Cavs GM says LeBron James should win MVP every season

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Cats GM says LeBron James should win MVP every season




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LeBron James opened the floodgates when he said Stephen Curry deserved the MVP award this season, but added the "valuable" in MVP is open to interpretation.

The NBA doesn't have separate awards for "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Player," so the award essentially goes to the best player that year. Some people like to dig into the semantics of the name, saying the award should go to, well, the most valuable player to his respective team.

Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin was asked about his star player's comments Thursday during an appearance on the Jim Rome Show, and said James will always be the most valuable player to his team.

"I would have said that Michael Jordan was the MVP every year of his prime, and I would tell you that LeBron is as well," Griffin said. "If 'V' is valuable, I don’t see any way that there’s a player that means more to our league or to his individual team than LeBron does or than Michael did. But I certainly think the seasons that Steph has put together are historically good. He’s a player that has taken a team to an unprecedented record and a championship, and he deserves all the accolades he gets, but in terms of value to a league, I think LeBron is the face of this league just as Michael Jordan was.

"I think so just in terms of the word ‘value,’ and again, we can get into a semantics question there, but I think if we’re really talking about who’s carrying a franchise and a league, I think LeBron does that, and our record without LeBron on the floor is not terribly good. He’s a guy who transcends every analytic metric you could ever use."

Griffin, and James, have a point. Curry deserved the award for being the best player on the NBA's best team, but there is something to be said for the "value" of "most valuable." The Cavs have talent around James, but they aren't nearly as efficient without him like the Warriors are without Curry.

Obviously both players are key to their team's success, but when you break it down, the argument that James is more valuable is completely valid.

 

[BrownTurd]

The Cavs line up every night with 4 max players and with really good role players and Lebron and the Cavs are trying to paint a narrative that LeBron is carrying a bunch of bums?

Maybe if they had let Blatt actually coach the team they would not be getting beat when Lebron is not on the floor.

 

[Mr. Bizkits]

I agree.

The phrase "Most Valuable Player" is a very unclear, vague, and obscure term.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

So shouldn't Gilbert fire this idiot for admitting he can't do his job of putting together an efficient team that can hold the fort while lebron is out if he ever is?

Dumb ass.

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

Where was this article the year KD won it? Where were all the plea coppin and whining then? It's amazing just how much bitching all these insecure ass niggas are doing because Steph is shitting on the league in a way and style of play that has never been seen before... All these fools including LeBron are starting to embarrass themselves. Wouldn't be surprised if LeBron was behind this article and comments.... Dude is acting like a real bitch right now... The timing is REAL suspect... Glad to see Curry isn't responding like a lil bitch but taking the high road and making these fools look like whining idiots,.,

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

I agree.

The phrase "Most Valuable Player" is a very unclear, vague, and obscure term.

It only became a point of contention when Steph won back to back and shitted on niggas by going unanimous... Why wasn't LeBron and crew doing all this plea coppin and dry hating until now?!?! Niggas insecure and his feelings are hurt...

 

[DADDY4HOES]

In Miami you gave him Bosh , Wade each could have started their own team. In Cleveland you gave him Love, Irving each could also start their own team. Most players are given nothing to work with Curry has Thompson , who can;t shake a cold let alone a player and Green who if you notice is the same size as Thompson. Igudala was given a team in Philly and couldn't hold it down. Damien Lillard wasn't given shyt in Portland and made champagne.....James need to give props to others like they were given to him.

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

So shouldn't Gilbert fire this idiot for admitting he can't do his job of putting together an efficient team that can hold the fort while lebron is out if he ever is?

Dumb ass.

Basically...

 

[BrownTurd]

Where was this article the year KD won it? Where were all the plea coppin and whining then? It's amazing just how much bitching all these insecure ass niggas are doing because Steph is shitting on the league in a way and style of play that has never been seen before... All these fools including LeBron are starting to embarrass themselves. Wouldn't be surprised if LeBron was behind this article and comments.... Dude is acting like a real bitch right now... The timing is REAL suspect... Glad to see Curry isn't responding like a lil bitch but taking the high road and making these fools look like whining idiots,.,

What I find so bitch ass is that LeBron and the Cavs are trying to paint a narrative that they don't have talent.

The Cavs have the highest payroll and 4 max players with endless amount of role players. So he can't pretend that he is lining up with scrubs and Curry has a team of HOFers.

 

[BrownTurd]

So shouldn't Gilbert fire this idiot for admitting he can't do his job of putting together an efficient team that can hold the fort while lebron is out if he ever is?

Dumb ass.

They have 4 max players, highest payroll and long bench bit that is not good enough?..smh

 

[Amajorfucup]

If 'V' is valuable, I don’t see any way that there’s a player that means more to our league or to his individual team than LeBron does or than Michael did. But I certainly think the seasons that Steph has put together are historically good.

Couldnt agree more.

 

[BDR]

Lmaoo

 

[THREAD_CRITIC]

In Miami you gave him Bosh , Wade each could have started their own team. In Cleveland you gave him Love, Irving each could also start their own team. Most players are given nothing to work with Curry has Thompson , who can;t shake a cold let alone a player and Green who if you notice is the same size as Thompson. Igudala was given a team in Philly and couldn't hold it down. Damien Lillard wasn't given shyt in Portland and made champagne.....James need to give props to others like they were given to him.

Thompson is one of the best SG in the league and Green should've been in the MVP race himself........stop

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Thompson is one of the best SG in the league and Green should've been in the MVP race himself........stop

The argument isn't the warriors don't have talent it's the bs like kyrie and love aren't on the court with lebron too.

Suddenly they nothing but usually in conversation kyrie is top 5 pg and love is a top 5 pf

But now they just decent players lol

 

[drowzie]

What is he supposed to say, if they get shitted on this year LeBron bouncing!!! He trying to keep the nigga in Cleveland.

 

[THREAD_CRITIC]

The argument isn't the warriors don't have talent

Naw the dude I quoted downplayed the hell out of Thompson and Green.

 

[jack walsh13]

Where was this article the year KD won it? Where were all the plea coppin and whining then? It's amazing just how much bitching all these insecure ass niggas are doing because Steph is shitting on the league in a way and style of play that has never been seen before... All these fools including LeBron are starting to embarrass themselves. Wouldn't be surprised if LeBron was behind this article and comments.... Dude is acting like a real bitch right now... The timing is REAL suspect... Glad to see Curry isn't responding like a lil bitch but taking the high road and making these fools look like whining idiots,.,

That's why I can't stand this bitch ass nigga It Is. Can't take nothing from him as a basketball player but as a man this nigga softer than apple butter spread. The Shoprite brand too. Not the expensive shit.

 

[Simply Sickenin']

What is he supposed to say, if they get shitted on this year LeBron bouncing!!! He trying to keep the nigga in Cleveland.

Came in here to say that exactly. What is the G.M. suppose to say.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Naw the dude I quoted downplayed the hell out of Thompson and Green.

Fair enough fam

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Came in here to say that exactly. What is the G.M. suppose to say.

Nothing. Lol he just got himself fired

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

I guess my whole issue is this.

Lebron is the best player and the face of the nba.

This isn't an issue when someone else wins just steph. They're treating steph like he's Steve Nash and that's just the sort of disrespect he's dealt with on the court his entire career.

I want the press clippings where a gm and player said kd shouldn't have won mvp

 

[Professor]

The Cavs line up every night with 4 max players and with really good role players and Lebron and the Cavs are trying to paint a narrative that LeBron is carrying a bunch of bums?

Maybe if they had let Blatt actually coach the team they would not be getting beat when Lebron is not on the floor.

Max Players don't mean maximum talent on your roster. With the exception of Lebron and Kyrie, all them max contract players on the cav's are over paid. The market determines their value based on supply and demand for a specific skill set or position. In other words you don't have to be the best skilled person in the world to get max money, if the pickings are slim at your position, then that can be the ultimate barganing tool to get max dollars. So far example if you take to good players where one is 5'11 and the other is 7'4, a GM is willing to overpay for a the 7'4 player cause they are so far and few in between, reasonable skilled 7'4 players they don't grow on trees.

Kevin Love and Tristin Thompson are overpaid. If u'r a max player a team should be able to build around you. I can't see building a franchise around Kevin Love or Tristian Thompson where they are the corner stones for the francise. Max players should never be just a complementary player, which is what those two are.

The bottom line is that the Cav's are not a championship contender without Lebron James on their roster. So that equates to MVP.

Yours Truly......Professor

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

What I find so bitch ass is that LeBron and the Cavs are trying to paint a narrative that they don't have talent.

The Cavs have the highest payroll and 4 max players with endless amount of role players. So he can't pretend that he is lining up with scrubs and Curry has a team of HOFers.

All that man. Its not even about play anymore, these dudes are making fools out of themselves.... Basically telling their team yall aint shit to stroke LeBrons bitchass hurt ego...

 

[tallblacknyc]

I agree.

The phrase "Most Valuable Player" is a very unclear, vague, and obscure term.

it use to be the best of the best player of the yr..than they gave it to steve nash and killed the whole meaning...it became "but he makes his teammates better award".. by the old term hands down curry deserves it..these new fag rules who knows

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

And I'm not even going there with calling lebron out of his name

 

[jasonblacc]

I guess my whole issue is this.

Lebron is the best player and the face of the nba.

This isn't an issue when someone else wins just steph. They're treating steph like he's Steve Nash and that's just the sort of disrespect he's dealt with on the court his entire career.

I want the press clippings where a gm and player said kd shouldn't have won mvp

Who was the last MVP besides Lebron? KD, and KD is Brons boy and at the Time media Darling........Shit they making a movie about his mom like she did something great when all she did was raise her son like she supposed to.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

it use to be the best of the best player of the yr..than they gave it to steve nash and killed the whole meaning...it became "but he makes his teammates better award".. by the old term hands down curry deserves it..these new fag rules who knows

Right the argument against curry is his team was good enough to win 50 games without him

So was Jordans lol.

With Jordan they won 72
With curry they won 73
I'm not saying he is on the same planet as Jordan I am saying that without those guys the teams were not shitty with them they set regular season records

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Who was the last MVP besides Lebron? KD, and KD is Brons boy and at the Time media Darling........Shit they making a movie about his mom like she did something great when all she did was raise her son like she supposed to.

See and that's what I want to be careful about.

I don't want to shit on anyone else.
I just want people to stop shitting on curry and nobody else

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

That's why I can't stand this bitch ass nigga It Is. Can't take nothing from him as a basketball player but as a man this nigga softer than apple butter spread. The Shoprite brand too. Not the expensive shit.

Ole sensitive ass bitch nigga man.... I swear its gonna be poetic justice if both teams make the finals and he gets his bitch ass kicked again. I have no respect for a whiny bitch who will even throw his own teammates under the bus because hes a sensitive ass punk. You got beef with this kid beat him on the court. Guard him and shut him down. Othwrwise stfu

 

[RoadRage]

I used to think this way with Jordan but now that I am older I now realize that if MJ were to win it every year like he deserved there would be no way for this generation to realize how great other players like Barkley was, especially when they don't have rings....

 

[tallblacknyc]

Max Players don't mean maximum talent on your roster. With the exception of Lebron and Kyrie, all them max contract players on the cav's are over paid. The market determines their value based on supply and demand for a specific skill set or position. In other words you don't have to be the best skilled person in the world to get max money, if the pickings are slim at your position, then that can be the ultimate barganing tool to get max dollars. So far example if you take to good players where one is 5'11 and the other is 7'4, a GM is willing to overpay for a the 7'4 player cause they are so far and few in between, reasonable skilled 7'4 players they don't grow on trees.

Kevin Love and Tristin Thompson are overpaid. If u'r a max player a team should be able to build around you. I can't see building a franchise around Kevin Love or Tristian Thompson where they are the corner stones for the francise. Max players should never be just a complementary player, which is what those two are.

The bottom line is that the Cav's are not a championship contender without Lebron James on their roster. So that equates to MVP.

Yours Truly......Professor

b4 cavs voltron attempt failed..kyrie was hands down top 5 pg and kevin love was hands down top 3 pf... jr smith was a 6th man award winner and bigtime scoring threat... shumpert was a real good sg... the voltron attempt failed by the not so mastermind lebron.. it ain't that these nigs are bums it's whenever u attach lebron name to something it usually dosen't end well..hence not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 failure speech for the heat

 

[Day_Carver]

I'm glad he said it, I'm glad LBJ is saying shit, throwing more fuel on the fire....perfect...so when GS roast they ass...hopefully they'll get asked the same question,and i hope everyone captures the look on their faces......

 

[380snubnose]

MVP was Westbrook in my eyes..easy

 

[tallblacknyc]

Ole sensitive ass bitch nigga man.... I swear its gonna be poetic justice if both teams make the finals and he gets his bitch ass kicked again. I have no respect for a whiny bitch who will even through his own teammates under the bus because hes a sensitive ass punk. You got beef with this kid beat him on the court. Guard him and shut him down. Othwrwise stfu

ya juss seeing why i never really cared for that guy..he is an athletic freak i'll give him that with a wide range of talent but his bitch like tendencies is why i never cared for dude.. i blame the nba and some nba players for spoon feeding him.. if they would've punched him in his chest when he was a rookie instead of treating him like a newborn baby he prob wouldn't feel so much entitlement and go out and earn his..we wouldn't have seen this soft ego bitch shit goin on..other greats would've took this as motivation and would've killed gs when they met up..he'll juss write in his diary talking about my teammates failed me and i can do no wrong and which team he gonna jump on next

 

[tallblacknyc]

Right the argument against curry is his team was good enough to win 50 games without him

So was Jordans lol.

With Jordan they won 72
With curry they won 73
I'm not saying he is on the same planet as Jordan I am saying that without those guys the teams were not shitty with them they set regular season records

that still dosen't deny that curry went off and was the best of the best and most talked about.. hell like i said b4 i still think kobe should've got 1 when nash won his 2nd..i don't care that the lakers were a 7th seed without kobe that team dosen't win more than 15 games.. luke walton was starting for god sakes..kobe went off that yr and was fucking unstoppable..kinda like curry this yr..best of the best that's how it always was in all sports