Who's this year's NBA MVP?

While Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant have put their respective teams on their backs for the past few months, can either of them make a claim for the MVP award? Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players of his generation, but one piece of hardware that continues to elude him is the Most Valuable Player Award.  Although the Lakers are tied for first place in the Western Conference playoff standings, they've finished just seventh the past two seasons. Some point fingers at Bryant, criticizing that his dominant scoring overshadows his teammates and fails to make them better. Many voters are starting to lean more and more toward Chris Paul. His stats seem to get better every week.  And the biggest argument for Paul is how he's put the New Orleans Hornets in contention for the West's best record. Consider that the Hornets are just a half game behind Houston and L.A. for the top mark, some find it almost ... [link]