How You Like 'im Now, 'sheed?

Anybody remember Rasheed Wallace's answer to who should be the league MVP, Nash or Dirk?
He said, "Neither." He contended that the MVP should be someone who plays defense and then asserted that neither Nash nor Nowitzki do.

He was half right. Nash doesn't. Never has. But Nowitzki does...at least now he does. Is he a stopper? Everybody knows better than that. But he works on both ends of the court. And today he worked Rasheed's Pistons for 28 points while leading his Mavs to a 92-88 victory.

Who is the MVP? Nash? Maybe. You could sure argue that the Suns would be nowhere without him. Dirk? I hope so. He has played lights-out all year on the NBA's best team.

I do have an idea who it isn't.

That would be Rasheed.