Lakers’ Bryant has never won the NBA’s most valuable player award, but he’s never been more deserving of it than he is this season.

Bill Plaschke, LA Times

The chant has always been there.

The truth behind it has not.

During the first few years, it was a high-pitched dream.

During the last few years, it was a hollow honorarium.

Finally, this season, for the first time, it is a reality.

“M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P!”

Kobe Bryant can win it. Kobe Bryant should win it.

The chant that began just four minutes into the Lakers’ 96-83 victory over Portland on Tuesday night should finally become a part of Bryant’s resume.

It won’t be the top line. But it will be the only one that is in bold.

Because this is the one title Bryant could never win.

The wording was never right. The tone never fit.

He has often been the most.

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