Breh, I completely agree with your point 100%. But, I'm not gonna lie....I totally forgot about Derrick Rose's MVP until you mentioned it.
this was pau being interviewed and asked this question specifically. but we saw it in 2015, the front office here would send memorabilia and the like to the media campaigning for james as the mvp.
During the voting period, yes -- most teams send promotional packages during award season. If they are currently "tirelessly campaigning" for James, I must be missing it. I see his teammates answering the questions about it if/when asked, the same as Kawhi's teammates have.
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Was watching Colin Cowherd this morning. He made a comment on how silly it would have been to give LeBron the MVP of the finals because he averaged a triple double and how this applied to Westbrook and Harden. That Harden had the better season, and rewarding "the triple double" was total BS by the voters this yr.
Talk about a media bias. Houston 3rd largest city doesn't even get a vote? California gets 5 votes to Texas 2?
Holy crap. ESPN and TNT dominate the list.. there was no hope for Harden.. No wonder they kept this **** secret. I wouldn't have spent so much time stumping for Harden if I knew who got to vote.
