“Steve Nash has same amount of MVPs as Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combined”: NBA Twitter brings forward a fact that puts the league and it’s MVP selection process to shame

Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal have combined 2 MVPs which is absurd to think of as it holds importance in legacy discussions.

Choosing an MVP is always one of the biggest headaches the NBA has faced since it came into the picture. No matter the evolution of the selection process over the years, to this date there’s always debate on that matter.

When All-Star selection depends on 50% fan votes, 25% media votes, and 25% current players’ votes, selection of MVP, DPOY, and ROTY all being totally depending on media is a bit confusing.

And confusing that has been for decades. Steve Nash winning more MVPs than the likes of Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, and Allen Iverson who played in his era and were on completely another stratosphere as players, just makes it so absurd to swallow.

Steve Nash has the same amount of MVP’s as Kobe and Shaq combined

Thinking that award has any type of pull in legacy discussions is hilarious. They change what it means every full moon cycle

— Jason Maples (@JJMaples55_MST) April 17, 2022

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Steve Nash has 2 MVPs while Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, and many more legends have one or none

We should have moved on from media selecting some of the biggest awards of the season after what happened in the 2000s but it took the NBA to come to 2017 just to make a change where the voting panel will be made up of 100 independent media members who are not affiliated with teams.

The team association of media members who had been voting for the year-end awards led to many mishaps including two straight MVPs to Nash in 05 and 06′ when Shaq and Kobe clearly deserved it over the Suns’ point guard.

When you think of it closely only 8 players in the league have more MVPs than him, and only one of them is a point guard who goes by the name Magic Johnson. Does that mean he’s only second to him on the all-time list as a point guard? He just cannot be over Isiah Thomas. Not even before John Stockton or Chris Paul when you think of the point-savants who never won a Championship.

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But history will have him as a 2x MVP, while Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Allen Iverson as one-timers, and Isiah Thomas, John Stockton, and Chris Paul have won the Maurice Podoloff Trophy ZERO times. Good for NBA.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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