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NICKinDALLAS · May 9th, 2005, 10:16 PM

Worst MVP pick ever? I dunno about all that. Seems like Barkley getting it in '93 is a pretty lame choice, seeing as Jordan had better numbers across the board. It's not like the suns sucked the year before and in comes Barkley and puts everyone on his back. The league just couldn't bring themselves to give it to Jordan for a third straight year, regardless of the fact that he deserved it.
Nash is a quality player. MVP caliber? Maybe maybe not. I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that a) he played extremely well and b) the Mavs let him go in the off season. He could have played just as well here in Dallas and been completely over looked. (See Drik Nowitzki.) Below are this years numbers for each player.

-------G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Steve 75 2573 430 857 94 218 211 238 57 192 249 861 74 6 245 136 1165
Dirk --78 3020 663 1445 91 228 615 708 96 661 757 240 97 119 176 219 2032

Please don't get anything twisted, I'm not shilling for Dirk here. I'm just sayin'.

May 9th, 2005, 10:16 PM	#2
NICKinDALLAS Join Date: 11-25-2004 Location: Um, really? Posts: 2,720 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0	Worst MVP pick ever? I dunno about all that. Seems like Barkley getting it in '93 is a pretty lame choice, seeing as Jordan had better numbers across the board. It's not like the suns sucked the year before and in comes Barkley and puts everyone on his back. The league just couldn't bring themselves to give it to Jordan for a third straight year, regardless of the fact that he deserved it. Nash is a quality player. MVP caliber? Maybe maybe not. I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that a) he played extremely well and b) the Mavs let him go in the off season. He could have played just as well here in Dallas and been completely over looked. (See Drik Nowitzki.) Below are this years numbers for each player. -------G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS Steve 75 2573 430 857 94 218 211 238 57 192 249 861 74 6 245 136 1165 Dirk --78 3020 663 1445 91 228 615 708 96 661 757 240 97 119 176 219 2032 Please don't get anything twisted, I'm not shilling for Dirk here. I'm just sayin'.