Originally Posted by
Goat Milk
If you actually watched all those guys on your list play, you can't sit here and tell me they are better than Kobe Bryant. Everyone except Jordan couldn't do many of the things Bryant could do. The man had more in his arsenol, offensively and defensively, than any player I've ever watched live, or on TV, or in clips, or reruns of old games. There's no way you can sit here and tell me that Larry Bird was a better basketball player than Kobe Bryant. Amazing player, top 10 all time I agree, but there's just no way.... I don't even care about stats or awards or any of that, of which Kobe has bird crushed. I just look, as a basketball player, skill wise, there's no way that Larry or Magic or Russell can be compared to Kobe Bryant. The only person I ever watched who could do anything close to Bryant was Jordan. Bird and Magic played on some of the craziest teams ever to win rings. I'll never forget how Bryant willed his team against 4 hall of famers in the Celtics while he had 2 broken fingers and a fukked up shoulder.