lakers in 6 ...but honestly  it could go either way both teams match up well with each other

The wait is killing me.  I need my bball fix!

I really can't wait for this match up!

My money is on the lakers in game 6. It's going to be a bloody close match for them two.

Go Lakers!

I thought it was the case two years ago. Then a funny thing happened. He got outplayed in the Finals by Paul Pierce. If it happens again or Lakers fails to win the championship against Celtics, would you still say Kobe is the best player in the league?

And yet most coaches have rated lebron as the best player in the game 2 years running.....

And kobe could only dream to get the stat line lebron does.....lebron is a better facilitator and he gets his teammates more involved in the game than kobe does....he is by far the better all-around player.

And if you want to bring up running gags like lebron's travelling then I guess kobe elbowing defenders to get an advantage offensively is just as relevant.......

 And to show you just how much better the lakers are compared to the cavs , Ill take out both kobe and lebron out of the line ups and bring out the first sg/sf off the bench..

Cavs

Mo williams

Anthony Parker

Jamario Moon

Antoine Jamison

Shaq

 Lakers

Derek Fisher

Ron Artest

Lamar Odom

Pau Gasol

Andrew Bynum

If you believe the cavs have the better line up then you obviously dont know basketball.....Lebron just makes the cavs look good while the lakers make kobe look good....its as simple as that.

Wow....you actually believe that MVP awards are awarded to people who pad their stats.....even though they are decided by coaches and panels who watch and have to analyze these players?

Ill give you reasons as to why past MVP's have won the award (and BTW all these players had stats you would call "padding")

Lebron- Top of the conference , biggest threat on the court for two years also first SF to average 8.0 assists

Kobe- Top of the conference , leader in the resurgance of the Lakers

Nash- Top of the conference - WHOLE team was averaging career highs in points and field goal percentages at the time

Garnett-  Top of the conference - team was #1 in defense in 2004

These players AT THE TIME brought something more than just stats to the team (maybe besides kobe as it was the addition of gasol that really brought the resurgance but thats another story)......Lebron being a walking triple double isnt "padding stats" ,it is being a smart Basketball player..... Kobe needs to learn from lebron in this regard because all the guy can do is score....

Not to mention Lebron pretty much tries everything he can to NOT pad his stats.  If he cared about stats he'd probably when the scoring title every year... instead he often passes to Jamario Moon or Varejao just to watch them brick an open jumper.

i will say this again who told you coaches decide the mvp award? the mvp award is voted on by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters...coaches nor player have no say in who the mvp is stop spreading false information

What he's reffering too is Sports Illustrated polls... that poll all the coaches or players in the League.

In those polls... best player in the Leage?  LBJ by far.

Yup. To me the last person who truly deserved the MVP award was Shaq back in 2000. He won the MVP award, The Finals MVP award, Scoring Title, All Star Game MVP award and was 1st All NBA....damn thats dominat