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But [kobe]'s a far cry from the greatest baller ever, and currently isn't the best player in the league. It's that simple.

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Thats fine, but to say he is not even top 5 is ridiculous.

I have always though KG was the best player in the league but I have also always thought Kobe was the second best. Kobe > Lebron. Lebron could not lead a terrible team to the playoffs in the West the way Kobe has led the Lakers the last two years. Its that simple. Me and Aces were discussing OJ Mayo in the Pac 10 thread and if you want to talk about guys who sleepwalk through games Lebron is the "king" of that and that only as far as I'm concerned. I'll give you that Lebron has had a better season than Kobe right now numbers wise, but as far as comparisons to Jordan go the only key stat I believe is games won. Against the best of the West (Spurs, Suns, Jazz, Mavs, Hornets, Nugs, Lakers and Rockets) the Cavs are 1-4 while the Lakers are 3-3.