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Re: Define what the MVP should be...
"Best player on the best team" is not how the MVP has been determined, that's just the way it usually came out because coincidentally the players who have won MVP have usually been top 5 players in the league in addition to being on a top team. It wasn't just the fact that they were the best player on one of the best teams. They were one of the best players in the league, period. We just don't have as many elite players playing on elite teams these days. For example:
Kobe: average team
KG: underachieving team
LeBron: streaky team
Whereas when MJ, Magic, Bird, Malone, Barkley, Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq, Duncan, etc. won MVP, yes, they were on a top team in the league. But they were also unarguably a top 3 player in the league -- which is why we can't point to past trends regarding the MVP right now. The circumstances are different.
The way I think of the MVP is this: what player's absence would result in the largest dropoff by his team?
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