Who's the MVP so far?
Anthony: No one is the MVP so far!
Steve Nash is doing what he does as the best point guard in the game. Dirk and Kobe -- both by doing less this season -- have meant every bit as much to their teams.
Let's enjoy the ride and see what happens.
Broussard: I've been saying Kobe for the longest, but I can no longer ignore what Dallas is doing, so I'm going with Dirk Nowitzki. Dirk's the ultimate team player, showing he's willing to give up shots (only 16.7 FGA per game, 25.1 ppg) for the betterment of the team. His field goal percentage is a career-high 50.5, and his assists are a career-high 3.3 per game. He's the best player on the league's best team.
Bucher: Steve Nash. As tough and magnanimous as Kobe Bryant has been, especially without Lamar Odom, Nash's balance of setting up his teammates and delivering the tough buckets -- see the double-OT win over the Nets for Exhibit A -- has been nearly perfect.
Hollinger: Dwyane Wade has been the best player, but Miami's 19-23 record hurts his cause.
That narrows the field to Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. I'll take Dirk since he's compiled a better record with less help and tops everyone but Wade in player efficiency rating.
Apologies to Kobe Bryant and Gilbert Arenas.
Sheridan: Gonna let my East Coast bias show here while also incurring the wrath of Stein in choosing Washington's Gilbert Arenas for going 40-plus seven times, including two 50s and a 60 -- not to mention his knack for dramatic buzzer beaters.
Stein: Nowitzki by a shade over Nash. He doesn't get nearly enough credit for making players around him better. But he's the difference-maker for the team that has won twice at San Antonio … and beaten Phoenix twice … and countered the Suns' run by winning 21 of 23 games.