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[LALDynasty]

The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month presented by Kia Motors, respectively, for games played during the month of December.

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[Base]

Surprising, after the slow start Kobe and the Lakers had.

[Mo Rings]

What would be considered a fast start? 25-5 is about as good as it gets!

[Base]

What would be considered a fast start? 25-5 is about as good as it gets!

Lakers started December off with a loss to the PACERS, and went 7-4 in their first 11 games of December. In the 7 wins, only 2 were double digit wins. Kobe was doing good, but his team wasn't. I don't care if a player scored 81 in 5 straight games. If that team lost all 5 games, I wouldn't make him the player of the month. IMO the player of the month makes his team better along with their great performance. Remember, Kobe scored 41 in a LOSS and 28 in the 3 other game they lost in December. I don't know if you remember but there was much negativity leading to the Celtics game until they gave us a boost in confidence beating the Hornets by double digits. IMO Kobe deserved this award more in November where they went 11-1 (13-1 if you count the October games). In the 11-1 stretch Kobe was averaging 27.25 Points, efficient enough for his team to win. In December Kobe averaged 28.93 points a game, nearly 2 points more each game, BUT Lakers went 11-4. In November (including October) Lakers had 8 double digit wins. In December Lakers had 4 double digit wins. not saying this award isn't deserved, I just think he deserved it MORE last month

Edited by Base, January 02, 2009 - 03:04 PM.