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So wie ich die Saison verfolgt habe, war Nowitzki ja schon in der Hauptrunde nicht so dominant wie früher (über 30 Punkte kam er eher selten), aber durch die mannschaftliche Ausgeglichenheit fiel das wohl nicht so auf. Jedenfalls war ich schon überrascht, als ich kürzlich las, daß Nowitzki bei einer Wahl unter den NBA-Trainern MVP geworden wäre ("echter" MVP - wird von den Journalisten gewählt - kann er jetzt wohl nicht mehr werden ...). VOR den Play-Offs natürlich. Aber soviel (und konstant) wie Nowitzki in den letzten Jahren gespielt hat, erwarte ich eigentlich sowieso irgendwann mal eine richtig miese Saison. Der Mann ist ja schließlich auch kein Roboter.
Und wenigstens ist die Blamage des frühen Aus dank Miamis Mithilfe nicht ganz so schlimm in der Außenwirkung ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Mavs' Nowitzki will receive MVP trophy next week

It appears that the worst-kept secret in the NBA will be out in the open by early next week.

Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, whose coronation as the first European-born Most Valuable Player in NBA history has been expected for weeks, is scheduled to officially receive the MVP trophy news conference on Tuesday in Dallas, ESPN.com has learned.

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Said Nowitzki, reached by phone Thursday night: "Nobody's told me anything. You [media] guys have been talking about it for a while, so let's see what happens.

"[But] it's hard to even think about that stuff right now. Everything [from the Golden State series] is still pretty fresh. It's been some tough days since we lost."

"I thought this was such an incredible year," Nowitzki said. "We won 67 games and then to lose in the first round, it just feels so empty right now."

Asked to imagine what an MVP ceremony would be like after such a disappointment, Nowitzki said: "If I do get it, it's an incredible honor. I'm sure 20 years from now or whatever, to see that in the [record] books, it's an amazing achievement. But right now, it's hard. Obviously, you can't feel good about the way our season ended."

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The German is poised to join Houston's Moses Malone (in 1979 and 1982) and Baltimore's Wes Unseld (who was rookie of the year and MVP in 1969) as the only MVPs in league history to lose in the first round of the playoffs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP in 1976 in his first year in Los Angeles even though his Lakers failed to reach the playoffs that season.

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