No journalist voting on MVP got in the way of Steph Curry winning the well-deserved honor, but that doesn’t mean all basketball analysts felt similarly.
Former All-Star Tracy McGrady was a guest on “The Jump” on ESPN and said Curry winning unanimous MVP means the NBA is “watered down.”
Tracy McGrady says Steph Curry’s unanimous MVP selection shows that the NBA is "watered-down" pic.twitter.com/EUnoNEZSha
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 10, 2016
“It just tells you how watered down our league is. Seriously,” McGrady said of Curry winning MVP unanimously. “Think about when MJ played, Shaq. Those guys really played against top-notch competition, more superstars on more teams than it is in our league today. But it’s well deserved; he had a hell of a season.”
So on one hand you have T-Mac saying the honor was well deserved, but on the other he says it shows how watered down the league is.
Keep in mind that the Warriors set the record for best regular season record ever and that Curry led the league in field goals made, 3-pointers made, free throw percentage, steals and points per game.
If you’re more of an advanced stats person, Curry’s 17.87 win shares rank as the 39th-best single-season total ever. More impressively, his 9.80 VORP ranks as the 12th-best all time mark, behind only players like Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Dr. J., David Robinson, Kareem, and Chris Paul’s impressive 2008-2009 season.
Any time you’re in a league with LeBron, CP3, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook to name a few, winning an MVP award unanimously shows just how well you did.
Winning the MVP unanimously does not reflect how “watered down” the league is, but rather that no voter tried to stupidly be “different” from the crowd by voting for someone who did not deserve it.
