Oooooopppppsss, sorry, Kobe won two first place MVP votes, my mistake.
Dirk Chokisky is projected to be the winner.
Nowitzki looks like MVP
Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
May. 6, 2007 11:11 AM
Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki projects to become the NBA's first European-born Most Valuable Player and the first to receive the award after playoff elimination in 25 years, according to The Republic's survey of 73 percent of MVP voters.
Counting 96 of the award's 132 voters, Nowitzki would outscore Phoenix two-time defending MVP Steve Nash 831 points to 778 (it is a 10-7-5-3-1 system). Nowitzki garnered 57 first-place votes to Nash's 37, likely ending Nash's bid to become the only player to win the award three times consecutively besides Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant received the other two first-place votes from writers and broadcasters who said they were selected voters.
The survey projects that Bryant would finish third with San Antonio's Tim Duncan in fourth and Cleveland's LeBron James in fifth.
Nash and Nowitzki were no lower than third on any of the surveyed voters' ballots.
