Cause ‘foulteam’ made no sense

I’m getting sick of the ‘annual Kobe’s great but he’s no MVP’ talk. I mean, it is obvious that it’s either him or LeBron this year, with KG, CP3, D-Will and a few others battling for a distant third. What i fail to understand is, how can anyone consider LeBron a legitimate MVP candidate after what happened two seasons ago. Remember, it was Kobe and his Lakers nearly upsetting Suns in the 1st Round of Western Conference playoffs. It was Kobe averaging 35.4 points per game. It was Kobe scoring 81 points in one game, cutting down his turnover numbers by one per game compared to season before, having two months where he averaged more than 40 points per game, only to finish fourth in MVP voting, falling behind Nash, LeBron and Dirk. My point here is, Kobe was at exactly the same spot where LeBron is right now, and he got screwed. Or maybe not. His team still only had 8 wins more than losses, similar to Cavs right now (39-30), and the players ahead of him played on better teams with stats not quite as good as his. His teammates really sucked, probably a lot more than those LeBron is playing with right now, or even the ones he had before the big trade, forcing him to take more resposibility and helping him improve his stats. Fast forward two years and you’ll see Kobe and his Lakers playing the most entertaining basketball in the league, holding the #1 seed in the West while Cleveland is battling to preserve the 3.5 games advantage they currently have over Toronto (playing without Chris Bosh for the last 20 days) for home-court advantage in the first round. In the East. Please! It’s Kobe’s turn.