Race to the MVP.

EscapoTHB · Post #21 » by **EscapoTHB** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 2:46 am

Houston would have to win the west for Harden to win the MVP. Or even come in second in the west. That's not going to happen.

Won't really have any idea about the MVP race until the all-star break

MMyhre · Post #22 » by **MMyhre** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 2:57 am

LeBron and Wade climbing after tonight, LeBron probably gonna overtake Melo unless he plays really well and the Knicks get another W next game.. Wade 10-14 fg with great defense and 5 assists, shooting about 60 % from the field so far this season.

TwentyOne920 · Post #23 » by **TwentyOne920** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:06 am

MVPs typically go to the best player on a team that at worst wins its division.

DelontesLip · Post #24 » by **DelontesLip** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:13 am

TwentyOne920 wrote:MVPs typically go to the best player on a team that at worst wins its division.

As they should

East_Coast · Post #25 » by **East_Coast** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:32 am

DelontesLip wrote:Harden has no chance of winning MVP after this full season.

C-izMe · Post #26 » by **C-izMe** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:35 am

First game against an elite defender 1 on 1. 15 points (15 shots), 2 assists, and 6 turnovers. Still his first shot he'll get used to it.

osamu · Post #27 » by **osamu** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 3:45 am

Can't see Lebron winning it. Heat offense is too unselfish for him to statpad

Darain · Post #28 » by **Darain** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:08 am

DelontesLip wrote:
TwentyOne920 wrote:
DelontesLip wrote:While we are drawing early conclusions Harden put up a big 5 pts with 4 turnovers to match in the first half of tonights game. Oh yeah they are losing pretty badly too. There goes his MVP considerations,,,,,

Iggy got him locked down.

MVP for AI2

Who is making the new AI Best Perimeter Defender/DPOY picture this year?

xStanton27 · Post #29 » by **xStanton27** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:16 am

Harden will not win the MVP.

PurpleRooster · Post #30 » by **PurpleRooster** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 4:33 am

osamu wrote:Can't see Lebron winning it. Heat offense is too unselfish for him to statpad

I can see him putting up 25-10-6 with like 55% shooting and the Heat have the best record

JunkYardSubs · Post #31 » by **JunkYardSubs** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:00 am

If Lebrons not getting it its going to Durant or CP3

Hero · Post #32 » by **Hero** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 5:21 am

It's LeBron right now unless Chris Paul gets the Clippers to a good record.

KG_And1 · Post #33 » by **KG_And1** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:27 am

Based off ALL the games played so far...

Andrei Kirilenko.
Carmelo Anthony.
Joakim Noah.
Brandon Jennings.
Anderson Vaerjao.
Lou Williams.
Tim Duncan.
OJ Mayo.

Yeah...it's a bit too early...

ardee · Post #34 » by **ardee** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 6:57 am

Heats_Finest wrote:Lebron is being hampered by blowouts, twice he hasn't played the 4th quarter. 1st game against Boston didn't play the 4th through injury, and against Denver, didn't play the 4th because of a blowout.

If Miami keep scoring 110's there's sure to be a lot of blowouts with teams that can't score that high, and Lebron's stats are going to take a massive dip. I doubt voters look at per36 numbers when voting lol.

In that case his advanced stats will be insane, so I think he'll be fine :wink:

MrSparkle · Post #35 » by **MrSparkle** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 10:10 am

Lebron
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Melo
Durant

PRESTIGE · Post #36 » by **PRESTIGE** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 10:16 am

I can see Chris Paul getting it this year if the Clips are at the top of the West.

Johnny Firpo · Post #37 » by **Johnny Firpo** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 10:51 am

I don't understand why Anthony's name being mentioned that much. Yes, the Knicks are off to an awesome start, but if you take a look at Anthony's numbers, they're pretty average for him, and efficiency wise, he had much better seasons. It's pretty clear the Knicks good start comes from 2 things, ball movement, and defense. I would argue he doesn't even have the biggest impact on their defense. On the other end, it's obviously can't even be argued. I just don't see it, even if they, let's say, they win 58 games. Durant and Chris Paul are just much better, more impactful players, so even if they don't give it to Lebron, i would be extremely shocked if Anthony gets it.

cb4_89 · Post #38 » by **cb4_89** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 12:17 pm

Way too early to think about this right now.

Ettorefm · Post #39 » by **Ettorefm** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 1:26 pm

Lebron will have (and is already having) a bad season statistically. Don't get me wrong, he's at his prime, but his numbers will go WAAAAY down from last season
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Look at his first games. 20/7/5 all the time with great efficiency is his pattern and will continue to be. The difference is the Heat will be the first seed overall in the league, and will make a run at some of the best records of all time
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I think they can get to 68-14. In Cleveland, Lebron got to 66

NYK_89 · Post #40 » by **NYK_89** » Thu Nov 8, 2012 1:34 pm

Johnny Firpo wrote:I don't understand why Anthony's name being mentioned that much. Yes, the Knicks are off to an awesome start, but if you take a look at Anthony's numbers, they're pretty average for him, and efficiency wise, he had much better seasons. It's pretty clear the Knicks good start comes from 2 things, ball movement, and defense. I would argue he doesn't even have the biggest impact on their defense. On the other end, it's obviously can't even be argued. I just don't see it, even if they, let's say, they win 58 games. Durant and Chris Paul are just much better, more impactful players, so even if they don't give it to Lebron, i would be extremely shocked if Anthony gets it.

Have to watch the games, he is playing some of the best basketball of his life. His stats are signifigantly hampered by 1 game in which we had a slow streak and he ended up having to take every shot for like 3 min against miami, went like 0-7 in those few minutes and it obliterated his efficiency stats, leading to him playing a a great game against miami but taking 28 shots to get to 30