Originally Posted by lazycash

Lol, I'll give you David West, definitely not Chandler. From a statistics standpoint, we may never again see a player average over 21pts/gm, lead the league with over 11assists/gm and lead the league in steals. What Paul did this year was incredible, he single handedly carried them to countless victories. Its hard to consider Kobe a valuable team player when the very players who helped lead the Lakers to the best record in the west are the ones Kobe wanted traded last summer. Thank goodness Mitch and Jerry didn't listen to Kobe's demands and did what they knew was best for the team, not what Kobe's selfishness wanted. The only reasoning that seems to make sense for Kobe getting the MVP is that many of the writers are suggesting its more of a career award, making up for prior years when maybe he should have won it.