Sporting News Poll: Who Is The NBA Athlete Of The Decade: Kobe Or Duncan?

[duncan228]

Hit the link to vote.

Who is the NBA athlete of the decade: Kobe or Duncan? (http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/article/2009-08-05/who-nba-athlete-decade-kobe-or-duncan)

Sporting News magazine is preparing to name our athletes of the decade in each of the seven sports we cover: NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, college football and college basketball. And we want your input, as well. Cast your vote below and check out the results in an upcoming issue of the magazine.


The results at the moment, 1739 votes in.

Kobe Bryant 1003 58%
Tim Duncan 736 42%

[DJB]

Vote that shit up

[lefty]

Wtf

[xtremesteven33]

2 MVP's
4 Titles
3 Finals MVP's


Duncan over Kobe right now....

[Nathan Explosion]

How is this even a contest. One played second banana to the most dominant player at the time. The other lead a franchise to the best winning percentage of the 4 major league teams since he arrived.

One toiled in mediocrity once dominant big man left. The other hasn't missed the playoffs once, and has bowed out in the first round only once.

Finally, one nearly ripped a team apart, while the other has done everything (from taking less money on a contract to taking a backseat offensively in the Finals when another player have a HUGE matchup advantage) to keep the team together.

[Thompson]

Kobe is not the athlete of the decade over Duncan; that's ridiculous.

Someone help me throw the poll, I keep deleting cookies and voting again, but I'm seeing 2 more votes for Kobe for every 1 vote I add.

[Russ]

Interesting question by ESPN --NBA athlete of the decade?

Not NBA player of the decade. Or NBA MVP of the decade.

Does the question suggest the answer (as is so often the case with polls)?

[Nathan Explosion]

I threw in the "Duncan has a higher winning percentage than Shaq and Kobe" argument. Don't think Kobe lovers will buy it. Stats can be misleading, but winning isn't one of them. Duncan wins games. He's so good, he got Gino and Parker in the top 15 of all time when they didn't belong.

[duncan228]

Someone help me throw the poll, I keep deleting cookies and voting again, but I'm seeing 2 more votes for Kobe for every 1 vote I add.

Same here. It counted my first vote, but even with cookies cleared I haven't gotten it to count another one.

I put it in the Duncan forum too so as many people see it as we can raise here.

[duncan228]

Results at the moment:

Kobe Bryant 1056 56%
Tim Duncan 831 44%

[peskypesky]

I just put Duncan ahead.

[Knoxxx]

Same here. It counted my first vote, but even with cookies cleared I haven't gotten it to count another one.

I put it in the Duncan forum too so as many people see it as we can raise here.

I'm going to go ahead and reinstall windows so I can get another vote in for Tim.

:lol

[peskypesky]

I'm going to go ahead and reinstall windows so I can get another vote in for Tim.

:lol
:lmao

[cobbler]

Kobe is not the athlete of the decade over Duncan; that's ridiculous.

Someone help me throw the poll, I keep deleting cookies and voting again, but I'm seeing 2 more votes for Kobe for every 1 vote I add.

So sad.

I would vote for Duncan over Kobe as of now in their careers. With that said, I also think Kobe will end up with the better resume when it is all said and done. Time will tell.

But to go to the extreme of cheating to raise the numbers in a poll. Wow... simply pathetic and ohhhh so insecure. :bang

[mrcoon29]

Kobe Bryant 1192 49%
Tim Duncan 1237 51%

[duncan228]

I'm going to go ahead and reinstall windows so I can get another vote in for Tim.

:lol

:lmao


I voted. How long with this last?

It doesn't say anywhere I can find.


Go SpursTalk:

Kobe Bryant 1198 48%
Tim Duncan 1306 52%

[honestfool84]

KB 47%
TD 53%

:tu

[cobbler]

I wouldn't call it cheating, I'd call it making sure the right player wins by any cost.

Whatever. However you spin it.... it's pathetic regardless.

[peskypesky]

Not really. I find people who take time to call other people pathetic over things that are not really pathetic are pathetic.

But thats just my opinion.

I think people who have opinions are pathetic.

[Phenomanul]

...

[Sense]

As much as I know Duncan deserves to win this poll.... I'm surprised he is.

[peskypesky]

So by that logic people are pathetic? I agree.

the Buddha has no opinion.

[Sense]

Kobe Bryant 44%
Tim Duncan 56%

[Brazil]

Question: Who is the NBA athlete of the decade?


Kobe Bryant1210 (http://www.learnmyself.com/personality.asp?p=poll-results&qp=14627xAEcd6B29#s1)44%

Tim Duncan1550 (http://www.learnmyself.com/personality.asp?p=poll-results&qp=14627xAEcd6B29#s2)56%

2760 Responses in 1 days.

[peskypesky]

Did you know him personally? I think he died around 2500 years ago.

the Buddha cannot die. the Buddha is waiting inside each of us.

[duncan228]

They had no clue what would happen when SpursTalk got in on this. :)

[CubanMustGo]

Kobe Bryant: 1232 41%
Tim Duncan: 1748 59%

[johnnyblues]

It's now:

TD: 60%
KB: 40%

They won't know what hit 'em.:ihit

[ElNono]

This thread reminds me of how Yao Ming got into every All Star game since he got into the league...
Anyways, back to voting.

[DAF86]

They had no clue what would happen when SpursTalk got in on this. :)

:lol SpursTalk fucking owns, this will teach them not to fuck with us.


And the poll is pathetic, it should be Duncan vs Shaq.

[DAF86]

This thread reminds me of how Yao Ming got into every All Star game since he got into the league...
Anyways, back to voting.

The difference is that Duncan deserves to win this.

[ElNono]

The difference is that Duncan deserves to win this.

No question about it.

[peskypesky]

The difference is that Duncan deserves to win this.

:toast

[z0sa]

The difference is that Duncan deserves to win this.

When Yao is handwritten into the All-star game by many Chinese fans this year, it will be his most deserving yet.

[amman]

When Yao is handwritten into the All-star game by many Chinese fans this year, it will be his most deserving yet.

Haha so true.

Wow, ST is just owning this poll, I wonder what they are gonna think when they see so much traffic coming from here... anyway [delete cookies]

Kobe 1261 36%
Tim 2217 64%

[peskypesky]

I didn't know Buddha and Wilt Chamberlain has that in common. I ran into Wilts ghost the other day at the palestra.

:toast

[Udokafan05]

64%- Duncan 36%- Kobe The poll is where it should be.

[dc_spursfan]

Kobe wasn't even considered the best guard in the first hall of the decade.

[BOHOLANO#21]

Come on, let's get Timmy to 80%!!! GAMETIME -- HOOP!!!!!!!!

yup. i'll TD for two hours everyday.:lol

[peskypesky]

I look at the stonecutter hammering away at his rock,perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two,and i know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before...

[SouthTexasRancher]

It's now Duncan with 68% and Kobe with 32% and over 4,000 votes counted so far.

[duncan228]

Wow. When I posted this there were 1739 votes in. Now there are 4283. It's gone from 58% Kobe to 68% Duncan.

Go SpursTalk.

[BOHOLANO#21]

LET'S GO TD! i'm using two PC tonite to vote:lol

[antimvp]

Lance Armstrong

[Sean Cagney]

Looks like LITTLE MOUSEY is mad on the board with his posts later on with a link. Oh well FUKK HIM.... F the Mavs and Mousey, go SPURS and TIMMAY!

[duncan228]

Is that really mouse or someone imitating him?

[peskypesky]

LET'S GO TD! i'm using two PC tonite to vote:lol

you're a maniac! lol

[Sean Cagney]

Is that really mouse or someone imitating him?

WHo knows, either way dude saying damn Spurs can't beat the Mavs anymore is a flat out joke, we are atleast 2nd best right now in the West. That could move up though if the Spurs gel.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Kobe 32%
Timmy 68%

good job guys!

[peskypesky]

There's still work to be done.

:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit

:toast

:flag:

:lmao

[Blackjack]

Duncan 70%

Kobe 30%

This really should be between Tim and Shaq.

[duncan228]

Taking advantage of mouse or whoever it is linking the thread:

Welcome to any Duncan/Spurs fan who may find SpursTalk from the Sporting News poll. Join the board and join the Duncan Mini Forum. :)

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/group.php?groupid=7

[Blackjack]

Taking advantage of mouse or whoever it is linking the thread:

Welcome to any Duncan/Spurs fan who may find SpursTalk from the Sporting News poll. Join the board and join the Duncan Mini Forum. :)

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/group.php?groupid=7

:lmao

[Baseline]

Duncan 70%

Kobe 30%

This really should be between Tim and Shaq.


Exactly. Championships are a measuring stick, but in the modern NBA, Finals MVPs have to be strongly considered. Anybody who seriously equates Bryant's contribution to the three Laker titles from 2000-2002 to the first three Spurs titles with Tim is absolutely off their rocker. there's no comparison whatsoever.

Look up the stats Shaquille put up in those three Finals. He averaged something like 34 and 16 over the course of all three. Bryant coattailed him.

Tim has never coattailed anybody.

[j-money24]

Duncan only has 3 rings this decade.. Kobe is the Player of the decade.

[Greg Oden]

Wilt Chamberlain is the player of the decade.

[Greg Oden]

^^^^Not the decade, but he he the best player of all time.

It's ok to be wrong I guess.

[j-money24]

Duncan was the leader on all three teams and he won back to back MVPs.

Kobe on the other hand was Shaq's Robin the early part of the decade.

Kobe was a Superstar in those Championship years too. You put Duncan instead of Kobe on that team and he would still be second fiddle to Shaq too. You guys give no credit to Kobe, he was a very important piece on that team. You can't say Lakers shaq would have still won championships if you replace kobe with another guard, Shaq-Kobe was a great geat Duo, one of the greatest if not the best.

Shaq-Kobe was pretty much the team.

[honestfool84]

Shaq-Kobe was a great geat Duo, one of the greatest if not the best.



http://mcaaron.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/jordan-pippen_19971.jpg

[Nathan Explosion]

Duncan only has 3 rings this decade.. Kobe is the Player of the decade.

By that logic, Shaq has 4 rings this decade and 3 Finals MVPs. So is Shaq the player of the decade?

Oh wait, but Tim has a higher winning percentage than both Shaq and Kobe. So he's the player of the decade.

Either way, Kobe loses.

The list is really Shaq and Duncan. Kobe doesn't enter the discussion because Shaq was the best player on the Lakers teams (has the Finals MVPs to prove it) when they 3-peated and Duncan has won more than both Kobe and Shaq.

[duncan228]

Duncan was the leader on all three teams and he won back to back MVPs.

Don't forget the Finals MVPs. :)

[Nathan Explosion]

Shaq-Kobe was a great geat Duo, one of the greatest if not the best.

Shaq-Kobe was pretty much the team.

First off, Shaq was the dominant force. He has the hardware to prove it (3 Finals MVPs).

Second, Shaq-Kobe isn't even the best Lakers duo ever. Have you heard of Magic-Kareem or do you think the Lakers history dates back to 2000?

[Greg Oden]

phila_chamberlain, how old are you? Did you watch him play? A fella like myself is old enough and i know first handedly he's not the best ever.

[Nathan Explosion]

Don't forget the Finals MVPs. :)

2 MVPs, 3 Finals MVPs, a Regular season winning % of .712 (ridiculous) and a postseason winning % of .631.

Oh yeah, and when Duncan gets to the Finals, he finishes the job. A perfect 1.000 when he gets to the Finals.

[Greg Oden]

64.

How is he not the best ever?

I have gotten into this argument before many times and I have won every time.

I have browsed these forums and seen you get your chode bloaded in this argument.

[honestfool84]

64.

How is he not the best ever?

I have gotten into this argument before many times and I have won every time.

i don't think wilt was the best.

he was a head taller than everyone...and there were only, what, 12-16 teams back then?

it's easier to be a dominant force when there are less players and teams.

[migs21]

latest result...


Kobe Bryant
1448
30%
Tim Duncan
3429
70%

[Nathan Explosion]

i don't think wilt was the best.

he was a head taller than everyone...and there were only, what, 12-16 teams back then?

it's easier to be a dominant force when there are less players and teams.

Or it was harder to be the best because the talent wasn't diluted so those 12-16 teams were ridiculously stacked.

[Greg Oden]

Or it was harder to be the best because the talent wasn't diluted so those 12-16 teams were ridiculously stacked.

. . . stacked with ymca players.

[Greg Oden]

how many 50+ year olds get contract offers?



Me.


Besides, I'm just fucking with you. I must say however it is very interesting to read someone's takes with the opinion that Wilt is the best. Do you know where that other thread is?

[Nathan Explosion]

. . . stacked with ymca players.

How many HOFers did the Celtics teams that defeated Wilt have?

Right now you're showing your ignorance in regards to NBA Wilt played in.

[Nathan Explosion]

How many of them would be in the hall of fame if they played in today's game? Or didn't play together?

Conjecture. Fact is, Wilt played against them, and they're in. You all forget Wilts was an absolutely amazing athlete to boot. He was a collegiate high jump champion, and became the best volleyball player in the world after he retired, WHEN HE WAS IN HIS 40's.

People try to diminish Wilt's accomplishments by saying he never won, completely forgetting how loaded those Celtics teams were. I've heard a counter saying that Wilt played with HOFers as well, but those Celtics teams produced something like 8 or 9 HOFers. Absolutely ridiculous.

[Nathan Explosion]

Bob Cousy could basically be today's Steve Nash. A very flashy guard who could run the fast break like no one else. Bill Sharman was a great outside shooter and could pull off a small guard game.

KC and Sam Jones were two players that could play in todays game as well. Havlicek could play in today's era easily.

Don't forget Russell. Russell had the bball IQ to hang with anyone in addition to the physical tools.

[Nathan Explosion]

But the question is... would they be in the hall of fame?

No, the question is, Are they in the Hall of Fame. The short answer, yes. To ask anything else is pure conjecture.

[Nathan Explosion]

I don't think anyone doubt's Russell would be a player in today's game. I was just throwing out some names that people would not think of.

Some people doubt Wilt could play in today's game, so I can never assume anyone would think Russell could play. I mean seriously, if you can score 100 points in an NBA game, you can ball a little. And if you have more rings than fingers, you can ball a little too. Yet you have people saying that the competition was inferior and therefore, the accomplishments don't translate as well.

I'm young (27) but I'm not stupid. Unfortunately, you can't say the same for a lot of NBA fans these days. People who think that today's game is the best have no sense of history, even recent history. For every Dwight Howard and Amare you have Hakeem and DRob (athletically speaking for all the following players). For every Kobe you have Jordan. For every Lebron there's Shawn Kemp and Karl Malone.

And I only went back 15-20 years. I didn't even mention the 70s and 80s players, guys like Bird, Magic, Dr. J, Gervin, Moses Malone, and of course, Kareem, to name a few to say the least.

[HarlemHeat37]

I really, REALLY hate when people argue against old timers, and ignore the HUUUUGE advantages that today's players have in EVERY way..training, transportation, financially, knowledge from learning from past players, and you can keep going..

today's players have incredible advantages over them..you can't compare players in the past and ignore that, it isn't fair to them..

[Nathan Explosion]

I'm fairly certain I could have been a factor during that time period. lol That's 100% honest too. I've seen the footage. These marginal players would get destroyed by today's NBA. Shaq would have obliterated Russell.

I think you're completely missing the point. Russell was a smart player. He admits that Wilt had the physical tools to destroy him, but Russell was much smarter and used it to his advantage to the tune of 11 rings.

Just because Shaq is new doesn't mean he's the best. Remember what Phila and myself said about Russell as an athlete.

[Nathan Explosion]

I really, REALLY hate when people argue against old timers, and ignore the HUUUUGE advantages that today's players have in EVERY way..training, transportation, financially, knowledge from learning from past players, and you can keep going..

today's players have incredible advantages over them..you can't compare players in the past and ignore that, it isn't fair to them..

Don't forget the rule changes. As great as Jordan was, can you even imagine how dominant he'd be today with the hand checking rules?

Once he figured it all out and got past the Pistons, he was unstoppable (ask Patrick Ewing and about 3 other Knicks). Throw in the rule changes and he could be 2-3 times better than he was, as amazing as that sounds.

[Nathan Explosion]

What people don't understand is that back then it was hard to be a player. The pay was low the conditions were bad and that's not even talking about game play. The old Boston garden used to be filled with smoke during games! The players wore old converse all stars, not nikes. The game was much more physical and defensive oriented. There was little flash in the game because it was fundamentals. The players of the 60s had all around games. They could pass shoot score defend and rebound. The game wasn't soft like it is today. If a player got slapped on the way up half the time it wouldn't be called. Today you can't touch the player with the ball, back then if a block attempt hit your forearm then too bad. It kept the game at a fast pase and made players tougher. Shaq back in the 60s would be pretty beastly, but people don't understand that Wilt was actually stronger than Shaq.

I think the question should be, with all the differences in rules, which players could play back then and handle the physicality?

Shaq and Duncan immediately spring to mind (Shaq for his strength and Duncan for his fundamentals). However, there are a lot of perimeter players who don't like the contact and cry whenever they're touched or fouled hard.

Gino, Parker are unafraid of hard contact. Dwayne Wade is the same way.

Anyone else? It's late and I'm getting tired so any omission isn't on purpose.

[cobbler]

I just love these guys talking about how players like Wilt couldn't play in todays game. Especially the morons who are not even old enough to have seen them play. Sports will always evolve and the players will always get better, bigger, stronger etc. The point is, at the time they played, they excelled. If you took Wilt out of a time machine and put him in today's NBA, he would make the current crop of centers look like fools. Take him out of the time machine and in addition give him the advantages players have today with nutrition, training, facilities etc and the gap would be even wider.

Phila_C brought up how Wilt played pickup games after he retired. He played many of those in Pauley Pavillion at UCLA. On one occasion, as Magic reiterated, they were playing and Magic called a cheap foul on Chamberlin. Wilt says, you will not score another basket. Magic, as hard as he tried, and one of the greatest in his prime, was blocked on every shot attempt thereafter. Not some.... EVERY.

All you who diminish the hall of famers who come from earlier eras and created the environment where players today have benefited have no clue.

I suppose in 40 years you will be saying Duncan could never play in todays NBA and diminish all his accomplishments. Oh maybe after 40 years you might actually have taken a step out of your fishbowl and realized what an ignorant fool you used to be.

[cobbler]

gotta love this one too..

"When challenged, Wilt could do almost anything he wanted. In 1961 a new star named Walt Bellamy came into the league. Bellamy was 6-foot-10, and was scoring 30 points a game. First time they played against each other, they met at half court. Bellamy said, 'Hello, Mr. Chamberlain. I'm Walter Bellamy.' Chamberlain reached for Bellamy's hand and said, 'Hello, Walter. You won't get a shot off in the first half.' Wilt then blocked Bellamy's first nine shots. At the start of the second half Wilt said to Bellamy, 'Okay, Walter. Now you can play.'"

[crc21209]

Kobe was a Superstar in those Championship years too. You put Duncan instead of Kobe on that team and he would still be second fiddle to Shaq too. You guys give no credit to Kobe, he was a very important piece on that team. You can't say Lakers shaq would have still won championships if you replace kobe with another guard, Shaq-Kobe was a great geat Duo, one of the greatest if not the best.

Shaq-Kobe was pretty much the team.

Kobe missed the Playoffs altogether in 05', and got knocked out in the 1st round TWO years in a row in 06' AND 07'. Duncan has NEVER missed the Playoffs, and had never been knocked out in the 1st round up until this past Season. Kobe, has also lost 2 Finals this Decade (04' and 08') in embarrasing fashion. Duncan is undefeated in the Finals (4-0) and also has 3 Finals MVP's to Kobe's 1. Shall I keep going? :flag:

[Rapper]

Kobe??

Come on, please

[Texas_Ranger]

I'd rather see Shaq in that pool and no Kobe.

[AnthonyM]

LMAO! This is great, I went out tonight and before I did it was like 1000 to 700 in favor of Kobe and I come back home and its 3500 to 1500 in favor of TIMMAYYYYYYY!

Rightfully deserved....

:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[mabrignani]

haha do you guys think that the increase of votes for duncan was done by us here at ST?

Here are the current vote counts:
Kobe Bryant
1498
30%
Tim Duncan
3495
70%

[Texas_Ranger]

:lol @ mouse and his comments there.

[Dr Cox]

gottem coach




cox out!

[hater]

this is retarded. should be Shaq vs Duncan with Duncan winning by a small margin

[rascal]

Kobe missed the Playoffs altogether in 05', and got knocked out in the 1st round TWO years in a row in 06' AND 07'. Duncan has NEVER missed the Playoffs, and had never been knocked out in the 1st round up until this past Season. Kobe, has also lost 2 Finals this Decade (04' and 08') in embarrasing fashion. Duncan is undefeated in the Finals (4-0) and also has 3 Finals MVP's to Kobe's 1. Shall I keep going? :flag:

1999 is not considered part of the last decade.

[CubanMustGo]

Cumbe is making a comeback, keep voting!

Kobe Bryant 1836 33%
Tim Duncan 3651 67%

[Kobe™]

Voted for Timmy.

[duncan228]

Current results:

5626 votes

Kobe Bryant 1924 34%
Tim Duncan 3702 66%

[portnoy1]

its got to be Kobe, he is an obviously better athlete. Better Player part is debatable but not athlete.

[hater]

its got to be Kobe, he is an obviously better athlete. Better Player part is debatable but not athlete.

you are missing the point. by your logic the winner of the poll should be James White

[kace]

its got to be Kobe, he is an obviously better athlete. Better Player part is debatable but not athlete.

better athlete ? who cares ? there are dozens of better NBA athletes than kobe in the last decade.

[withcheese]

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Start at 0:26.

That's Wilt (36 yo) bitching Kareem (25 yo), swatting the shit out of his "unblockable" Sky Hook twice, once while it's at its apex. You fools who think that kind of athleticism and timing wouldn't translate to the modern game need to rethink your silly little opinions.

[UnWantedTheory]

Kobe is not the athlete of the decade over Duncan; that's ridiculous.

Someone help me throw the poll, I keep deleting cookies and voting again, but I'm seeing 2 more votes for Kobe for every 1 vote I add.

Its obviously rigged. :flag:

[UnWantedTheory]

Give me some Timmy on this one....

[Galileo]

Just voted.

Duncan is down to 63% but still way ahead.

What a joke. Kobe does not stand in Duncan's jockstrap.

[Galileo]

Poll: Should the Tim Duncan Movement be recruited into the Ron Paul Movement?
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=204311

[honestfool84]

uh oh. looks like the laker fans on here caught on to the idea and recruited their own laker friends to do likewise...for kobe.


now it's a matter of who is most popular.


Kobe Bryant
4236 52%
Tim Duncan 3881 48%

[duncan228]

Poll: Should the Tim Duncan Movement be recruited into the Ron Paul Movement?
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=204311

Fun stuff Galileo. Since you mentioned ST and the Political Forum could you throw in a word for the Duncan Forum? :)

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/group.php?groupid=7

[peskypesky]

get off yer arses and vote, people!
:flag:

[tmtcsc]

Duncan...of course. Numbers show it right now. The guy won with a different line-up for every Championship.

[Spursfan092120]

Tim Duncan - 5437 votes 52%
Kobe Bryant - 4973 votes 48%

[BOHOLANO#21]

i voted 200 times tonite. pls. spend some minutes to vote people!

[j-money24]

Wow Spurs Fans. Seems like this voting means a lot to you guys.

[Nathan Explosion]

Mouse is like that kid who tattles on everyone. "The Spurs are cheating. I'm telling." It's so funny.

[duncan228]

I'm not convinced it's mouse.

[phyzik]

Has anyone posted this on Spurs report? They can add some votes right?

I've never been there so I don't know how active it is.

I dont think Bot AI is intelligent enough yet to access another link and cast a vote.

[duncan228]

Currrent results. 11281 votes in.

Kobe Bryant 5698 51%
Tim Duncan 5583 49%

[SouthTexasRancher]

Wow Spurs Fans. Seems like this voting means a lot to you guys.


And it doesn't to you Laker fans? Looks like you guys are hitting the submit button for the rapist, fast and furious!

[mystargtr34]

:lol something must be going on. The poll had like 1000 votes in the first day. Now its up to 11000 2 days later.

[AnthonyM]

Currrent results. 11281 votes in.

Kobe Bryant 5698 51%
Tim Duncan 5583 49%

Wtf? That was an hour ago and now it's 7093 to 5595 in favor of Kobe...:bang

[024]

7100 to 5596 with duncan losing. need more votes for duncan.

[Sisk]

we are getting raped by kobe

zing!

[SpursWench21]

stupid kobe...TD deserves this shit! Funny thing is, TD probably wouldnt give a shit if he heard about this...he'll just prove it on the court the way it should be and the way he's used to. He wipes his ass with this poll. Spurs fo' life!!

[bigfish22]

2 MVP's
4 Titles
3 Finals MVP's


Duncan over Kobe right now....

Do you guys know what "of the decade means"? Not last ten years. DECADE! 2000-2009. 1 championship and 1 finals mvp is not eligble for discussion in this topic. Please see past your own bias.

[Sisk]

Do you guys know what "of the decade means"? Not last ten years. DECADE! 2000-2009. 1 championship and 1 finals mvp is not eligble for discussion in this topic. Please see past your own bias.

tim duncan won 1 championship from 2000-2009?
:huh

am i missing something here?

[phyzik]

Jesus fucking christ.... Its been 4 fucking pages and no one has said this shit yet?

ITS A FUCKING POLL (read: a popularity contest)

ON ESPN

WHERE HOMER FANS VOTE

It wont count for shit when its all said and done. History will speak for itself and so far History has Duncan ahead by miles.

[Sean Cagney]

Duncan will win a title and maybe Finals MVP this year, the first to five! YEP.

[Sean Cagney]

stupid kobe...TD deserves this shit! Funny thing is, TD probably wouldnt give a shit if he heard about this...he'll just prove it on the court the way it should be and the way he's used to. He wipes his ass with this poll. Spurs fo' life!!

Yeah he will just fukkin laugh and then go out and win THE FUKKIN TITLE THIS YEAR, thats how he will deal with it, winning.

[Spurm]

The Tin Man Better than Kobe??

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Stupid dumbasses...

Kobe is Much much better than the boring Duncon..
Live with it bitches mother fuckers!

[honestfool84]

The Tin Man Better than Kobe??

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Stupid dumbasses...

Kobe is Much much better than the boring Duncon..
Live with it bitches mother fuckers!


if you can prove it, i'll believe you.

[Sisk]

The Tin Man Better than Kobe??

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Stupid dumbasses...

Kobe is Much much better than the boring Duncon..
Live with it bitches mother fuckers!

who's Duncon? Kobe probably is better than Duncon







Duncon

[cobbler]

Wtf? That was an hour ago and now it's 7093 to 5595 in favor of Kobe...:bang

Kobe is more popular than Tim. It's that simple and it's that meaningless... well except for the goobers that go to the length of deleting cookies etc so they can vote multiple times in a meaningless poll. Yikes! :bang

[peskypesky]

The Drive for 5! Who will get that 5th ring first? Tim, Shaq or Kobe? Should be an exciting goddamn season. I'm predicting one of the greatest seasons EVER.

[AnthonyM]

Kobe is more popular than Tim. It's that simple and it's that meaningless... well except for the goobers that go to the length of deleting cookies etc so they can vote multiple times in a meaningless poll. Yikes! :bang

True. It is more of a popularity contest. Also, deleting cookies doesn't work or allow you to vote more...don't know why everyone thinks it does...

[Brutalis]

Duncan is having a great showing. That makes me smile. Any poll such as this is bad for Duncan as he is not a media pony.

[duncan228]

We all knew that Duncan was never going to win a popularity contest against Kobe. I'm just happy we made a dent.

Currently:

13330 votes in.

Kobe Bryant 7563 57%
Tim Duncan 5767 43%

[Thompson]

Kobe is more popular than Tim. It's that simple and it's that meaningless... well except for the goobers that go to the length of deleting cookies etc so they can vote multiple times in a meaningless poll. Yikes! :bang

If it is meaningless (it is fairly meaningless, I agree) why do you care if we waste our time messing with it?

[rayray2k8]

Duncan has done more in his career than Bryant, but Kobe will be the popular vote. Hell, I even bet that if you replace Kobe with
Lebron, James would win as well.
It's BSPN. What did you expect?

[Galileo]

It is not really a popularity contest.

Rather, more people live in southern California than in San Antonio.

[Kobe™]

trying to help Timmy out. .

[cobbler]

If it is meaningless (it is fairly meaningless, I agree) why do you care if we waste our time messing with it?

Where in my post did you come up with that I care? I find it amusing is all. I could care less what you do. Knock yourselves out!

[duncan228]

13330 votes in.

Kobe Bryant 7563 57%
Tim Duncan 5767 43%

Slight change.

13591 votes in.

Kobe Bryant 7628 56%
Tim Duncan 5963 44%

[eyeh8u]

someone tell the people in China about this poll, if bruce bowen can almost go to the all star game because of them, then tim can with because of them

[dbestpro]

As someone said ealier this poll, this is an issue of popularity and is just about the volume of people in LA vs SA. LA county has 9.8 million, Bexar County has 1.6 mil. If Kobe is not ahead at least 3:1 or 4:1 then he statically is a loser.

In the end the real scientific poll done by Forbes shows Kobe is the least liked player in the NBA. He may be a great player, but the NBA will be better off once his arrogant ass is off the court.

[timtonymanurich]

Duncan: '00-'10 --- 3 Reg.Season MVP's, 3 Finals appearances 3 Trophies 2 FINALS MVP trophies.

Kobe (the BRAT): '00-'10 --- 1 Reg Season MVP, 5 Finals appearances 3 trophies piggy-backing Shaq; 1 on his own, 1 Finals MVP.,

Because Timmy means more to his team, and is the consumate professional and everything Kobe isn't, (and I'm already counting this years trophy here and now for Timmy and the Spurs) Player of the Decade by a landslide goes to Tim Duncan. Stats and accolades mean everything when you're giving an award like this. Gratefully, Kobe ends up on the short end of the 'stick'..... I wonder how many young white girls (especially in CO) can say the same about Kobe the Adulterer!!!
:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:
:flag::flag::flag::flag::flag:

P.S. ya know what's even MORE astounding??? Tim Duncan has accomplished more in his career than Kobe and LeBronda COMBINED!!!

[Thompson]

Where in my post did you come up with that I care? I find it amusing is all. I could care less what you do. Knock yourselves out!


So sad.
But to go to the extreme of cheating to raise the numbers in a poll. Wow... simply pathetic and ohhhh so insecure. :bang


well except for the goobers that go to the length of deleting cookies etc so they can vote multiple times in a meaningless poll. Yikes! :bang

For someone who "...could care less..." (I never understood that particular phrase, shouldn't it be 'couldn't care less'?) you sure rag on people a lot. Not to mention you're more likely to 'knock yourself out' banging your head into a brick wall so much over something you supposedly don't care about. If you didn't care, you wouldn't post in this thread 6 times.

[Blackjack]

duncan: '00-'10 --- 2 reg.season mvp's, 3 finals appearances 3 trophies 2 finals mvp trophies.

Kobe (the brat): '00-'10 --- 1 reg season mvp, 6 finals appearances 3 trophies piggy-backing shaq; 1 on his own, 1 finals mvp.

fify

[ohmwrecker]

The question is who is the athlete of the decade. There is no denying that Kobe is more physically more "athletic" than Duncan, but in every other aspect of what it means to be a professional athlete, Duncan is far superior to Bryant. No question about it.