But why would anybody give Bryant credit for making his teammates better? Ahhh, the “Anybody but Kobe” attitude. Sorry, you can't use that excuse anymore! 6 Lakers had career seasons 4 in points and FG%, Bynum, Turiaf, Farmar, Vujacic Lamar in Rebounds and FG%, Gasol in FG%. In fact Gasol went from shooting .501% being the leader of one of the worst teams in the NBA to having a career high .589% playing 2nd option to Bryant. Derek Fisher is having the second best season of his career at 33 years old. And 3 Lakers are in the top 20 in 3pt field goal percentage while Bryant is leading his team in assists AGAIN. So let’s go over it. Points per game winner Kobe. Assists per game. winner Chris Paul True Shooting Percentage TS% each .576 Draw Defense winner by a landslide Kobe Rebounds per game winner Kobe Team Record winner Kobe Making their teammates play at a higher level winner Kobe Remember Kobe didn't have Bynum for 47 games, Trevor Ariza for 47 games, Vlad Radmanovic for 17, Luke Walton for 10 games and Pau Gasol missed 10 games.
Also, remember that the Lakers didn't have a starting center (Bynum or Gasol) for 30 games this season. Yet Kobe Bryant was still able to lead his team to the best record in the West. Paul plays with two other All Stars, West is just as important as Paul. Like I said, the Hornets went 11 and 19 without West last season. So the only stat or team success that Paul has over Bryant is Assists. Well, good for him! Did I mention that Bryant led his team to the best record in the most competitive conference in NBA history? Bryant is the only player in NBA history to lead a team to the best record in a conference with EIGHT 50 plus win teams while winning the MVP. Chalk up another record for #24 And I'm not the only one that feels Bryant is the MVP. 82 experts felt the same way. Last point. Kobe Bryant did it all with a torn ligament and broken finger in his shooting hand That STILL requires surgery.
Kobe is the MVP!!! Love it, Live it, Learn it!!! Because it's not going to change! . 15 Current Board Members Re-Elected for One-Year Terms DALLAS–(Business Wire)–AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today that, at the 25th annual meeting ofstockholders, 15 current board members were re-elected to the company`s board ofdirectors for one-year terms The board members are: ? Randall L Stephenson? August A Busch III? John B McCoy? William F Aldinger III? Jaime Chico Pardo? Mary S Metz ? Gilbert F Amelio? James P Kelly ?Joyce M Roché? Reuben V Anderson ? Jon C Madonna ? Laura D’Andrea Tyson ? James H Blanchard ? Lynn M Martin ? Patricia P. Upton Each board member won at least 79.5 percent of the shares voted. Based on preliminary results, AT&T stockholders voted to approve the followingitems proposed by the board of directors:* The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company`sindependent auditor, with 98.3 percent of shares cast in favor and 1.7 percentcast against. * An amendment to the company`s certificate of incorporation to increase thenumber of authorized shares of common stock from 7 billion to 14 billion, with82.3 percent of shares cast in favor and 17.7 percent against.
The vote in favorof this proposal represents 63.7 percent of outstanding shares. A majority ofthe outstanding shares was required to pass this proposal.The following proposals from stockholders were also put to a vote at themeeting:* A proposal recommending additional reporting of political contributions madeby AT&T, which was defeated by a vote of 68.2 percent of shares cast against to31.8 percent in favor. * A proposal calling for an amendment to the AT&T bylaws to allow holders of 10percent of outstanding common shares to call a special stockholder meeting,which was defeated by a vote of 50.1 percent against to 49.9 percent in favor. * A proposal asking AT&T to adopt cumulative voting for directors, which wasdefeated by a vote of 61.9 percent against to 38.1 percent in favor. * A proposal recommending an amendment to the AT&T bylaws to require anindependent lead director, which was defeated by a vote of 65.0 percent againstto 35.0 percent in favor. * A proposal calling for an advisory vote by stockholders to approvecompensation for named executive officers, which was defeated by a vote of 53.0percent against to 47.0 percent in favor.
* A proposal asking AT&T to exclude return on pension plan assets in determiningperformance-based compensation, which was defeated by a vote of 54.5 percentagainst to 45.5 percent in favor.When they are available, final results of voting will be posted on AT&T`s Website at About AT&TAT&T Inc (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiariesand affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services inthe United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world’smost advanced IP-based business communications services, the nation`s fastest 3Gnetwork and the best wireless coverage worldwide, and the nation’s leading highspeed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known forthe directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pagesand YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovatorsin such fields as communications equipment. As part of their three-screenintegration strategy, AT&T operating companies are expanding their TVentertainment offerings In 2009, AT&T again ranked No.
