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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2715977, member: 1026"] This is two years of embarrassment in a row. Last year's playoffs invalidated Westbrook's MVP before he even got it and this Coach of the Year winner defrocked 2 days later. They gotta re-think the timing of their votes and with players/coaches acknowledging that a certain amount of pacing is required over the course of the season somehow factor in the playoffs - especially for a coaching award (Is NCAA COY regular season only or include at least conf tourneys?). I guess for MVP they want to incentivize and reward outstanding regular season play. But it undermines their stars. In the end it actually hurt Westbrook's reputation to win the MVP, everyone loves to disprove his value now. And for LeBron, the casual observer doesn't have as much respect and doesn't implicitly know what everyone in the league does. He's the most valuable & best player in the league at least until someone knocks the Eastern Conference Championship Battery off his shoulder. [/QUOTE]