Because it’d be ridiculous for him to win the MVP over Chris Paul. For those that keep forgetting, MVP stands for Most Valuable Player, and how is Kobe Bryant more valuable to the LA Lakers than Chris Paul is to the New Orleans Hornets?
Absurd. Abso-fucking-lutely absurd if you’re going to convince me Kobe Bryant does a more award worthy job of making his teammates better than Chris Paul. Lamar Odom has always been a chronic underachiever, if Kobe truly had the abilities worthy of an MVP, Odom would be an all star. With his no so ironic combination of athletic ability and the lack of killer instinct, it takes a true point guard to make a player like that good.
Players “like that” include:
- Tyson Chandler
- David West
- Mo Peterson
- Ever other bum on that Hornets squad
My point is, Chris Paul makes every average player on that Hornets team that much better than they are. He is that rare talent that rises the level of his teammate’s play by making it easier for them to shine, and he can still put the ball on the floor and score 30 himself.
He had easily the best opening weekend performance of any player starting in the NBA playoffs this year, making Jason Kidd, an elite NBA defender, look like a chump.
But whatever – Chris Paul makes Tyson Chandler look like an And1 baller on the regular.
Kobe can’t make me do anything other than regret that I wasn’t given Lamar Odom’s chance at being one of the best ballplayers ever.
I know he’s the best player in the league, but no one can convince me to not take him over Chris Paul if I were building a team together. Because I’d have to build a team around Kobe Bryant, where with Chris Paul, I could scrape a team together and find myself deep in the playoffs, as in a championship.
Title town’s coming to New Orleans, on the shoulders of the true MVP.
-Hey Man, I’d Do Her
