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I love the NBA. I have watched at least a game a day over the past 3 season #shoutout to NBA league pass. I am no expert but I will say I know enough and have seen enough to hold firm in my convictions. All of my opinions do not come form sportscenter they come from passing the "eye-ball test." Before I start my point I think Stan Van Gundy and his brother Jeff Van Gundy, are great for the league. We have so many coaches, players, and personnel that are scared of the evil dictator, David Stern. This week Stan Van stated the MVP has already been awarded by the media. I COULD NOT AGREE MORE.

I think Derrick Rose is an emerging player. I think he will be the guard to replace Jason Kidd on the Olympic team in 2012. He is explosive and has taken HUGE steps forward with his long range game. He has carried his team to the best record in the Eastern Conference. Buttttt I do have a gripe. He is a volume scorer. I can not stand a volume scorer because I relate that to inefficiency, his PER is 15th in the league. Also his +/- is not even the best on his team. This stat does not mean to much if I was comparing DRose to a player that plays significantly less minutes then him. However, I am comparing him to Loul Deng who has played over 200 more minutes.

I think that Dwight Howard and Lebron James should still be in the conversation and actually I would put them ahead on my ballot (if I had one) The stats don't lie.

PER PPG RPG APG BLK STL FG% 3PT
Dwight Howard 28.67(2) 23.1(12) 14.2 1.4 2.44(2) 1.3 .602
Lebron James 27.78(3) 26.3(2) 7.4 6.9(13) .64 1.4(25) .501 .337
Derrick Rose 22.84(15) 24.9(7) 4.2 7.8(10) .64 1.1 .440 .340

Lebron has the most stats in ranked the top 25 between the three. However Dwight Howard is unquestionably the best defensive player in the league, and there is no stat for that. This is not a run-away race by any stretch. But to give DRose the MVP while looking at his +/-, PER, and FG% is ignoring some of the most critical stats when looking at impact on the game is mind boggling. I will say that DRose's team is the best in the East and that should stand for something. I am not objecting to DRose winning this award, but this should be a hot debate going on right now, but instead it's an afterthought because it's a foregone conclusion who the winner will be.

I wrote this with lingo I hope all of y'all understand if there are any questions about the +/- stat or the PER stat please wikipedia them.

@sledge_mylez & @The_Big_Rogg will be having a playoff podcast for all y'all hoops heads.. 40 games in 40 nights coming soon

QUICK HIT:
I was watching Sports Reporters this morning and this ESPN columnist gave a great parting shot. I would embed the video but ESPN doesn't allow it. Take the time out and watch for yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3d3Bc6TRI