Shaq being Shaq is why I’ve disliked HIS personality more than LeBron’s. I’ll never forget the Kobe Kobe how does my *** taste blast he thought it was fun to hit him with.
The Kobe disrespect has gotten out of control since his death, with him not here to defend himself. I don’t know the context of Shaq’s quotes here, but I’m sorry, he’s wrong, those guys he listed didn’t win where they were for a reason, it takes incredibly special and clutch players to win 3 in a row, back to back, etc, not just any other scoring guards. Bleacher Report putting Kobe at 11th all time also made me roll my eyes, to me he’s top 3, but objectively at worst I don’t see how you can put him outside the top 8.
If Shaq really said that I really don’t know what to say. Absolutely ridiculous. If Shaq would’ve been in shape like Kobe said a few years ago before he tragically died we would’ve won 10 championships. He never took the game seriously and just relied on his physical and athletic ability. Complete opposite of Kobe, who had a legendary work ethic and was working relentlessly to get better every season. No one ever talks about how Kobe was the closer during those championship runs because Shaq could not hit free throws consistently. Ask Spurs fans how great Kobe was (I’m from the area) they would’ve won 3-4 more rings if it wasn’t for Kobe and they were already competing with us every year for titles basically at our peak.
There’s been a lot of Kobe dissing lately by his contemporaries. Bunch of beta males who wouldn’t have had the guts to say any of this if he were still living.
And in line with that, Kobe was always about talking up his peers, his last tweet was congratulating LeBron on passing him in points I believe
It’s not truthfully arguable that he’s out of the top 5. I have him at 2nd, behind Jordan, but again, I only really believe in Greatest of each Generation.
I have it LeBron, MJ, Kobe, Kareem, and Magic. But it’s subjective. I think it’s very close. I think it’s insane that people don’t even have Kobe in the top 10. Laughable really.
For me its Jordan, LeBron and Kareem in that order, and then I really don't know how to order Kobe, Russell and Magic.
Another LeBron lover Why they all hate Kobe I understand that now it's slow summer,not a lot of going on..but still
not sure if leaving kobe off that list is a huge insult. bird, hakeem, and duncan aren't on it, either. it only bothers me when people try to lump kobe in with tmac or ray allen or pierce or harden or whatever. no. no sir. he's in the larry bird/tim duncan tier, which could be argued is the same as the one above but could also be argued is just a notch down.
I would argue that the ONLY guy on that list that Kobe couldn't school, is Wilt. He would still score 30+ on him, but would have to do it mostly from outside.