Nash: 3 time MVP???

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You have no right to talk trash either - your franchise has made the Finals once in their history.

Perhaps the Suns will be like the Colts and start playing defense this playoff season... whoops, the Suns already have started in the regular season.

hmm... and the Colts played what was statisically among the BEST defenses in the NFL last season. and what happened? they got their asses handed to them in their 1st playoff game.

[RonMexico]

hmm... and the Colts played what was statisically among the BEST defenses in the NFL last season. and what happened? they got their asses handed to them in their 1st playoff game.

And the Mavs statistically played the best in the Western Conference last season, then got their asses handed to them in their 1st Finals.

[LakeShow]

HAHAHAHAH - the MVP by definition is the "Most Valuable Player to his team" aka "one who makes the team better." I don't have the time/energy to respond to all the inaccuracies in your post. If they just picked the best player in the league every year, then whoever was rated highest in NBA Live that season should win it. (I guess this is your argument why Kobe should have 6 MVPs or something.)

The reason the rules had to be changed is so they could get it back to the days of old. Teams were averaging in the 100s per game as early as 1970. Defense was played with the feet instead of the hands, so the league had to put in a hand-check rule in order to put the fun back in the game. As a Showtime Laker fan, you should appreciate that more than anybody. Kevin Johnson averaged 20/11 up until 1996 when the Riley-style Knicks were all the rage and then his numbers dropped to 17/7. He was only 28 at the time, so age wasn't a factor - it was the fact that changes in style and current rules prevented players from driving the lane, which is what makes a point guard effective. Tiny Archibald averaged 34/11 in the 1970s because players didn't hand check and actually tried to play fundamental defense. Oscar Robertson averaged a triple-double because the rules allowed him to back down players (Mark Jackson abused that, so the rule was changed to disallow it).

Please tell me how having good stats, not great stats and never winning a le would make your "team better?" Better to do what? LOSE? That's bull ! If that is what it's all about, Wade should have been MVP. Every one of the top players in the NBA makes their team better! The Mvp used to stand for the best player, period. One that makes a difference on both ends of the court. When Tim Duncan was winning the MVP when the lakers were winning les, I could live with that because Duncan made an impact on both ends. Even A.I led the league in steals when he won MVP, so he was playing on both ends of the court. Nash is not one of those players. I'll give Nash the first one just for the of it because the Suns were the best team in the league, but the other one was undeserved.

Not the defense played with your feet argument again , like I said then, I have never seen a player block a shot with his feet. As a showtime Lakers fan, I know that they did play defense. Were they the best in the league? No, but they could make stops when needed.

The league put in a hand check rule because Cuban complained that Nash was not strong enough to get through them. Hand checking was allowed until recently. Archibald, KJ, Magic, Isiah, Price, Floyd, etc..etc.. all dealt with it and still put up good numbers. Nash is just weak@ end of story!