U did D-Wade dirty😂😂

I like that transition you did introducing Dirk but showing Wade at first lol

If social media was around in the 60’s then Wes Unseld’s MVP in 1969 would be more controversial.

the league was so great back then. Defensive teams, offensive teams, post up teams, fast break teams, iso teams. So much diversity. Was so cool seeing styles clash and see who won

Nash won MVP fair and square. I agree with this vid that there were a lot of good candidates though. The case for Nash, he lost 3 of his starters from the year before, yet the suns were still able to get the 2nd seed and go to the conference finals. The Suns that year were a team of a bunch of dudes who had been bouncing around the league or who were hardly playing the year before (obviously Shawn Marion is not included). Many of these guys benefited greatly from playing with Nash, and many looked tremendously worse when they left him and the Suns. Controversial MVP, but well deserved too.

Not just Kobe Bryant: Steve Nash's 2005-06 season was ALSO historic: leading the league in assists while joining the 50-40-90 club. (In a related story, I also remember some people questioning Nash's previous 2005 MVP award over Shaq, since Shaq turned new team Miami around while his old Lakers team missed playoffs with losing record under Kobe. But Nash also had huge impact for his new Suns team) For 2005-2006, Kobe finished only 4th in the voting despite his amazing season, and I think it was not just because he shot only 45% (he was always a volume scorer) and the team went only 45-37, but because writers were still resentful or blamed Kobe for his part in Shaq's ouster from the Lakers. It was almost as if they were telling him, "Kobe, you didn't want to remain a sidekick to Shaq on a winning team, so you got him out to be the undisputed alpha dog, but now the Lakers aren't title contenders anymore, so suck on that 4th place finish, no MVP for you." Then the recent rape case and all which was fresh on their minds. Maybe he deserved to have been MVP or at least 2nd or 3rd, but I wasn't really surprised that he didn't win. And LeBron and Dirk (and Dwyane Wade) were great in 2005-06, but seeing how the Suns again just jelled with Steve Nash at the helm, I didn't think Nash was a bad MVP choice at all for 2005-2006 MVP. Now I'm old so my NBA memories go as far back to the mid to late 70s. IMHO, more questionable choices than Nash in 2006 have been Bob McAdoo over Rick Barry in 1975; maybe Julius Erving over Larry Bird in 1981 (it was close); Magic over MJ or Barkley in 1990; Karl Malone over MJ in 1997 and over Tim Duncan in 1999 (Mailman's real MVP season should have been 1998 when MJ won it); Duncan over Jason Kidd in 2002 (considering how Kidd turned Nets around in 1 year, much like Nash would do for Suns a few years later). And basing my opinion not from memory but the history books, I would even include Bill Russell being 1961-62 MVP over Wilt with his 50 ppg season or Oscar Robertson with his triple double season while averaging over 30 ppg. But all those MVP winners did have great seasons themselves, definitely. And so did Steve Nash.

Tryna break Steve Nash down to a statistics is doing such a disservice to his greatness. Idk how you think that Suns team had a bunch of talent when they had 1 other all star in Shawn Marion, that's not a stacked team. The fact everyone had career years that year says way more about Nash than it does those other players. Most of the supporting cast didn't do anything significant before or after joining the Suns yet almost all had the best seasons of their career that year. Nash made everyone around him better, Kobe and LeBron are great but never did that

It's Most Valuable Player...Not The Best Player award.

everyone is ignoring the fact that derrick rose is playing 30+ minutes in multiple games despite it obviously putting his body in danger.

This man has a personal vendetta towards Canadian basketball players I swear 😂😂😂... first Steve Nash now Andrew Wiggins

Here's why Kobe didn't win more than 1 MVP. 96-02 Not the best player on his team 03 & 04 Duncan & KG had god like seasons 05-07 Didn't have enough wins 09 and 10 LeBron was too good and then Kobe fell off

8:11 if that ain't one of the dirtiest YEETs I ever did see in my life... (Not that you're wrong tho lmao)

I mean if you ended the season with a double-double average, the guy was an efficient machine. The 50-40-90 plus the wins should've been enough if you ask me. You make it seem like Marion and Bell would carry the team if Nash wasn't playing. It wouldn't change anything though, he deserved that MVP win. He won the mvp because of a feel-good story? Lol get out of here.

I love how you should a picture of d-wade and then you made a plot twist and said dirk

Great video, I don't have a problem with Nash winning though. He was phenomenal that year and orchestrated a great and fun offense and I'm not a Suns fan.

Bruh tha ad at the end🤣. Bruh u my favorite NBA KZfaqr bruh💯🙌🏾😂

you didn’t even convince me with the stat lines let alone anything else

Dwayne wade got screwed in 2008-2009 season.

Tbh this video only proved that Steve Nash should be have been mvp

i don't get how some people don't understand, that steve nash won the mvp exactly by the points he put.... with some players putting 30+ points, he only got 20 and still CARRIED the team.... how? well.... the presence he has, like.... that monster aura, ya know? nash was the type of player that made the team better, by "sacrificing" his selfishness, sharing the ball more than shooting it, and making the players better, just by that perfect pass, or that backup defense, that screams "i got you".... that was nash, and that was why he got the mvp

Shaq co-signs this video, took the words right out of his mouth😂

Lmao that ad transition was smooth af😂😂

This dude hates Steve Nash with a passion. He's always trying to discredit him. This is like the third video he made on him trying to takeaway his accomplishments

After your Steve Nash video I knew this was coming, just didn’t know when

You’re the only KZfaqr video I can like before watching lol

Don't hate the player hate the game. He didn't pick himself for MVP, others did.

Time for my favorite KZfaqr that love to talk down to his fans

that plug of sponsorship at the end 😭😭

I still say Nash deserved both based off of how valuable he was to his team on a night to night bases. Maybe he wasnt the scorer Kobe was, but you cant deny that the team was so much better with him

If not for steve nash I'd prolly still be just a casual nba fan..nash was amazing to watch

Kobe over Nash? Phoenix was seed 2, Lakers seed 7. Do you want to give the mvp to someone who is barely in the PO?

That dirk fakeout was funny as hell 😂😂😂

Everyone questioning nash mvp because of his PPG. The guy was playmaker of that team He was the reason why they thrived!

Low why’d you do Dwade so dirty like that 😂😂😂😂😂

I don’t know how most people can agree and say Westbrook stoles Hardens 2017 MVP cus Harden actually won more, but cry when Steve Nash leads a team to 60 wins, if Nash wasn’t your 2006 MVP then dirk should’ve came second...

Kobe deserved more than one

What he just did to wade hurt my soul

Nobody's gonna talk about Allen Iverson averaging 33 points 3 boards 7 assists

d wade should have won mvp in 2009

Most kobe fans hate Steve Nash 😂😂😂😂

8:13 You had me 😂

Think of the MVP like this... Who has the better record? Who the best player on that team with the better record? There’s your MVP, Your welcome....

Seriously how old are you? I enjoy watching some of your videos but you seem like your 5 years old when you talk steve nash. Literally at one point you said raja bell was better then any of the players on cleveland. Eric snow is the raja bell of pg except he was actually a lock down defender. Eric Snow has been to 3 NBA finals and you acting like no one on cleveland could play. Seriously is everyone here lost children? Nash took bench players in diaw, bell, thomas who are now starters to the 2nd seed and the WCF in the west. I love that you brought up the MVP points, did you see that Nash was 300 points better? He lost 3 starters in johnson, que and amare and he lost his best bench player in steven hunter and he still made it to the WCF. Lets just talk results, lost 4 of his top 6 team mates in the off season. Beat Kobe after being down 3-1, Lebron plays in the east and lost in the semi and Dirk had been playing with alot of the same guys for years and they were ready to make a run. Honestly how old are you? Because you be using fake stats and your opinion like bell is better then Big Z, drew Gooden, sasha and larry hughes. God children are running the world now, why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This video seriously lacks credit for assists. An assist, especially with the 3-point heavy Suns, is worth at least 2.5 points, and that's not counting how many times Nash put people on the line. Dirk averaged 8 more points than Nash, but also 8 less assists, which puts him way behind in combination. Then you factor Nash's shooting percentage, and his efficiency is just insane. Same with Kobe: 16 more points, but 6 less assists, way lower percentages, and a far lower winning percentage.

D Wade did so good in the playoffs and one of the best playoff runs from a individual player.

If you watched Nash play that season you would understand. Nash would regularly draw 3-4 defenders off the perimeter and the kick the ball out. The thing is that if you look at what teammates like Stoudemire and Marion did before and after they were on the same team as Nash it shows how much value he added to the players around him. Marion and and Bell were great defenders but Nash made them look good on the offensive end when in reality they weren't that great. Also, the suns may have only won 54 games that season which is indeed less than Dallas but they won the western division by a wide margin which is extremely impressive because the west have 4 teams make the playoffs that year. Additionally, that year Nash was their offense and their offense was the best in the league by a wide margin. The most important point is that the MVP is decided by votes from different writers and commentators. Your video and commentary that is similar about the MVP doesn't take into consideration that a player isn't chosen for the award. They win an election essentially. Enough of the people paying attention and watching the game the most decided he was the player with the most value. get over it.

“Statistically speaking” overkill

8:15 I thought he was gonna say Dwayne Wade 😭

I mean I feel like this a good thing when there are multiple MVP candidates becaise that just means the leauge is really strong. Take 2020. In a normal year I could see Giannis, Lebron, Harden, and maybe even Luca or Lillard winning it. Sometimes there are just a lot of MVP level players throughout a year.

Who do people think is the MVP of this season so far?

Steve Nash winning his second MVP is like when Rudy Gobert was an MVP candidate. Okay maybe it's not that bad but still

That picture of LeBron in ‘06 looks like 11-12 Bron 🤣🤣

R.I.P. Kobe one of the greatest

LeBron should have won the mvp that year putting a numbers like that and Also leading his team to almost as many wins

Kobe's whining and nash's assists caused Nash to win.

Nash deserve it we all know Kobe was best player that year but Nash was most value for the “winning” team

I usually here people complain about Nash's other MVP which people say he stole from Shaq.

Respect for being a Lakers fan and overcoming the fandom to just argue logically

yes they were still a very good team but they lost 2 of the best scorers they had and a 3 point marksmen. The odds were definitely not stacked in their favor at least compared to the previous year.

They should do team mvps for the best player on each team

I hear you but I still think Steve Nash should have still won it but everyone disagrees that’s basketball

I'm glad you're following copyright laws with that arrow.

My personal interpretation is the star with the most eye-popping statline that has the best chance at being Finals MVP My vote goes to Dirk

Nash should not be a controversial MVP to anyone with a brain. But we all know that Kobe fans aren`t usally the brightest NBA fan base.

im still on the square space advertisement i think he bouta say nash if im correct like

Nash did it without amare..

8:16 man that handshake must‘ve been hella awkward

Just a very close year with many players deserving the award You can't satisfy everyone if you had Kobe winning it for example people now would say that he had stats just because he was playing alone and in general something for every player that could have won

That win share though 👀

Since when should a MOST VALUABLE PLAYER in the REGULAR SEASON win slightly more than half of the games

Heat fans just started looking for this man's address so they can plot how to avenge D-Wade after that dirty transition.

That D Wade to Dirk transition tho

The league really wanted to move on from the hero ball era and nash/dan was the first installment

Notificstion Squad where yall at??

Nash is in the west which pushed him pass lebron because west is perceived as the better conference even back then and he had more wins then Kobe.

That D-Wade disrespect 😷😷

Of course Nash deserved it. I dont see any real controversy. Dont give it to someone because they take 30 to 40 shots a game or are the only decent player on their team.

You stay hating on Steve nash

You’re tweaking if you think Raja Bell for the suns was ever better than Big Z was for the Cavs.

It’s so easy to fix just add another trophy call it’s the Michael Jordan trophy and award it to the best player in the league much like what the nhl does with the Lester b Pearson award which is separate than the mvp award since that tends to be skewed by what people perceive as being more valuable to their team.

Love your channel but I sorrta agree with Steve Nash

He deserved it, a 20-10 stat line and 50,40,90 percentages benefits any roster. Kobe and LeBron both would've benefit from playing with Nash, but if you put Lebron and Kobe on the same team their stats would drop and they'd both have had worse individual performances.

But the question is,who voted for Elton Brand for 1st place that year.

I'm so confused why he keeps calling Kobe averaging 35 in 06 historic. There have been players who did this before and after him. Does Low think Kobe is the only one to have done this? I really dont get the argument here

Why u do Wade like that😂😂?

Sometimes the most valuable player is the one that increases the value of everyone else around him. If i score 15 points by myself but i also make everyone else on my team score 2 extra points per game...well i really contribute 23points. If i score 30 points by myself but i also make everyone else on my team score 2 times less per game...well i really contribute 22 points. scoring more has diminishing returns and is therefore less valuable.

Nash was the clear mvp that year

Looking back, that year that Russel won it over Wilt’s 50pts and 25rebounds

8:14 I’ve never been played so hard

What about 1962 season where it was super crazy. Wilt 50 PPG like 23 RPG. Big O averaged a triple double for the season. Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit I believe both like 35+ PPG but yet I think Bill Russel won it with almost every stat wasn't as good as these guys but won with the Celtics who in previous years won everything

Scalabrine should have won it I don’t know if he was in the league then but he would have won anyway

I think that this year should have been 1. Lebron 2. Kobe 3. Dirk 4. Nash 5. D wade

I would say Curry winning the first and only unanimous MVP is more controversial than Nash winning it.

He rightfully deserved it. Led his team to great records and dominated. As a black man, I think people are upset that a white player won it TWICE over black stars.

Now I’m just wondering who tf gave Elton brand a first place vote?

How is Raja Bell, Shawn Marion, and 57 games of Leanardo Barbossa a "plethora of talent"

Bruh I don’t think you realize how good Stackhouse and Ilgauskas were, even COMPARING them to Shawn Marion and Raja Bell is criminal

My dude got ads and a sponsor plug... Get your money then

I know smush parker ... goes to my boys church ... kobe till this day still haunts him with what he put him through

11:23 so we not gonna talk about Elton Brand's one first place vote...