Stephen Curry has had an amazing year, essentially making him one of the most popular players in the NBA, next to LeBron James. Curry has led the Golden State Warriors to the best record in the league and the Western Conference while putting up career numbers. Some people may say he’s the MVP this year and Andrew Bogut doesn’t see why not.
From Diamond Leung of The Bay Area News Group:
“coinciding with Houston’s James Harden putting up huge numbers has been some discussion about why Curry might not WIN. One reason revolves around his usage, as he averages just under 33 minutes per game. Only previous award winners Bill Walton (33.3) and Steve Nash (34.3) come close to that figure.
Warriors center Andrew Bogut put it another way as far as the minutes being an indicator of why Curry should be MVP rather than something that should be held against the point guard.
“He only needs to play 25, 30 minutes, and we’re WINNING games by 15, 20 points,” Bogut said Tuesday after Curry scored 33 points and dished out 10 assists in a win at Portland. “If he had to play 45 minutes for us, I’m sure he’d be averaging greater numbers, so in a way, it’s kind of flawed. He’s the MVP in my opinion. We’re the best team in the league. We have the best record in the league. I don’t think it’s close in my opinion.”
Earlier this week we saw teammate Kevin Love choose to endorse college teammate Russell Westbrook over current teammate LeBron James in the MVP race and Andrew Bogut just did the opposite. All 4 guys in this race have a fair argument as to why they are MVP. Stephen Curry has led the Warriors to the best record in a ridiculous western conference. James Harden has kept his team in 3rd place without the help of Dwight Howard for over 2 months. Russell Westbrook is single handedly dragging Oklahoma City into the final spot in the NBA playoffs. LeBron James is LeBron James. All of them have fair arguments for the MVP trophy this year.
