SVG: MVP Race Already Decided by Media

The media does have the final say in this annual popularity contest that is the NBA MVP. So yeah, word to SVG… It’s pretty much a wrap at this point.

Oh, stop your got damn whining already.
If your team had won more games, your boy would have a better chance.
Everyone knows Dwight is balling out of his mind.
Everyone also knows Rose is leading the Bulls to a record NO ONE outside their locker room thought would be possible.

Dwight can’t get the award playing on a team that will be the fourth seed at best. He’s in second place and will stay there. Derrick shows that the race is over when he steps on the court every night.

The Derrick Rose backlash is on the rise. Dudes already writing articles about how he’ll be the worst mvp ever, he shoots too much, “why does kobe only have one?”.. I think he deserves it. The Bulls are playing for the number 1 seed in the east with Boozer & Noah out half the year and he’s putting up 25 & 8. He’s obviously a leader and he’s worked to improve his game. I respect it.

I do think DROSE deserves the award and deserves a Prognosticator award for what he said before the season. But honestly, I think there has been so much hype around Rose being the Youngest MVP ever and first to win one without ever having recieved a single vote before; that some voters will shy away from voting for Rose and make the final tally closer than speculated.

Damn you Slam!!!! Why isn’t my comment showing up??

Guess what I heard through the grapevine?
That DRose is the most dominant PG since Magic. Looks like the Rose train keeps chugging along at an alarming rate. It’s getting Ludacris if you ask me, everyone’s acting like it’s DRose and a bunch of bums on that bulls team.
He has a very good supporting cast with the league’s best D, best new coach and one of the best second unit.
People claiming that dude is the best PG since Magic are BS themselves and dismissing what JKidd, KJ, GP, SNash, CP, and DWill accomplished.

There is no one more deserving of the award then DRose. Chicago was fighting for a playoff spot last year, now they are sitting atop the east. It wasn’t Boozer , it wasn’t Noah, (Both injured alot during the season) it was the maturation of DRose and team chemistry. Without him the Bulls are not in the top spot, period!

This happens every year, the media will almost unanimously vote on an MVP candidate prematurely. Nothing new. Quit crying, SVG.There’s a reason why Rose is finally getting most of the shine for MVP. Dwight does come in 2nd, in my opinion for MVP.

derrick rose has worked very hard to even be mentioned as MVP, and has not been given anything. the numbers and bigtime games against teams with winning records speaks for himself. alot of credit has to be given to this dude considering the miami big three nut jobs rejected playing with the bulls. i picked the bulls as a 55 win team and a 3rd seed, with rose winning MVP. but this has gone beyond my wildest expectations! GO BULLS!

does stan van gundy do anything except for complain?

I just cant get the shooting percentage out of the discussion, Rose needs that to rise, quick

Word to MLK4 life and @ jumpman that comment made my day

@Overtime: So his shooting percentage is more important than the fact that his team may finish with the 1st seed in the East? Nevermind the fact that without him they’d be a 20-30 win team?

Todd Spehr
All good points, how ever KD did finish second in voting last year, Paul finished second in 08.
The reasons they did not win the award were Brons phenomenal season, and Kobe’s lifetime achievement award, respectively.
There is no one having that kind of year.
MLK
How do you know they would be a 20-30 win team without Rose?

@Overtime – one guy is shooting the ball from all over the floor. The other is dunking every single one of his shots. I wouldn’t expect the percentages to be close. I find it funny that people saying Kobe should get it have no problem with his .45%, but are appauled at Rose’s .44%.

Since when does 46-26 equate a team “middle of the pack”? Gotta love the logic rose fans use to validate him and put down the next guy.

I think SVG saying Dwight impacts more posessions than anyone else isn’t necessarily true. I think Rose probably does since he starts every posession for a team that is going to finish first or second in a tougher Eastern conference. I do believe Van Gundy thinks Dwight isn’t given enough credit for the work he does, which is hard to argue with.

Josh
Rose has the ball more, that does not mean he makes more of an impact. Dwight effects the game a lot more on the defensive end, and is almost as effective offensively. That doesn’t mean Rose is not the MVP.

NO ONE expected the Bulls and Rose to be this good…a contender…What has Howard done this season that he didnt do last season? He’s just a cry baby who wants attention for his good play. He even agrees that Rose is the MVP (on the dan patrick show)..Dont be suckered into thinking Rose is not the MVP cuz people are saying..its media hype…or cpmpared to other guards..Westbrook(whom I got love for) is not the MVP of his team.. Rose is the MVP cuz he embodies what the award means..you think it..he’s it!!

Dwight’s team was picked as a contender before the season. Now nobody believes they have a shot, and that’s after they had to make a blockbuster trade because they appeared even more lackluster early in the year.
Nobody said Chicago was a contender. Improved, yes. Best team in the East, no. But they have proven themselves to be the most consistent and best team in the East.
Nobody on the team outside of Rose and Boozer can create their own shot consistently. Their two best frontcourt players have been hurt all season. Rose is putting up 25 and 8 and has made impressive strides as a defender.
Dwight has improved as a scorer, but he still lacks the willpower or respect to make his teammates get him the ball every time he deserves it.
Rose is clearly the MVP.

Word to LeBron. He’s still the MVP to real fans. I would even respect D12, who by the way is having a monster year, despite numerous roster changes just like the Bulls.

Todd Spehr
People accurately judged the Bulls roster. No one is having a career year outside of Derrick Rose, correct?
There defense has improved by leaps and bounds and the overall team management is better without Vinny Del Negro, but the biggest difference between the Bulls of the past two years and the Bulls of this year has been Derrick Rose having amazing scoring binges, consistently dominating the better points in the League, and somehow finding the ability to will his team to victories over more talented squads.
Agreed?
Expectations were based on the information available, and all the information available suggested that the Bulls were at best a four seed or five seed, and were in danger of a first round ouster by the Hawks. Nobody believes that now simply because of the incredibly high level Rose is playing at, and because of the consistency of effort Thibodeau has imparted.
If Thibodeau can be a frontrunner for Coach of the Year, why can’t Rose be the frontrunner for MVP? The only reason Thibs is the frontrunner is because of the team’s talent, surprising win total and the fact that this is first year as a head coach despite a long-time on the sidelines. Two of those three things also apply to Rose, and the fact that he’s only a third year player doing what he’s doing is also amazing.

DRose>D12
Award goes to best player on best team; Spurs really have no BEST player
Rose is EASILY the best on the #1 seeded east team

I’ve been watching Rose and the Bulls since his rookie year(and before) also.. and I didnt expect them to be this GOOD this SOON. To be a true contender… a playoff team, yes… but a finals team this year??? no. To see them play and jell they way they have..Im totally surprised. I expected them to be good but not this good