Sources Say Nash Wins NBA's MVP Award

[mark414]

Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns has won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, sources told The Associated Press on Friday.

The award will be announced Sunday, and the league office has been silent regarding any details of the announcement. Two sources close to Nash, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they had been notified that the Canadian star had won.

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The Suns, who were 29-53 last season, were only the second team in NBA history to win 60 games after losing 50. They swept the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs and are awaiting the outcome of the Dallas-Houston series to learn their next opponent.

Nash becomes the first player since Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics in 1972-73 to win the MVP award without leading his team in scoring. The only others to accomplish that feat were Wes Unseld, Bill Russell and Cousy.

According to a poll conducted by The Arizona Republic, Nash and Shaquille O'Neal were locked in a near dead heat. The newspaper surveyed 106 of the 127 writers and broadcasters who voted for the league's 50th MVP award and found that Nash had 53 first-place votes while O'Neal had 51.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050507/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_nash_mvp

[Avalon Sparks]

1. Always wondered...

Steve Nash and Jackie Earle Haley separated at birth?



Steve


Jackie

[oldtime dfl_er]

2. I just love it that he's Canadian

Dunno why I think that's so cool.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[joeybee12]

3. A "source" said Okafor would win Rookie, and that turned out to be

true...maybe basketball has good sources?

[Tektonik]

4. I hate that he's getting the award

He should definitely be up there in the top 5 in this year's balloting, but he should not win it. I believe, statistically, that Iverson should have won it, but since he does not have the great supporting cast of Nash nor has the respect that O' Neal gets, he got shafted.

[erpowers]

5. Nash

Nash shot 50% and helped his team turn around from a bad season. He also helped them increase their scoring total.