Kobe Bryant leads everybody in All-Star voting; Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol getting attention

Dec. 10, 2009 11:52 AM PT

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Lakers guard Kobe Bryant leads all players in All-Star voting, the NBA announced today in its first balloting update.

Bryant has 692,518 votes and is a virtual lock to play in his 12th All-Star Game.

Lakers center Andrew Bynum (299,484 votes) is second among Western Conference centers, trailing Phoenix’s Amare Stoudemire by about 148,000 votes.

Lakers forward Pau Gasol (280,758 votes) is third among West forwards, trailing Denver’s Carmelo Anthony (588,958) and Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki (366,300).

The All-Star Game is Feb. 14 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Voting ends Jan. 18.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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