Posted by 4949:

I think Shaq was nothing without Kobe and Kobe would've handled himself well, just like he's doing now. Kobe isn't exactly like a side kick, like Pippy Longstocking was to jordan!

Now as far as the three championships? Who knows if they ever would have one without each other.

Posted by knicks1248:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by 4949:

I think Shaq was nothing without Kobe and Kobe would've handled himself well, just like he's doing now. Kobe isn't exactly like a side kick, like Pippy Longstocking was to jordan!

Now as far as the three championships? Who knows if they ever would have one without each other.

That's all well and good, but the MVP = Most Valuable Player, which not is necessarily equivalent to the best player, nor the player who is the most exciting, nor the player who puts the most points in the basket. I think sometimes people are confused by this. Kobe earned it this year because he actually made his teammates better more than he had in the past and his team excelled.

Your right, but you have to apply that to chris paul.

Posted by knicks1248:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by 4949:

I think Shaq was nothing without Kobe and Kobe would've handled himself well, just like he's doing now. Kobe isn't exactly like a side kick, like Pippy Longstocking was to jordan!

Now as far as the three championships? Who knows if they ever would have one without each other.

That's all well and good, but the MVP = Most Valuable Player, which not is necessarily equivalent to the best player, nor the player who is the most exciting, nor the player who puts the most points in the basket. I think sometimes people are confused by this. Kobe earned it this year because he actually made his teammates better more than he had in the past and his team excelled.

Your right, but you have to apply that to chris paul.

Posted by Solace:

Posted by knicks1248:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by 4949:

I think Shaq was nothing without Kobe and Kobe would've handled himself well, just like he's doing now. Kobe isn't exactly like a side kick, like Pippy Longstocking was to jordan!

Now as far as the three championships? Who knows if they ever would have one without each other.

That's all well and good, but the MVP = Most Valuable Player, which not is necessarily equivalent to the best player, nor the player who is the most exciting, nor the player who puts the most points in the basket. I think sometimes people are confused by this. Kobe earned it this year because he actually made his teammates better more than he had in the past and his team excelled.

Your right, but you have to apply that to chris paul.

Absolutely. I think that if the Hornets had the #1 seed in the west that Paul gets the MVP. I think the Lakers winning the west's #1 seed may have been the tiebreaker.

[Edited by - Solace on May 03 2008 6:07 PM]

Posted by TrueBlue:

Now that we know this award wreally doesn't mean a lot and it's a take turn award we owe you award, it's safe to say it will be Paul's next yr and then Lebron's after that and then Howard's after that. It won't matter what anyone else does in the league.