Rookie year: 16ppg. Second year: 19 ppg. Third year: 22 ppg. He is on the rise. All we have to do is get the #1 seed in the West next year or the year after and he'll be named MVP. He'll get votes this year though. No question.
What?! He's having a great year, but there is no chance in hell he gets a single vote when you have the likes of Kobe, Wade, and Lebron playing out of their fucking minds on the year.
The NBA MVP voting panel gets to select 5 players, and ranks them 1st through 5th I think. I wouldn't be surprised if Brandon got a top-five vote. Antawn Jamison and Sheed got a fifth-place vote last year. And the voting is done by media members, three of which come from each NBA city so I'm sure Quick, Freeman and whoever else would give one to Roy.
And Paul and Howard to suck up any left over votes. Roy is not a top-five player. The Blazers are not one of the elite teams. Roy is not likely to get any MVP votes this year.
If Portland sneaks in and grabs the 2 seed in the west, and Roy plays out of his mind for the final month (30 ppg, 5 assists, etc.) then he will garner serious MVP Consideration.
For anyone wanting to enjoy some funny late-night reading.. http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=82859&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Roy will get at least one top 5 vote. Fuck, if the Blazers finish strong, I'd put him ahead of Paul in a heartbeat. Paul has an All Star to play with. Roy doesn't. But Roy's team has won more games. Without question, if the Blazers finish with a top 5 record, Roy will get a slew of MVP votes.
I'm really enjoying the LakersGround thread. They blame Luke Walton for everything. And it reminds me that EVERY team has fans who hate their team and think they will go nowhere in the playoffs. It's not just us.
First reg season game I made it to this year and I sure picked a good one to make it to! Had a fantastic time!!
He wouldn't be welcome here anyway! Where were these excuses though when the Bulls came here 17 years ago, and wow has it been that long?
Thanks for the link. I'm reading it know, just a few pages in, but I can't believe how many Laker fans know they are going to lose to us in our house!
Interesting. It sounds made-up to me. But if it was true, then the title of that article is perfect. Maybe that incident is why Quick decided to entitle the article "Blazers pour it on Lakers."
