PLAYERS:
Carmelo Anthony,
Chauncey Billups,
Paul Pierce,
Kobe Bryant,
Nene Hilario,
Rajon Rondo,
Dwyane Wade,
Kenyon Martin,
Steve Nash,
Kevin Garnett
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns
Ok, it's WAAAAAAAAY too early to be talking about MVP candidates. What this post is actually about is a cool new feature on basketball-reference.com (via BDL): the MVP Award Tracker.Right now, here's their top 10:
Carmelo Anthony
Chauncey Billups
Paul Pierce
Kobe Bryant
Nene Hilario
Rajon Rondo
Dwyane Wade
Kenyon Martin
Steve Nash
Kevin Garnett
Here's their disclaimer: The NBA MVP Award Tracker
ranks candidates based on a model built using previous voting results. This
list does not represent the opinion of this site. Rather, these are the
players that the voters are likely to target.You can get the full explanation here.So far, the only thing I think this shows is the Celtics and the Nuggets are playing great team basketball. But this will be an interesting thing to check in with from time to time.
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