Kobe picks top 5 opponents of career- omits Duncan/Shaq

[SPURt]

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/Kobe-Bryant-Lists-Top-5-no-LeBron-363181731.html

His top 5:
Lebron
Durant
Hakeem
Drexler
Jordan

[DarrinS]

How long could he possibly have played against Jordan, Hakeem, or Drexler?

[Mel_13]

Bitter and defeated Kobe is so much fun.

[SPURt]

How long could he possibly have played against Jordan, Hakeem, or Drexler?
I guess the Raptors Hakeem really pushed Kobe to his limits as an athlete

[mookie2001]

Remember the best team he ever played was the 96 bulls lol

[rexrobinson]

I know that the point of this thread is to show how Kobe slighted Duncan by leaving him off the list but he was right about Jordan at least.

Jordan schools Kobe
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[Aztecfan03]

How long could he possibly have played against Jordan, Hakeem, or Drexler?
2 seasons(in which Kobe started a total of 7 games) with drexler still in the league.

[elemento]

irrelevant Kobe still trying to be polemical :lol

[daslicer]

It reminds me of how KG refused to list Duncan as one of the greatest PF's of all time last year.

[Kikoluna]

It has to be, in no particular order, jordan, lebron, Duncan, shaq, Iverson... manu and Tony (pre weight gain) have to be added

[Kikoluna]

2 seasons(in which Kobe started a total of 7 games) with drexler still in the league.
Yeah, the dream and drexler were before his time.

[rexrobinson]

It reminds me of how KG refused to list Duncan as one of the greatest PF's of all time last year.
http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/5/21/12/enhanced-buzz-24446-1337618230-0.jpg

[SPURt]

It has to be, in no particular order, jordan, lebron, Duncan, shaq, Iverson... manu and Tony (pre weight gain) have to be added
D Wade should be squeezed in somewhere as well, but Kobe must hate him for beings Shaq's next wife.

[sexinthatsx]

Funny how Kobe's top 5 opponents are those who he barely faced off against. Kobe really only met Durant once or twice during the playoffs when it mattered. Lebron is probably the only semi-legitimate opponent

[Fireball]

I heard about Drexler and Olajuwon days ago ... thats so bullshitty I cannot wrap my head around what an idiot Kobe Bryant is

[SPURt]

Jordan's list is a little better:
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2013/2/18/4000276/michael-jordan-duncan-four-modern-players-successful-era

[SupremeGuy]

It's so funny how salty kirby and KG are when it comes to Duncan. :lol

[Spurtacular]

Three of the players were in the twilight of their career. Only Durant beat Kobe in a playoff series.

This would be the list:

PG: Nash, Billups, Bibby, Kidd, Westbrook
SG: Christie, Bell, Rip, Iverson
SF: Bowen, Durant, Stojacovic, LBJ, Pippen
PF: Duncan, KG, Dirk, Webber, Wallace
C: Robinson, Divac, Wallace, Shaq

[Spurtacular]

Jordan's list is a little better:
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2013/2/18/4000276/michael-jordan-duncan-four-modern-players-successful-era

Yea, but Jordan plays as many games as Kobe when it comes to theoretical basketball. He's just a little smarter about it.

[SPURt]

Three of the players were in the twilight of their career. Only Durant beat Kobe in a playoff series.

This would be the list:

PG: Nash, Billups, Bibby, Kidd, Westbrook
SG: Christie, Bell, Rip, Iverson
SF: Bowen, Durant, Stojacovic, LBJ, Pippen
PF: Duncan, KG, Dirk, Webber, Wallace
C: Robinson, Divac, Wallace, Shaq
Wow, this is a great and comprehensive list

[Texas_Ranger]

It would be better if he chose Tayshaun Prince instead of corpse Drexler

[Horry Hipcheck]

He's either salty or wants to push the narrative of how long and storied his career has been. He played at the same time as the Dream and Drexler! Remember, guys? Remember the 1990s?

[Spurtacular]

Wow, this is a great and comprehensive list

It's what I could come up with in a few minutes. There's probably a couple significant omissions; but thanks.

[Mikeanaro]

Salty ass Kobs.

[GSH]

Bitter and defeated Kobe is so much fun.