Iggyemu wrote:I like Chris Paul b/c I think he is everything to that team being a point guard. Number 1 scorer..number 1 playmaker. Best perimeter defender.
I think what may have happened here is that writers really knew they screwed up last year giving it to Dirk. They didn't want to make that mistake with Paul. As we all see now it would not have been a mistake but this thing is voted on before the playoffs start.
Still Kobe is very deserving. Can't take anything away from him but this wasn't his best season IMO. He didn't do anything special this season. I think Paul was the first player in about 15 years to average 20 points and 10 assists in a season.
But still like I said...Kobe is deserving and its good to have two people who truly deserve the award after last year's horrible decision to go with a very undeserving Dirk.
This is what kills me. What the team accomplished this year was very special. Without kobe none of this would have been possible. He was criticized for years for only being SPECIAL stat wise, but now he truely leads his team when people said he couldnt and people push stats against him.
Who honestly thinks that IF HE WANTED TO that kobe couldn't average 20pts and 10ast? The points would be no concern and the assist could be done since for years people said kobe coudnt pass and he averages quite a bit of assist not. Not to mention having someone to finish now rather that trying to dish to kwame helps.
Many people in the league can score 20pts a game and top notch PG's ( which paul IS) can average 10ast which he should be doing as a distributor. Kobe is a scoring guard so he has perfected his trade and plays elite defense. So in the grand scheme of things both players are doing what they are supposed to do it just so happens kobe has made changes to his game(leadership, team play) that were said to be impossible AND finished higher in the W column which was presented to be a major factor in the MVP decision.
Kobe has already dropped 81 which wont happen again for a while IF EVER,62 in 3 quarters, had multiple 40-50pt consecutive games, all defense, all NBA seasons and that was never good enough to win this award so he decided to give the haters what they claimed he didnt have and was rewarded while still putting up great numbers as paul did himself.
And dont worry as hard as it was for the press to select kobe this season he probably wont recieve another but he earned his THIS SEASON.
