all the talk that he'd be #1 if it weren't for Curry.
FWIW, Kawhi will get his chance at this award someday, finishing 2nd or 3rd will set him up greatly next season..he is still relatively very young. Curry won it out of nowhere at age 27, KL isn't even 25 yet..As long as the Pelicans aren't league juggernaut yet,and if AD keep missing games at his seasonal rate, Kawhi will be in the mix especially if he keeps developing this fast he will be a scary finished product by his peak time 27/28 yo......
Last edited by spursistan; 12-23-2015 at 12:57 PM.
Given all the acclaim this Warriors team has (rightfully) gotten, I'd think that if the Spurs somehow chased them down and ended up with the best record in the league AND if that came with Kawhi putting up big numbers while remaining a defensive jedi (as he has been so far), he'd at least have a reasonable chance. I don't think the first condition will occur, but if it does -- particularly without a significant injury to Curry (which I certainly am not hoping for) -- his case to win (and not just be considered) becomes very strong.
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