Kobe Bryant has a 20-year Lakers career, between the transition bridge between traditional and modern basketball, Kobe Bryant is regarded as the façade of the "one city, one star" era, especially James, Durant and other superstars have changed teams many times, and the story of Kobe Bryant's entire career only playing for the Lakers is even more touching. 5 championships, 2 FMVP, 1 MVP, 18 All-Star, 15 Best Team, 12 Best Defensive Team, 2 Olympic Gold Medals, 2 Scoring Champions, 4 All-Star MVP, Infinitely Close to God Man, his career is very brilliant, but how many places can his historical status rank?
As far as the historical ranking of the scoring guard is concerned, Kobe Bryant says that he is 3rd, I am afraid that no one dares to say that he is 2nd, because Jordan is destined to be the 1st in history, but in the NBA's historical ranking, especially after the selection of the 75 superstars, the American media The Athletic and ESPN have surprisingly consistently put Kobe Bryant in 10th.
History top 10, no mistake, this is the list that Kobe Can Enter, is it suitable for Kobe? Crawford, nicknamed "Gram 6", said: "We don't respect any Kobe Bryant who is not a top 5 list. Obviously, in Crawford's mind, Kobe Bryant is the existence of the top 5 in history, not the existence of the top 10, but who can the top 5 Kobe be squeezed out, and the Lakers have two superstars.
The top 5 given by the American media The Athletic are Jordan, James, Abdul-Jabbar, Russell and Magician. The top 5 given by ESPN are Jordan, James, Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar, Magician, and Chamberlain.
Only Russell and Chamberlain, two ancient mythical beasts who cherish each other, have changed, and the other 4 have not changed, and the two superstars of the Lakers showtime era, there is no trace of suspense in the top 10 list, no matter how humble the magician was, indicating that Kobe Bryant's Lakers status is higher than him (magician), but in all fairness, the magician is the facade of the lakers' history, although Kobe bryant is great, has a lot of fans, so far the mention of the Lakers will make people think of Kobe For the first time, But the fact is the magician's Laker status, there is really nothing to say, the same magician who dedicated his life to the Lakers, he has never been questioned, and the cooperation with Abdul-Jabbar is a legendary and perfect journey.
The first time he played the Finals for the Lakers, the Magician was appointed to replace the absent Jabbar as the starting center, using Abdul-Jabbar's stunt to score a goal to help the Lakers win the championship, and at the same time was the first championship of the Magician's career, opening the Performance of the Lakers Showtime era.
Kobe Bryant's Lakers career is long and brilliant, but compared with the magician, Kobe Bryant is not so perfect after all, because the magician lost to the virus, not to Jordan. Jordan's first championship trip was to beat the Lakers, but that was not the Lakers' showtime era, if you look back at the 1991 Finals documentary, you will find that the magician was originally very strong, Jordan's side did not have Pippen to take on the responsibility of the main defense magician, only afraid of victory and defeat is unpredictable.
Yes, we don't deny Kobe Bryant's greatness, but who can Kobe put out of the top 5 list? We agree with Crawford's point of view, on the other hand, if James is not the top 5 in history, it is equally difficult to convince the public.