An interesting note about the MVP voting

[Murphy3]

There has only been 3 players to be in the top 10 in the MVP voting each of the past 4 years (excluding this year..until we get the final tabulations):

Duncan
Shaq
Dirk

[Murphy3]

I had no idea that this was the case until I started digging around a bit. There's been two or three that have been in the top 10 three times, but only those three have managed to stay in the top 10.

[orangedays]

Slow and steady wins the race.

[chumdawg]

Here would be your top ten vote-getters over that time span:

2960 Duncan
2122 Garnett
2032 Shaq
1072 Nash
945 Kidd
861 McGrady
806 Kobe
523 JO
427 Dirk
352 Iverson

[DubOverdose]

JO has more than Dirk? What a JOkE!

[spreedom]

I can tell ya neither Shaq or Duncan will be top 10 in the voting.. well, maybe Duncan I guess...

[wescx]

Originally Posted by spreedom

I can tell ya neither Shaq or Duncan will be top 10 in the voting.. well, maybe Duncan I guess...

There are a lot of sports writers out there who will vote for those two guys regardless. I bet Duncan even got a first place vote.

[spreedom]

Originally Posted by wescx

There are a lot of sports writes out there who will vote for those two guys regardless. I bet Duncan even got a first place vote.

I can't imagine a top 10 finish for Shaq under any circumstances..

[chumdawg]

I just ran across something else interesting. Last year Steve Nash became the first player since the merger (Dave Cowens did it in '73) to win the MVP when he had NEVER before received even one first place vote.

And if Dirk had won this year, he would have been the second.