Well done to the winners but have a look at who won.
MVP Voting Voted
Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Points
Markel Barrueso BBstAr 32 0 0 0 0 192
Ignacio Gelida Baikinman 0 30 2 0 0 126
Luca Linetti BBstAr 0 2 15 9 6 77
Hirofumi Sonoda Kyoto Shogun 0 0 11 14 5 66
Daisaku Kawaida Kyoto Shogun 0 0 2 7 7 27
Ramón Iverson が失われることはありません 0 0 1 2 9 16
Aharon Amikam Shikoku Otaku 0 0 1 0 4 7
Noritada Konoe Kyoto Shogun 0 0 0 0 1 1
I can see Markel and Luca because they are on sale right now and obviously I own Sonada. So how did they and Ignacio Gelida get the top three spots?
First the conferences. Would anyone dispute that the top 4 teams are BBstAr, Kyoto Shogun, Northern Kyushu Raman Kings and Shikoku Otaku? I doubt it. So Sonada has to play more games against the toughest opponents which do bring his stats down a bit. He is also on the most expensive roster (I wont say the best) so has more competition from his team mates. But even ignoring all of this why didn't he win?
Salaries:
Sonada $ 96 730
Barrueso $ 49 233
Gelida $ 37 965
Linetti $ 18 171
Skills:
I can't see Gelida but I can see the other two and Sonada wins this by a mile.
Rating:
Sonada 15.1 top in league
Gelida 14.0 2nd in league
Barrueso 13.5 5th in league
Linetti 12.0 12th in league
Points:
Gelida 24.0 2nd in league
Barrueso 23.4 3rd in league
Sonada 19.8 7th in league
Linetti 14.9 16th in league
Sonada doesn't win this but KS did have 2 other guys in the top 10 the other teams had 0.
Rebounds:
Barrueso 17.0 1st (impressive)
Gelida 15.2 2nd
Sonada 14.8 3rd
Linetti 12.7 8th
Blocks:
Gelida 2.0 1st
Linetti 1.9 =2nd
Sonada 1.9 =2nd
Barrueso 1.8 =6th
So looking at the stats I would say that even with Sonada's disadvantages he is even with Gelida and Barrueso and a mile ahead of Linetti. Somehow the voters don't see it that way. It is like punishing Kobe in MVP voting because he has Gasol and Bynum on his team and giving the MVP to Tyreke Evans. I don't understand.