Kobe officially wins first MVP

This post is dedicated to our boy RK, a hardcore Lakers fan who is going under the knife today for knee surgery.
While the doctors were playing Hack a Kilimnik, KB24 finally got that MVP trophy he's been waiting a dozen years for.
That's right, Kobe Bryant has officially won the MVP award, too bad RK will be out of commission the rest of the day and will be too hopped up on Vicodin to realize it finally happened. Bryant earned 1,105 points, including 82 first place votes, from a panel of 126 sportswriters and broadcasters. Rounding out the top five in voting for this season’s award were New Orleans’ Chris Paul (889 points), Boston’s Kevin Garnett (670 points), Cleveland’s LeBron James (438 points) and Orlando’s Dwight Howard (60 points).

Here's to the MVP award coming back to the West Coast where it belongs, and RK getting healthy and getting back on the basketball court where he belongs.

Now let’s see if Kobe – the first Laker to win the award since Shaq in 2000 – can win the big trophy, which previous MVP winners Dirk Nowitzki (2007), Steve Nash (2005-06) and Kevin Garnett (2004) couldn’t do before him.

A look at the previous Los Angeles Lakers who have won the MVP award.

1999-00 - Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
1989-90 - Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1988-89 - Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1986-87 - Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1979-80 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles
1976-77 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles
1975-76 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles