Hansen's eyes also held a glimmer of anticipation.
MVP was the highest honor for a player, and no player wouldn't want to win it.
Of course, he hoped to secure it through ability, not media favor, like Kobe had done.
That would be much harder, but, as peaches are both sour and sweet, he hoped to pluck one as sweet as Kobe's.
When the cheers finally subsided, Kobe delivered his acceptance speech.
The first people he thanked were his family members, followed by the management, and lastly, and probably most importantly to him, his teammates.
"This is a team honor, not an individual one. It wasn't possible to achieve this through one person's efforts alone. CP3, Paul, Ron, sorry, I still prefer calling you that, we wouldn't be number one in the league without you, and I wouldn't have had such an amazing season. I must thank them, my brothers, my partners, we won the MVP together."
