The race for the 2012-13 NBA MVP has been a two-horse affair for most of the season. But with Kobe Bryant playing better than he ever has, and his late-game heroics dragging the L.A. Lakers closer to the playoff berth that once seemed unreachable, it's not crazy to suggest that there's a third party who belongs in the MVP conversation.
Per Ken Berger of CBS Sports, Kobe has become the "overwhelming force of basketball." Whether that's good enough to enter him into the MVP race is a tough question—and one worth discussing.
One edge Bryant has over LeBron James and Kevin Durant is that his team inherently enjoys a higher profile than either the Miami Heat or the Oklahoma City Thunder do. The market in L.A. is bigger, the lights brighter and the media coverage exponentially greater.
And that was all true before Bryant started engineering ridiculously dramatic fourth-quarter comebacks all on his own.
L.A.'s last three victories have all been nail-biters, and each one has preserved the Lakers' once-faint playoff hopes. If you're remotely familiar with social media, you already know about Bryant's heroism. Twitter has essentially schedule ...
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The Argument for Kobe Bryant as the NBA’s 2012-13 MVP
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