Chris Paul
Why he’s the MVP: There are so many reasons I can’t even list them all. He is having a better year then both of Nash’s MVP seasons. Numbers wise he may be having the best year ever by a PG. He is averaging 21.3 points, 11.4 assists and 2.7 steals a game. He has made David West into an All-Star. He has his Hornets team, who no one was expecting big things from, in the top spot in the Western Conference. He has become a team leader in only his 3rd year in the league. If you replace him with Andre Miller this team may not be in the playoffs and if they were they would be fighting for the 7 or 8 seed, not the 1. Just watch this man play one night and tell me he isn’t the MVP. Watch how many open shots Peja and West get because of his penetration. Watch how many lay-ups or alley-oop dunks Tyson Chandler gets. Morris Peterson, yes, that guy, starts on this Hornets team that is fighting for the 1 seed and they don’t bring much off the bench.
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