If he had to squeeze it out or needed CP3 Wouldn't that make CP3 the Mvp?
Nah that would just put him over the top. Kobe made the playoffs in the West with Chris Mihm and Smush Parker as starters, most people will never appreciate how incredible a feat that was in the 2000s Western Conference. Kobe with a halfway decent player in Pau got 2 ships, with CP3 he would have definitely gotten more rings than MJ.