jordan is a big business man...............one of the best sports has seen...............he is still making money out of nike....i think he owns part of nike......all image....... but ur image off court should not be dragged on-court when deal with individual basket ball talent on field.........oh well ...this is america.......image counts.....not skill..........bush had image and fame though there were so many better republical............still he got the candidancy............thus I wouldn't be susprise they won't vote Kobe for MVP............ though on-field....this years he is the best player on the court by far .....and this years MVP should go to this year's best player.....regardless of his team sucess........any way lakers weren't that bad though.............as experts have predicted.......