I was reading this article from Sports Illustrated, where it says that Steve Nash is done in Phoenix. Well, done in the sense that he's a shell of his former MVP self. The comments of the people were generally pointed to the opinion that Steve Nash was not an MVP-caliber player ever. He was good for a brief stretch, but if you look at his career, it's hardly one for the NBA greats.
So it got me thinking, "Who were the MVP-caliber players to never have won the MVP award?" Here's my all-time list of players who have played in the last decade that never won the regular season MVP award:
- Jason Kidd
- LeBron James
- Tracy McGrady
- Chris Webber*
- Gary Payton*
* - Retired
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I'd put Payton above McGrady and Webber, in part because his teams had a reputation for winning. He made it to the NBA finals 3 times, with 3 different teams, which further adds to my confusion about Nash being considered MVP-caliber, since Nash has never been to a finals.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Payton and Webber were up against guys like Malone, Jordan, Olajuwon, Barkley - some of the all-time greats. It would be hard to justify taking an MVP away from one of those guys. Even Stockton didn't win an MVP.
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ReplyDeleteI distinctly remember T-mac demolishing teams in the early 2000's... too bad he's more or less done now.