Wade: "Kobe shouldn't have won MVP"

[GuerillaBlack]

LMAO at you son. are you serious? have you not looked at his stats this season? Paul is having a better year this season than he did last year! .... he is averaging more points per game, more steals, his field goal and free throw percentage is higher than it was last year, etc. The only thing that is slightly down is his assist per game, but he is still EASILY leading the league in that category. not to mention he is easily leading the league in steals, leading the league in triple doubles, and 4th in the league in double doubles. he will average at least 21 points per game and 11 assist per game again this season.

son I am all for hating on players if you don't like them .... but how can you take away his game? you truly are a complete jackass if you believe that Paul was a fluke last season lol.

May I remind you that you are responding to SpursDynasty.

[BRHornet45]

May I remind you that you are responding to SpursDynasty.

true son. my bads

[TheProfessor]

If CP3 had beaten Kobe in that game at the end of the year, he would have won MVP.

Instead, he folded, and lost his MVP.

The MVP should never come down to a single game, that's just easier for the talking heads to digest. You could easily argue that Paul lacked the weapons Bryant had, but still managed to take an inferior squad to the second seed, and nearly the first. Why people feel the need to denigrate Paul's accomplishments to prop up Kobe's is beyond me.

[iilluzioN]

one thing people dont really know is that Wade and Kobe don't really like each other...

[lefty]

Wade is killing the Raptors right now

Ok, it doesn't count

[DAF86]

''Not taking away nothing from Kobe -- I thought he was unbelievable,'' Wade said. ``I thought he should have won MVP some previous years. [But] I thought Chris Paul was the most valuable player, from the way he played and what he meant to that team. That's my interpretation of what a MVP is.''

Wade and I are on the same page here. Kobe IMO should have won the MVP the year he averaged 35 for the whole season and took a bunch of scrubs to the WC playoffs but last year Paul should have won it.

[DAF86]

If CP3 had beaten Kobe in that game at the end of the year, he would have won MVP.

Instead, he folded, and lost his MVP.

No, not everyone knows it. Only sissy cuckold homer es like yourself.

Paul had his chance last year. Staples Center, #1 seed on line basically, Hornets v Lakers. What does he do? Play like as the Hornets fall behind by 30.

Well, it IS a regular season award. And the Lakers DID have a better record than the Hornets.

Although the Celtics did have the best record, they were too much of a balanced triumvirate to really give out the MVP.

That was his chance, blew it. Statement game. Didn't convert.

Besides, does the league really want its "MVP" deferring to JANNERO mutha in PARGO in the 4th quarter of a crucial game 7?

Ghazi speaks teh truth. DOnt blame Kobe..blame Paul for sucking against his MVP compe ion.

Let's change the award name from "Most Valuable Player" to "Best player of the best or second best team in the regular season" then.

Besides if Kobe and Paul would have changed team-mates and homecourt adventage I'm pretty sure the winner of that matchup would have been CP3.

[Spur-Addict]

This isn't even much of a debate. CP3 was the MVP last year, no hate intended. One game does not a resume make. That is an explanation the league gave you, what you watched and how they told you it was decided. There is zero doubt who the better player is, or at the time which team was better, but that isn't what we're talking about.

Absurd

[manufor3]

May I remind you that you are responding to SpursDynasty.

[TheMACHINE]

This isn't even much of a debate. CP3 was the MVP last year, no hate intended. One game does not a resume make. That is an explanation the league gave you, what you watched and how they told you it was decided. There is zero doubt who the better player is, or at the time which team was better, but that isn't what we're talking about.

Absurd

what? I read ur post like 5 times and i still dont understand it.

[TheMACHINE]

Let's change the award name from "Most Valuable Player" to "Best player of the best or second best team in the regular season" then.

Besides if Kobe and Paul would have changed team-mates and homecourt adventage I'm pretty sure the winner of that matchup would have been CP3.

Still dont see your point.

[Brazil]

I Hate Chris Paul, that being said he should have been MVP last season

[Pelicans78]

Chris Paul had a fluke year last year. He's not even in the MVP race this year. Pathetic.

You'll see how much of a fluke he is when you guys come down on the 29th.

[Lars]

By my defenition, Chris Paul is my MVP. Simply put, the Hornets are trash without him. They are a lottery team without him. Cavs and Lakers still make the playoffs without thier respective superstars. Kobe and Lebron are better players, but Paul is most valuable.

[wireonfire]

A little more respect for Wade for telling the truth.

[sonic21]

wade just said what everyone else was thinking.

it should have been:
2005 shaq
2006 kobe
2007 dirk
2008 cp3

[Rogue]

By my defenition, Chris Paul is my MVP. Simply put, the Hornets are trash without him. They are a lottery team without him. Cavs and Lakers still make the playoffs without thier respective superstars. Kobe and Lebron are better players, but Paul is most valuable.

agreed, Chris is really the most valuable player in NBA nowadays. I'm not sure if CP3 is really more valuable than Lebron or Kobe but he is bound to be more valuable than tmac, at least the rockets team are not a trash without tmac.

[balli]

Cavs and Lakers still make the playoffs without thier respective superstars.

I don't think that's a foregone conclusion.

Though I agree entirely that the Hornets go nowhere without Paul.

[Ghazi]

Lakers would win around 40-45 without Kobe. IMO

Cavs could possibly squeak into the playoffs w/o Lebron since the East is , but even that I doubt.

[DAF86]

Still dont see your point.

My point is that Paul was the MVP last season 'cause he took a team that without him can't win 30 games in the eastern conference to the 2nd seed in the west and besides that he had better all-around numbers than Kobe. The MVP is an individual award, the fact that a team ends up the regular season with a better record than other shouldn't be taken into consideration.

[Sportstudi]

wade just said what everyone else was thinking.

it should have been:
2005 shaq
2006 kobe
2007 dirk
2008 cp3

Agreed

[TDMVPDPOY]

Lakers would win around 40-45 without Kobe. IMO

Cavs could possibly squeak into the playoffs w/o Lebron since the East is , but even that I doubt.

i remember gasol led memphis team would usually crack 50wins.....and the lakers is more deeper than that memphis team....