However, I have great respect for the man, and despite his STUPID rap album, STUPID tattoo (I still need him to explain that) and STUPID move in Colorado (Dude, your wife is so hot, and you had an affair with HOUSEKEEPING???) , he's one of the greatest basketball players of our lifetime and I'm proud to say that I saw him play. So there!
5. He's The Best Player in The League
This is the most obvious reason. Aside from Tim Duncan aka The Pharoah and LeBron James, Kobe does whatever he wants on the basketball court. No perimeter defender is safe when #24 has the ball, and he can outscore your whole team if you're not careful.
4. Shaquille O'Neal Took All His Thunder in LA.
Chris Jackson at LSU, Anfernee Hardaway in Orlando, Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles; The Daddy will overshadow you and make you look expendable or in this case, less valuable. Shaq won the Finals MVP all three championship years and won regular season MVP in '99-'00 despite Kobe's 21.1, 29.4 and 26.6 ppg playoff average.
3. He Shut Up.
Lets not forget that just this November, the Lakers franchise was in a state of flux; a championship was out of the question, supporting cast members like Lamar Odom hadn't panned out, and Kobe wanted...no, demanded to be traded. He wanted to go to Chicago, he made demands on radio shows, waah, waah, waah! As the season rolled on, Kobe grew into a better teammate, and because of this, unlike earlier in the season, is now on a championship caliber ball club.
2. Kobe's The Most Dominant Player At His Position.
You can make the argument for Tracy McGrady, Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton, and Michael Redd, butttt then again not really. Kobe Bryant has a higher career average than all four players, has been named to the All NBA Team 9 times (Among the guards named, only T-Mac has more than 3 nominations with 6). And the dude plays D! Kobe has been a lock for All Defensive First or Second team for 7 of the past 8 years.
1. Steve Nash didn't Deserve One of Those Awards.
okokok, we know Steve Nash, aka Ringo Starr deserved the honor during the '05 campaign, butttt I don't know about the '06 season. Consider that during the 2006 season, Kobe outscored the Dallas Mavericks by himself (62-61) and went crazy on Toronto for EIGHTY ONE points. Kobe averaged 43.4 points in January of 2006 and scored 45 or more in FOUR consecutive games. By the end of the season, all Bryant did was lead the league in 40+ games (27), points (2832), ppg (35.4) and he willed The Lakers to the playoffs. And at the end of the day, KB finished 4th in MVP voting...talk about robbery!
So after 12 seasons, Kobe has finally received his trophy. What's even sweeter is that he's playing for another championship; a championship, said by most critics, that would define his career (Oh, and the previous three don't count because??? Oh yeah, Shaq won those by himself). Quite simply the guy is money, and you would want him on your team, wouldn't you? That, to me, makes him pretty damn valuable. Take a bow Mr. Bryant, you've earned it.
D-Con
1 comment:
Whad up Boogz-
Not bad, I enjoyed the read. However, I have to say that CP3 deserved it this year but they're giving it to KB b/c he deserved it last yr but gave it to Nasty (Nash); robbing Peter to pay Paul… oh well.
So next yr via this same twisted logic, I can already see CP3 getting it even though his stats won't be as good as this yr (have you seen his stats... crazy) and his team won't be nearly as nice either. However, b/c they robbed him this yr, he'll get it over someone more deserving, possibly D-Will (Deron Williams) or whomever else steps up like Stat (Amare), etc.
Keep up the good work.
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