In MVP season, Kobe said that he wanted to be traded. Later, he proofed that he wanted the West to come back. Yet he didn’t acknowledge that he wanted to be exchanged. In 2007, he proved to be the youngest basketball athlete reaching 2,000 points. Despite the injury of his right finger, he still chooses to finish the game. Referring to the condition of his wound, he always said that he prefer to postpone the surgical procedure until the end of the season and the Beijing Olympic Games. The team medical staffs would check his wound every day.

At the beginning of 2008, Kobe decided to not to have the surgery to his finger. He helped the Lakers played the best record in the west. On May 6, 2008, Kobe was officially announced as the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. He didn’t get this title before. He announced that it has been a long ride, and I am so proud to represent this team and the city. Jerry told the public that Kobe had to get this trophy, he just hit a wonderful year again. West was not surprised at all. Besides the trophy of MVP, Kobe was the only one who got the full votes to enter the NBA best team. He had already received this title for three times contiguously and for six times in his whole NBA life. Afterward, he and his teammate Kevin played a key role in the NBA team. He got 52 votes including 24 first place votes. This is his eighth time to get in the NBA team. The Lakers is the first name in the playoff coming from the western competition. In the first game, he acted as the bait of the most of the time and in the final eight minutes he received eighteen-eight scores. The Lakers swept the Denver, and that made Denver the first fifty championships to be cleaned out of the first round of the playoffs. In the game with Jazz, Kobe received 38 scores to lead the Lakers in the winner place. But in the next two games the Lakers couldn’t beat their opponents. The Lakers won the next two games. At last, they won the semifinals. Their opponents in the final game are the Spurs. The Lakers had played with the Spurs for five times and got the chances to enter the NBA final game. This time Kobe had to fight alone without his teammate O’Neil. In the end, the Lakers just got the second place.

At the beginning of the 2008, the Lakers had a wonderful open with 7 winners. Kobe led the team refresh the history of NBA. When coming to the mid-December, the team had a record of 21 to 3. And he was named the Western Conference player of the month. In 2009, he got 27 scores, 4 secondary attacks and 4 backboards. And he and O’Neil got the MVP cup together.

Kobe also sacrificed himself to the charity activities. He found many ways to help the poor children. He spares no effort to contribute to the community. He is the official ambassador for Make-A-Wish Foundation, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Kobe also signed with China to establish a foundation. He hope the children can use these money to study.