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Most Valuable Player: Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant smiles during a news conference after being named the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, with his daughters Natalia, left, and Gianna, is congratulated by team owner Jerry Buss after receiving the National Basketball Association's most valuable player award Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) Los Angeles Lakers basketball coach Phil Jackson, right, congratulates Kobe Bryant after Bryant won the NBA's most valuable player award Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) The National Basketball Association's most valuable player, Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, left, prepares to depart the stage with Lakers coach Phil Jackson following a news conference Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant reacts to a question from a teammate during a news conference after receiving the National Basketball Association's most valuable player award Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant holds the NBA's Most Valuable Player trophy before Game 2 against the Utah Jazz in an NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff basketball series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, center, holds the NBA's Most Valuable Player trophy surrounded by his teammates before Game 2 with the Utah Jazz in an NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff basketball series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terril) Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant holds the NBA's Most Valuable Player trophy before Game 2 with the Utah Jazz in an NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff basketball series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) NBA Commissioner David Stern presents Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant with the NBA's Most Valuable Player trophy before Game 2 against the Utah Jazz in an NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff basketball series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, right, kisses his daughter Gianna as his wife Vanessa and other daughter Natalia watch on after he got the NBA's Most Valuable Player trophy before Game 2 against the Utah Jazz in an NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff basketball series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) Actor Jack Nicholson shows off his MVP shirt as producer James L. Brooks, right, looks on before Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant recieved the NBA's Most Valuable Player trophy before Game 2 of an NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff basketball series against the Utah Jazz, Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)