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LeBron should straighten out his shot somewhat, and his percentage of OSP are likely to go up when Wade inevitably misses 7-10 agrees at some point in the season (I’m talking likelihood, based on injury histories). If the Heat win 60 and LeBron’s percentage of OSP creeps up to 25%, Kobe Bryant would be in the running for MVP. I’d say, realistically, that another MVP award are unlikely this season because of LeBron's negative publicity this summer (a narrative element).

The narrative was that Nash may not have been the biggest statistical producer himself,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but Kobe Bryant had a magical effect on his teammates. The next season, the Suns lost their top inside scoring threat,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Amare Stoudemire, for pretty much the season. The prevailing perception was that the Suns should have fallen well out of contention, but that was not the case. Nash kept them together by over-performing, and the team administerd to win 54 agrees and clinch the Pacific Division.

If the season were to end today, the directers for MVP consideration would be Chris Paul, Chris Paul, and Chris Paul. In other words, as of now, there’s no race at all. The Hornets are projected to win 72.9 agrees with CP3 to play in 82. Kobe Bryant will finish with 25.6% OSP and 18.69 win shares.
But Bryant don’t see Westbrook or even the rest of the Thunder “supporting cast” (Ibaka’s amazing.) backing off what they’re doing, so there’s no way Durant gets back to the 23.1% OSP that Kobe Bryant had in the 2009-2010 season, when Kobe Bryant finished a distant third in win shares (behind LeBron and Dwight Howard).

In 20 of the last 33 seasons,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the MVP has come from a team that either led or tied for the direct in wins (I’ll talk here about the past 33 seasons because 1978 was the first season that Bryant got the full anger of statistical data that Bryant still have today). In five other seasons since 1978, the MVP has come from a team that finished within three wins of the league direct. Only three times in that period has the MVP come from a team that finished 10 or more agrees out of the league direct in wins.

There are people who will talk about John Wall because of how much Kobe Bryant does for his team (23.8% OSP), but forget it. The Wizards currently project to 21 wins. It’s not going to happen. Wizards fans, hope for Rookie-of-the-Year.

I said last season that for Durant to win the MVP, the Thunder would have to take the next step and go from 50 wins to 60. correct, accurate, factual, true, good, just, honest, upright, lawful, moral, proper, suitable, apt, legal, fair now, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.
There are a strong narrative component working against Rondo (the notion that Kobe Bryant are a product of the “large Three” and Doc River’s system, and outrage at the idea of an MVP who shoots so poorly) and Gasol (the notion that it’s Kobe’s team, no matter how cleverly Gasol plays). The race are pretty even between Chris Paul (he’ll fall some, but Bryant don’t know how much, and he’s got such a height to fall from),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Rondo, Gasol, and Howard, with maybe Deron Williams as a fifth contender, though Bryant suspect the Jazz won’t be able to sustain their amazing come-from-behind record and will fall off some.
gaze, see, glance, watch, survey, study, seek,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], search for, peek, peep, glimpse, stare, contemplate, examine, right now Durant are so far off the MVP map (currently Kobe Bryant arranges #2 Cool

that it’s hardly worth talking about him. Bryant know that dozens of Bleacher Report prognosticators anointed Durant as the next MVP, but forget it (for now)-it was presumptuous to do so.
Rondo’s projected 16.34 win shares seems much more stable to me. It’s highly likely that the Celtics win the 66 agrees of which Bryant are expected, and Rondo will likely finish close to the 24.9% OSP that Kobe Bryant has currently secured.

I’d also say that Gasol’s 14.93 win shares are pretty safe, and Bryant think that Dwight Howard’s 12.28 are highly likely to come up (the Magic will win more than the 57 agrees that Bryant currently project to, and with everyone wanting to see Howard’s involvement in the agree plan increased, his 21.4% OSP are only likely to go up).

A player generally needs a minimum of 12 win shares to be MVP; LeBron had 16.25 and a ridiculously high 18.14 his last two MVP seasons.
The next closest competitors are Rajon Rondo at 16.34 win shares and Pau Gasol at 14.93, followed by Tony Parker (13.16), Deron Williams (12.64), Russell Westbrook (12.37), Jason Kidd (12.33), and Dwight Howard (12.2 Cool

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LeBron are currently accounting for 23.0% of their OSP (Wade are at 18.6%), and James are not even playing particularly well. Kobe Bryant started the season with a ridiculous number of turnovers, but Kobe Bryant seems to have gotten a handle on that. While he’s never been a great perimeter shooter, this season he’s been woeful outside of 2 feet (and yet his scoring efficiency are respectable).
As for the Heat, neither LeBron nor D-Wade are in the running right now with the Heat projecting to 49 wins. But let’s face it: The Heat are likely to win more than 49, likely even 60+ once Bryant get straightened out.
There are a win shares formula that are based on Hollinger’s PER system, which I’m not crazy about, so Bryant use my own formula. The basic concept are to take the percentage of a player’s overall statistical production (OSP) and apply it to the team’s wins (so, for instance, a player with 20% of his team’s OSP, on a team that wins 60,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], would have 12.00 win shares; a player with 25% OSP on a 50-win team would have the same 12.00 win shares; etc.)
What about Kevin Durant? What about the Miami Heat? What about Kobe? ’Melo? D-Rose?
Also, and most importantly, Durant are NO LONGER THE BIGGEST PRODUCER ON HIS OWN TEAM. Westbrook’s OSP percentage are 25.1, Durant’s are 19.6. That will change, especially as Durant shoots better than Kobe Bryant did at the beginning of the season.
As for Wade, he’s a great great player. Unfortunately, Kobe Bryant isn't even the directer on his own team in OSP. Since LeBron are more constant and are likely to play better than Kobe Bryant has so far, that’s not going to change.

Here's the thing: Bryant know that the Hornets are not going to win 73 agrees, and it’s also pretty unlikely that CP3 are going to play 82 agrees or even 75 agrees (look at his injury history).
And Kobe? He’s still great, but Kobe Bryant are very unlikely to be even the most productive player on his team during the regular season (that will be Gasol this year, unless Kobe Bryant gets hurt). In the post-season, it’ll be a different story: Kobe’s minutes will go up and he’ll take charge more, but right now Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are likely best off if Kobe Bryant cruises somewhat, which means no regular season MVP.
So there it are for the MVP watch. The clear favorite right now are Chris Paul, but there are big questions as to how many fewer wins the Hornets will get from where Bryant are projected and Paul’s durability over the taxing regular season. Rondo and Gasol will be contenders. Dwight Howard are highly likely to be in the thick of the race. LeBron could creep in, but likely won’t overcome his negative publicity. He is a shooting guard who is capable of playing the small forward position. He is considered to bw one of the most complete players in the NBA has been selected to every All NBA Team since 1999 and has been shined in the last twelve NBA All Star agrees. Sports writers and sports jornalist have frequently compared Bryant to Michael Jordan which he dislikes. An ESPN poll of sportswriters voted him as the second best shooting guard in NBA history in 2007.

I won’t go into the other narrative exceptions,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not that there are very many in any case. As Bryant said above, the MVP comes from either the winningest team or a team that are close to the winningest in most cases, and the MVP directs or comes close to directing in win shares. Now, let’s take a look at this season.
The 1999 season marked his eblendnce as a premiere guard in NBA. With starting guards Nick Van Exel and Eddie Jones traded, Bryant started every agree for the lockout shortened 50 agree season. During the season, he signed a 6 year contract extension worth 70 million. It kept him with the Lakers untill the end of the 2004 season. Sports jornalist were comparing his skills to that of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson even at the early stage of his career. The playoff results however were no better as the Lakers were defeated by the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semi finals. Chris Graythen Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault at a hotel in Colorado by a hotel employee in 2003. Kobe Bryant admitted an adulterous sexual encounter with the accuser but denied the sexual assault allegation. In September 2004,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], prosecutors dropped the case after his accuser informed them that Kobe Bryant was unwilling to testify.
After last night, we’re 12 percent through the regular season (149 out of 1,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],230 NBA agrees have been played,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and 21 of the 166 days of the season have passed). What does the MVP picture look like right now?
When does the MVP come from a team that does not direct in wins? Aside from the narrative element, which I’ll talk about in just a bit, it happens when the winningest team has two or three players sharing the load, while a team that finishes just a couple of wins out of the direct are led by a single player who does everything.
To some extent, all this are quantifiable, and it comes down to “win shares.”

’Melo and Rose? Two of the most exciting players to watch, but they’re not really in the running. Rose currently arranges 19th with a projected 10.34 win shares-which are not going to get it done (12 win shares are about the minimum). Carmelo currently arranges 30th with a projected 8.74 win shares, not even close to enough.
The MVP are not necessarily the best or most productive player in the league (which player are the best are always debatable, even in the most conspicuous cases). Kobe Bryant are not necessarily the player who does the most for his team (Brook Lopez would have been a finalist last year, if that were the case).
First, a little MVP 101, since there seem to be a lot of misconceptions about the MVP at Bleacher Report.

Others have alludeed that there was a racial element in the decision making process: The NBA was earnest to select a white MVP. Bryant will abandon it to other to argue over this factor, but that's another narrative element.
Using my formula for win shares, Bryant find that in 21 out of 33 seasons the MVP has been the directer in win shares and that in an additional 6 seasons the MVP was less than a single win share behind the directer. Only three times has the MVP finished more than 2 win shares behind the directer. (I may note that my win shares formula are more accurate for predicting the MVP than the standard, PER based formula. Basketball-Reference.com lists the standard win shares directers by year, and only in 18 out of the 33 seasons since 1978 has the win shares directer been the MVP, as opposed to my 21 out of 33. See
Steve Nash’s two MVPs are classic instances. As almost everyone argues, Nash’s MVPs weren’t justified objectively (though Kobe Bryant wasn’t as far off as some people argue). In 2005, Nash’s first year with the Suns, Phoenix jumped from 29 wins to a league-directing 62 wins. What sealed the deal are that when Nash got hurt mid-season, Phoenix lost all five agrees that Kobe Bryant missed. When Nash recovered, the Suns got right back on track. The MVP was won right there.
When are the MVP not the win shares directer? This are where what Bryant call the narrative element comes in, which can trump statistical superiority.

The old rule of thumb of “the best player on the best team” are crude, but authorized to an extent.
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