Manu is playing great but I just would like Duncan to win. I cant imagine him as the teams second option but thats how its going and I want Duncan to win it.
If Manu wins that doesn't make him the 2nd option on the team...Chauncey won it last year and he is probally the 3rd option on their team...behind Rip and Sheed
Getting ahead of ourselves but....
*knocks on wood*
No it is not wrong. Trust me I LOVE Manu and I would LOVE Tim to get a 3rd MVP but... it is also unfair for Manu if he keeps playing the way he has *sigh* how I wish we could give it to both.
You are not wrong, thinkin on it
but ... no matter what happen Tim won't be second option, no way.
Tim will probably win MVP, Manu doesn't care
Just for the record (If I am not wrong) Manu had won MVP award in every league he played on.
The way Sheed has been playing he does not seem to be an option at all. He is not playing the post very well and he has not even tried to bring Duncan out and shoot some outside shots or even 3's
As of today...Manu is the overall MVP of the series...but there are still games to be played...
They should give it to both of them but since they cant I expect a big game from Duncan on tues. Because the Pistons will have to focus on Manu and the shooters Duncan will score a lot. I expect their averages to even out with one being maybe 2 or 3 points higher than the other and it will come down to who does more of the little things.
all Manu needs to do is put his stamp on two more wins and the MVP is his.
If Tim puts his stamp on two more wins, maybe the MVP is split between them. Has that ever happened (two teammates sharing the MVP)?
TD can win championship w/o Manu, but not vice-versa.
I want TD to win his 3rd MVP.
Next year, they can give it to Manu.
The year after, they can give it to Tony.
I don't care is Massenburg wins the Finals MVP...as long as the Spurs win the le!
If you read around the country today (slow morning at work
Duncan starts and Ginobili finishes.
Ginobili has been the obvious differrence so far.
The MVP of the Finals. I pretty sure Duncan
knows that.
I want the most deserving guy to win it...
And have I ever mentioned that I hate championship MVP awards?
You spend the entire season preaching unselfishness, sharing the ball, not worrying about who scores the most or who has the best numbers, it's all about the team...and what's the last thing you do? Single someone out as beiing more of a reason for winning than anyone else.
I have no problems with stat based awards that reward individual excellence...
But it takes a great team to win an NBA le...it's a team achievement, not an individual achievement...You can have the best player in the world...but if player Z, who is the 10th man on the bench, doesn't come in and hit a game winner then the MVP didn't do anything to win a championship.
FWIW...Duncan's got 2 of them already. I think having a second player that has one will make the Spurs even more intimidating to pur opps and credible with the refs.
And Manu is the MVP of this series right now...
I'd like to have 5 guys in the hunt for finals MVP...and I'd be rooting for all of them to push each other...because the ring is the thing and rooting against one of your own players in the championship series because you have a favoite you want to win the MVP is kind of silly(and I am being kind calling it silly)...There's only one award that really and truly matters...and it's not going to be given to an individual.
Championships are won by great teams...not by great players.
IMO, whottt's best post ever.
yes it is wrong!
its because manu is white right? racist just because tim is black doesn't mean he should be MVP
but in the words of the new mayor i am about the whoel city bringing everyone together
thus manu and TIM for CO -MVP
oh yeah go spurs go
if they vote manu mvp, and he averages less than 30ppg for the series and duncan averages 20+ 12+ it would be a slap in the face for duncan not to win the mvp, i will be happy with the win but duncan deserves that
not wrong, but I agree with Whott 100%.
I think we also take what tim Does for Granted. Without tim we would have been down by 25 or 30 in game 1. Face it duncan and ginobli are the new Shaq and Kobe. the difference being that they do not care about anything but winning. that is what makes them great. they do not live off personal accolades or credit. I don't know a single MVP that would not trade that trophy forr a championship, just ask nash, malone, Barkley etc....
shut the up dumbass, you totally bring down this thread and disrespect tim and manu to bring that weak in here
Totally with you on this. I really thought Billups should have refused the MVP award last year as the Pistons were the epitomy of a team beating individual stars.
How ironic that this year, the Pistons are trying to go against the Spurs one-on-one. Keep it up, Pistons!
If Manu was not in this Spurs team, Duncan would still need an allstar of Manu's caliber to win a championship.
I agree with whottt.
You see manu passing the ball to TD all the time, or TD creating room for manu to penetrate. Along with Tony they became a mortal triangle. What it proves is that MVP shouldn't be something that important.
If our players were playing to be next MVP, Spurs wouldn't be in the finals. Teamplay is the key here, if not, we are looking in the wrong sport. Try tennis.
MVP is ok, but it obviously unfair as long as it's given to one player at the time.
Bruce Bowen should be in contention for this series MVP.
But I don't really care who wins it.
Manu, Tony rest of the team are what they are because of Tim Duncan. Due to Manu's crazy plays in Game 1, people are forgetting how Duncan had 24 pts, 15 rebounds, and 3 or 4 blocked shots. Last night he had something like 18 pts, 10+ rebounds, and 3 blocked shots. He scores consistently every night from the 1st quarter to the 4th quarter. While Manu has been amazing and I agree, without him we wouldn't have the 2-0 lead, people around here are shrouding Manu's 4th quarter heroics over Duncan's consistent, quarter after quarter, all around great game.
First off. Finals MVP award is crap and unfair. Season MVP should be awarded later and Duncan should have won it.
But, if you want stats other than points, Manu had 7 assists and 3 steals in game 2. And we lost rebounds by 10.
Not to mention that he is the difference-maker. I remember people saying stuff like "As Parker goes, the team goes".
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