Kobe Bryant won the MVP award last night. Congratulations, Kobe. You truly, truly deserve it. This morning, I'm proud to be a Laker fan and a Kobe Bryant fan.
People talk ad nauseum about what the award means. Do you give it to the league's best player? Or perhaps the best player on the best team? People talk about what would happen to a team if you removed the MVP candidate e.g. imagine how horrible the Cavs would be without LeBron. And please, may I never hear the expression "he makes his teammates better" ever again. It's become the most over used cliche in basketball.
Kobe Bryant won the award for one reason and one reason only. He finally grew up this year. He finally completed the tortured, agonizing, embarrassingly public journey from adolescent phenom to grown man. In a league full of super-rich, super-talented, post-adolescent knuckleheads (Zach Randolph anyone?), Kobe Bryant now stands apart. He's added maturity to his arsenal of weapons... and that's what makes him MVP. He's always been all about winning. Now he knows how. He's been the league's most talented player for years. Now he's putting that talent to good use.
Kobe is 29 years and 10 months old. He's been in the league for 12 years. For 11+ years he's been growing up. I'm going to write David Stern a letter and propose that the NBA raise the minimum age limit to 28. Let's force the knuckleheads to grow up before we have to watch them - before we have to invest in them emotionally. You want to clean up the league? Get rid of the DUI's, illegal weapon possessions, and illegitimate children? Look at what a little maturity has done for Kobe! Let 'em play in the D-league untilt they're 28! How true it is that youth is wasted on the young...
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