Kobe Bryant proved once again he is the most talented player in the league.

The 10 consecutive field goals, the 49 points and 10 assists, the postgame laughs with the TNT crew after watching their spoof of his recent shoe commercial, Black Mamba was at the top of his game on Wednesday.

It capped off quite a week for the Lakers’ star, who waited until the playoffs to confirm he wants to stay with the Lakers, and even went the extra mile by saying he loves L.A.’s weather, his ‘63 Impala and the 405 freeway as much as his teammates.

Wait, in that order? It begs the question: Is that the NBA MVP?


No. If New Orleans point guard Chris Paul does not win the MVP (which he won’t because the media at large has already decided on Bryant — here I thought lifetime achievement awards were for actors), the award is a joke.

This has nothing to do with what Paul has done to Jason Kidd and the Mavericks in the first two games of the first round. Paul has been playing like that all season.

How else would the Hornets, who don’t even belong in the Western Conference (they’re in New Orleans!), with virtually the same roster, manage to go from the lottery in 2007 to the No. 2 seed in 2008? Did we not just witness the deepest and most competitive season we’ve had in the past 15 years?

And New Orleans, a franchise that was so bad it was forced to leave Charlotte and had the worst record in the conference three years ago, had the second best record.

It is not just that Paul led his team in scoring (21.1 points), and the entire league in steals (2.7) and assists (11.6), the first to do that since Utah’s John Stockton in 1991-92.

Watch CP3 just once and you see something special at work. You see a person you want to play basketball with any day, good or bad. You see a player who, if you make a mistake, will lift you up both with his play and personality. You see a player who has managed to make Tyson Chandler relevant again.

Do you remember how futile Chandler was in Chicago? Forget that. Do you remember who Chandler was drafted one spot behind in the 2001 NBA Draft? I believe his name is Kwame Brown, who I also believe is a former teammate of the MVP frontrunner. How much did Brown improve playing alongside KB8/24?

If that does not convince you, maybe this will: GP. For some, the two letters evoke images of Gary Payton when he was with the Sonics (not so much when he was with the Lakers, Heat, Celtics, et al.). In other circles, they stand for general principle, an unwritten code of street ethics.

And in the case of Bryant’s MVP candidacy, thanks to propaganda via Lakers headquarters, rules clearly have been broken.

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MVP this year belongs to Paul. Paul will get his time. He's only 22 or 23. Kobe deserves it more than anyone. Good find!

How else would the Hornets, who don’t even belong in the Western Conference (they’re in New Orleans!), with virtually the same roster, manage to go from the lottery in 2007 to the No. 2 seed in 2008? Did we not just witness the deepest and most competitive season we’ve had in the past 15 years?

It is not just that Paul led his team in scoring (21.1 points), and the entire league in steals (2.7) and assists (11.6), the first to do that since Utah’s John Stockton in 1991-92.

Do you remember how futile Chandler was in Chicago? Forget that. Do you remember who Chandler was drafted one spot behind in the 2001 NBA Draft? I believe his name is Kwame Brown, who I also believe is a former teammate of the MVP frontrunner. How much did Brown improve playing alongside KB8/24?