Tuesday night, Hollywood setting, the best of them was Kobe Bryant.
Alas, Kobe Bryant has been adjudged as the Most Valuable Player.
“It’s Hollywood, it’s a movie script. The perfect ending would be for us to hold a championship trophy at the end of it,” Bryant said at a news conference attended by his teammates, club officials, his wife and two daughters.
Bryant received 82-first-place votes and 1,105 points in the media vote. He was followed by New Orleans’ Chris Paul (28 and 889), Boston’s Kevin Garnett (15 and 670) and Cleveland’s LeBron James (1 and 438).
Bryant averaged 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.84 steals while playing all 82 games despite tearing a ligament in his right pinkie in February. He put off surgery until after the Olympics.
“I don’t know anybody who’s ever deserved this trophy more. I don’t know anybody who’s ever worked as hard to accomplish what he’s accomplished,” said Lakers coach Phil Jackson. Jackson has been with MVP’s Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’ Neal.
Bryant, second in the NBA in scoring behind James, is the first Laker to win the MVP award since O’Neal. Other Lakers to win since the award was first presented in 1956 were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson—each times. Abdul-Jabbar also won three with Milwaukee.
Bryant has been a three-time champion. two-time scoring leader, ten-time all star, two-time all star mvp and a slam dunk champion. He was the first guard drafted out of high school.
What: Agent ZERO Manila Tour
When: July 5-8 2008
Itinerary: TBD
Why: to launch the ff shoes,










