MVP recount please!!!

Can we please get a recount.  Giving the MVP to Kobe Rapist Bryant because he "hasn't got one yet and he's been in the league 12 years" is a terrible reason to give it to him.  I don't think it is coincident that Derek Fisher shows up and all of a sudden the Lakers are an outstanding team.

Kobe isn't even the MVP of the Lakers - Derek Fisher is the heart and soul of that team.  As much as I hate to say this, Manu Ginobili meant more to his team than Kobe meant to the Lakers (that is the definition of a MVP).  Chris Paul was robbed; heck Deron Williams means more to the Jazz than Kobe does to the Lakers.

Suppose that either Kobe or Fisher had to sit out game five, who would you prefer sit out.  As a Jazz fan, and seeing how important he is to team basketball, I definitely would prefer that Fisher sit.  That is the epitome of an MVP (the person on your team that is in the driver's seat).

Kobe sucks!!!  His game depends on going 1 on 1 and getting the benefit of the call (for which he initiates the contact); aside from that he has nothing that can't be defended.  I understand that he is a great shooter, but not nearly as great as he has been made out to be.

I still think that the Lakers would be a far better team had they agreed with Kobe last offseason and traded him.  He's a freakin' baby.

Hey Jefe,

Good to see you are an arse on whichever board I find you on.  Kobe hater?  No.  I just don't believe that he is the best...even on your team.  When Fisher was out of tonight's game, the Lakers were lost, even with your MVP on the court.  What does that tell you?  He is OVER-RATED!!  He cries any time he doesn't get the call - even though he was the one initiating the contact.  Am I talking trash about the Lakers?  Absolutely not - they are a great team, now that they have a great point guard and a good center.  Kobe ran off the last big name center y'all had (in case you forgot about the Big Cactus) and was crying about how badly he wanted to leave, until Fisher turned the team around.  I am a huge Derek Fisher fan, I wish he could have stayed another year in Utah (but I understand his heart wasn't in Utah).

Kobe SUCKS!! He is way OVER-RATED!!  Let's hope that those who vote, get it right next year.

No problem sman, thanks for asking nicely.  You can take a little solace knowing that Pau and Fisher played a great part in that award - though it went to the wrong player.  Yes his stats were AMAZING, but take away Fish or Pau, then you lose 10 -15 games more than you did; you'd be out of the playoffs.  Kind of what Manu Ginobili did for the Spurs; without him, they'd be out.

I'm not saying Fisher should have won the MVP - but he IS the MVP of the Lakers.

Jefe101,

I have you all wrong.  I thought you were an arse, but it isn't that at all.  You have a man crush on Kobe and got butt hurt that the Jazz evened things up.  Hey, I don't hold that against you, he's probably your favorite player; everyone has one.  You can't wear blinders though just because he's your fav.  He's not the best in the league, by any means; you would have to contend that he meant more to the Lakers than LeBron James meant to the Cavaliers, or more than Chris Paul did to the Hornets, or Manu Ginobili to the Spurs, or Deron Williams to the Jazz, or Kevin Garnett to the Celtics.  He doesn't even mean more to the Lakers than Derek Fisher or Pau Gasol.