NBA All-Star Game MVP Award is now the Kobe Bryant MVP Award

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The MVP award for the NBA All-Star Game is now the Kobe Bryant MVP Award, according to an announcement by Commissioner Adam Silver

on Saturday.

"Kobe Bryant is synonymous with NBA All-Star and embodies the spirit of this global celebration of our game," Silver said."He always relished the opportunity to compete with the best of the best and perform at the highest level for millions of fans around the world."NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced today that the Kia NBA All-Star Game MVP Award has been permanently named for the late Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star who won a record-tying four All-Star Game MVP awards.

— NBA February 16, 2020 Bryant was an 18-time All-Star who won a record-tying four All-Star Game MVP awards, the NBA said. He was named All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009 and 2011. He was the youngest player to ever play in an All-Star Game at 19 years old in 1998.The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be presented on Sunday at the end of the 2020 All-Star Game in Chicago.

 

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This is like naming a mathematics award for Ted Kaczynski, the unabomber. In math, he was great but outside of math, he was a terror. He was/is a rapist. I don’t care how great he was and he was great and was generous in other ways but he is no different than Cosby.

Like 12hrs ago...CNN sucks

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