Reply #5: LOL, I was a Mavs fan

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When Nash left I realized the reason I enjoyed watching the Mavericks because of him. There's talk on ESPN.com about Nash as MVP of the year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=1977676
Updated: Jan. 28, 2005

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Steve Nash usually laughs when someone asks about his MVP chances.

"I think my mom started that campaign," he'll joke.

If so, Jean Nash must be a persuasive lady.

That's because, at the midpoint of the season, her son is the closest thing to a consensus favorite in the Most Valuable Player race. Except for the Bobcats, every team has played at least 41 games as of Friday, and Nash's role in the rise of the Phoenix Suns would almost certainly make him the trophy winner if ballots were turned in today ... even though history says he has good cause to be so humble.

Actually winning the award this spring would probably rank Nash as the most unlikely MVP of all-time, and not merely because he's a 30-year-old Canadian who has never figured into this debate before. The only recognized point guard to win it in the past 40-odd years is Magic Johnson. It has been almost 30 years since an NBA MVP averaged fewer than 20 points per game (Bill Walton in 1977-78).

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