Published 3/27/2008
by Scott Ottersen
at Bleacher Report - NBA
With all the hype going on about Kobe Bryant, the Lakers, and the season they are having, I'm sure Kobe is going to win his first MVP award. But, he doesn't deserve it. Well, let me check that, he does deserve it, but there's someone else who deserves it more. That someone else goes by the name of Chris Paul. The 6-foot tall point guard from the New Orleans Hornets. The best player in basketball right now. Anybody who disagrees with that comment hasn't watched him play. Nobody can guard him. He is too quick with the ball. He is one of the fastest men in the NBA and one of the fastest with the ball in his hands. He makes great decisions and precise passes, shoots the ball well, makes his teammates better, runs the offense, improvises when needed, and does everything else asked of him. All the media is talking about what Kobe has done for the Lakers and how he has turned them into winners. But Andrew Bynum stepping up early in the year and Pau Gasol being "traded" to the Lakers ...
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