Going by that logic Dirk was better than KG and Duncan in 07, Nash and Dirk were better than Kobe in 06 and 07 and Iverson, Carter and McGrady were better than Kobe in 2000 and in 2001, Arenas, Ray Allen, Wade, McGrady, Carter and Iverson were better than Kobe in 2005 since they finished higher in the MVP voting.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/awards_2000.html#mvp
http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/awards_2001.html#mvp
You really want to go there?
Melo wasn't top 3 at his position,
because he wasn't better than Lebron, George or Durant. You would have to be an idiot to think otherwise.