Yawn...you still aren't telling me why Kobe shouldn't have been the clear number two....even given little Stevie should have rightfully won (which I dispute, but for the sake of argument, will give him the nod). Kobe anything less than 2 on the ballot after the season he had is ridiculous. And you can't play the lotto pick card while at the same time you have bashed those same lotto picks. You only have a grudging respect for Odom...not the other lottery picks like Kwame.
Great, so why did Kobe get outvoted 1st place 57-22, and overall by over 450 points? Sorry Cheese, but you are losing it here.
Kobe's season was undeniable...he should have been a clear cut #2 at the very least...and he's left off 20 ballots. How many ballots was MJ left off of back in that 2nd place finish of his? Your logic makes absolutely no sense, by the way. You are arguing my point backwards here...you're saying the reason Kobe got left off 20 ballots is because he's the 4th candidate, when I'm saying the FACT that Kobe got left off 20 ballots caused him to finish 4th, when his numbers and leadership of the Lakers to the playoffs in the WEST with a less talented roster than the watered down (Amare & Kurt-less) Suns demonstrated a solid second place showing and what should have been a stronger battle for the MVP trophy. In fact, Kobe's 22 first place votes were second to Steve's, so at least more voters thought him worthy than the other candidates. But what's even more stupid is that 30 voters had him ranked 5th...so there were 4 more deserving guys to go ahead of him...and THAT is ridiculous. He had the most 5th place votes of any player, 5 more than Chauncey freaking Billups...5th place and left off constituted FIFTY votes. I'm sorry, but 5th place is pressing the bounds of stupidity even for those who hate the guy. You can't argue this point successfully, at all. There were not 4 better guys who were either more valuable to their team and/or put up better numbers than Kobe. That, is a shafting of an extreme level, and it it is purely media dislike of the guy since...dun dun dun duuuun...the media casts these idiotic ballots.
Wait...which side of the mouth are you talking from right now? The one where you need to be a shooter, or the one where you are a last resort whose job is to get the ball to the other shooters. You're flailing about with your looping logic.
Maybe you should have looked at the link I provided you:
Click the link above, and read the report...it will answer all your questions above, and on the sidebar it shows Jordan's upside as.....Steve Nash.
Wait, maybe that was another Suns team whose fans always blather about how athletic their team is and how they will out-athletic everyone in the league, athletic this and athletic that. Just pointing out that Ear Jordan is athletic which actually
IS something that D'Antoni likes in his system. Oh, while you were watching a replay of someone striking out, I just stole home...
You really don't know jack squat about Tex Winter, do you? Dude has never held back. He blasted Shaq all the time, and he blasts Kobe all the time. He doesn't say stuff just to say it. But since you only pretend like you know one damn thing about the Lakers, obviously you don't know this. Hmm...maybe that explains your poor understading of Kobe as a player.
LOL...you post THAT little rape remark, then follow it up immediately with:
OOOOOOOOOkkkkkkkkkaaaaayyyyyyy. I don't really have to throw a hater card out there, do I, when you're perfectly willing to throw that little card down yourself while you jump on top of it and squeal to your heart's content? Don't come at me with "don't call me a hater blah blah blah" after posting garbage like you did above. First time I've seen you crack, cheese. I guess the faulty logic wiring in your brain is sparking off.
All Kobe is to you is a scorer, and you don't even get one bit of it. He's a scorer, a leader, a rebounder, a good passer and a defender. Unlike ANY OTHER MVP candidate, he was 1st team defense this season. That's in addition to leading the league in scoring. But thanks a lot for acknowledging that he's a great scorer, although if you didn't acknowledge that you'd be eligible for a straightjacket.
FWIW, 22 reporters (actually, check that and make it 52) reporters are either completely biased against the guy, or couldn't tell a basketball from a hole in the ground. I really wouldn't be using their lunacy as a solid basis of comparison of who knows the NBA and players, especially after you dismiss the words of Tex who is a hard ass unbiased source. But yeah we should listen to guys like Jay Marrioti, Woody Paige, Bob Ryan, Skip Bayless...those kind of guys. Nooooo, there's no media dislike of Kobe Bryant out there. No way. Uh uh.