I’m sick and tired….
I am at the point of vomiting…
If I read one more ‘DERRICK ROSE IS NOT THE MVP’ article from these stat nerds I am going to scream! In the past week, I’ve read at least 10 articles detailing me how D Rose doesn’t statistically compare to his MVP competition and that this is all just a way of the media getting revenge on LeBron James. Its time from someone who sat at the cool table at lunch time to speak on this issue.
This whole argument between the media types and stat nerds seems like a sports example of high school. All the cool kids are doing the cool things and the nerds have to go out the box just to be noticed. You know, stuff like put decorations on their Volkswagen beetles and dress differently and tell everyone “I’m wearing the stuff ya’ll not on yet.” Naw player, Boff aint never coming in style. The cool kids always prevail.
That’s how I see this MVP thing playing out. The ‘cool kids’ (ESPN, TNT Inside the Game Crew, NBA TV people) are for the most part picking Derrick Rose for MVP, for the following reasons: leader of the best team in the east, only player in top ten in scoring and assist, demonstrates ability to take game to the next level when needed in the clutch, carried team when Carlos Boozer took his three annual trips to the injured list and when Noah was injured, forced to play with the carcass of Keith Bogans at the 2 guard spot and then breathed life into him to the point that Bogans has connected on 43% of his threes since January, and probably the most electrifying player in the game to watch. The Keith Bogans fact alone should have cemented this.
But lo and behold, there is cry from the nerd community saying ‘WAIT A MINUTE! HOW CAN YOU JOCKS JUST MAKE THE CHOICE THAT THIS IS HOW IT HAS TO BE?!!! COME ON MAN, THAT’S NOT FAIR, WHAT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY? They have been on an all out warfare against D rose candidacy. Here are the stat nerds case against D rose: Lebron, D Howard, and a host of other players have had a higher PER rating than rose, the Bulls Defense is the real reason the Bulls are where they are, if you look at a SMALL ASS SAMPLE SIZE of stats, you can see that the Bulls would not be as bad as we thought without Rose, his teammates are not as bad as you think, the Bulls offense is average at best, his fg % is low for an MVP candidate and host of other non sensical reasons. But the most important reason: YOU ALL MADE HIM THE MVP WINNER ALREADY WITHOUT CONSULTING US ABOUT THE STATS.
Well you know what stat geek community? Too freaking bad! You wanted your home girl in AP calculus to win prom queen because she was a nice girl? Too fucking bad. All the bros chose the redbone with the fat ass for prom queen and we shall sleep well with this choice. Same as MVP. You can crunch all the stats you want, but when they don’t add up to what we see on the court, then the correct answer is to not conform what I see to fit your stats. It is to look at what I see first, check the stats and then form a balance conclusion from there. You stat nerds are not doing that! Russell Westbrook is an awesome player, but if I see one more article telling me he’s more of an MVP candidate than rose again, I’m going to throw a laptop. You all watch the damn games! While westbrook has taken over some games, his main job is to set everything up for his spectacular small forward Kevin Durant. Rose is asked to be the main scorer, main distributor, start the defensive intensity, walk on water, breast feed and take out the garbage. And Ive seen westbrook run some crunch time offense, it leaves much to be desired.
The fact that the bulls offense ranks in the top 15 in the league is a testament to Rose not a detriment. He missed his best low post option for at least 35 games, his best rebounder (especially offensive) for 31 games, has only one three point (consistent) shooter in Korver and Luol Deng. Thats not exactly the Phoenix suns offense. And for everyone that discredits his defense, he does play 38 minutes a game. There are only 48 minutes in a game. I think he can be lumped in with that defense improvement. He has made huge strides on defense this year to the point where he has stuck D wade in the clutch and did a reasonable job. He's not Gary Payton, but he's no steve nash on the defensive end either. AND TO SAY THAT THE BULLS WOULDN'T BE THAT BAD WITHOUT HIM IS THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL THING I HEARD. HAVE YOU SEEN CJ WATSON RUN AN OFFENSE FOR A QUARTER? AND DON'T EVEN WANT TO IMAGINE IT.
Look, we can go back and forth on who could win this award. And I can even admit that there are some worthy canidates this year. But I suggest instead of writing whole articles on why Rose SHOULDN’T WIN IT…write an article on who you think should win it. Before the cool kids come by and take your calculators.
