Wonder how Parker didn't win last year, they were heading for a 65 win+ season til they sandbagged the last 10 games to rest for the playoffs because they were miles in front.
I am only guessing that it was not clear that he has the best player in the team. Kawhi showed us in the playoffs who the man was.
I posted this in the MVP Race 2015 thread but I'm going to post it again here for those who may not think he is deserving. All this talk about the MVP being reserved for the best player on the best team and that's what the standard should be based on is absolute BS! The media who spits out that garbage is completely uneducated in their job and need to be slapped with the facts. Let's go down memory lane.... MVP's Over the Years 2014 - Kevin Durant #1 Team - San Antonio Spurs .756 #2 Team - Oklahoma City Thunder .720 (3 games back) 2013 - LeBron James #1 Team - Miami Heat .805 2012 - LeBron James #1 Team - Tied: San Antonio Spurs / Chicago Bulls .758 #3 Team - Miami Heat .697 (3 games back) 2011 - Derrick Rose #1 Team - Chicago Bulls .756 2010 - LeBron James #1 Team - Cleveland Cavaliers .744 2009 - LeBron James #1 Team - Cleveland Cavaliers .805 2008 - Kobe Bryant #1 Team - Boston Celtics .805 #2 Team - Detroit Pistons .720 #3 Team - LA Lakers .695 2007 - Dirk Nowitzki #1 Team - Dallas Mavericks .817 2006 - Steve Nash #1 Team - Detroit Pistons .780 #2 Team - San Antonio Spurs .768 #3 Team - Phoenix Suns .659 (9 games back from Spurs) 2005 - Steve Nash #1 Team - Phoenix Suns .756 2004 - Kevin Garnett #1 Team - Indiana Pacers .744 #2 Team - Minnesota Timberwolves .707 2003 - Tim Duncan #1 Team - San Antonio Spurs .732 2002 - Tim Duncan #1 Team - Sacramento Kings .744 #2 Team - San Antonio Spurs .707 (3 games back) 2001 - Allen Iverson #1 Team - San Antonio Spurs .707 #2 Team - Tied - LA Lakers & Philadelphia 76ers .683 (2 games back) 2000 - Shaquille O'Neal #1 Team - LA Lakers .817 That means 7 out of the last 15 MVP's have been on the 2nd or 3rd best team in the league. That's 47%. Don't let them fool you folks! Get the vote out!
and that's not really accurate, since the West is so much better than the East. The #1 Team in the West was "third best record" for one of Kobe's. Lakers we better than "3rd best team." It's simpler to notice that only once since 1981 has an MVP come from a team less than a #2 seed. That was Jordan's first, but he scored something like 37.5 ppg that year.
