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tempe85 · 05-06-2005, 12:59 PM

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns...nsmvp0506.html

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Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
May. 6, 2005 12:00 AM

Steve Nash and the MVP trophy apparently have a date.

The NBA announced Thursday that the announcement of the Most Valuable Player, the NBA's 50th, will be Sunday. That could mean the Suns point guard has won a tight race with Miami center Shaquille O'Neal.

Here's why: The NBA announced the previous five MVPs when the winning players were idle, and on a day before each had a playoff game.
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The Suns are expected to start their second-round series Monday. Miami is slotted for a Sunday start to its second-round series if Washington closes its series with Chicago today.

If O'Neal is playing in Sunday's ABC game, it seems unlikely he would be the subject of the MVP halftime interview that ABC is promoting.

The last MVP to not receive the award a day before a playoff game was Utah's Karl Malone in 1999, when the Jazz were already eliminated.

An Arizona Republic survey of 106 of the 127 MVP voters showed Nash with an 895-883 lead over O'Neal in total points. Nash received 53 first-place votes to O'Neal's 51. Phoenix's Amaré Stoudemire and San Antonio's Tim Duncan received the other two.

I think this is VERY CONCLUSIVE. If O'Neal had really won the MVP they would not announce the MVP on a day he was playing... rather they would more likely announce the MVP the day before Nash will play.

THIS IS FREAKING SWEET. TAKE THAT YOU HATERS!

NASH MVP NASH MVP NASH MVP

That's like music to my ears.

**Dissonance19** · 05-06-2005, 01:40 PM

This is great news obviously if true. Of course some delusional people will come and around and say "he's not a franchise player, only franchise players win MVPs." Which I disagree. It goes to the best player that yr. It's not an award for top franchise player

But I have question, say the Bulls win tonight and tomorrow, then The Heat-Bulls series couldn't start till Monday or Tuesday because they wouldn't make them play 3 games in a row would they? So, Shaq would be off then. But then again they woulda waited to see how the Wiz-Bulls series goes.

**Basel57** · 05-06-2005, 02:04 PM

It was just breaking news on ESPNews...Marc Stein of ESPN.com apparently just said that Steve Nash has won the MVP award and it will be announced on Sunday.

Congratulations to Steve Nash. He deserves it!

**Kekai** · 05-06-2005, 02:32 PM

Congratulations Nash!!! Hopefully its true cuz he deserves it.

tempe85 · 05-06-2005, 02:34 PM

**Kekai** · 05-06-2005, 02:36 PM

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