In all seriousness, I do believe Nash is overrated. Look at his stats his two MVP seasons:
MIN FG% 3P% FT% TO STL RB AST PTS PER
34 .502 .431 .887 3.3 1 3.4 11.5 15.5 22.04
36 .512 .439 .921 3.5 .8 4.2 10.5 18.8 23.29
Those are not all-time numbers. And before you give me "point guard intangibles," here's the last stat line of the last MVP point guard, Magic Johnson:
MIN FG% 3P% FT% TO STL RB AST PTS
37 .480 .384 .890 3.7 1.7 6.6 11.5 22.3
Johnson had a significantly better overall season, when factoring steals and the large increases in scoring and rebounding.
So whom did Nash beat each year?
05-06
MIN FG% 3P% FT% TO STL RB AST PTS PER
Lebron:
42.5 .480 .335 .738 3.3 1.6 7.0 6.6 31.4 28.17
Dirk (whose team was BETTER post-Nash):
38.1 .480 .406 .901 1.9 0.7 9.0 2.8 26.6 28.20
Kobe (take a look at the supporting casts)
41.0 .450 .347 .850 3.1 1.8 5.3 4.5 35.4 28.11
04-05
MIN FG% 3P% FT% TO STL RB AST PTS PER
Shaq
34.1 .601 .461 2.8 0.5 10.4 2.7 22.9 27.03
Dirk
38.7 .459 .399 .869 2.3 1.2 9.7 3.1 26.1 26.14
Duncan
33.4 .496 .333 .670 1.9 0.7 11.1 2.7 20.3 27.12
All of those stat lines are just better than either of Nash's years. Just look at the PERs! Not to mention the fact that Shaq and Duncan each had more than 2 blocks per game in 04-05, and Duncan, in addition to having better overall numbers, actually makes his defense significantly better than does Nash.
Compare Chris Paul's numbers this year to Nash's from either MVP year:
MIN FG% 3P% FT% TO STL RB AST PTS PER
37.6 .488 .369 .851 2.51 2.71 4.0 11.6 21.1 28.39
I mean, Chris Paul's season absolutely destrys Nash's MVP years. Check out that PER, and look at the scoring and steals, and almost a full turnover less than Nash. If Nash was truly a deserving MVP candidate, Paul has to win this year. Chris's #1 competition this year is generally considered Kobe, with Lebron another viable option (for purposes of this and to avoid starting a flame war i'm pretending KG is not an option).
MIN FG% 3P% FT% TO STL RB AST PTS PER
Kobe
38.9 .459 .361 .840 3.13 1.84 6.3 5.4 28.3 24.31
Lebron
40.4 .484 .315 .712 3.40 1.84 7.9 7.2 30.0 29.23
In reality, the race should come down to Lebron and Paul, but writers with votes like to think that they know more about the sport than other people do, so they rely on things like "intangibles" talk their way into justifying their voting for their favorite candidate.
But really, Kobe's season this year is worse than his when he lost to Nash, AND Paul's year this year his better than either of Nash's MVP years. Therefore, at least one of the following statements has to be true: 1) Nash never deserved to win an MVP award, or 2) Chris Paul has to win this year's MVP in a landslide.