i think you are underestimating his value to this team.
as it now stands he is far, far more important than even tim duncan. and thats saying alot.
do you realize that he is our ENTIRE offense? he either scores or sets up something, for probably 75% of the points this team scores.
without him on this team, this spurs team is about a .500 team, with one of the worst offenses in the NBA.
with him, the spurs are beating the out of all the best teams. the difference really is that great.
if you can take one player from a team and that teams winning % would immediately drop by about 40% then that player is an MVP candidate, period.