Now that Kobe is finished....

[SexSymbol]

Lebron's a beast. Much better stats and already has the same amount of Finals MVPs. Only thing Lebron is missing is those extra sidekick rings of Kobe's.

Magic:
5/3/3>>>>5/2/1

Duncan:
5/3/2>>>>5/2/1

Shaq won the majority of Kobe's rings for him. Much more dominant in his prime.

Hakeem has the same amount of Finals MVPs. Bird too. Both have a good case against Bryant.

Lack of respect for legends of the sport you love will get you nowhere.

Kobe's peak and dominance are incredibly underrated.

[DMV2]

#1-#7: MJ, KAJ, Wilt & Russell, Bird & Magic, Duncan
#8 Shaq
#9 LeBron
#10 Hakeem
#11 Kobe

[Warfan]

Ranked somewhere between 9-11 with Bron and Hakeem

[FlashDwyaneWade3]

#1-#7: MJ, KAJ, Wilt & Russell, Bird & Magic, Duncan
#8 Shaq
#9 LeBron
#10 Hakeem
#11 Kobe

How is Kareem and Bill Russell top 7 when Kareem rode Magic Johnson's coattails for those 5 NBA Championships and Bill Russell shot 44% and had a stacked him to make up for his poor shooting?

[Knoe Itawl]

1. MJ
2. KAJ
3. Russell
4. Magic
5. TD
6. Shaq
7. Bird
8. Wilt
9. Lebron
10. Hakeem

[Artillery]

Lack of respect for legends of the sport you love will get you nowhere.

Kobe's peak and dominance are incredibly underrated.

Kobe's peak=going 0-2 against Steve Nash. Very impressive.

[PickernRoller]

Top 10 for sure most have Kobe ranked in 5-9 range. I personally have him ranked #6 where he should be.

^This.

Top 6.

[DetroitPistonFan]

Kobe's peak=going 0-2 against Steve Nash. Very impressive.

And Jordan's peak = 0-3 against Isiah Thomas and the Pistons.

[Artillery]

And Jordan's peak = 0-3 against Isiah Thomas and the Pistons.

Pistons were a championship calibre team. Ended up winning two titles(should have been three if not for Isiah's injury in game 7 during the '88 Finals). Nash's Suns never even made the Finals.

[stalkerforlife]

Top 5 all time, IMO. However, he has to be top 10 to any unbiased person with great knowledge of the game.

Most ever first team ALL-NBA selections. Most ever first team ALL-DEFENSE selections. 5 rings. Back to back finals MVP awards. 30,000+ points and counting. Etc. Etc. Etc.

Top 5.

[shrempf_on_rice]

The reality is Kobe will go down as a top 10 when it's all said and done. Doesn't matter what someone on ISH is saying today...

But for what it's worth, I have him at 7-8.

[TheMarkMadsen]

Kobe hater logic:

"Kobe played on good teams"

Ok so what about MJ, Russell, KAJ, Wilt, Duncan, Shaq, Bird, Magic & Duncan

"Kobe didnt win FMVP for every chip, those rings don't count"

Ok so what about KAJ, Duncan, Bird, Shaq & Wilt

[Big_Dogg]

Kobe hater logic:

"Kobe played on good teams"

Ok so what about MJ, Russell, KAJ, Wilt, Duncan, Shaq, Bird, Magic & Duncan

"Kobe didnt win FMVP for every chip, those rings don't count"

Ok so what about KAJ, Duncan, Bird, Shaq & Wilt

[Cold soul]

Kobe hater logic:

"Kobe played on good teams"

Ok so what about MJ, Russell, KAJ, Wilt, Duncan, Shaq, Bird, Magic & Duncan

"Kobe didnt win FMVP for every chip, those rings don't count"

Ok so what about KAJ, Duncan, Bird, Shaq & Wilt

[GoSpursGo1984]

Perfect example why LeBron >> all

carried scrub teams and he won FMVP for all

Yeah because Hall Famers like Allen and Wade and an All Star player in Bosh are scrubs. Typical Lebron stans threw his teammates under the bus to make Lebron look better.