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Who will win MVP? |
Charles |
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7% |
[ 4 ] |
Diggins |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Fowles |
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41% |
[ 23 ] |
C Gray |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Hayes |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
J Jones |
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5% |
[ 3 ] |
Loyd |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
McBride |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Moore |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
N Ogwumike |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
Parker |
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34% |
[ 19 ] |
Quigley |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Stewart |
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3% |
[ 2 ] |
Taurasi |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Other |
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3% |
[ 2 ] |
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Shades
Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 63869
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Posted: 08/28/17 8:51 am ::: Extended Choices MVP Poll |
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The nominees are the Top 14 players in ppg that have played in at least 28 games to this point. In the 34 game era of the WNBA, no MVP has ever played less than 31 games in a season.
The nominees range from 19.9 ppg (Charles) to 15.1 ppg (C Gray).
All previous MVPs have scored at least 15 ppg.
Notable players that didn't make the ppg criteria are:
Dupree 14.9 ppg
A Thomas 14.5 ppg
G Johnson 14.5 ppg
J Thomas 14.4 ppg
Dolson 14.4 ppg
Notable players that didn't make the games played criteria are:
Griner 24 games
Delle Donne 22 games
Meesseman missed both criteria with 14.3 ppg and 20 games played
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SDHoops
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Nixtreefan
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Posted: 08/28/17 9:33 am ::: |
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True. I think some of these players may be on the down swing JK, but seriously Fowles doesn't play with Nneka, enough said.
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WNBA 09
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sigur3
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Posted: 08/28/17 1:10 pm ::: |
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Shame the Sky's best player didn't make the criteria, or even the "didn't make the criteria" criteria.
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SpaceJunkie
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pilight
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Shades
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Luuuc #NATC
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Posted: 08/28/17 4:55 pm ::: |
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I wonder how many people think Taurasi will be the Phoenix player that gets the most MVP votes. (I don't)
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SpaceJunkie
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Shades
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 08/28/17 8:20 pm ::: |
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This is not just a choice extension of Pilight's poll; it's a fundamental change.
Pilight's poll asks who "should" win, which I interpret to mean my personal choice.
This poll asks who "will" win, which I interpret to mean that I'm trying to predict the voters collective choice.
Some weeks my answer would be the same; others, otherwise. |
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bballjunkie
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Posted: 08/29/17 9:31 am ::: |
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Shades
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Posted: 08/29/17 10:15 am ::: |
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This is a little late since most of the votes are in and it's become a two horse race. An argument for Charles is that game back on 8/18/17 against the Sun where the coaching staff wanted her to stay home but she said she was good. If she stays home and the Liberty lose that game, they lose the tiebreaker against the Sun and the chance at the #3 seed and maybe even lose the #4 seed. But instead they maintain their momentum to win every game since then.
Maybe I'm a sucker and the media built this up to more than it deserved and she wasn't in all that bad of shape, but if it's true it's kinda impressive.
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Tina Charles was questionable for tonight’s game with lower back tightness. “I didn’t know if I was gonna play tonight,” said the All-Star forward, “they said I could stay home but I didn’t want to.” |
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pilight
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Posted: 08/29/17 10:47 am ::: |
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It should be a two horse race...between Fowles and Charles
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myrtle
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Posted: 08/29/17 10:55 am ::: |
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Fowles has been the most consistent. Parker is up and down. Tina started 'slow' but has been coming on. JJ should be in the conversation too.
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Shades
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Posted: 08/29/17 11:24 am ::: |
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I'm no Parker fan, but I actually think if she won this year, it'd be her least egregious MVP won of the 3. She's got a very nice well-rounded stat line and she's passing the eye test on the games I've watched.
With Ogwumike's MVP last year, they were obviously looking at fg% as the determining factor (plus the media love the Sparks). If they look at fg% again this year, it should go to Fowles.
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pilight
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Posted: 08/31/17 1:31 pm ::: |
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No one has won MVP without leading their team in scoring. Parker does not lead the Sparks in scoring, therefore she cannot be MVP.
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