Best of the West

The Playoffs start tomorrow. And in case you didn’t know, the NBA wants you to know that “There can only be one.”

So here goes the toughest conference in all of sports. See the bad thing about this is that I can see 5 or 6 teams taking the west, and the difference between 1st and 8th is just 7 games. Every team has 50 wins. That’s just ridiculous. I’m going to abridge this version, and talk about the West in some more posts, ’cause it’s that damn good.

1. L.A. Lakers vs. 8. Denver Nuggets

This is one of the few series in the West that will not go deep. The Nuggets are fun and entertaining to watch, and have a great offense, but that’s about it. Defensively, they are weak, and with a hungry Kobe Bryant, it’s really no contest. I don’t even want to analyze this anymore, straight up.

Prediction: Lakers in 5
I really like New Orleans, but the Mavericks are pretty hot right now. This is what I hate about this year; I can see either of these teams winning it all if their cards fall right. I’m going to go with New Orleans because Chris Paul simply will destroy Jason Kidd. By the way, Byron Scott is the coach of New Orleans and Jason Kidd, the point guard for Dallas is the one who cause Scott to be fired. Should be an interesting series.

2. New Orleans Hornets vs. 7. Dallas Mavericks

Prediction: Hornets in 7
This series really ticks me off. And I’ll write about it in another post, explaining why, but this series is going to be the best series of the playoffs. It couldn’t have been scripted better. Heated rivalry, new players, clutch performances, what more can you ask for? The Suns brought in Shaquille O’Neal specifically for this kind of matchup. Duncan vs. Shaq. This series I’m definetely going to elaborate on, but for now:

3. San Antonio Spurs vs. 6. Phoenix Suns

Prediction: Suns in 7

4. Utah Jazz vs. 5. Houston Rockets

This should be an interesting “What If?” series. There are a bunch of “What If’’s” that come to my mind when I think about this series, the biggest one being What If Yao Ming didn’t get hurt? I think the Rockets would have finally made it through the first round. That being said, for now, all I have to say is:

Prediction: Jazz in 6I’m cutting this post short because in the coming days, I will definetely write a lot more about the West, maybe even each game. Stay tuned.

 

Peace and love

-SB

Beasts from the East

I was talking to my friend about the last post, and he told me write about Jose Reyes. Being a Mets fan, I of course was all for it, but I wanted to know exactly what he had in mind. So he said, literally, “About his Jesus-like ability to steal bases in 2 seconds.”

But I’m thinking, with the NBA Playoffs coming up, I got a full summer to write about baseball, but the playoffs will be over soon (trust me, time flies). So here’s the millionth sports column on the NBA Playoffs. Enjoy

The Eastern Conference of the NBA. Let’s do it.
1. Boston Celtics vs. 8. Atlanta Hawks

So Boston rolls up with the best record in the NBA, and Josh Smith says that the Hawks are going to “shock the world” and beat the Celtics. Brotha, your team slipped into the playoffs, and now you’re going to take down the #1 team in the east? I think not. With the addition of Mike Bibby, the Hawks have become a better team and the stress of point guard duties are no longer put on Joe Johnson, a natural scorer, but seriously? Does anyone really think the Hawks have a shot. Not only are the Big 3 (Garnett, Pierce, Allen) firing on all cylinders, the bench has stepped up big time. In one of the Celtics victories, thebench single-handedly defeated the Hawks. How’s that for shocking the world. Bottom line is, Celtics are just too good for the Hawks

Prediction: Celtics in 4

2. Detroit Pistons vs. 7. Philadelphia 76ers

This should be another quick matchup, and it’s going to come down to rebounding. I always argue with my buddies about this, and they think I’m crazy, but work with me here. Rasheed Wallace, in his day, and with his potential, could have been the greatest player ever. I’m not joking. The guy can rebound, shoot 3’s, hit fadeaways, post up, drive the lane, and play some nasty defense. If he actually wanted to be the go-to-guy, he would have torn it up. Now, he’s older. Of course he’s not going to produce like he did back then, but he’s still got the skills. But is he hungry enough to produce? I think he is. On the flip side, the 76ers, even though they took 2 games from the Pistons in the regular season, don’t look sharp at all. They stumbled into the playoffs, and they just can’t match the Pistons. I’ll give Iguodala a lot of credit for being the star this year, and Andre Miller, for finally becoming a franchise point guard, but let’s face it, the 76ers are not taking down Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, and Tayshaun Prince in the playoffs. Every year, it’s like the Pistons just wait until the playoffs start to start playing. And don’t sleep on the Pistons bench either. They are surprisingly good coming off the bench

Prediction: Pistons in 5
To me, this series is going to be entertaining to watch. When T.J. Ford got injured, it opened the door for Jose Calderon, who is currently working on a One million-to-one Assist to turnover ratio. That being said, T.J. Ford is still a very good point guard, and his loss held the Raptors back. Coupled with injuries to Chris Bosh, it made for a tough season for the Raptors. On the other side, the Magic enjoyed a breakout season by Hedo Turkoglu. He stepped up huge this year. The guy improved his game so much, and hit some big shots this year, and that should be key for Orlando in the playoffs. Dwight Howard is going to be a beast and is inevitably going to have at least one 25 point 15 rebound game, so what I really want to know is how the Raptors are going to guard him. He’s a decent passer, and the Magic have a bunch of shooters, so double teaming him may not be the best option, but he’s a tough matchup one-on-one. Some analysts say that the guard play of the Magic is better than the Raptors. I say those analysts need to get off of whatever they are on, and look at Calderon and Ford. They easily outplay Nelson and Arroyo, but the Raptors frontcourt definitely can’t handle Turkoglu, Rashard Lewis, and Howard.
4. Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards

This is going to be the series to watch in the East, simply to see how LeBron James tries to take on the Wizards by himself. I almost feel bad for the guy. The reason I say almost is that I can’t feel bad for anyone who is set to make $20 million a year (not including endorsements). I’ll tell you what’s going to happen. LeBron will have 30, maybe 35 a game, but he really needs help. In previous years against the Wizards, he might have been enough to take them out, but we’re talking about a resurgent Washington team that made the playoffs without their best player. And get this: he’s coming off the bench for the playoffs. Gilbert Arenas, the self-proclaimed “assassin” is back from injury, and will be the difference. I don’t have any doubts in Arenas’ ability to come off the bench and spark a big run. Would I trust him in a situation with the Wizards down at the end of a game? In the words of Stone Cold Steve Austin “Hell yea.” People are going to argue that Wally Szczerbiak, Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, and Delonte West are going to make a big impact. I say there’s as much truth in that as there is in Bill Clinton’s statement. C’mon, seriously? I think this time around, the LeBron James’ won’t be able to take down the Wizards.

3. Orlando Magic vs. 6. Toronto Raptors

Prediction: Magic in 6

Prediction: Wizards in 7

Peace and love

-SB

Not so Staggering Statistics

What’s up to all my minions, how is everything? Sports Brotha here, with a new site coming at you. That’s right, we are officially a .com now, so visit our site, www.sportsbrotha.com

I’ve been working on that the last few days, but now I’m back. I’m going to stay away from the real sports talk that we do everyday and just for this post, throw some staggering (or not so) statistics at ya. Baseball season just started so let’s go with some baseball news. Ready? Go!

-Brian Bannister of the Kansas City Royals has as many wins as the Detroit Tigers.
-The Kansas city Royals are in first place. This may be the latest point in the season they have ever been over .500
-A-Rod makes more in one year than the entire Florida Marlins team
-Johan Santana has given up more home runs (4) than David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez have combined to hit
-Justin Germano of the San Diego Padres is on pace to have an Earned Run
Average (ERA) of 0.00
-Mark Reynolds of Arizona is leading the National League in home runs. He’s on pace for 67 home runs, as well as on pace for 202 RBI’s. I guess he’ll need some “flaxseed oil” to get up to 73.
-The American League is undefeated in interleague play
-The National League has not won a game in interleague play
-The White Sox tried desperately to trade a guy who is hitting .341 and leads the AL in RBIs.
-The Baltimore Orioles are in first place
-The New York Yankees lead the Tampa Bay Rays by 1/2 game. They also lead them in payroll by $165.2 million
-The NL East has one team over .500
-The AL East has one team under .500

One note about the blue font. Normally I don’t do it, but my buddy specifically requested it. So I said, you know what, what the heck, with a post like this, all is fair, let’s do it.

Peace and love

-SB

Can’t let go

It’s a beautiful day today, sun’s shining, people in park, some Frisbees going around, and Brett Favre is rethinking his retirement. The story, brought to you by Yahoo! Sports was broken in yesterday, and you can read the article here. But seriously, can we end the drama once and for all? Before this season, the question came up, and the debate started raging if Brett Favre would actually retire this year. So he doesn’t. Plays the whole year, leads team to playoffs, leads the team out of the playoffs, and then announced he’s going to retire. Game over, right? Read the article.

Favre is proposing that if Aaron Rodgers got hurt, Favre said, “It would be hard to pass up, I guess.” Translation: I need a break from football, but I still want to play.

There were talks of Favre joining another team, also reported by Yahoo! Sports, but I didn’t buy it. I knew that if he ever came back it would be with the Packers, but that was a big if. And to be quite honest, if I’m a Packers fan, I’m happy for the guy, but I know that we have a good quarterback in Aaron Rodgers coming up. I remember in the game against Dallas, when Favre went down, Rodgers had a pretty solid game. His line was 18 for 26 passing, 201 yards, 1 TD 0 INT and 30 yards rushing. This is against the team with the best record in the NFC, so he can obviously play.

I’m not big into the media creating a big hype over the decision of athletes, but this is different. Now Favre is jerking us around, saying I might be back, or I could be back. This man is a legend, so for him to be doing that to us, of course we’re going to be interested. I just feel like the fans in Green Bay deserve better than to be on this emotional roller coaster with the best player to play for Green Bay.

By the way, I can’t finish this post without mentioning this

What a tough guy.

Peace and love

-SB

To Tank or Not to Tank?

It’s that time of year again. Where every team in the NBA is fighting for a better position. The good ones, fighting for a playoff spot, and the bad ones for the draft. This brings up the age-old question. Should a team tank (purposely lose) games in order to have a better chance at a good draft pick.

Originally, when I thought of this subject to write about, I was like, what the heck am I going to write about, I’m totally against it. And then I realized that every night I root for the Knicks to lose. It’s gotten that bad, where I think that the Knicks can actually do something good with their draft pick. All this hope from the recent acquisition of Mr. Donnie Walsh. Let’s just put it this way: we suck with our first round picks. In the last decade, we’ve had two solid first round picks, Channing Frye and David Lee, neither of which are superstar material. We passed on Ron Artest in 1999, and took Fredrich Weiss, who decided to stay in France instead of come to the NBA. That turned out real well for us, because Ron Artest, who is that guy? Not like he can play defense, or put up 20 points a night, right? Because he’s just some scrub in the NBA who we passed over because we got the better end of the deal, right?

So here’s where I’m going with the whole tanking thing. In a draft class as talented as the one coming out, I don’t blame any team for tanking. The Heat ended D-Wade’s season really early. Hmmmmm, wonder why? But what ticks me off is that now that I want the Knicks to lose, so maybe we can get a Michael Beasley, an O.J. Mayo, a Derrick Rose, Psycho T, etc. the Knicks are winning. What gives? You want them to win, they lose. You want them to lose, they win.

So I’ll give them credit for trying, and not completely throwing in the towel, but please, let’s not drop lower than 4th, so our GM will have to actually make a decision on who to draft.

Or you know what, better yet, let’s trade our great draft pick for an overweight center who puts up 14 points a game, doesn’t know the meaning of defense, gets less rebounds than my little sister, get’s blocked more times then he blocks shots, and averages less than 1 assist a game.

Good trade, don’t ya think?

Peace and love

-SB

Super Mario

I just witnessed one of the most ridiculous tournaments of my life. I’m still in disbelief over the last 2 minutes of the second half of the National Championship game. Wow. Can someone say choke? Memphis Tigers, congratulations, you showed us the importance of free throws. With around 2 minutes left, I was marveling at how well Derrick Rose had just played, how he would be the tournaments Most Outstanding Player, how great of a sidekick Chris Douglas-Roberts (CDR) was, and how he could be a solid NBA player as well. That was before Memphis started blowing the game.

At first, Kansas fouled, and Memphis hit their free throws, exchanging two points for two points. But when Sherron Collins of Kansas hit a huge three, to cut Memphis’ lead to six, the game had comeback, and great finish written all over it. Memphis was still fine the next time they were fouled, with CDR hitting both his free throws with 1:39 to go. And then, the real Memphis came out. I mentioned in an earlier post, that if you’re ever losing to Memphis late, just foul them. Well Kansas heeded my advice to their benefit. At 1:15, CDR missed the front end of a one-and-one, and I was thinking, oh boy, Memphis is in trouble. At this point Kansas had cut the lead to 2 at 60-62, so I was just waiting for it to happen. Then Memphis blocked a layup attempt by Collins, and had a fast break. Now CDR had a look at a layup, and took it, getting fouled with 16 seconds to play. This play killed me. Why would you go for a layup, when you know the guy is not going to let you score, with 16 seconds to go, when you can pull out, and run out the clock. The way Memphis was moving the ball, it would have been tough for Kansas to steal the ball, and pulling the ball out, would take some more precious seconds off the game that Memphis was letting slip through their hands. At this point I was pulling my hair out of my head.

CDR had already just missed the front end of a one-and-one, so now he had two shots to redeem himself right? He missed both free throws. Both! You just don’t do that in the National Championship. All right fine, he missed the free throws, but how did Kansas let Robert Dozier get the offensive rebound? So they get the rebound, and get it to Derrick Rose. I’m thinking, game over, Rose is on the line, probably going to MOP, right? He misses the first free throw. So at this point, I’m like holy crap, they keep leaving the door open for Kansas. And to be totally honest, Rose’s shot looked like it was good from the beginning and it just rimmed out. He hit the second one extending the lead to three.

So now I’m like, they’re up 3, Kansas has hit, what, maybe 2 or 3 three pointers the whole game? There’s no way they’re coming down the length of the court, putting up a three that everyone knows is coming and actually have it go in, right? Enter Mario Chalmers. With two Memphis guys jumping at him, arms fully extended, Super Mario hit a beautiful cold-blooded three. He made it look ridiculously easy, like it was a game of horse, and he just ended it. And just like that, Memphis who was on the verge of winning the National title, let Kansas back into the game, and gave them new life heading into overtime.

Once the game went into overtime, I knew it was over. There’s no way a team has a great come back like Kansas and ends up losing. After Super Mario saved them, Kansas was going to win. I knew this, everyone in the stands knew this, and Memphis knew it, you could tell by their body language.

I want to go back to the free throw shooting. I noticed that CDR had this look of frustration, like he knew he was doing something wrong on his free throws, and that’s what killed him. Today I had a bunch of free throw shooting contests with my buddy, and needless to say, he beat me every time (I would hit 8 of 10, he would hit 9). But what I realized was that he always hit the last one, while I constantly missed the last one. And it’s a very simple reason. On the last one, I wanted to make it so bad, I analyzed every single aspect of the shot. Am I bending my knees enough? Did I look at the hoop enough? Am I following through correctly? Thinking so much about these things actually made me miss the shot instead of getting it in, like the other shots before it. I saw it all over CDR’s face. He was thinking. At the free throw line, you don’t think; just shoot.

I noticed this big difference between CDR and Derrick Rose’s free throws. When CDR shot the ball, you knew it was a miss, but when Rose put up his first shot, not only did it look good, but he seemed confident about it, and it was just natural. It happened to rim out, but he came back and hit the next one. Had Rose taken the free throws that CDR took, guaranteed, he would make at least 2 of 3. That’s the difference between a good player and a great player. But then again, the “great player” missed a free throw that would have put the game away.

The Madness is over.

Peace and love

-SB

Then there were 2

Wow. What just happened? I’m in temporary shock over the fact that not only did UCLA lose, but the two winners I predicted a few games back, before the semi-finals were completely wrong.

See, here’s another thing that ticks me off. Announcers that really forget they’re on TV, or are just plain and simple, stupid. I’m sorry, but I had to say it. And to be quite honest, I didn’t know who was calling the games, but watching the Kansas game, around half time, I heard “Kansas should watch out, they don’t want to let the game get out of hand.” Dude, Kansas was up by 17 points. 17 freaking points. Sure, they weren’t up by 28 like they were earlier, but how long can you be up 28 against another #1 seed? I ended up putting the game on mute and watching (true story).

Ok fine, I was totally off. But hey, like my buddy reminded me, I did say, “Of course since I predicted it, the way my bracket’s been going, it’ll probably end up being Memphis vs. Kansas” But I gotta say, hats off to both teams, they were sick.

That being said, what the heck happened to the Love Boys? The Bruins kept it close, but it felt like they weren’t in their element. Their run and gun style was replaced by sluggish half-court play. What’s up with that? Besides, who needs to even cross halfcourt when Kevin Love can do this. I also felt that Love didn’t get nearly enough touches throughout the game, and never was really in tune with everyone. When you got a guy like Kevin Love, and he’s not really integrated into the game plan, and isn’t really involved, you deserve to lose. And with the loss, I can officially burn my bracket now.

Last thing about the Memphis-UCLA game. Derrick Rose is nasty. I heard a lot about him, but I never really watched Memphis play a full game. All I can say is that the Knicks better tank every single game from now until the end of the year.

Now regarding the UNC fiasco. Kansas was crazy. I’ve seen them play during the season, but man, this was something else, jumping out to a 40-12 lead on UNC. When I started watching the game, I did a double-take (I turned it on when it was 40-12). I even asked my sister to read me the score, to see if I was all right. Yes, UNC was losing 40-12. They made a hell of a comeback, I’ll give them that, but it was just too much, especially emotionally. Going from 28 down, to bringing it to 5, but just can’t close the deal, it takes a toll. And what was up with the non-calls whenever Hansbrough touched the ball? He got hacked a bunch of times down under, and no calls. I mean give the guy a little respect, he was just named Player of the Year. Another thing I noticed, that just ticked me off was the amount of little floaters, and 6-8 foot jump shots UNC missed. Good Morning fellas, you lose, you’re out, gotta hit these shots.

I’m done with March Madness, maybe I’ll congratulate the winner or whatever, but right now I’m as confused as this guy

Last thing, and this one has nothing to do with sports. John Mayer is the man. Read about why

Peace and love

-SB

Playoffs time, Fantasy style

It’s that time of year again. Playoffs are rolling around. For those of you that are in fantasy basketball leagues, it’s crunch time. This is what the whole season boils down to.

What’s great about fantasy basketball as opposed to baseball or football is that very rarely do stars rest. Even if their team has clinched home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, they will still play. They may not play as much, meaning their numbers will drop, but at least it’s not football where you’re relying on your quarterback to win you a playoff game, only to find out he’s going to “take it easy” and rest since his team has already clinched a spot in the playoffs. That kills me. It’s always killed me in baseball, because all the players on good teams are resting, and all the players on bad teams, if they show the slightest sign of injury, they’re done for the year. Come on, help a brotha out!

Basketball is great though, because even though Elton Brand and the Clippers have no shot at getting into the playoffs, he’s still playing and getting me some decent stats (great late season pickup). Even if he does have his own intentions in mind (contract year) he’s still playing the last 8 or so games, and probably being the reason I win the championship this year.

Ok fine, it’s a bit premature, but I haven’t lost in my league since November 19th of last year. Undefeated since then and rolling through the playoffs (Reminds me of a certain football team…knock on wood), beating my opponent 6-2 at the moment. I should be able to seal the deal because my key contributors are in the west, where it’ll be a fight until the last game.

I’m not going to front and say I’m a fantasy guru, but I did my homework this year. Turkoglu was a great sleeper for me, as was Brad Miller (ranked 33rd in Yahoo!), Danny Granger (20th) and I had a couple of great waiver pick-ups (Rafer Alston, Francisco Garcia). Chris Paul tore it up this year, and the Shaq trade made Amare worth the 13th pick overall.

Well for those of you that didn’t make it to the playoffs, draft better next year, or just pay attention to who’s hot and get to that waiver wire quick. And please, half of my buddies aren’t in the playoffs because they don’t update their teams. Don’t do that to yourself.

Peace and love

-SB

Madness? This is…The Final Four!

With college basketball season winding down with the Final Four, I really can’t believe what happened this year. All #1’s made it to the Final Four. Even Kansas. I know, strange but true, Kansas actually went deep into the tournament this year.

My bracket is destroyed. There’s definitely some random guy in some office pool who knows nothing about college basketball that picked all the favorites that’s about to win thousands. What’s so great about March madness is that this occurrence has never happened. Never have all 4 #1 seeds been in the Final Four.

I’ll tell you who I was thoroughly shocked with. Psycho T. He played the best game of his season at the most crucial point for his team. With the game on the line, Tyler Hansborough played out of his mind, knocking down midrange shots, getting boards, and basically singlehandedly lifting UNC to the Final Four. Pretty clutch if you ask me. Speaking of clutch…

Stephen Curry. What happened in the game against Kansas? He still had a great game, but what was that ridiculous sequence at the end? Sure Kansas was guarding him well but if you are the team, (that’s not a misprint) you have to take the last shot. He kept dribbling, waiting for his opportunity, and then passed off. There was a point where he should have decided, all right, screw it, they know I’m gonna take the shot, my team knows it, I know it, but I’m gonna do it anyway, and make it. That was not a shot to be passing off, and honestly, if he pulled up from 30 feet away, the way they’ve been playing, I would have been surprised if he missed it. All in all Davidson had a great run, (even though they destroyed my bracket) and Curry put himself on the map.

In other news, I still like UCLA to win it all. That’s the one part of my bracket that’s still intact. Kevin Love has been tearing it up, along with the run and gun style they like to play. I like watching them, and I think their close game against Texas A&M woke them up. Good Morning Love and company, you lose, you’re out. I don’t think Memphis has a chance against them, and if it’s close, just tell UCLA to foul Memphis.

Again, I’m shocked Kansas made it this far without falling, but I can’t see them beating UNC. UNC has been proving me wrong since the tournament started. At first I said, they won a lot of close games that shouldn’t have been close, so I doubted that they could make it to the final four without being upset. I doubted that Psycho T was as good as he is, and I was wrong. He’s better than people think, plus his heart is as big as a friggin’ refrigerator. I’m saying UNC vs. UCLA with the Love boys pulling out a tight one.

Of course since I predicted it, the way my bracket’s been going, it’ll probably end up being Memphis v Kansas

Final Note: Like the storyline of UNC Coach Roy Williams vs. his former team Kansas

Peace and love

-SB

Kobe or Lebron for MVP? Neither

So the NBA season is coming to a close, and I figured, what the heck, every sportswriter in America has thought about, discussed, or wrote an article about who the MVP should be this year, so here’s my take.

LeBron is having a killer year. There is no question about it. For all the haters out there who say he’s in the east, boo hoo, he’s putting up nearly triple-double numbers up every night (30.4 pts 8.1 rebs 7.3 assists). Is any player more valuable to his team? Maybe, maybe not, but the stats show Cleveland to be 0-6 without King James. He does everything on the court on a regular basis except shooting 40 foot shots (unless he’s playing the Knicks, see here).

Kobe Bryant is having his usual year, putting up great numbers again, but not up to LeBron’s standards (28.6, 6.3, 5.4) but I’ll cut him some slack because he does play in the toughest conference in sports. What’s different this year is that the Lakers are actually winning. But here’s the catch, the Lakers are loaded right now, ready for a championship run with players like Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum (If he ever gets healthy), Lamar Odom (has he ever hit a clutch free throw?) and Derek Fisher. This year Kobe’s got the tools to make a serious run.

Facts being stated, while both these players hold an obvious statistical advantage to anyone in the league, there is one player who I would name MVP over both of them.

CP3.

Chris Paul is ridiculous. He’s leading the league in steals, assists, and puts up 21.5 points a game. Stats aside, what he’s done for his team is mind-boggling. He’s brought back Tyson Chandler from the dead and made David West into an All-Star. The New Orleans Hornets have 50 wins this year. No that’s not a typo, they have 50 wins and are tied for first. First place in the Western Conference. Not only that, he doesn’t have any bona fide All-Star. Say what you want about David West making the All-Star game, but without Chris Paul, he’s another role player.. That goes double for Tyson Chandler. Tied with last year’s champs for first in the toughest conference in all of sports. The way he plays is just fun to watch. I would go so far as to call him either the best or 2nd best point guard in the NBA (depending on whether you’re a Suns fan or not). He tore it up in the All-Star game dropping 16 dimes and almost leading the West on a crazy comeback.

Without half the talent that some of the teams in the West have, the Hornets are leading the West, thanks to CP3. Will he get the MVP? I hope so, but realistically it will probably go to Kobe Bryant.

All I have to say is, CP3 for MVP.

(I wonder how Hawks fans are feeling right now..)

Peace and love

-SB