CP3 Ain’t My MVP

Chris Paul did prove something this season: Namely that he is still at least a year away from being a full fledged MVP. While Paul had one of the best seasons for a point guard in the history of the NBA he is not quite ready to will his team to the championship. After Kobe delivered the dagger to Utah in game 6 on the road, and Lebron almost single handedly beat Boston’s big 3 on the road, with one of the great game 7 playoff performances of all time, CP3 failed to live up to top billing in his own building in his own game 7.

Paul finished the game with 18 points and 14 assists; however, he was nowhere to be seen in the fourth quarter with the game on the line. The Hornets went down by double figures heading into the fourth and Paul’s backup, journeyman Jannero Pargo ended up turning up the tempo and scoring on numerous big shots to bring the Hornets within 3 in the final two minutes. But that is as close as they got. In fact, Pargo was torching the Spurs so badly that they ended up putting

All-World defender Bruce Bowen on Pargo instead of Paul or sharpshooter

Peja Stojakovic. Can someone say contract year?

In the final minutes Tony Parker hit a midrange jumper and Manu Ginobili flushed the Hornets’ dreams with clutch free throw shooting down the stretch. Chris Paul definitely deserves a shot to be the starting point guard on the USA Basketball team this summer, however, he will have to wait another year for a chance at a ring. This all leaves me with one last question…..Why is Tim Duncan not in the top 5 in MVP voting every season?