When ESPN's Bill Simmons Tweeted aboutá"the dumbest sports column of 2010" earlier this week,áI have to admit, I had to go see the train wreck for myself.
The subject: "Media should take off its LeBron James blinders and start giving Dwight Howard some MVP love."
Wow. Simmons wasn't lying.
I'm as big of a D-Howard fan as anyone. If he's not the most physically impressive player in the NBA, he's in the Top Three. I've even anchored my fantasy basketball team around Howard (and kissed free throws bye-bye in the process).
But there is no way, under any objective measure, that Dwight Howard should be getting some "MVP love."
Defensive MVP love, yes.
League MVP? áNo.
The MVP-for-Dwight article, which came from theáOrlando Sentinel , pointed out:
"[Howard] currently ...
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Dwight Howard Certainly Deserves Defensive MVP, but Not League MVP
Posted: 2nd March 2010 by Bryan Toporek in NBAComments Off on Dwight Howard Certainly Deserves Defensive MVP, but Not League MVP