who's the mvp?

Dirk's great, but I think he's really suffering without Howard in the lineup to pick up some of the energy, and these days he never seems to completely take over games like he used to. That's the downside to playing him as more of a traditional big man, I guess.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0414/nba_g_paul_bryant_580.jpg

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Tommy Heinsohn's top 3 for MVP:

1) Kevin Garnett
2) Paul Pierce
3) Ray Allen

I shit you not, he actually spent 5-10 minutes talking about this during a game last month, and after he finished Mike Gorman (his play-by-play partner) just let that spiel hang in the air for a few seconds like a rank fart during church before going back to live action.

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It's going to be Kobe. Even if there might be a marginal statistical argument in favor of Paul or James, most people are going to look at the fact that the Lakers won the West despite injuries to 2 of their 3 best non-Kobe players at various points and then at Kobe's still great stats and likely All-Defensive team status (even if maybe he should be 2nd or 3rd according to some complicated metric) and clutch "bonafides" and give it to him.

As long as it isn't Steve Nash, I'm fine with it.

I think Kobe is the least deserving of the 3, though I wouldn't be up in arms if he did get the nod (Lebron and Paul will get theirs eventually, anyway). Both the Cavs and the Hornets would be absolutely terrible without LBJ and CP3, respectively. Cavs would not make the playoffs--even in anemic East-- without LBJ, and the Hornets would still be the Hornets of old. CP3 made West and all-star, and made Chandler a legitimate NBA starting center. Pau, Fisher, and Odom were all pretty damn good players without Kobe. I still think Kobe is the best all-around player in the world, just not the most valuable to his team.

Tommy Heinsohn's top 3 for MVP:

1) Kevin GarnettWalter McCarty
2) Paul PierceWalter McCarty
3) Ray AllenWalter McCarty

yeah this award is all about paying your dues and getting yours eventually. kind of lame, but you can't stop now...
and this year is kobe's eventually

(even tho the lakers have the most talent in the league. odom as third or fourth option is crazy)

odom as second option deserves a beating. what a headcase

and i mean before he lost his son too before someone starts blubbering

yeah, much much better when the pressure is off

at least the tail end of the heat season disproved the matrix = hidden mvp talk from a couple of yrs back

i think it's kind of bs to make it lifetime achievement but i'm legitimately fine with kobe getting his this year; cp and bron will seriously be stacking them things by the time they're old dudes

also kobe playing with the busted finger is legitimately awesome, it hardly even gets mentioned anymore...that finger would have made vince carter retire

ok, that was cheap, sorry

paul
garnett
lebron
kobe

ok, that was cheap, sorry

i laughed

they key is to imagine the press conference...or the onion sports-style photoshopped shot from it