<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Feb 1 2008, 12:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The LBJ-less Cavs just lost to the Sonics. That is how valuable he is to his team</div> Cavs are in the same situation as the lakers during kobe's 81 point season... Lebron doesnt play, cavs lose = Kobe doesnt play, lakers lose... and NO ONE considered him for MVP. Just goes to show the hate.
This is from a voters perspective: Right now, Lebron seems to have the inside track. If they can stay within the top 3 seeds in the east, just by looking at the talent disparity combined with his excellent play this year, he has to get it. Garnett would be second for me, but I feel like the voters see the Big 3 as more of a collective effort than anything. Kobe was a distant third, but with Gasol, they have a chance to get a top seed, and you know how important that is to the voters. He could very well become the favorite. Paul is doing a good job, but he isn't familiar enough to the voters yet. So it goes like this: Lebron KG Kobe Paul I don't see any other people worthy of mention.
Right now... The top 4 IMO, in whatever order, is Paul-Lebron-Dwight-Kobe. Then, after that, it's KG and then Nash. It's gonna be a pretty tight race this year. Tighter than previous years, where it's been 1-3 players in the mix...while this year, it's at least 4.
It's a four-man race between Chris Paul, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, and Kobe Bryant. I think Dwight has and will fall out of the picture, and the order of the top 4 will change every other week.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jan 31 2008, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GM3 @ Jan 27 2008, 06:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>1) LeBron James 2) Kevin Garnett 3) Kobe Bryant 4) Caron Butler 5) Brandon Roy</div> Explain why Chris Paul isn't a top 5 MVP candidate. </div> Honestly, his name didn't even pop into my head when I made this. I would put him ahead of Caron Butler and take out Roy if I did it again.
