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2014 NBA MVP Award to Kevin Durant over Lebron James

Every season the NBA has so many awards it's ridiculous. We all know about the MVP Award, but did you know there are Players of the week and rookies of the week. Player of the month and rookies of the month. Why not defensive player of the month? Well I guess it's hard to measure, making it more subjective than other awards.  The awards to me are very interesting, some more objective than others, all somewhat "known" because of the media's influence as well as other hype.

But to boil it down OCDhoops style, I have spent far too much time coming up with the winners, and then "shout outs" for players that could of also possibly won the award.  I thought today's Hawks trumping of Indiana by 30+points in the first half took forever, but I've been pondering who wins each award for too long.  So here we go....



2014 NBA MVP
Kevin Durant
Stats - 32.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.8 blocks, 38.5 minutes

Finally, someone has overtaken Lebron as an MVP! To begin the season I would of bet money Lebron won the MVP Award again, for the third or fourth time in a row (last one was Rose to beat Lebron out).  Little did I know Durant had been working on his passing game while increasing his scoring load, as well as keeping his amazing efficiency while having to carry the Thunder all year with Westbrook missing half the year basically.  Leading the Thunder to 2nd or 1st in the West, and NBA, is a hard task to do when your other star is gone. He's also going to be the scoring champ again, for the 4th time averaging an insane 32.1 points a night on over 50% shooting.  He's been the model of consistency as well, scoring 25 points or more in 40+ games now, only Michael Jordan having done so (and probably Wilt back in the day).

He's a solid defender when need be as well, though when Westbrook is out Durant has simply been an offensive juggernaut at an insanely efficient rating.  His 88%FT keeps him out of the 50/40/90 club (FG, 3pt, and FT percentages), which very few players have ever had seasons of (Nash, Stockton), but doing so while you score 32 points a night while teams are defensively scheming you simply states "I am the MVP".  Sure, Lebron is a better all around player and the best in the NBA, but if I had to chose a player to lead my team and take the last shots, the choice is simple: Kevin Durant.  He's having one of the most memorable seasons ever, and watching him any night you can expect something special.  What other players have ever averaged 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists shooting over 50%? That's our answer to MVP, as well as his league leading Win Shares right with Lebron.

SHOUT OUT:  (2nd) Lebron James, (3rd) Chris Paul

-AMAZING MIX OF KEVIN DURANT; ALL FOOTAGE FROM THIS SEASON

Other awards coming soon.......



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  1. UnknownJanuary 13, 2015 at 9:48 PM

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    But to boil it down OCDhoops style, I have spent far too much time coming up with the winners, and then "shout outs" for players that could of also possibly won the award.
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