I still think people don't give Kobe his due credit for the 3 peat playoff run because he played with Shaq and Shaq got all the Finals MVP's.
He beat San Antonio, no DESTROYED San Antonio by himself in 01 and did the same thing to the Kings.
vs San Antonio
45 pts 10 rebs
28 pts 7 rebs 6 asts
36 pts 9 rebs 8 asts
24 pts 11 asts
vs Sac
29 pts 4 rebs 5 asts
27 pts 9 rebs 5 asts
36 pts 7 rebs 4 asts
48 pts 16 rebs 3 asts
Kobe is legit the 2nd best player I have ever seen and I'm not so sure that if he had gotten playing time from the start that he wouldn't be the best.
And Kobe was their closer