In response to Wally's arguments about Chris Webber deserving the MVP, I have to say that I disagree. As of right now, in my opinion, there are 3 MVP candidates. Kobe, Tim Duncan, and Jason Kidd. All three can make strong cases. Kidd is particularly intriguing as he has upped his scoring average to around 20 ppg and his shooting percentage is way up (last I checked, his 3pt % was a career best 44%) so it seems like he has really elevated his game this season. Duncan also, seems to do it all on a very good Spurs team. Why do I not include Webber in this analysis? Yes, it is true I hate Chris Webber, but objectively, he has not done THAT much really to elevate his team. I mean, he missed a long stretch of the season, yet his team was still hanging around the upper echelon of the conference. If we are to use that argument of who has improved their team's play the most as deserving the MVP, then I might suggest my man Vince Carter, who has the Raptors winning 7 of their last 10 since he's been back (there were 3-23 without him).

By the way, last time I checked, when the Bulls were winning titles, they had 3 legitimate all stars on their team at all times. Both Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman have been decorated as NBA all stars during those years. To the best of my knowledge, no Laker other than Kobe or Shaq has seen so much as a whiff of the NBA all star game in the past three years.