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March 31, 2008

The debate for season MVP is heating up, and the players in contention are also gearing up to end the season on a high note. Sometimes how you finish the season can count more than how you started.

Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett have given new life and hope to the team and fans. We really do salute this trio for the effort and self less teamwork it has put in.

Yet we feel there are back stories to this squad no one is willing to discuss. To start, each of star on this team was suppposed to be good enough to lead a team on their own and somewhat be able to achieve the same results. Just like Kobe, LeBron and Chris Paul are doing with their teams. True stardom.

As far as the main contender for MVP here, Kevin Garnett, we just don't believe that he could be so outstanding without the other two guys. In fact from their previous seasons Paul Pierce is actually a better game closer than any of them. Garnett has never been the closer we expected throughout his career. And that's been the thing that has held him back in Minnesota. We still don't have enough evidence to believe he has suddenly changed. But if we're wrong he should be redeedmed when they win the title.

The last time Kevin Garnett was MVP he had Sam Cassell and Lattrel Sprewell (all stars at the time) were running with him. He hasn't come close to that season until now. Coincidence...?

Our MVP should have more individual brillance.

Please don't tell us that Doc Rivers will win Coach Of the Year. Any experienced coach in the NBA could have achieved the same turnaround he did. At the beginning of the season they were on pace to break Chicago's 72-10 record, but they've slowed down since then. Had they kept the pace we wouldn't mind but as of now, no hardware.

For the Celtics to have such a turnaround though someone truly had to have done an outstanding job somewhere. In Boston, that was in the front office. So Danny Ainge should get the nod as executive of the year.

New Orleans has got their team back this year, they hosted the All-Star game, they have a winning ball club, and they will be hosting playoff games. as far as basketball life is good in New Orleans.

Problem is we just haven't watched them enough. It's a bit unfair for us to comment on them, but we will anyway. We know our stuff.

Despite the feel good atmosphere, this squad is relatively untested despite all the winning. Chris Paul is a deserving contender for MVP. He makes things happen for his team... However we something is just keeping us from commiting to him.

We just fel he's untested. Over the years we have found that the pick for MVP should be able to match up well against his contenders in the playoffs. Not necessarily win, but have a good showing. Here we just have nothing to go on. We believe there's more to being MVP than a single season.

The days of being MVP in your rookie season are over. The NBA game has become too sophisticated, too refined, too polished, too well studied and crafted for a junior to grasp all its secrets in 3 seasons. Chris PAul is the real deal, but with the contenders being as close as they are, we have a different idea.

When we started thinking about the NBA MVP, there was many criteria we wanted to look at; team record, expectations, overall season, teamwork, individual talent, and on. That thought process yielded about 5 guys to pick from. But then it was a light bulb flashing on. With the competition so stiff this season we went by who deserved the award the most.

Thinking as such, we finally felt it was time for one of our favorite players to get the nod. He's done everything there is to do, and proven himself again and again in clutch situations. As this is one of his most successful seasons as the team's leader, we just don't feel any justiable reason to deny Kobe Bryant is long due right as NBA MVP.

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