Nice
I was hoping Tony to be 4th in voting and cp3 surprised me
http://www.nba.com/2012/news/05/12/m...s=iref:nbahpt2
Parker was not far at all of CP3 and Kobe
Nice
I was hoping Tony to be 4th in voting and cp3 surprised me
I would love to know where that one vote came from for Tim.
Did someone actually watch Tim play from one of the "Coasts"...
I don't understand why Kobe got more votes then Tony, must be just because he's Kobe.
IMO Paul is more valuable to his team than parker
Jeff didn't give TP a first place vote, should lose his job imo .Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN
My ballot mirrored the final results, except with Parker fourth and Kobe fifth. #transparency
Paul is more important to his team than anyone in the league bar none.
Is LeBron really that valuable, I mean they do have Dwayne!
Heat finished 4th overall!
That's like asking if Parker is really valuable because they have Duncan.
That's a joke right? Don't compare this current Duncan to D Wade. But I'm positive LeBron won because how he carried the heat without D Wade they were 12-1 without him.
Top 5 in MVP voting is a pretty impressive accomplishment. By my count, he's only the fourth Spur to accomplish the feat.
Top 5 in MVP Voting
Tim Duncan - 9
David Robinson - 5
George Gervin - 4
Tony Parker - 1
In career MVP voting, this year's voting bumped Parker from 139th in NBA history to 65th all-time. The next four names ahead of him are Kevin McHale, Tim Hardaway, Lenny Wilkins and Isiah Thomas. That's some great company, especially for someone who hopefully has at least a few more good years left.
The only active NBA players with more career MVP votes: Duncan, Bryant, LeBron, KG, Nash, Dirk, Dwight, Rose, Kidd, CP3, TMac, Wade, Durant, Hill and Billups. Again, pretty impressive.
Congrats. Now go curbstomp Mike Conley, tbh.
Or Cp3 to be better honest
htf did cp3 got above tp9, dude is the most overrated prick in the nba playin on a stacked team, this years clippers is so deep then last season which was hovering around mid lottery....they added 4-5 new players...the only credit i give this bag is changing the clippers organization culture to a bunch of floppers...
as for tp9 even the biggest hater on the board would recognize his contribution this season where he carried this team when gino was out injured, he fkn destroyed h2h matches against the leagues best pgs...fkn bull
lol kobe once again gettin in base on bull reputation past his heydays, when is the media going to pull his out of their orifices
CP3 has as much of a chance to advance to the second round as you do.
That's the hint of yours?
You would be surprised if me together with Chris advanced to the semis huh?
How can you cross Clipps out?
LJ you can start your annual pre-series thread
Spurs vs Grizzlies
Since Parker's been in the NBA, these are the only players to finish in the top five of MVP voting:
Kobe Bryant - 8
LeBron James - 6
Tim Duncan - 5
Dwight Howard - 4
Kevin Garnett - 4
Shaquille O'Neal - 4
Steve Nash - 3
Kevin Durant - 3
Chris Paul - 3
Dwyane Wade - 2
Dirk Nowitzki - 2
Allen Iverson - 2
Tracy McGrady - 2
Derrick Rose
Jermaine O'Neal
Peja Stojakovic
Jason Kidd
Tony Parker
Top 5 in MVP voting is a great accomplishment for TP that will help him a lot to enter the HOF
An all nba team selection is probably coming too. Probably 2nd team
imagine if cp3 would've gone to the lakers
Look at the fortunes of a team when he leaves and when he arrives.
I'm tired of hearing that. Don't get me wrong, since '08, I've had Paul as a top four player and the best PG in the league. But this notion that "they don't have much outside of him", is nonsense. You can criticize them all you want, but it's not like they don't have a semblance of firepower in Foye, Williams and Young. This isn't Paul's Hornets teams, McGrady's Magic teams, Iverson's 76ers teams, etc.
They're a flawed team, for sure, but you know why it appears they're overly reliant on him? Because he has the ball in his hands 95% of the time. I'm not saying he shouldn't, but any team that has the ball in the hands of any player that much is going to appear to be overly reliant on them. It's flat out lazy analysis to pretend "he's more important to his team than anyone in the league bar none", though. Howard is far more important to the Magic.
As far as the voting, I knew Parker would finish fifth behind Paul and Bryant. I could understand Paul, but Bryant has no business being ahead of him. When will people who cover the league stop feeling obligated to kiss his ass? I didn't see Duncan prominently figured into award discussions the past few seasons just because he was Duncan.
A lot has to do with global marketing of the league. Kobe/LeBron are the faces of the league around the world whether we like it or not. There will be a natural bias towards him as long as he's a productive player. The NBA is a business and Kobe is a major part of it. LeBron winning MVP is good for the future of the league bc it keeps huge countries like China interested in the product. Just business. At least TP got top 5, and if tony gets a fourth ring it won't matter anyways...
props tp9 now get ready to bring it too conley/cp3
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