Thanks to Dish Network and NBA League Pass, I get to watch a LOT of basketball. The Suns and the Lakers are two of the teams I've tracked all season. Both Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash tend to dominate the ball, with Kobe usually looking to score and Steve usually looking to pass. I like Steve Nash. Not only is Stevie one of my favorite players in the league, but he is one of my favorite people in all professional sports. How I wish more athletes had his character! But tell me, what is the difference between most of a team's points coming from one player (like Kobe Bryant), and most of a team's assists coming from one player ... like Steve Nash? And tell me, what is harder to do: pass the ball to any one of 8 teammates who are all having career best years? Or score against defenses that focus on you as the only player they regard as a real threat? And for all the good Nash does on one end of the floor, he pretty much gives half of it back with his token defense. How can a player seriously be considered as THE most valuable player in the NBA who is only good on one end of the floor? That is not a valuable player, that is a valuable HALF a player! You know what's most valuable to championship basketball? Defense. Just look at the Pistons and the Spurs! Steve Nash is without question my favorite point guard in the league, but he is just not the league's most valuable player. If I had to choose a league MVP, it would be between Kobe Bryant or LeBron James ... but then again, I don't think anyone should be choosing a Most Valuable Player for the NBA. Basketball is supposed to be a team game, therefore the very idea of singling out a player as the "most valuable" is contrary to the core philosophy of what basketball should be. Instead of mocking the game with the MVP selection process, the NBA should name a best player at each position, then choose one of the five as the honorary team captain.