I don’t know of a time throughout the regular season that Lebron hasn’t been #1 in the MVP Race. It’s really a foregone conclusion.

Lebron’s gonna win. I voted for Kobe.

but who am i kidding? it was lebron’s to lose even before the season started. i would rather have the lakers win the championship anyway

Would a Lakers championship be as sweet if the Lakers somehow won a short series in the Finals, and Pau or Bynum dominated, and Kobe didn’t play badly, but did not get a chance to showcase his abilities and either Pau or Bynum was named Finals MVP?

I would be happy, but at the same time, I would be pissed that all the haters would say that some other player was more important. That’s just me, though.

Not to sound like I’m biting your 55 win theory Josh, but it was in the bag no matter what. It had to be 55 because both the Lakers and Celtics were poised to have great records going into the season. Any improvement by Cleveland would be respected. The voters were looking for a good reason to give it to him. That’s not saying I don’t think he deserves it. He does, but he had an easier path than Kobe did last year. But he played great, improved his defense and shooting, while his team had the best overall record. He deserved it.

That being said, I think Kobe had a shot to steal it starting early February (after the 61 game), especially with the Cavs struggles against the elite teams. Then the Lakers went 10-5 in March. The door closed. Kobe had his chance and didn’t rip it away

Just because I’d also have voted for Kobe back in the day when his numbers were insane for a couple seasons

what i don’t like about sports, especially so called analysts, is that they are such bandwagon fools. look, for years, it has bee said that kobe is the best player in the nba. suddenly, lebron is that player, in one year, this season. you mean to tell me, that after proclaiming kobe as the best (and some still claim that this season inspite of voting for lebron), lebron has surpassed kobe in just one year (this one)? it takes time for one to establish himself as the best player in any league, i don’t believe in handing anyone that honor just like that. hey, give lebron the mvp award. that’s okay. he deserves it. but so does kobe. it matters not that he has a better supporting cast, he is still the best player among that cast, and he is the one who leads them to their greatness. people are overlooking a few important things. kobe has already been robbed of the award before. he should have won it when he averaged 35 pts a game, and should have won it back in 2002-2003 season. it’s amazing how many consider him the best player after michael jordan, yet have awarded him one meager mvp award. are you telling me that steve nash, who won it back-to-back is a better player than kobe? kobe’s entire body of work, including this season, is deserving enough for him to win the award this season. anyhow, it doesn’t matter. time and again, kobe has proven to us and the entire basketball world, that he is the most talented player in the world. go ahead and give lebron the award. quite frankly, kobe doesn’t care about who gets it. mark my words, at the end of this season, kobe will have shown the world again, especially the naysayers, he is still the king of the jungle. and when the smoke clears, he will once again have separated himself from the pack of pretenders the sportswriters claim have overtaken kobe. when it’s all said and done, lebron will only be able wish he could trade his mvp award for kobe’s rings. but don’t take my word for it. just watch kobe, in all his greatness, and how he will prove to the world he is still best player in the planet. oh, and you watch him win his 4th nba title.

i know he’s gonna win it, but i still wouldn’t vote against kobe if i was a laker fan.

and lead his team to the best record in the nba. i love kobe, but lebron gets the nod. better stats and team record, basically what they look at. anyone voting for dwayne wade should be ashamed.

I will vote for LBJ if every idiot that votes for D-Wade this year (there will be many) apologizes for not voting for Kobe during his “ridiculous stat” years.

The most difficult part of voting for MVP is to take out the bias and second that there are no set guidelines for it. As Laker fans we would always give the nod to Kobe for MVP. But from an unbias point of view I would have to wonder that if Kobe would have had the best record in the NBA would he of won the MVP and my answer is no. Leaving the hatred that the media has for Kobe aside, The Lakers are viewed as a team with a better supporting cast than Lebron. Either way, as basketball fans nothing can be taken away from Lebron but he is no Kobe. Many people that hate Kobe claim that he is not MJ but everyone is so quick to give Lebron the title of the next MJ. So, if Kobe is not MJ because of his accomplishments and Jordan has more of a killer instinct then why is Lebron the next MJ if he doesnt even have half of Kobe’s accomplishments or killer instinct? Hell! he isn’t even the next Kobe how could he be the next MJ? Let me see Lebron do what Kobe has done against the Spurs, Queens, Indiana, Portland and so on then we can talk. Give Lebron the MVP as long as the Lakers get a title we will see what matters most. GO LAKERS!

There are alot of links for me to visit at the end of the article and I just felt overwhelmed so I had to say Dag, but keep up the good work. Also Lebron deserves the MVP but I just don’ like how they do things or say things to make Kobe seem unimportant to his team.

and had to vote for Dwight Howard. The Magic would just be another Mickey Mouse Organization without him. He doesn’t get enough credit for his defense, as well.

With all that being said: GO LAKERS!!!