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kc said he thought nash's 2nd mvp was less legit than the first and i think i'm starting to agree actually. first year was kind of a meh mvp year for various reasons
For sure, but this has more to do with competition than his actual output. In 04-05 LeBron was in year 2 and Cleveland missed the playoffs, Kobe was hurt half the year, and Duncan played 66 games. Dirk & KG were prob the most realistic MVP's that year aside from Nash. In 05-06 Kobe had easily his best season, dragging a terrible Lakers team to 45 wins in a tough West, and LeBron had his first all-time great season. And that's kinda the point- Rose was a very good player on a very good team, maybe some years he'd be a worthy MVP, but LeBron in his peak (granted his worst peak season) and Dwight with his absolute best season are what make it so bad.