Lakers MVP Kobe Bryant joins The Specials on Jimmy Kimmel

NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers will join The Specials on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight. Bryant and his Lakers are less than twenty-four hours removed from winning their second consecutive NBA championship and their fifth during his tenure. The Specials are legendary pioneering band from the UK whose biggest hits included Ghost Town and Too Much Too Young. Kimmel hosted a Finals pre-game and post-game show last night which featured past Lakers great Kareem Abdul Jabbar among others. No official word yet whether Bryant will be joined by his victorious teammates including Pau Gasol (who some argue should have been Finals MVP instead) and Ron Artest (who promptly thanked his therapist last night after successfully overcoming anger management issues earlier in his career), or for that matter Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, who has thus far declined to state whether he’ll return in that role next season.

Lakers championship: celebs weigh in on Finals victory over Celtics

Tonight’s NBA Championship victory by the Los Angeles Lakers saw responses from several celebrities who had a rooting interest one way or the other. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan revealed that he was at the game, which he said was great for drama, but that he “didn’t like the end of the movie.” Pop star Colbie Caillat simply tweeted “Ahhhhh yeaaaaa Lakers!” while American Idol winner David Cook, known to be a Celtics fan, cleverly exclaimed “well… (expletive laden rant)” [his redaction not ours] and went on to say that Lakers-Celtics 2010 “was exciting to watch. congrats to both teams on a great series and season. get ‘em next year, Green!”