Oh, another thing I forgot to mentioned...I heard on several sports talk shows, nationally, and locally that the voters simply didn't feel like they should put Nash in the elite group of winning MVP award 3 years in a row...mind you, only a handful have done so......I am not saying that was the only reason, but I can see why that would have played some role on Nash not winning, rather than Dirk winning ! So, as they kinda eliminated Nash from the MVP running, DIRK was their obvious choice, as most of them are Kobe haters, and simply would not vote for him...thus, by Default, Dirk was the winner !