MVP…. Lebron or Kobe???

Twenty four hours subsequent to being designated Eastern Conference Player of the Week the Lebron James gets dethrone and thrown-out of his kingdom. Some NBA experts say he should not because of the superb statistics he had acquired, but unfortunately stats is not that all and victories are much better to reckon with. Regardless of the off-the-chart individual statistic numbers, the King’s Cavaliers have failed enough to rally around him and fend off Kobe Bryant or surpass the winning record of the Hollywood team.

The combination of KB24 and Gasol has produced much better result than everybody in LA might have anticipated and it is a little bit chilling to imagine how Los Angeles is capable of when young center Andrew Bynum comes back from injury. Kobe ought to be commended for executing an above level performance even on a severely injured pinky. Many basketball pundits have come noting how KB24 had made so much effort to involve his young team play to an above par level game when most needed and LA win-loss record could provide evidence to that announcement. In the NBA good statistics sometimes are the reference for choosing where to award the MVP plum, but lot of times it was flushed down the drain for the reason that most of persons engage in the selection working group look the other way and have a preference to bestow the coveted title to the player that have done so much and have help his team to the Championship trophy.

The way to the Crown is still long and winding but at this point in time, KB and Lebron are neck and neck in their fight to the MVP.

The Suns Predicament

Phoenix’s big man Stoudemire tallied 28 markers as the Suns conferred Big C its first 3-game losing smudge at the middle of the regular period with a bruising 85-77 conquest of the Celtics last Friday night. The Desert Diesel had scored just 4 points but unfortunately adding 14 boards as the Desert team took over the rebounding department with 50-32 caroms on both end of the court. KG scored 19 points (including 5rebounds and 4assists), Paul Pierce (5points, 6reboards and only 2assists) suffered an offensive eclipse and was 15% shooting for miserable five points and ditto with Ray Allen who forgot his shooting hands in Boston and got 11 points as the Suns caught the Celtics napping in its offense. . Phoenix bettered their record to 22-2 vis-à-vis the East teams. The Suns who have recovered from a loss to the Lakers, done their thing for the most part of the match without the Brazilian Blur, who obtained an incision over the right eye on a hard collision with Paul Pierce with 4:36 left in the game time.

Phoenix led more often than not by 13 at halftime although committed 15 errors resulted in turnover in the early part of the game. KG and Amare were engaged in an intense scuffle all over the game. Soon after, Amare obtained a big T for pushing KG. Phoenix Suns’ 11 TOs at the end of the 1st quarter was a big disappointment, nevertheless still led 24-13 because the Celtic’s was only shooting 21 percent (5-for-24). O'Neal tallied zero, had 4 TOs in the quarter. The Celtics began 2-for-14 in the 3^rd quarter as Phoenix went on a 15-0 run to erect a 19-4 lead on Barbosa's lay-up with 5:39 in the match and at the end the Suns tallied another lopsided win against an East team. This unconvincing win brought them second to the Hornets in the West Conference, a win better than the LA Lakers retreating to the third position.

But there are some issues needed to be raise… like, what if the honeymoon of Shaq with the Suns is over? What if the new enthusiasm of the Desert Diesel is gone? How can we decipher a fact that he is being paid a hefty sum of more than 30M USD, much more than the Main man Amare Stoudemire and Grant Hill combined salary? Will this compensation inequality create havoc to the relationship of the players in the near future? This will be a great dilemma that will crop up into which the Suns’ organization will be hard press to solve. GM Steve Kerr ought to know the answers for these predicaments, since many Suns fans would like to witness Phoenix accomplish something that is more than just a mere Western Conference playoff contender