I started a thread on this in the Astro's forum but wasn't sure if it'd be better in the Hangout. Seeing as 2015 is the year of players on Houston sports teams getting jobbed for MVP's in their sports, I gotta figure Altuve is next. Maybe even Giles Barnes for the Dynamo. Anythoughts on who will win the MVP votes over Altuve? Media narratives for whomever that player will be? Fluck the NBA, NFL and the media that gets votes.
One of the problems is the definition or criteria for MVP itself, which is inexact. Another problem is that, it's a half-assed process, as evidenced by the guy who left Harden off his ballot. Whoops.
Look..MVP does not mean most valuable player to the voters. If it did, how do you quantify that? Most valuable player in the league? Most valuable player to a team? i.e. if you took anthony davis out of the lineup, how much worse would NO be? same for cleveland? Wouldn't Lebron win it every time? Instead the formula = Take the top 2 teams, and pick the best player from their lineup. Look back at the winners of the last 15 NBA MVPs. Majority come from the top team, or the 2nd best.
