Blogger MVP and ROY Rankings, Round 2

The inaugural edition of this post garnered much more interest than I anticipated. Well versed in learning from my mistakes, Round 2 will be somewhat less tossed off.

First, the results, smoothly presented by Mr. Rob Mahoney at Upside and Motor.

Next, my ballot (submitted on the morning of December 1st) in full with accompanying commentary...

MVP

1. LeBron James
2. Dwyane Wade
3. Chris Paul
4. Dwight Howard
5. Kobe Bryant
6. Chris Bosh
7. Tim Duncan
8. Brandon Roy
9. Devin Harris
10. Amare Stoudemire

I suspect I'm still underrating good players on excellent defensive teams, a flaw which, were it corrected, possibly see improved positioning for Howard, Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Pau Gasol, Jason Terry, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and (if you'll allow a somewhat elastic definition of excellent defense) Danny Granger.

I really wanted to find room for Chauncey Billups who is doing excellent things in Denver. I suspect he'll play his way onto this list sooner rather than later.

Honorable mention to the guys playing truly good basketball for truly bad teams: Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, Al Jefferson, and Andris Biedrins.

ROY

1. OJ Mayo
2. Derrick Rose
3. Marc Gasol
4. Rudy Fernandez
5. George Hill

I've flipped Mayo and Rose back and forth all week before settling on this for no good reason. Gasol's a clear 3rd right now while DJ Augustin, Michael Beasley, Brook Lopez, Mario Chalmers, and Jason Thompson all have a case for making the bottom of the ballot.

If Anthony Morrow (probably unlikely) and Greg Oden (likely, very likely) continue to play well as they accumulate playing time they will add to the difficulty of completing this ballot.

Honorable mention to Luc Richard Mbah a Moute whose defense is going a long way toward keeping the Milwaukee Bucks competitive in Michael Redd's absence.