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Woo Hoo – LA Lakers very own Kobe Bryant!

NBA Player of the Decade, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Kobe Bryant was selected out of six finalists for the award — a runaway vote!

The list of players, in order of votes are:

• Kobe Bryant (54%)
• LeBron James (17%)
• Shaquille O’Neal (13%)
• Tim Duncan (8%)
• Steve Nash (5%)
• Kevin Garnett (3%)

The original list included 12 prospective players, which also included Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd, Paul Pierce, Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitski. TNT analysts had a tough job of whittling the list down to the six above-mentioned picks.

TNT Analyst, Kenny Smith, noted that Allen Iverson should be on the list, while Lebron James hasn’t even been in the league for the entire decade. Lebron has been in the media so much and has been looked upon as a “Golden Child” that I guess he made the grade regardless. If he continues in his current fashion, he too will be taking home some prestigious awards himself — all in good time Lebron.

Fans voted via NBA.com and ultimately Kobe won taking his lion’s share of the vote — 54% to be exact.