KG For MVP? Enough Already

I would rather the Celtics get no individual awards for the regular season. It’s not very “Ubuntu”. Save the praise for the playoffs. 8)

bottom, line, in my mind, is that he is the mvp. no one else can take so much credit for transforming a franchise so completely. of course the rest of the team gets credit, of course lebron and kobe and paul are amazing. but the celtics went from the bottom to the top, and they’re doing it in a remarkable way. playing with unity and consistency that no other team has matched.

take kg out of that picture and they’re a decent team. no where close to what they are now. swap kg for kobe, lebron, paul, whoever, and i don’t think you’d get the same results.

i think the only legitimate contender is paul. he’s leading a team that no one expected to be at the top of the west, and they’ve done it all season and there’s no doubt he’s the leader.

kobe’s great, has amazing numbers, etc. but that’s not a surprise. he’s got his team in great position, winning consistently, but they’re not dominating the way the celtics are and it’s not the same complete turnaround the celtics have accomplished.

lebron’s numbers are amazing, and he doesn’t have the quality of teammates that kg and kobe do, but nor do i think he’s elevated his teammates the way kg, or even paul, has.

the amazing thing to me about kg is how he makes his team better. and i’m not talking numbers. paul has crazy stats for assists, so he clearly gets people shots. but kg has so much intensity, focus, heart, effort, and passion and it’s so obvious how that effects those around him. we don’t use the term love a lot in talking about sports. but to me that’s the ingredient. kg loves the game and he loves his team, and he has loved them to the level of success they’ve found this season. sorry if that sounds weird but i don’t know how else to put it. watch how he encourages everyone on the team, from the stars to the scrubs, how he cheers from the sidelines, how he picks up rondo when he gets knocked down, how he looks in their eyes and lets them know that he believes in them and that their effort matters. that’s love. plain and simple.

so there’s my argument. bottom line, i don’t care if he wins, it’s the championship that matters, but i just don’t see how anyone else deserves it more.

kg is great-we know it, he knows it, most if not all the nba knows it, but the thing that counts the most— is he a champ? not yet, but this is his best chance and mvp ? he already has one. let’s get the ring.

Kudos to David Dupree for seeing “beyond the stats”. This would be, maybe at best, a 500 team without him. KG probably will not win the official award (vote), but anyone who has followed the Celtics over the years, knows that KG is the MVP hands-down. Frankly, it would be great if Celtic fans, showered KG, PP, & RA with MVP chants every time that they go to the line. They all bought into “ubunto” and showed Rondo, Perk, Powe, TA, and BigBaby what it takes to be a winning team. Then add Posey and House to the mix, proven veterans in their own right, you have this years Celtics that not even Doc could screw up (at least during regular season).