Kobe or LeBron. LeBron or Kobe. These days in the NBA as the season winds down, the chatter begins on final rankings, predicted matchups, but pale in comparison to the heated superfluous matter that is the Most Valuable Player debate. In reality, the award matters little and determines nothing in terms of playoff seedings, rankings, home court, points, rebounds, assists, or anything relevant to the game. But that will not stop the gossip juggernaut of sportswriters, sports show hosts, and the fans in the blogosphere.

Interestingly, the votes are in and the winner has come out of somewhere (Atlanta to be precise). Zaza Pachulia, a center making a mere $4 million dollars this year (compared to LeBron's $14 million and Kobe's $21 million), has been crowned MVP of the NBA.

When sportswriters were questioned after votes were tallied, facts surfaced that indicate that sportswriters were so flustered by indecision when it came time to send in their vote (most waited till the last minute), that they froze and just picked a random name. It so happens that Zaza Pachulia won the contest with 2 first-place votes, behind all the other players mentioned who received 1 first-place vote. The indecision apparently came from the inability to choose Kobe over LeBron, but also the inability to pick LeBron over Kobe. The writers just couldn't bring themselves to do either, and this was their way of abstaining. You might ask what their definition of abstaining is, and the jury is really still out on that one (what if the jury abstains...?).

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