Vote for Kobe as Athlete of the Year [Updated]
by Josh Tucker on Dec 7, 2009 1:45 PM PST
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PrintIn case you've missed this memo, voting is currently going on for 2009 Athlete of the Year. Kobe is on that list.
Why vote for Kobe? Leading his team to a championship (Kobe's 4th) and winning Finals MVP come to mind. So does starting off this season with a much improved post game, and currently ranking 4th in points in the paint.
Oh, and of course, there's another NBA star listed on the ballot. You know what to do.
UPDATE: Kobe is also up for Player of the Decade and other highlights on ESPN (click here to vote) and TNT All-Decade (click here, and also here and here for past votes). Make sure to vote in all of the above!
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What if I don't think he is though? j/k
By the way, when the Lakers win the title this year 09/10 and they win it again in 10/11 would that count as part of this decade? Just curious.
Either way, after Kobe gets his next ring (this year) that will stop all the arguments that this decade is and will belong to him. No doubt!
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess" - Kobe
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Dec 7, 2009 3:18 PM PST reply actions
uhh their in the next decade so no lol
haha well, they usually consider our 2000 title part of this decade even though that season was partly in 99’. But the 10/11 season is all next decade.
that makes
sense. I think it is counted the year the season ends and that is why we would get credit of 99-00 and not for 10-11.
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess" - Kobe
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Dec 7, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
well...
we go from Celtics ads on the sides of the page
to condom ads…stay classy SBNation :)
Leave Chad Billingsley alone!!!
I would never of noticed that..too funny!
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess" - Kobe
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Dec 7, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
I can't really vote for Kobe's all decade playoff dunk.
Baron Davis’ dunk over Kirilenko was just so brutal. I mean it was like all I searched to show people for a while. Just a ridiculous posterization.
I have to disagree with you there...
…maybe I’m a homer, but I’ve seen Kirilenko on a poster before. Up until that point, I didn’t remember seeing KG on one, and it was on the road, on two people, and the entire road crowd almost became Laker fans for the rest of the day just because of the viciousness of the dunk.
I have to give it to Kobe, though if it were about significance, it’d be the Shaq lob.
"I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber."
"Everything negative- pressure, challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise."
-Kobe Bryant
A mantra for all athletes.
Ok
We’ll just have to agree to disagree. They’re both good dunks. They’re my no.1 and no.2 so I treat them interchangeably, but if forced to choose I’d be hard-pressed not to choose the little man over the big man.
Little men dunking is what the NBA is all about.
But yes, we will agree to disagree.
"I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber."
"Everything negative- pressure, challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise."
-Kobe Bryant
A mantra for all athletes.
what the??
must have been deleted
pretty much almost everyone rejected the idea along with me.
Leave Chad Billingsley alone!!!
I think just maybe because me and someone else
don’t remember the name were going back and forth and altough it never got out of hand we were just going back and forth and it started to get a bit heated. Maybe I’m way off but I didn’t see why it should have been deleted. Oh Well! This isn’t my blog so it’s no big deal. The powers that be have the right to do what they want.
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess" - Kobe
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Dec 7, 2009 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Kobe’s dunk over KG wasn’t the most ferocious, but it was definitely the most difficult of the group. I forgot that was a playoff game.
Billy Mac: "Lamar, can you see yourself actually getting in the (boxing) ring"?
Lamar Odom: "No. My face is too pretty."
talk about acrobatics!
though, i think everyone should still vote on based on their own opinions, not just for kobe.
on a side note though, lebron gets 2 dunks?? Really, where there no better dunks in the playoffs in the past decade that they had to use 2 Lebron dunks?
That wouldn't be a poster
with KG on it. Its more like showing Kobe’s athleticism than anything. I say poster because he dunked over Kirilenko and it makes a good-looking picture. Not saying its the only time Kirilenko has been dunked on. Just that Davis’ dunk is what did it for me out of this group at least. Its just my opinion. I respect your opinion tho. They’re both good dunks.
wow what a tough choice. Lakers over Kings in game 7 or Lakers over Blazers in Game 7
and I chose Horry’s game winner over Fisher’s
and one more thing...
im surprised that the team of the decade was voted mostly the 99-00 team. I think it should’ve been the 00-01 team because they went something like, 15-1 in the postseason.
the entire vote makes me proud to be a Lakers fan having witnessed them all.
yeah
but the 99-00 team was 67-15
thats tied with the 2007 mavs
for the best seasonal record in this decade
in 2001 they won 56-26
but yeah that team certainly deserves consideration
if not for AI’s game 1 performance they woulda been perfect in the playoffs
(i remember that game a lot, especially when AI steps over Tyronne Lue)
Leave Chad Billingsley alone!!!
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