Kobe is the shit. (People still enamored with guys retired from the NBA years ago should repeat that to themselves a hundred more times…)

Any arguments that claim Kobe Bryant ain’t the best ever yet should now be over the moment he successfully led the Los Angeles Lakers to their 15th NBA championship. He has done it all now. He already has his MVP award including a brand new NBA Finals MVP trophy to go with the four NBA championship rings he won with the Lakers. And since he still has that freakish 81-point game to boot, yes, Kobe is the shit.

Kobe, the best closer in the game, finally won his fourth NBA championship ring, his first one as Tinseltown’s premiere star, when the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic, 99-86, in Game 5 to clinch the title in five games.

The Orlando Magic really had no chance against this Lakers team already salivating of getting the title back to L.A. as early as last year. You see, when the Boston Celtics ended their season back in Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals in Boston, the Lakers made sure they will make the most out of another trip to the NBA Finals. Well, it didn’t take them long for them to play for the title again and unfortunately for the Magic, they were just standing on the Lakers’ way, waiting to be roadkill.

There’s no question that Kobe Bryant has now done it all, establishing himself as the best baller not only of our generation but of all time. I mean, who else could’ve pulled off what this guy has done the last few years? He went from the top of the mountain with Shaquille O’Neal to the very bottom in 2004 after being charged with rape. Then, an 81-point performance, a number change and an MVP-season later, the guy is once again an NBA world champion.

You can’t write a better Hollywood script than that.

What’s even scarier is the fact that Kobe Bryant ain’t even done yet. I mean, the guy is still at the prime of his career and he’s not defecting to baseball like this other guy did. And with the young core of players the Lakers have right now, this team should be a force to be reckon with for years to come.

Yep, the remaining Michael Jordan fans out there should just deal with the guy’s GREATER greatness.

Which team will win the 2010 NBA Finals? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the early odds.

Los Angeles Lakers 5-2

Orlando Magic 7-1

Boston Celtics 5-1

Denver Nuggets 12-1

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