How to make an NBA MVP

Kobe vs. LeBron vs. Wade

Thats the MVP Race

Of the three, who deserves the title?

To help with definitions, MVP means most Valuable Player. Which player is the most important to his team in a way no other player could match.

Soooo here's how it stacks up

LeBron seems to be making the best case so far. He scores rebounds and passes the rock as well as any player at any position in the league. His team without him would be a lottery team, barley able to get to 15 wins. Outside of Mo Williams there is no one on that squad that could average 20 points a game. (Makes you wonder what the hell their GM is doing)

Wade is the poor mans candidate, injury bug, loss of superstar in Shaq with shotty talent to boot. His team is 4th or 5th in his conference, a feat which only asks that you win about 3 or 4 more games than you loose. He has Shawn Marion, and Michael Beasley, not to mention an aging Jermaine O'Neal and that Moon fella who dunks with legs bout as wide as a lizard tail. He puts up big numbers true, but not wins. Thing is he has the talent, at least on paper more talent than the Cavs. He has taken a team to the championship, so you have to ask whether the talent, while good, is the right kind of talent for him to be playing with.

Kobe is...Kobe. No other human being in the history of basketball has had to deal with the crap he's had to. Granted some of it is his fault. fellas, bending girls over against their will is baaaad. He came out of high school, much like LeBron, took a team to a chip, or two, or three. He is fighting not only tough defenses, but the legacy of Michael Jordan, a demigod in sports. He's beaten back Vince and Tracy for that crown and now he's taken out this new troop of swingmen *a blog for another time* His team is like the Heat, full of talent. He's got Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, Tervor Larry Brown doesn't know good talent when it kicks him in the ass Ariza, and countless other guards and forwards with a 2o -something center who has the physical tools to take over the league just sitting there WAITING to play.

Wade is disqualified, the team he plays on - with good coaching - could have a similar record, much like the 76ers. And while is performances are awe-inspiring he does not carry the team the way an MVP should.

With LeBron and Kobe going toe to toe, you might give it to LeBron on first glance.

I mean he's turn shit into diamond in like 3 years. Which is remarkable.

BUT

Kobe did it better.
Yes no. 24 has more talent. But with the exception of Gasol, most of that talent was un-tapped. Odom couldn't keep it together, Ariza could have simply quit after being traded from NY, and most of the other guys are draft picks or euro players that aren't known for toughness.

But Kobe made them tough. He made them a good defensive team. He made the hungry, as if the fire in his belly spread througout the team like a Cali wildfire. Kobe brings a drive and a hunger to surpass greatness only LeBron can understand. And even LeBron avoids the Jordan comparisons, he's content with being compared to Oscar. That drive and hunger seeped into the fabric of the Lakers. Alot of times really competitive players push away teammates. The star can poke and prod and even jeer his teammates in an effort to make them play better, but it does not always work. Resentment can happen pretty fast. Kobe learned the balance between good leadership and sticking his foot into peoples rectum. And it's giving good dividends.

Does the ZEN master have something to do with it. Sure, but its the same as it was in the 90's he cant do it without the best and most important player in the league.

Kobe.