Derrick Rose had a staggering season for the New York Knicks. He arrived at the midpoint of 14.9 focuses per game off of the bench after reuniting with former coach Tom Thibodeau to help lead the Knicks back to the playoffs interestingly since 2013. He was a commendable finalist for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award.
In any case, that wasn’t the lone honor he got a vote in favor of. On Tuesday, the NBA reported that Nikola Jokic had won the 2021 MVP award. That wasn’t the surprising part. The voter breakdown revealed that Rose, who began three games throughout the season, had gotten an first-place vote. Tim Reynolds from The Associated Press detailed that vote came from the fans, who were given a vote online in 2010.
It was not really the first controversial MVP vote of Rose’s career. At the point when he won the award in 2011, many contended that LeBron James, who had won it in 2009 and 2010, was the legitimate victor. James would proceed to win it again in 2012 and 2013, with Rose keeping him from becoming the first player at any point to win five in succession. James didn’t get an in front of the rest of the competition vote this season to a great extent because of a lower leg injury endured in the season. He actually completed underneath Rose in the voting once more.
Rose was not a deserving winner, but rather the vote was not really amazing in hindsight. Rose is immensely famous among fans, and he plays in the league’s biggest market, New York. That convergence of factors led to the first-place vote.
At last this will be recognized as an abnormality. Jokic was the award’s winner. Yet, in a nearer race, that single fan vote might have swung the result, and in the event that they aren’t fit for selecting worthy candidates, the NBA needs to consider eliminating their vote.