Originally Posted by
jv001
We should have a thread for The X Factor. Because it's obvious I don't know what it takes to be MOTM. Nolan was great again last night and Ryan was very good. But who was MOTM? I voted for Nolan. Go Duke!
I think that this is a really good point. I view the MOTM as the MVP of the game, not the player who 'shocked' me with better-than-expected play. If MOTM is indeed MVP of the game, then I would suspect that Nolan would be the unanimous choice. If MOTM is either a) the most important player on the floor or b) the player who surprised you the most, then anything goes.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
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