Will Barton: The reason many former players rank Kobe ahead of LeBron

[IllegalD]

"I think with me, it's just, you know, what Kobe still stood for and represented as a basketball player, right? Obviously, you know, you got the five championships. And I think what players respect most about it is we feel like he took the harder route to get his championships, man," Barton said. "The two without Shaq hold a lot of weight. When you go to three straight Finals without Shaq, win two of them, and go back-to-back, that means something. Those two rings hold a lot of weight because he didn't have a super team"


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[1987_Lakers]

These same players have Iverson top 10.

[warriorfan]

I didn’t like Kobe really until the post shaq back to back. Before that I respected his game but wasn’t really a fan.

[iamgine]

It's ok if it's just about greatness. Many people ranked Bill Russell #1 GOAT based on his championships as the franchise player and that's fine. But if they're thinking that Kobe was a better player than Lebron, that's where it's delusional.