Kobe Bryant Named The NBA Player Of The Decade

Mixtape Assassin · 09-27-2009, 05:56 AM

The Sporting News (SN) named Lakers guard Kobe Bryant the NBA Player of the Decade Thursday (September 24), saying he's the only player in the "history of the sport" who is has "hell bent" on improving every off-season as Kobe.

Kobe was up against the San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan for the honor, taking it with just 55% of the voting over the Texas center. However, Duncan was named Player of the Year twice by SN, back in 2002 and 2003, while Kobe only earned the honor once in 2008.

Here's the two players' numbers in comparison:

Bryant: 28.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 5.2 apg, one MVP, four titles
Duncan: 21.2 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 3.3 asp, two MVPs, three titles

Even Shaq weighed in, saying he had never played with some "as fierce" as the Lakers superstar:

"The thing about Kobe is that, over the course of my career, I have never played with anyone who was as fierce as he is. By fierce I mean just having that extra killer instinct that you know when the game is on the line he is not going to shy away from the big shot, he is not going to make excuses. If we would go into the fourth quarter, playoffs or just some game in the season and we were within a little bit of the other team, Kobe was not going to shy away from the challenge of getting the win. He was going to take the shots."

And here's Kobe's memory of the past decade:

"This year meant a lot. We won a championship. It was satisfying, very satisfying, because we put in a lot of time and effort to fix things and get better. It's a great memory. I feel that we just had such a great team, such a fun team, from our chemistry to the way we executed. We went through some years and years of frustration to get to that point."

ballerstatus.com

WC AllStar · 09-27-2009, 02:35 PM

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Mixtape Assassin · 09-29-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by WC AllStar

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^^^^^^^^^^^

on a side note why everyone duckin this thread??

WC AllStar · 09-29-2009, 07:38 PM

YoUnG CaLi · 10-06-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WC AllStar

^^^^^ yo ziz...I think this is why everyone is ducking this thread....

heat27 · 10-06-2009, 03:43 PM

is this thread about kobe cause i dont see any haters in here :(

r the days of the kobe hatin comin to a end

YoUnG CaLi · 10-06-2009, 04:23 PM

Look @ that starting 5.....fisher kobe artest gasol bynum.....then odom vujacic farmar...I'm expecting adam morrison to play better as well as shannon brown.....if the lakers woulve picked up 1 more big man, like a decent big man off the bench...75 wins easy....I see 68 wins for the lakers this upcoming season...

WC AllStar · 10-06-2009, 06:30 PM

nope ^^^

Odom is startin.. Bynum comin off bench

Da Real Deal · 10-06-2009, 09:13 PM

So Odom gonna start at the PF position?

WC AllStar · 10-06-2009, 09:35 PM

Yung_Rich · 10-06-2009, 10:28 PM

Lebron got 2k10-2k20

WC AllStar · 10-06-2009, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Yung_Rich

Lebron got 2k10-2k20

Yung_Rich · 10-06-2009, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WC AllStar

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
yo b stop killin dreams

Shady23 · 10-07-2009, 04:33 AM

So if they don't get 68 wins that means they suck?

heat27 · 10-07-2009, 10:23 AM

^^^^^^yes

Shady23 · 10-07-2009, 11:36 AM

hey have fun with Braylon dropping passes for the Jets. Finally got rid of the last Browns bust draft picks.

1.Courtney Brown
2.Gerrard Warren
3.Tim Couch
4.Kellan Winslow
5.Braylon Edwards

heat27 · 10-07-2009, 12:23 PM

^^^^^nice :)

but mark sanchez still a rookie
he hasnt proven alot to me yet :(
he need time to learn

jets defense is awesome tho

hey fun with ur 0-4 record
grandpa shaq
and no baseball playoffs for cleveland

;)

Cynic · 10-16-2009, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shady23

hey have fun with Braylon dropping passes for the Jets. Finally got rid of the last Browns bust draft picks.

1.Courtney Brown
2.Gerrard Warren
3.Tim Couch
4.Kellan Winslow
5.Braylon Edwards

Football is that way >>>>>

shady23 admit it. Kobe is the Gawd.

YoungArty · 10-17-2009, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heat27

^^^^^nice :)

but mark sanchez still a rookie
he hasnt proven alot to me yet :(
he need time to learn

jets defense is awesome tho

hey fun with ur 0-4 record
grandpa shaq
and no baseball playoffs for cleveland

;)

grandpa shaq

lmao

Kidss · 10-23-2009, 06:11 PM

naw dude Kobe Aint shit you need to check yo self before say somethin stupid like this.But I'll tell you who the real Player of the Decade Is It's My boy Lebron James.

Aceis²FresH. · 10-24-2009, 07:13 PM

Yep .

heat27 · 10-25-2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kidss

naw dude Kobe Aint shit you need to check yo self before say somethin stupid like this.But I'll tell you who the real Player of the Decade Is It's My boy Lebron James.

lebron been in the nba for 6 years
that not even a decade and he has no titles
but he the player of the decade and kobe aint shit :(

u need to check urself

Lil TraVieSo · 10-26-2009, 01:31 PM

i wonder what the haters gon pick to hate on tis year. the can't say he can't win without shaq no more. They gon start sayin he don't got 6 championships like MJ i guess now lol

CMD-POLOCK · 10-26-2009, 01:34 PM

im not a lakers fan**coughs**(celtics

)...but IMO Kobe is the best player since Jordan....

09-27-2009, 05:56 AM	#1
Mixtape Assassin Mixtape Assassin Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Denver Motherfuckers Posts: 2,640 Repped: 383 Repped 4,577 Times in 474 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Neg Reps: 18 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 8 Posts	Kobe Bryant Named The NBA Player Of The Decade Kobe Bryant Named The NBA Player Of The Decade The Sporting News (SN) named Lakers guard Kobe Bryant the NBA Player of the Decade Thursday (September 24), saying he's the only player in the "history of the sport" who is has "hell bent" on improving every off-season as Kobe. Kobe was up against the San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan for the honor, taking it with just 55% of the voting over the Texas center. However, Duncan was named Player of the Year twice by SN, back in 2002 and 2003, while Kobe only earned the honor once in 2008. Here's the two players' numbers in comparison: Bryant: 28.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 5.2 apg, one MVP, four titles Duncan: 21.2 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 3.3 asp, two MVPs, three titles Even Shaq weighed in, saying he had never played with some "as fierce" as the Lakers superstar: "The thing about Kobe is that, over the course of my career, I have never played with anyone who was as fierce as he is. By fierce I mean just having that extra killer instinct that you know when the game is on the line he is not going to shy away from the big shot, he is not going to make excuses. If we would go into the fourth quarter, playoffs or just some game in the season and we were within a little bit of the other team, Kobe was not going to shy away from the challenge of getting the win. He was going to take the shots." And here's Kobe's memory of the past decade: "This year meant a lot. We won a championship. It was satisfying, very satisfying, because we put in a lot of time and effort to fix things and get better. It's a great memory. I feel that we just had such a great team, such a fun team, from our chemistry to the way we executed. We went through some years and years of frustration to get to that point." ballerstatus.com __________________ check out mixtape-assassin.com & hiphop-corner.com

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heat27 EHNY for life Join Date: May 2006 Location: BRONX,NY Posts: 7,719 Repped: 925 Repped 1,508 Times in 741 Posts Neg Reps: 152 Neg Repped at 154 Times in 120 Posts	is this thread about kobe cause i dont see any haters in here :( r the days of the kobe hatin comin to a end __________________

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WC AllStar Mr. Solo Dolo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: I.E. Posts: 4,406 Repped: 1,903 Repped 894 Times in 287 Posts Neg Reps: 102 Neg Repped at 30 Times in 24 Posts	nope ^^^ Odom is startin.. Bynum comin off bench __________________

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YoUnG CaLi datalkofcali Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoUtH CaLi Posts: 3,936 Repped: 165 Repped 560 Times in 319 Posts Neg Reps: 24 Neg Repped at 97 Times in 75 Posts	Look @ that starting 5.....fisher kobe artest gasol bynum.....then odom vujacic farmar...I'm expecting adam morrison to play better as well as shannon brown.....if the lakers woulve picked up 1 more big man, like a decent big man off the bench...75 wins easy....I see 68 wins for the lakers this upcoming season...

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Da Real Deal Most Likely To Succeed Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chicago Illinois/Jackson,MS Posts: 4,987 Repped: 892 Repped 2,800 Times in 612 Posts Neg Reps: 178 Neg Repped at 150 Times in 102 Posts	So Odom gonna start at the PF position? __________________

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Shady23 That's what she said Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bundy House Posts: 5,661 Repped: 128 Repped 152 Times in 85 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 10 Posts	So if they don't get 68 wins that means they suck? __________________

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heat27 EHNY for life Join Date: May 2006 Location: BRONX,NY Posts: 7,719 Repped: 925 Repped 1,508 Times in 741 Posts Neg Reps: 152 Neg Repped at 154 Times in 120 Posts	^^^^^^yes __________________

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Shady23 That's what she said Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bundy House Posts: 5,661 Repped: 128 Repped 152 Times in 85 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 10 Posts	hey have fun with Braylon dropping passes for the Jets. Finally got rid of the last Browns bust draft picks. 1.Courtney Brown 2.Gerrard Warren 3.Tim Couch 4.Kellan Winslow 5.Braylon Edwards __________________

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heat27 EHNY for life Join Date: May 2006 Location: BRONX,NY Posts: 7,719 Repped: 925 Repped 1,508 Times in 741 Posts Neg Reps: 152 Neg Repped at 154 Times in 120 Posts	^^^^^nice :) but mark sanchez still a rookie he hasnt proven alot to me yet :( he need time to learn jets defense is awesome tho hey fun with ur 0-4 record grandpa shaq and no baseball playoffs for cleveland ;) __________________

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Kidss Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bloomington Posts: 380 Repped: 0 Repped 34 Times in 26 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 21 Times in 16 Posts	naw dude Kobe Aint shit you need to check yo self before say somethin stupid like this.But I'll tell you who the real Player of the Decade Is It's My boy Lebron James.

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Aceis²FresH. \|Negate the E-hate.\| Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: └A. Posts: 3,660 Repped: 618 Repped 1,952 Times in 296 Posts Neg Reps: 14 Neg Repped at 6 Times in 6 Posts	Yep . __________________

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Lil TraVieSo i lean like a gringo Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: From the 310 to the 714 Posts: 966 Repped: 52 Repped 294 Times in 60 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 2 Posts	i wonder what the haters gon pick to hate on tis year. the can't say he can't win without shaq no more. They gon start sayin he don't got 6 championships like MJ i guess now lol __________________ WELL IF MY TIME HAS COME THEN I AIN'T GONNA RUN I'D RATHER DIE ON MY FEET THAN ON MY KNEES LIKE A PUNK(STOMPER-HARD TIMES)

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CMD-POLOCK Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Camden, NJ Posts: 1,504 Repped: 663 Repped 750 Times in 221 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 8 Times in 6 Posts	im not a lakers fancoughs(celtics)...but IMO Kobe is the best player since Jordan....

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