Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol Named to All-NBA Teams
By Ryan Kane
NBA.com announced today that Kobe Bryant is a member of the All-NBA first team this season and Pau Gasol is a member of the third team.
Dwight Howard and Lebron James tied for the highest number of votes with 610 each. Bryant recieved 604 votes for the third highest total with Kevin Durant in fourth with 579. Dwyane Wade rounds out the first team with 520 votes.
Pau Gasol joins the third team at the foward position, making the Lakers one of only two teams having more than one player named to the three all-NBA teams.
The Phoenix Suns were the other team with two players named in the announcement- both Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire were named to the all-NBA second team with 366 and 239 votes respectively.