its about time

this is me...Kobe Bryant finally got his NBA MVP award after his 12th season in the league...it was way past due...you can hate the man all you want but he has talent and is the best player in the NBA right now...

* 3-time NBA champion: 2000, 2001, 2002
* NBA Most Valuable Player: 2008
* 2-time scoring champion: 2006, 2007
* 10-time NBA All-Star: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

* Has started in each of his appearances
* 10 consecutive appearances (No All-Star game in 1999 due to league-wide lock-out)

* 2-time NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2002, 2007
* 10-time All-NBA Selection:

* First Team: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
* Second Team: 2000, 2001
* Third Team: 1999, 2005

* 8-time All-Defensive Selection:

* First Team: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
* Second Team: 2001, 2002

* NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 1997
* NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion: 1997
* NBA regular season leader in:

* points: 2003 (2,461), 2006 (2,832, 7th in NBA history), 2007 (2,430), 2008 (2,323)
* points per game: 2006 (35.4, 9th in NBA history), 2007 (31.6)
* field goals attempted: 2006 (2,173), 2007 (1,757), 2008 (1,690)
* field goals made: 2003 (868), 2006 (978), 2007 (813)
* free throws attempted: 2006 (819), 2007 (768)
* free throws made: 2006 (696), 2007 (667)

* 2nd most points in a Game: 81 (January 22, 2006 vs. the Toronto Raptors)