Es sieht wohl so aus, als wenn Steve Nash das zweite Mal, seit dem er Dallas verlassen hat, den MVP-Titel holt...
:cry: :kotz:
Source: Nash to be MVP
Suns guard would be 10th player to win award in consecutive seasons
Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 26, 2006 12:00 AM
Suns star Steve Nash will be named the NBA's Most Valuable Player for a second straight season, according to a league source familiar with the voting.
The announcement may not come for two weeks, like last season's May 8 ceremony. The votes have been tabulated in what was expected to be a close race with LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, Chauncey Billups and Kobe Bryant.
Nash won the fourth-closest MVP vote last year, edging Shaquille O'Neal a year after Nash was not even an All-Star.
Nash, 32, impressed voters this season by posting career highs in scoring (18.8 points per game), rebounding (4.2 per game), field goal percentage (.512) and free-throw percentage (NBA-best .921). He led the league in assists again with 10.5 per game and finished sixth in three-point shooting (43.9 percent).
(Anmerkung Aldis: Die Werte sind schon extrem gut und Nash ist ein feiner Kerl. Trotzdem finde ich, dass Dirk ihm in nichts nachsteht und sein Game sogar nochmal auf ein neues Level gehoben hat. Das war`s wohl mit den MVP Chancen, denn in den folgenden Jahren werden LBJ&Wade, den Kampf diktieren....)
After Amaré Stoudemire's knee surgery deprived the Suns of their top scorer, Nash led the team to 54 wins and its first repeat division title with only Shawn Marion and Leandro Barbosa back for a full season.
Nash would be the first international and Suns player to win twice.
Only nine previous players repeated as MVP winners. Magic Johnson was the only point guard to do so.
Quelle