  Kobe Bryant named NBA All-Star starter for 14th time February 3, 2012 - 11:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The NBA announced the starting lineups for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game with Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers named an All-Star starter for the 14th time in his illustrious career, and for the 13th consecutive season, SB Nation reported. Bryant received the most votes in the Western Conference, the fifth straight season he has led the conference in votes received. The 33-year old Bryant is leading the NBA in scoring this season at 30.0 points per game. Bryant has played in 12 All-Star games in his career, missing the 2010 contest with a sprained left ankle. Kobe is a four-time All-Star MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011) and with 244 career points in the midseason classic, he is 18 points shy of Michael Jordan's all-time All-Star scoring record. Kobe will be joined by teammate Andrew Bynum, who outpolled all other centers in the Western Conference by a wide margin. It is the first All-Star appearance for Bynum, 24, who is averaging career highs with 16.5 points and 12.1 rebounds per contest this season. Bynum is the 28th Lakers player ever to be named to an All-Star team. Bryant and Bynum will be joined by fellow Staples Center tenants Chris Paul and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers, who were also named starters, giving Los Angeles four of the five Western Conference starters. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder is the fifth starter for the West.  Top stories The IOC will decide which city will host the 2020 Olympics in a final vote on September 7, 2013 in Buenos Aires. From June 3-7, it will go to Northern Ireland and then the Republic of Ireland - the only country outside UK on the torch route. Beckham is acting as a special ambassador for the games and was involved in promoting London's bid to host it. To mark the start of the Olympic Torch Relay the British Embassy Yerevan opens graffiti on the wall of the embassy.   |  Latest news Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance  The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok.Cannes: TrustNordisk snaps up rights to Pierce Brosnan’s “Love Is All You Need” The film is a tale about a group of people all seeking love, about passion and happiness, about jealousy and loneliness. |
