Kobe has more than chants to be MVP Poll...

SashAlex · Post #1 » by **SashAlex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:29 pm

Kobe has more than chants to be MVP

Bill Plaschke
February 27, 2008

Lakers' Bryant has never won the NBA's most valuable player award, but he's never been more deserving of it than he is this season.

The chant has always been there.

The truth behind it has not.

During the first few years, it was a high-pitched dream.

During the last few years, it was a hollow honorarium.

Finally, this season, for the first time, it is a reality.

"M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P!"

Kobe Bryant can win it. Kobe Bryant should win it...

TonyMontana · Post #2 » by **TonyMontana** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:43 pm

SashAlex wrote:
Kobe has more than chants to be MVP

Bill Plaschke
February 27, 2008

Lakers' Bryant has never won the NBA's most valuable player award, but he's never been more deserving of it than he is this season.

The chant has always been there.

The truth behind it has not.

During the first few years, it was a high-pitched dream.

During the last few years, it was a hollow honorarium.

Finally, this season, for the first time, it is a reality.

"M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P!"

Kobe Bryant can win it. Kobe Bryant should win it...

Ya thats true , but I hope he doesnt get screwed again this year .
I bet they'll give to C.P or K.G .

Watch .

hksazn · Post #3 » by **hksazn** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:29 pm

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?topic=767055

I voted Kobe

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:33 pm

he should win it

That Nicka · Post #5 » by **That Nicka** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:54 pm

shoulda won it in 2003, shoulda won it in 2006

definitely deserves it this year

Joe Kleazy · Post #6 » by **Joe Kleazy** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:18 pm

although I agree with the MVP thing, Plascke is a two-faced TOOL, but extremely dull on both ends.

Post #7 » by **Slava** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:46 pm

I read somewhere where Lebron voted for Kobe to be the MVP.

hermes · Post #8 » by **hermes** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:03 pm

does his vote count?

MAMBAEMD · Post #9 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:36 pm

It will be very tough not to give it to him if the Lakers finish with the best record in the West.
I think he should get it even if they finish in the top 4 in the West.
He is clearly the best player in the league and this year he has made everyone else around him better.
The award in general means very little to me, specially after Nowitzki won. But this year, Kobe would have to be considered the MVP, even by the current standards.

Dexmor · Post #10 » by **Dexmor** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:39 pm

He has to win simply for the fact that he never has. He is the best player in the league and imo of alltime and he has never won an mvp award. I think him playing with 9 fingers will help him with the votes. Dirk won last year which was an outrage and Nash has won 2x and Kobe none?
How can they not give it to him. Some experts are predicting KG but he plays with 2 superstars and his numbers are lower then ever and he has won 1 before. Even if the Cavs finish in first place Kobe should still get it.
This is what I see as

1.Kobe
2.Lebron
3.Paul
4.KG
5.P.J. Brown (any of you guys remember that?)

hermes · Post #11 » by **hermes** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:44 pm

Kalel24 wrote:He has to win simply for the fact that he never has

lamar hasn't won either

but kobe is deserving and he's due to win one

mvpmims2003 · Post #12 » by **mvpmims2003** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:24 pm

This is what I don't understand:

There are so many people saying Lebron is the MVP because he averages 30 8 and 7 despite the fact that his team has 20 something losses already in the eastern conference, but if you go back to 2006 Kobe had one of the best individual seasons in NBA history averaging 35+ ppg, the 81 point game, the 50 and 40 point streaks and single handedly carried his team to 45 wins and a playoff spot in the tough west but most people were saying that he's not the MVP because he didn't win enough games and he came 4th in the voting. Now is it just me or is something seriously wrong with the people calling James the MVP?

2005-2006---- Kobe has one of the greatest individual season and carries team to 45 wins and #7 seed in the west which would have been good enough for a top seed in the East. Continues to be called the best player in the game but he comes 4th in MVP voting because his team "doesn't win enough games".

2007-2008---- Kobe has team with top spot in the toughest western conference in NBA history with 9 fingers and injured key players with a little over a month left in the season. Lebron James is averaging monster numbers but team can't get past 8 games over .500 and would not be in the playoffs if they were in the west but remains the consensus pick for MVP by most.

Just doesn't quite add up to me. Let's stop the hate and give the man his due.

Tommy Trojan · Post #13 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:55 pm

They better start shining that trophy

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #14 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:29 am

I think the media has a personal vendetta against Kobe.

Post #15 » by **alfurd** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:24 am

mvpmims2003 wrote:2005-2006---- Kobe has one of the greatest individual season and carries team to 45 wins and #7 seed in the west which would have been good enough for a top seed in the East. Continues to be called the best player in the game but he comes 4th in MVP voting because his team "doesn't win enough games".

Back when Shaq was with the Lakers he had years where he was in an even better situation and didn't win it. He dominated the league but the argument was that someone like Duncan (or whoever) should get it because that team finished with a better record... and sometimes people would mention he had Kobe with him to team up on everyone. Shaq has won what, one MVP award? In the career that he has had? Whether that's right or wrong, it highlights how much people may value the team's record even when the player is considered the best in the league.

When considering who should be named the MVP, the weight that is placed on the individual's performance compared to that of the team's performance is different for every circumstance. And that's why it's always so confusing and difficult, the arguments made between Kobe and Lebron and Kobe and Garnett can be different because their teams are in different positions (e.g. different records, different rosters).

If the Lakers finish in the top two of the conference then Kobe should have a great shot. They might not have a better record than Boston, but the west is a significantly more difficult conference to play in and Kobe has arguably been as important as KG for their respective teams. Cleveland might have (had) a weaker roster, but that's more than canceled out if the Lakers finish that strongly in the west.

Squirrel Boy · Post #16 » by **Squirrel Boy** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:44 pm

alfurd wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Back when Shaq was with the Lakers he had years where he was in an even better situation and didn't win it. He dominated the league but the argument was that someone like Duncan (or whoever) should get it because that team finished with a better record... and sometimes people would mention he had Kobe with him to team up on everyone. Shaq has won what, one MVP award? In the career that he has had? Whether that's right or wrong, it highlights how much people may value the team's record even when the player is considered the best in the league.

When considering who should be named the MVP, the weight that is placed on the individual's performance compared to that of the team's performance is different for every circumstance. And that's why it's always so confusing and difficult, the arguments made between Kobe and Lebron and Kobe and Garnett can be different because their teams are in different positions (e.g. different records, different rosters).

If the Lakers finish in the top two of the conference then Kobe should have a great shot. They might not have a better record than Boston, but the west is a significantly more difficult conference to play in and Kobe has arguably been as important as KG for their respective teams. Cleveland might have (had) a weaker roster, but that's more than canceled out if the Lakers finish that strongly in the west.

The Cavs still have a weak roster. They trade away their 2nd big option for only a rebounder/defender? Gooden had the package. Scoring and D. And then Donyell for Wally? That's a lateral move.

As for Kobe, he deserved it for the past two years. He was playing his ass off in 05-06 where had one of the greatest individual seasons in history and managed to lead a weak team to the playoffs with 45 wins. He deserved in 03 as well without a doubt. He definitely deserves it this year.

He got cheated twice. He's not gonna get cheated again.