MVP in Wolf's Clothing - did I already use that?
Charlie Walters on Phil Jackson, and, indirectly, Kobe Bryant's prospects of being league MVP:
The same thing he did three seasons back -- put Kobe on a short string and yank him to the bench whenever his habitual ego-mania becomes detrimental to team goals.
On the real MVP, Ric Bucher makes this case:
Since it's never been determined if MVP is really MEP (Most Excellent Player) or MVPOAWT (Most Valuable Player on a Winning Team) or MVPOTBT (Most Valuable Player on the Best Team) or MIP (Most Indispensable Player, meaning the guy whose team would simply cease to exist without him), I selected (Kevin Garnett) a MVIEPOAWT (Most Valuable, Indispensable, Excellent Player on a Winning Team) whose season has had the added magical quality of being a cut above anything he's done before.