Kobe Bryant was on another level of locked in during this 5-year stretch. 🐍 In 2006, he went nuclear, averaging 35.4 PPG and dropping 81 points in one of the greatest individual games ever. He also became the first player since Michael Jordan to average 35+ for a season. In 2007, Kobe followed it up with 31.6 PPG, carrying a Lakers team that wasn’t expected to contend. He scored 50+ points in four straight games, including 65, 50, 60 and 50. In 2008, he finally got his MVP. Kobe averaged 28.3 PPG and led the Lakers to the best record in the West, then took them all the way to the Finals. In 2009, he turned the MVP season into a championship. Kobe averaged 32.4 PPG in the Finals against Orlando and won his first Finals MVP while capturing his fourth ring. In 2010, he did it again. He averaged 27.0 PPG, led the Lakers back to the Finals, and beat Boston in Game 7 to win his fifth championship. And somehow, through all of it, he made First Team All-Defense every single season. You...