Brian Scalabrine: Kobe is top 15-25 player of all time

[Versa]

1. Jordan
2. Kareem
3. Magic
4. Bird
5. Duncan
6. Shaq
7. Hakeem
8. Kobe
9. Lebron
10. Wilt

Edit: Forgot Russell. Hmmm, who should be removed for Russell?

 

[Da King]

He's right, 15-20 probably where I'd place him

 

[King Poetic]

Top 10 period....

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

 

[RedBull]

Truthfully when it comes to this, the goal posts are moved in an unfavorable way for Kobe. Regardless of what the other players of the past and present have said, people will take Scal's word for gospel now concerning his opinion. Notice how he didn't speak about Kobe's rings without Shaq. Not a huge Kobe fan but let's be fair. He deserves top 10..

 

[MoneyTron]

LeBron, Shaq and Kobe in but Dream has to sit out?

Hakeem never had the continued success of those three. There were other centers that were considered better than him multiple times during his career. Can't really say the same for the other 3 at their positions.

Hakeem had a 2-3 year stretch where he was damn near unstoppable though.

 

[RedBull]

how can you be the goat and only have 1 mvp
that means u werent even the best player in the league for THAT YEAR
much less all time

Shaq has only one MVP, while Nash has TWO. People get robbed of MVPs all of the time.

 

[MoneyTron]

I have a feeling Kobe said some foul shyt to this dude mid game.

 

[gho3st]

nikkas making new comments on some "that never happen" sht..




Bill Simmons wiped this comment from his mind right after he was told this...chalk it up to Wooden being senile

 

[Sccit]

kobe aint even the goat to play for his team

ACCORDING TO ALL THE OTHER GOATS WHO PLAYED FOR THIS TEAM HE IS

 

[Sccit]

I think Kobe is top 15 but it's funny how when it fits some of yalls argument its "hes a former/current player he knows what hes saying" but when you don't like the opinion you try and throw shade. As if him being a role player makes a difference he was still a player. Fact is dude has his opinion, no need to let that get under your skin if hes not showing blatant disrespect.

THATS BECAUSE ALL THE GREATS RESPECT KOBE AND RANK HIM AS TOP 5, SOME GOIN AS FAR AS CLAIMIN HIM GOAT.. WHILE ONLY LOSERS LIKE JON BARRY AND SCALABRINE TRY N DISCREDIT KOBE, BECAUSE THEY ARE NATURALLY BETA MALES WHO CANT HANDLE KOBES ALPHA NATURE.. THATS WHY THEY ALSO RELATE MORE WIT LEBRON, ITS THE PECKING ORDER OF NATURE..THE WEAKSAUCES STICK TOGETHER

 

[Sccit]

Kobe is better than Oscar or Jerry West

But lol at saying that he's on another level than duncan, shaq and bron.

Duncan is still playing effective, they are taking paycuts and sacrificing for that team while kobe is still with that same score first mindset, that's why they couldn't sign free agents and even ran that bytch ass dwight outta town. Like nelly said who the fukk wants to play with kobe. They should be so glad they stole that well mannered submissive gasol outta memphis. Otherwise #24 would have been in chicago complaining to that cheap ass owner for not building a great team around him.

ANY1 WHO RANKS LEBRON IN THE SAME CLASS AS THE TOP-TIER GREATS AUTOMATICALLY LOSES

 

[Sccit]

I'm not here to debate where Kobe ranks all time. Don't really care. He's the best player I've watched since Dream.

But I do think Scal has some serious dislike towards Kobe. Last week he said this on the show he does with Frank Isola. I don't care that he said it but what bothered me was when he tried to say that Kobe was solely responsible for the break-up. I called in the show and corrected him and told him to read Madmen's Ball so he can know how it really went down.

HAHAHA BASED ON THAT THREAD I POSTED A COUPLE MONTHS BACK? MY FICCA

 

[Sccit]

You are one of the first and only people who i have ever heard say that.

LMAO NO HE NOT

 

[Sccit]

This is the problem with trying to use rings to measure dominance. If I asked you to name the 2 or 3 most dominant years of Kobe's career, you wouldn't include 2000-2002 and you might not include 2009-2010 either. More likely you would go with the 2006-2008 range where he had more individual success than team success.

ITS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS. THERES MORE THAT FACTORS INTO GREATNESS THAN U REALIZE.