2017 MVP

[Seventyniner]

Does Westbrook statpad? Sure. Has he still put up an absolutely incredible and historic season while having a monstrous positive impact on games? Definitely.

Literally every metric/number out there points to the idea that Westbrook is helping his team win games. It's not like he's just putting up gaudy box score numbers and his team doesn't do well with him on the floor. His team falls off a cliff without him.

If you think Harden or Kawhi should be MVP over him, I'm cool with that. But acting like Westbrook doesn't have a legitimate argument for MVP is going a bit overboard IMO. Dude has been ridiculous this year.

But those metrics and numbers are based off box scores so stat padding will affect those too. Westbrook's stat padding all season long is fairly unprecedented, even though he definitely ticks the "his team would be far worse without him" box.

[TampaDude]

They used to do it during the postseason, but now they are announcing all awards on June 26th.

Yes, AFTER the Finals.

Today's NBA

So, we'll know who the Finals MVP is before we know who the regular season MVP is.

Today's NBA

[baseline bum]

Does Westbrook statpad? Sure. Has he still put up an absolutely incredible and historic season while having a monstrous positive impact on games? Definitely.

Literally every metric/number out there points to the idea that Westbrook is helping his team win games. It's not like he's just putting up gaudy box score numbers and his team doesn't do well with him on the floor. His team falls off a cliff without him.

If you think Harden or Kawhi should be MVP over him, I'm cool with that. But acting like Westbrook doesn't have a legitimate argument for MVP is going a bit overboard IMO. Dude has been ridiculous this year.

I don't see what's historic about statpadding. Curry's season last year was historic. This season is just Westbrook out for self. Westbrook has some really solid players around him and there is no excuse for the Thunder to not be a 52 win team or better. The Thunder are painful to watch this year and I hope Houston gives them the broom.

[Brazil]

I don't see what's historic about statpadding. Curry's season last year was historic. This season is just Westbrook out for self. Westbrook has some really solid players around him and there is no excuse for the Thunder to not be a 52 win team or better. The Thunder are painful to watch this year and I hope Houston gives them the broom.

Seeing Spurs fans defending idea it is ok to stat pad useless records detrimental to the team is ok make me cringe tbh... I guess that's a new generation stuff

[FkLA]

Literally every metric/number out there points to the idea that Westbrook is helping his team win games. It's not like he's just putting up gaudy box score numbers and his team doesn't do well with him on the floor. His team falls off a cliff without him.

How much of that is on Donovan and Russ himself though? Everything is catered towards him in an unhealthy manner, so that he gets his numbers. Is it really a surprise that the team falls apart and doesn't know what to do when he's out. It's not like there's a system in place to fall back on once he sits like there is for Kawhi or even Haren.

[SAGirl]

It should be Kawhi. Winner in a winning team in a tough conference with no other all stars, and a supporting cast that while illustrious is past their prime, with Lamarcus having fallen off offensively from his prior seasons, and some rookies and younger players that are untested. His execution late in games won many games for the Spurs and he outplayed every other MVP candidate when they met. OKC did give trouble to the Spurs at the end of the season, Memphi embarrassed the team and in general, the team's malaise toward the end discredits Kawhis impressive season.

[Thomas82]

It should be Kawhi. Winner in a winning team in a tough conference with no other all stars, and a supporting cast that while illustrious is past their prime, with Lamarcus having fallen off offensively from his prior seasons, and some rookies and younger players that are untested. His execution late in games won many games for the Spurs and he outplayed every other MVP candidate when they met. OKC did give trouble to the Spurs at the end of the season, Memphi embarrassed the team and in general, the team's malaise toward the end discredits Kawhis impressive season.

+1

[Spurtacular]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/james-h...205033151.html

[Spurtacular]

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/4/1...ets?yptr=yahoo

[spurs10]

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/4/1...ets?yptr=yahoo

Exactly!