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  <title>SI Players NBA Poll: Which player would you least like to have on your team?</title>
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        <body>Kobe is there simply because he is a selfish player and probably half the time he doesn't even realize he has teammates.</body>
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        <body>Kobe is there because he is a ball hog and simply doesn't know he even has teammates.</body>
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        <body>This is joke right, you place Kobe Bryant in the same category with these players, shows how jealous some NBA players are, I mean Kobe seriously may not be a warm and fuzzy Like other players but neither was Jordan, but I am sure you would not have put him on this list, I mean MJ punches people in practice, talks about how he carried pippen for years. It is crazy that he would be on this list.</body>
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        <body>I wonder how many knicks players picked Stepon--Given that 22% of all NBA players picked him.</body>
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        <body>Kobe would (and does) throw his teammates under the bus in a heartbeat.  A more revealing survey would show who of the voters have actually played with the guy they voted for. 

I'm surprised Erick Dampier wasn't on the list.</body>
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        <body>Why is Kobe on there?</body>
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        <body>I don't want any ballhogs on my team.</body>
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        <body>Did the poll let Shaq vote for Kobe more than once?</body>
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          <body>Anyone  who said Kobe simply does not want to be pushed to be a champion!! for the 5% that voted Kobe see the other names on the list</body>
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        <quoted-text>Anyone who said Kobe simply does not want to be pushed to be a champion!! for the 5% that voted Kobe see the other names on the list</quoted-text>
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        <body>HOMER SCHMUCK</body>
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        <body>Artest is on there 'cause everyone's terrified of him.</body>
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  <body>&lt;div class=&quot;photo_container image_right&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/26921/stephone-marbury.3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Stephone-marbury&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which player would you least like to have on your team?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephon Marbury&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Celtics&lt;/em&gt; G.....22%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ron Artest&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Rockets&lt;/em&gt; F.....9%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Jackson&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Warriors&lt;/em&gt; F/G.....5%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kobe Bryant&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Lakers&lt;/em&gt; G.....5%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gilbert Arenas&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Wizards&lt;/em&gt; G.....5%&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[Based on a survey of 190 NBA players]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FAST FACTS: Poll was completed before Boston claimed Marbury on waivers last  week.... Tracy McGrady tied for fifth; with him out with a knee injury, the  Rockets had gone 8&amp;ndash;1 at week's end.... Jackson has been on five  teams in his nine-year career.... Arenas hasn't played since signing a  six-year, $111&amp;nbsp;million deal last July (knee surgery); in '06&amp;ndash;07 his 1,548 shots  were fourth in the NBA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is an NBA poll from the March 9, 2009 issue of &lt;em&gt;Sports  Illustrated&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's your take on this poll?&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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