By Tay Pang Chong
7 April 2011
LOS ANGELES - By nearing the end of the season, the focus will always be discussing must be connected with the title of MVP (Most Valuable Player). There was a keen competition among the players who with the excellent performance in a whole season. Today, there were three star players in NBA will striving for this top honor’s title – Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose.
The 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player race is shaping up to be another close one. The three leaders at the moment appear to be Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets, Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic, and Derrick Rose from the Chicago Bulls. History tells us that the MVP's team must be at least in the top three in their conference standings at the end of the season, meaning that it's unlikely for Paul will win it, despite his outstanding season thus far. However, if Hornets (46 wins) manages a better record, Paul may turn out to be a lot of people’s top pick for MVP.
So that means its likely going to come down to Howard and Rose. Both the Magic (51 wins) and Bulls (60 wins) have holding the league's best record. Both guys smoothly run the offense of their respective teams, and both are excellent defenders who are assigned to the opposing team's best player, night in and night out.
As of now, their stat averages look something like this (include Chris Paul):
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Chris Paul: 15.8ppg, 9.6apg, 3.9rpg, 2.4spg 46.6 FG%
Dwight Howard: 23.3ppg, 1.2apg, 13.9rpg, 1.2spg 59.7 FG%
Derrick Rose: ppg, 24.9apg, 4.1rpg, 1.1spg 44.1 FG%
By analyzed, Howard is the most deserving candidate of the MVP. He is keeping a horrendous Magic team at the top of the East. Without Howard's presence in the lineup, the bunch of role players like Jason Richardson or Jameer Nelson would not be as good as they are. Howard is in a nice situation with Orlando the paint is open for him because the Magic surround him with shooters. But that works both ways; the reason they are so open is because teams have to double Howard in the paint. No player means more to his offense than Howard. Besides that, he is also in place to win his third straight Defensive Player of the Year award.
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On the other hand, Derrick Rose has a great case for MVP and is seems to get a lot of push for the award lately. He kept the Bulls near the top of the Eastern Conference, even with injuries to key players like Carlos Boozer. He is the best player on the best team and it was hard to find the other player in the league now which can match his athleticism. The fact was, Rose is now the leader in the MVP award race, even against a man who has won few of these awards already such as LeBron James.
Who will win the award of MVP in year 2011? This will be decided over the next month. Let waiting the result patiently and observe the players. The important things, please do not forget to vote the players you favorite and you wish him to win.
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