Why didn't Kobe win Player of The Decade?

kobe should win it

Duncan 2 finals MVPs, Kobe 1. Duncan 2 regular season MVP's, Kobe one. Spurs 50+ wins every season this decade, while the Lakerrs fell to 34-48 and missed the playoffs completely the first season they handed the reins to Kobe. That stat alone proves that the Lakers early decade success, and three of Kobes four rings, were really won by the Shaq Daddy. Saying Kobe "won" 4 titles is like saying Horry "won" 7. Being a part of a championship team may get you a ring, but it doesn't mean you won anything. If often means that you were just lucky enough to be on the right team at the right time, and that's exactly what Kobe was for his first three rings.

hey hisashiH i dont agree with kobe winning the player of the decade or not, but your argument about wanting someone who "supposedbly" raped a girl as the player of the decade winning it, is just garbage because the player who won it (tiger woods) isn't really all that great either. look at all the commotion the guy is in now. so if you are saying that based on off-court(course) issues had to do with it then why did tiger win?

edit: BRANDON: duncan didn't have a shaq? you said he had tony, well in that case wouldn't you say that tony would be in kobe's shoes and that tim would be the shaq? you are awful at making arguments.

another thing if anyone deserved to win athlete of the decade, it should have been lance armstrong. the guy won how many races and all after fighting how many types of cancer? sure duncan and kobe are among the worlds greatest athletes but they play in a team sport so its hard to just put all the attention on just one player. because without shaq kobe wouldn't have won those rings in the begining of the decade, and vice-versa. without david robinson or tony parker, tim wouldn't have won those championships.

Because Duncan has done more for his team. He also hasn't had the off court trouble Kobe has. Kobe is the better player, but Duncan is a better franchise cornerstone than Kobe. If Kobe acted in the early years the way he does now he might have one.

dude are you like 6! Duncan was great. he's really old now but still better than kobe is in his prime. If you played with the lakers you would seem like crap considering that the lakers are a good team. Kobe hasn't won a title without another real Star. Tim duncan did have tony parker though. But tony isn't anything like shaq.

oh boy, right here come yet another pointless debate that in simple terms isn't agreed upon, at first i've got not got a topic with the winner yet I additionally sense that Duncan could have actual gained yet he's no longer the main conventional participant ever, and to a lesser quantity i think of Shaq could have gained too. yet that's a fan vote and that's base completely on attractiveness and if it replaced into in simple terms on accomplishment then i think of Duncan might have side Kobe out.Duncan in view that he been in the league has no longer ignored the playoffs mutually as kobe and the Lakers the 300 and sixty 5 days after Shaq left did no longer make the playoffs. yet like I stated i'm no longer ask your self with the outcomes. 2d, how are you able to assert kobe replaced into the two substantial to those championships, the two you probably did no longer watch those playoffs and finals or you're blind. He ruled those finals and not purely with the help of scoring yet with the help of blockading photos and conserving the paint, he replaced into grabbing maximum persons of the rebounds and he command the double team that enable Kobe and different be open for their photos. i'm unlikely to assert Kobe did no longer make a contribution to those championships yet Shaq replaced into the beast lower back then and subsequently the mvps of those finals went to Shaq and not Kobe. 0.33 their are a pair of clarification why Shaq replaced into traded. that's elementary math, whilst The Lakers misplaced to the Piston that's whilst Kobe began to take maximum persons of the photos and Phil Jackson in his very own phrases had to commerce Kobe till now that 3 hundred and sixty 5 days yet besides Phil replaced into no longer coming lower back, Shaq and Kobe have been kinda no longer getting alongside you will discover that Shaq misplaced slightly of his dominance and that they had to in fact decide between the two, Now the alternative is Shaq who replaced into 31 who command that extensive revenue and probably could be waiting to play 2 greater 3 hundred and sixty 5 days at a rather severe point or Kobe who replaced into 25 who revenue could be much less and you're able to be able to save for approximately 10 greater years. in case you do the mathematics it replaced into uncomplicated.

tim duncan was a beast.... i mean he plays consistent every night....

kobe is the best player in the nba right now... but that doesnt make him player of the decade...

think about this.... kobe doesnt win the 06 mvp and many others.... why? because he obviously wasnt seen as the mvp but he was seen as the best player... its confusing

cuz duncan has had a more solid career for the decade. tim duncan hasnt had a losing season the whole decade. i really believe lakers were lucky to get pau gasol, also trevor ariza was a big part of the championship win.

answer

MVPS

Kobe: 1

Duncan: 2

Finals MVP:

Duncan: 3

Kobe: 1

and the spurs if i recall in the big dance aka the finals have either won it easily or well earned... unlike a 40 plus point thrashing the other got (yes we all forgot that because they won last year... *sigh* :P)

awards and decoration its pretty much even i guess... i give duncan the edge though

other than that.... its not always about accolades and scoring 81 points or what ever duncan has been quietly humbly performing.... i hate to say it but even at his age right now the spurs are still considered contenders by some because of him... i hate the spurs but because of timmy d i gained respect for them...

plus havent heard any off court problems with duncan...

seriously.... man

would YOU want a guy charged (even if not proven guilty) with rape be the player of the decade?

must have been an awful decade for basketball then? :P

kobe is the most loved and most hated basketball player in the world.