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Welcome to the Manual Buzzer blog, which should be updated a tad more than the website. In the tradition of Jim Rome, I'm burning on something, and that would be Dirk Nowitzki reportedly taking home the NBA MVP this year. There are three reasons for this:
1.) Nash was just better
Simply, Steve should be tied with Moses, Magic, and Larry for 4th all-time with 3 Maurice Podoloffs. Steve was great the past two years ('04-'05: 15.5 PPG, 11.5 APG, 50.2% FG, 43.1% 3FG; '05-'06: 18.8 PPG, 10.5 APG, 51.2% FG, 43.9% 3FG), but he improved everything but scoring this year, coming up with 18.6 PPG and 11.6 APG (career high) on 53.2% FG (career high) and 45.5% 3FG (ties career high). He's a point guard who set career highs in accuracy and assists. Dirk did nothing notable this year besides shoot over 50% for the first time in his career. Are people taking Nash's yearly improvement for granted? Can this guy step up his game more? What are voters expecting from him? Nash really should have that award, and his numbers are amazing enough to merit the award.
2.) Was Dirk Really That Valuable?
Without Dirk, the Mavs were 3-1. Without Nash, the Mavs were 2-4. In '04-'05, the Suns were 2-5 without Nash and 0-3 in '05-'06 when he didn't play. While Nash is integral to the Suns' success, Dirk is just something extra that makes the Mavs a bit better. The Mavs are the Pistons of the West, minus the killer instinct, which brings us to...3.) Dirk's Award CeremonyNever in my lifetime has there been an MVP like Dirk. The reason: Dirk is the 1st MVP in a very long time (we're talking '70's being the last time...maybe) to not receive his award before a home playoff game...BECAUSE HE LOST IN THE 1ST ROUND...AND HE CHOKED. A 5 POINT DIP in scoring average from the postseason to the playoffs? 12% drop in FG%? Give me a break. MVPs should be stepping up in the playoffs, and as almost every analyst is saying after the fact, he shouldn't be the MVP.
And one more thing: the whole European invasion thing in the League...and the 1st MVP they give us chokes like this in the playoffs? We could be looking at the beginning of the fall of the European white guy in the NBA.
I leave you with the dunk of the year, to which Hubie Brown physically cannot show an excited reaction using his vocal chords: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGH3OuP9Sek
(Bonus appearance from Colgate alum and Warriors benchwarmer Adonal Foyle (known in the Jewish community as Adonalam) making a DIIIIISGUSTING face)