i'm gonna cry!!!

writers poll says kobe's got this!!!

since kobe's rookie year, i've been a ridiculously passionate supporter of this guy. i remember back when he was merely a bald headed do-gooder who spoke 4 languages and just got out of high school. and through thick and thin, the colorado thing, the shaq trade, the year they missed the playoffs, all the talk of dwaye whatever-his-name is, my fandomness has yet to falter. second to only a ring without kazaam, kobe winning his first mvp was perhaps the number one thing in sports i had to see happen. how could a guy who has been without question the most talented and skilled player in the game not have one of these things? the chick from the carpenters has 2!

regardless, it finally appears that his day has come. and the fact that it's happening to this guy, after all he's been through as a player, and after all the abuse i've taken as a loyal and stubborn fan, who takes this shit personally, makes it that much sweeter.

to paraphrase the great s. corey carter, "men lie, women lie, numbers don't," and neither does the record of one kobe bean bryant. yes!!!