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From: ccalille@ihlpf.UUCP (Calille)
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Subject: Re: Who will be MVP?
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 14:43:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 27 14:43:43 1986
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> 
>      Just looking through the statistics in TSN's NBA section and thinking about
> who should be MVP this year.  I've narrowed it down to the following group:
> 
>    Player                PPG   RPG   APG   Stl   FG%   FT%      Team W-L%
> 
> Dominique Wilkins        28.4  7.8   2.6   89    .475  .797      .577
> 
> Larry Bird               24.6  9.8   6.2   111   .464  .908      .820
> 
> Alex English             29.1  5.0   4.1   45    .506  .848      .574
> 
> Akeem Olajuwon           23.6  11.2  2.0   91    .516  .663      .654
> 
> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar      23.5  5.8   3.6   36    .569  .790      .750
> 
> Moses Malone             23.0  11.8  1.2   45    .445  .777      .642
> 
> Adrian Dantley           29.0  5.3   3.3   45    .559  .814      .473
> 
Even though your list is pretty accurate, I think you have left out the
man that will win the MVP.  This person is ISIAH THOMAS, who is second in
the league in assists and is scoring around 23.0 points per game.  He has
single handedly turned the team around since they lost 17 out of 20 games.
The Detroit Pistons have now won 13 games in a row at home and have only
lost one game in all of February and this can be attributed to Thomas.

The way the team is playing now they should be able to go a long way in
the playoffs as long as Thomas is healthy.  If you look at Thomas stats
during the teams winning streak, you will notice that he is scoring 
around 30 pts a game and 13 assists a game.  He has also won the MVP
in the All-Star if you will recall.  I think that it is about time that
Thomas gets recognized as an All Star by winning the MVP since he has never
won the award before.
                                   Chris Calille
                                   ..ihlpf!ccalille