AEnigma wrote:Curious, Doc, did you think Nash had a serious MVP case that year?
Not saying player of the year, because that Spurs series is tough to defend. But he had the best raw plus/minus after the Celtics core four and Kobe, and his individual point differential with his team’s total was the largest in the league (tortured way of emphasising he led the league in on/off on a rate and cumulative basis).
I think he was absolutely on pace to be a strong POY candidate until the Suns made just about the dumbest move ever giving up on pace & space. In fairness - Shawn Marion's attitude had become so problematic that I don't really blame the Suns for moving on, but I do blame them for looking to re-focus their scheme with super-old, super-overweight Shaq.
I will say I still have Nash 3rd on my OPOY behind Kobe & Paul. If he'd just been allowed to keep doing the thing, he'd probably have been my OPOY for a 4th year in a row.