Reports say that Chicago Bull Derrick Rose will be named the NBA's Most Valuable Player today. But is he really more valuable than the league's biggest superstar?
Win Shares is a measure of how many wins a player contributed directly to his team in a give season. It is nice way of looking at the overall contribution and dominance of a single player in a team sport.
LeBron James did not lead the league in Win Shares until his fifth season, having finished second three of his first four years in the NBA. But after leading the league with 15.6 Win Shares this season, he has now topped the league for the third straight year.
Here is a look at the top 20 players in the NBA this season based on Win Shares...
Rose was fifth in Win Shares (13.1). The last player to finish lower than fourth in Win Shares and still win the MVP award, was Steve Nash in 2005-06, who was tenth in Win Shares.
In his 15-year career, Michael Jordan won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award five times. Of the 11 full seasons Jordan played with the Bulls, he led the NBA in Win Shares nine times. The only years in which Jordan played a full season and was not tops in Win Shares were his rookie year, and his last season with the Bulls. He finished second both seasons.
There is a long-running sentiment that Jordan should have won the award every season he played. You might be able to say the same about the LeBron James era.
All data via Basketball-Reference.com
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