It’s not that the NBA Most Valuable Player is broken, it’s that the conversation around it is. By no means is this unique to the Association. Dive into any sort of medical, pop culture, political, or local neighborhood Facebook page and you’ll delve into the beautiful art form of one-upmanship. Every debate sort of feels like this:
There were a lot of thoughtful conversations around the most recent MVP kerfuffle but of course those don’t get the same attention as the clippable straight to camera ‘I AM RIGHT AND YOU ARE BAD’. I recommend checking out Zach Lowe’s most recent episode of the Lowe Post with guest Howard Beck or this No Dunk’s episode where both parties did a great job having a well thought out dialogue around both the MVP race itself (which is amazing) and the chaos around it.
I am interested in a the *real* MVP conversation.
***clears throats and says a prayer to Morgan Freeman that a deep voice comes out***
THE MOST VALUABLE PERFORMER (soft echo in the background)
If we can give out awards for clutch then we can just give out a different MVP. This MVP would be selected unanimously and in 10 years we’d rename the award after him.
Steph Curry. The man has no bounds when it comes to the art of performance. Whether it’s taking out a ball boy with a full court shot or putting on an emmy like performance with the likes of Sue Bird and Candace Parker…he rises to the moment.
Last night, on national television in what felt like a do-or-die game for the ever floundering Golden State Warriors, Steph Curry made a case that he should be on stage tonight giving an acceptance speech for an Academy Award (okay, yes I know technically it would be for an Emmy because it was on TV but the Emmy’s are not tonight so you’re just going to have suspend reality for a moment).
After a lackluster start for the Oscar nominee, he arrived from the locker-room to start the 2nd half in full Daniel Day Lewis form. The Warriors were trailing the title favorite Bucks with 90 seconds to go and Steph went sicko mode lighting up the Bucks on both ends of the court. Yes, that’s right. Steph even played defense treating Jrue Holiday’s lay up attempt like Will Smith treating Chris Rock.
Over the years we’ve seen many different variations of Steph Curry but last night he evolved into what felt like a final boss in a video game or when Madden decides the computer is just going to beat you. No matter the version of Steph you get on a given night, you know he’s going to be the MVP on the court.
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I admit the MVP talk can get repetitive and redundant at times but I still think it has meaning and importance to certain players and those players are ones that win championships Aka Curry & Giannis. When being the best player in the league lacks to matter and players keep taking more games off on a regular basis you’re going to lose a large fan base that cares. We’re in a scary time now with the athletes having so much power or decisions to do what they want scary line they’re walking between player impowerment and isolating the customer. I don’t know man sports is changing and I’m trying to change with it with out being the old man “get off my lawn guy” but some old school ways I think still apply to the game. Thx Mike for all the content your a true 🐐