Stan: As Rob and I have both mentioned before, people don’t have a clear definition of what the MVP Award is. Does it go to the best player on the best team? Does it go to the best player at the most important position? I say no to both of these. The MVP is exactly what it stands for. The Most Valuable Player. The guy that is insanely better at his position than anyone else is at their respective positions. The guy that, if removed from his team, his replacement wouldn’t come close to the same production and that team would go 0-16. That to me is an MVP.
The Lakers made it official in their efforts to move on without coach Phil Jackson by hiring former Cavaliers head man Mike Brown. He is expected to sign a deal worth about $4.5 million a season over four years for a total of about $18 million. Brown posted a 272-138 record in five seasons with the Cavaliers before he was fired after the 2010 season.
The St John’s Red Storm have relieved head coach Norm Roberts of his duties after six years but the biggest news coming out of Carnessecca Arena may not be who’s leaving but who’s coming in. One of the biggest names to be rumored as a likely candidate for the Red Storm job is two time national champion Billy Donovan of Florida. Not only does Donovan have roots here in New York, having grown up in Rockville Centre, but he has had immense recruiting players from the tri-state area. Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah attended Poly Prep High in Brooklyn and former Christ the King point guard Erving Walker is a Florida Gator. Its hard to imagine that Donovan wouldn’t be able to be successful in New York, a place where he grew up and feels comfortable.
