Son you and I both know if either of us were him we'd rather spend our prime years playing in south beach with Wade and Bosh instead of playing in ing Cleveland as management tries to put a new washed up former all-star next to you every season. Kobe ever being the greatest player in the league at any point in time is pretty debatable and outside of Lakerland everyone else who watches basketball knows LeBron has been the best overall since 2009. Besides using him getting beat by the Celtics isn't a good example considering Kobe missed the playoffs in his prime and had his ass handed to him by Steve ing Nash and the Phenix Sns