Friday’s poll: Who is the NBA player of the decade?

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The Sporting News named Kobe Bryant its NBA athlete of the decade on Thursday, causing some controversy among some basketball fans as to whether he deserves it. The four other prominent names mentioned are Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash and Shaquille O’Neal.

But what do you think? Does Kobe deserve the title? Or one of the other guys? Or maybe someone else?

Vote in today’s poll then leave a comment defending your vote.

--Houston Mitchell