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This was the sixth straight win for San Diego0426 GMT the 30share BSE index was down 2288 avg 2006 154 hits 28 home runs 81 RBI's 59 walksChina Eastern's Hong Konglisted shares fell 4Jagr is eligible to return to the NHL next seasonThe Dodgers went on to beat the Pirates 96How rare is this picture of Kobe Bryant donning Laker purpleQuiteThe new lineup ofhard disk drive HDD including a half terabyte 2Eric Durand Copyright Business Wire 2009ldquoItrsquos frustratingrdquo Boller saidDirk- While not being a horrible defender, Dirk is certainly far from good. Nash- He is frequently abused by bigger, faster point guards all over the floor. Shaq- Four titles in five appearances as well as the three finals MVP awards gives him the slight edge here.2 Kobe- Four titles in six appearances is best on the list. He's second because he's only been the marquee player (aka MVP) on one title team.3 Duncan- Three tiles in three appearances Check Two finals MVP awards Check Arguably the best PF ever Check Never having another superstar around to help Check Even with all that, Kobe and Shaq have him beat here.4 Garnett- One title in one appearance It's a pretty steep drop off from three to four here.5 Dirk- One championship appearance 6 Nash- Nada. One Western Conference finals appearance, but that doesn't mean much when you are on this list. 1. Duncan- Two MVP's, Two finals MVP's, Ten All Star Games, Eight first team all NBA selections2. 
Shaq- One MVP, Three finals MVP's, Seven first team All NBA selections, ten all star games, Three all star game MVP's, one scoring title3. Garnett- One MVP, Four first team All NBA selections, Ten All Star teams, One All Star game MVP, Four time single season leader in rebounds per game5. Dirk- One MVP, Four first team All NBA selections, Eight All Star teams. So if we stricly do this via a point system and weight each category equally (Six points for first, 5 for second, etc) we find the results as follows-Shaq and Tim Duncan are the players of the decade with 19 points each.Garnett is third with 18 points.Kobe is fourth with 17 pointsDirk and Steve nash round out the top six with six points each.After adding these totals up I found myself thinking "Wow, even thought I really don't like Kobe, I'm surprised that I didn't find him to be the player of the decade." It's my opinion that because the early 2000's happened so long ago, we will have a tendency to sort of forget it. I'm sure many of you will come back firing that Kobe or Lebron is the best, but we have to look at an entire period to judge the best player of that time, not just the most recent five years.
When I looked back I found that the play of the big men was just too dominant to ignore.Although Shaq may be looking old, you can't overlook his sheer and utter dominance in the early and mid 00's. Duncan may not be as good as he was five years ago, but he consistently led his teams to titles throughout the decade.Anyway That's my take on this matter Hope you enjoyed it even if you don't agree.. (Adds bond issues details in A$ and US$) (For the latest Australia and New Zealand bond news, doubleclick on AU/CRD and then double click on the ID number) SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australia & New Zealand BankingGroup (ANZ.AX) has sold A$650 million of three-yeargovernment-guaranteed floating rate notes at 85 basis pointsover BBSW, the bank said on Friday. The offer included A$1.5 billion in fixed-rate bonds andA$1.1 billion in floating-rate notes The five-year notes mature on Jan 16, 2014 while thethree-year notes mature on Jan 16, 2012 Settlement is on Jan 16. ANZ and UBS jointly led the issue, with Citigroup as aco-manager. A total of 62 investors participated in the five-yearoffer, ANZ said.
