In news of significantly less world wide importance, I have some sports commentary to share. It seems that the League does not often talk about sports, so it is only fair that the first mention of the dirty, meaningless world of professional sports has to be a topic of some importance. I present then, the case of Kobe Bryant, who is making a strong case to being not only the MVP of the NBA this season, but in my estimation, playing the best basketball I have witnessed in my time watching the sport. This guy has the potential, I think, to become maybe the best basektball player of all time before all is said and done. He already has a slew of championship rings, and he is now proving that he can be more dominant than Shaq. For those Jordan lovers out there, I would like to point out that the casual argument that Kobe plays with Shaq while Jordan played on his own holds no real water. The two Bulls teams that won the two sets of championships were both significantly stronger than the Lakers of the last several years from the third man through the twelth man. Also, the value of Scottie Pippen has gradually become diminished with time, but here was a player, who in his prime, was the best small forward in the NBA. He may not have dominated the game the way Shaq does now, but to disregard Scottie's importance as most non serious basketball people do, is a mortal error. As well, Pippen discussion aside, Kobe Bryant is 24 years old right now. At this age, Michael Jordan had not yet accomplsiehed anything except throw down a few dunks at the 85 slam dunk contest. If Kobe continues to improve his game into his late twenties/early thirties, he will easily surpass Jordan's accomplsihments by the time he retires. Having said this, I am officially putting in my ballot for Kobe for MVP.