by Stop Mike Lupica on May 7 at 12:45PM
There is a nice little discussion, lead by Modi, going on over at Sports On My Mind on this topic. Modi makes a compelling case for Paul, while being surprised that a) the margin of victory was so large and b) LeBron James and Kevin Garnett didn't garner more support.
I left my lengthy comments over there (it's practically a post), but I am:
a) also surprised it was such a large margin of victory, since I figured it to be neck and neck
b) not surprised Kobe won, as I listed four factors which won him the award (1. he was owed an MVP 2. CP3 has years to get his own MVP 3. the Lakers won the conference, not the Hornets 4. Kobe plays in a bigger market with more reach than Paul)
c) shocked that KG got as much support as he did - that really illustrates the power and reach (and bias) of the Boston media right there. 16 first-place votes for KG?!? In a season in which LeBron and Paul both had absolutely historical statistical seasons, and Kobe won the toughest Conference ever?!?
d) not surprised LeBron didn't get more votes, since LeBron's team only won 45 games. In the Eastern Conference! It's an unwritten rule that the winner of the MVP award has to be from a 50-win team.
Not agreeing with it, just stating it.
And finally, for the funniest take on the Kobe MVP winning, see this post from the genius that is The Blowtorch:
I shrunk it down in size, so you can't read it in it's entirety... if you want to read the whole thing, go check out the original, over at The Blowtorch.
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I left my lengthy comments over there (it's practically a post), but I am:
a) also surprised it was such a large margin of victory, since I figured it to be neck and neck
b) not surprised Kobe won, as I listed four factors which won him the award (1. he was owed an MVP 2. CP3 has years to get his own MVP 3. the Lakers won the conference, not the Hornets 4. Kobe plays in a bigger market with more reach than Paul)
c) shocked that KG got as much support as he did - that really illustrates the power and reach (and bias) of the Boston media right there. 16 first-place votes for KG?!? In a season in which LeBron and Paul both had absolutely historical statistical seasons, and Kobe won the toughest Conference ever?!?
d) not surprised LeBron didn't get more votes, since LeBron's team only won 45 games. In the Eastern Conference! It's an unwritten rule that the winner of the MVP award has to be from a 50-win team.
Not agreeing with it, just stating it.
And finally, for the funniest take on the Kobe MVP winning, see this post from the genius that is The Blowtorch:
I shrunk it down in size, so you can't read it in it's entirety... if you want to read the whole thing, go check out the original, over at The Blowtorch.Leave a comment
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I think pretty much every blogger has put in their two cents on this, but dont you think that three of the four reasons you listed for why Kobe won are kind of ridiculous? I totally agree that all came into play, but, really, no one should care who plays in the bigger market. And I never liked the "he's young, he has more time to win one!" excuse, because then this same shit is going to happen again a few years with reverse consequences (sorta like Nash over Kobe for his first one).
I thought Kobe shoulda won, but I just think that some of these reasons are absurd.
By the way, once LeBron wins one, cant you see him running off, like, six or seven in a row? On one of Simmons' podcasts, he said that he expects LBJ to be the best player ever when he retires. What do you think about that. I grew up with MJ, so I'm totally bias, but I think it makes some sense.