Among the five positions on the basketball court, point guards are relatively the most special one, because the main task of point guards is to organize offense, not attack, so they are often not very outstanding in offense and have not scored high per game. also gives them an advantage in the competition of MVP.
In the history of NBA, there are not many point guard players who have won MVP in , and there are only 7 in total, namely Bob Cusi , Robertson , Magic (3 times), Nash (2 times), Ross , Curry (2 times), and Westbrook . It is worth mentioning that Ross, Curry and Westbrook are all active players, and the three of them are modern point guards, not traditional point guards.
Due to the development of modern basketball, traditional point guards have become less and less. Point guards such as Paul and Rondo are already the last traditional point guards, and they have entered the end of their careers and are not far from retirement. Paul was originally a top point guard, but unfortunately, he has never won an MVP in his career, which has something to do with his traditional point guard identity.
Among the active players, the three point guards who have won MVP are actually not point guards in the traditional sense, but are more similar to double-energy guards , because their main task is not organization, but offense, and they all have strong offensive abilities. Curry and Westbrook have both won two scoring champions, and Ross has also strong scoring ability at the peak of his life.
It is precisely because of its strong scoring ability and high average scores, that Ross, Curry and Westbrook can successfully win the MVP. It’s not that the average score per game is not high enough, so you won’t get the MVP. Nash won MVP for two consecutive years, averaging less than 20 points per game , but this did cause great controversy.
Three point guards who have won MVP in history, Bob Cousy, Robertson and Magic, their scoring abilities are actually not bad, especially Robertson. Although he has not won the scoring champion, he has averaged more than 30 points per game in several seasons, and Cousy and Magic also averaged 20+ per game.
In comparison, Nash is indeed the most special of all point guards, because he averaged less than 20 points per game, and there were still two. However, in addition to Nash, there are other players who average less than 20 points per game, such as Bill Russell , Unseld, Bill Walton and other . However, since scoring is very important for the outcome of the game, MVP does have certain requirements for scoring, and it is undoubtedly a disadvantage if the average score is too low.
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