Thread: Kobe Bryant's Top 5 NBA players of all time.

“It’s not very difficult for me. I’d go Magic, Jordan, Bird, Russell and Jabbar.
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“I will say as the years go on people really forget how great Larry Bird was,” Bryant said. “He was ridiculous. And I grew up in LA — just like everyone else here — hating his guts. Dude — the guy was just money.”

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ba...205011601.html

Great list. I'm onboard
Though not in that order

Lebron James' list would go like this:

LeBron James
L. James
LBJ
LeBron J.
Me(as in LeBron James)











BTB, come out come out wherever you are.

Can't argue with the selections but Jordan would be number one.

I don't know for certain, but I don't think it was in any kind of order.

I'm pretty happy he said Bird. He's right, a lot of people seem to be forgetting about him. It surprised me that Kobe said that. Makes me like him a little more. He didn't even put himself in there.

Larry legend is top 3 of all time.

I'd put Duncan ahead of Russell.

Chamberlain was completely and utterly unstoppable. Didn't Russell win 11 Championships?

I've also NEVER heard Labron put himself above anyone.

Originally Posted by Ravage!!!

Chamberlain was completely and utterly unstoppable. Didn't Russell win 11 Championships?

I've also NEVER heard Labron put himself above anyone.

Have you ever looked at Chamberlain's numbers? They're ridiculous. He had a string of several years where he averaged about 30 points a game and 25 rebounds a game. Chamberlain averaged as many rebounds as Russel over his career, but averaged at least twice as many points. Statistically speaking, he was a better player than Russel.

Originally Posted by Ravage!!!

Chamberlain was completely and utterly unstoppable. Didn't Russell win 11 Championships?

I've also NEVER heard Labron put himself above anyone.

I've NEVER heard anyone say he did.

Sam Bowie... best of all time!

Originally Posted by dbfan2007

I've NEVER heard anyone say he did.

Refer to post #3 of this thread.

It's a hard list to make. When I first make the list in my head it's Jordan, Magic, Bird, Kareem and Russel/Wilt.

I wasn't around to watch Russell or Chamberlin so for me the best Center would be Hakeem. Holy shit, that guy could do it all and unlike a lot of the best Centers he had a deadly midrange game. His post up, turn around jumper from 8-12 feet was deadly.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

I wasn't around to watch Russell or Chamberlin so for me the best Center would be Hakeem. Holy shit, that guy could do it all and unlike a lot of the best Centers he had a deadly midrange game. His post up, turn around jumper from 8-12 feet was deadly.

He murdered Shaq in the finals. He fasted for religious purposes one night and went out the next game and dropped like 30 points on the other team. He's a class act and a good dude.

Originally Posted by King87

He murdered Shaq in the finals. He fasted for religious purposes one night and went out the next game and dropped like 30 points on the other team. He's a class act and a good dude.

That was the last generation of basketball that I truly enjoyed watching. I really liked Hakeem.