Gary Washburn of the Boston(!) Globe is the idiot who voted for Chuckmelo.
An Idiot Justifying His Idiotic Choice.
It basically comes down to that old timey argument that "he's more valuable to his team" than LeBron is to his, multiple all-stars on the Heat, yadda, yadda, yadda. I've always hated that argument and think they should change the name of the award to "Player of the Year" or "Most Outstanding Player" or something to that effect. Look what happened to the Celtics in the playoffs without Rondo. Look at what's happening to OKC without Westbrook. I think either of those guys meet the criteria of being valuable to their teams as much as Melo's ability to shoot his team out of a game.
Also, I'm shamelessly going to steal this fake Steven A. Smith response that someone threw up on Deadspin, since it's spot on.
"I love Gary Washburn. He's a great reporter, and a better friend. We have biweekly clambakes throughout the summer, every summer, just the two of us. We go in together on every gift we ever purchase. I have donated Gary Washburn both of my kidneys, multiple times, and he is the mother of two of my children. But Gary Washburn should be shot in the face, and left in a shallow, seaside grave, and my sources agree."