Kobe Bryant | No. 6 | Nick Wright's Top 50 NBA Players of the Last 50 Years | What's Wright?

What's your favorite Kobe moment?

Nick, you and your LeBron man crush. Kobe was always better then leflop. You just need to face it.

I know hes a huge lebron fan but i respect him for great talk on Kobe 💯💯💯

He's somewhere between 2 and 5. I cant hate on #6 but I watched Kobe's entire prime(2000-13) and LeBrons entire career, I don't see how anyone can watch these two play and then conclude that Bron was better. Bron aint over Kobe, not close. I got Kobe 3 and Bron at 6.

Its good to see Nick finally stopped his hate towards Bryant, but I wanted to say Kobe was the best player in the league from 04-10 in my opinion

Ummm what about Steph curry?

Kobe got busy, for real. The problem is folks that try to put him in the top 5. I loved Mamba, but he wasnt top 5 all time..

Kobe vs Duncan isn’t a discussion. It’s Kobe and it’s easily.
The Laker fan did a terrible job explaining. But he was right that Duncan had FAR MORE stability. He never had anyone as good as Shaq, of course. But. I’d take 19 straight seasons of very very very good supporting and coaching over the roller coaster that Kobe dealt with, even if it did include Shaq.

As much as I love Kobe 6 is way too high. His shooting percentage compared to other all time greats is abysmal. Somewhere in the 10-20 range seems more appropriate. I’m not sure he’s better than D Wade or KD

LEBRON is the GOAT.

All-Time scoring record.
Only player in 30K-10K-10K.
Beat better teams in the Finals.
Won for 3 different team.
Won rings in different decades.
8-Straight Conference Champs.
Most All-NBA selection.
Most All-Star selection.

Kobe 4-2 vs Duncan in the playoffs

No way Kobe is better than Shaq or Hakeem

Most 1st Team All-Defense selections = Kobe, Jordan, Payton, and Garnett tied with 9

Total Achievements: (Titles / MVPs / Finals MVPs / 1st All-NBA / 1st All-DEF / Scoring Titles)
1) Jordan = 46
2) LeBron = 31
2) Kareem = 31
4) Kobe = 30
5) Duncan = 28
6) Wilt = 23
7) Magic = 20
8) Russell = 19
9) Shaq = 18
10) Bird = 17
11) Hakeem = 16
12) Durant = 15

There's a bunch of players with 14 Achievements.
Stephen Curry has 13 Achievements.
At the age of 27, Giannis has the best shot to make it into the Top 10...he already has 12 Achievements

Just to let you know Nick, there's a video interview of Lebron in 08 literally calling Kobe the best player in the game...just saying 😌 🤷

Kobe >>>> Duncan and not really close

Kobe should be 2 or 3 on this list. Even Lebron D riders can admit Kobe was robbed of more MVPS.

Duncan over Kobe is debatable but I just don’t see it mann

Kobe Bryant should have played on a better team in 2011 to 2016

Top 5

Lol CJ with by far the worst call of all time. And Kobe’s my 2nd favorite player of all time. No mention of Pau OR ODOM (who was a borderline all star, 6-man of the year in 2011) D-fish, Phil Jackson, and saying a battle between who’s team it was vs Shaq is just straight Kobe homerism. Like, come on dude. And to mention Bynum and Artest like they were chumps at that time is INSANE. I don’t think this guy watched the Lakers growing up and is just one of those fly-by-night Laker fans. I mean, seriously. Nick just put him on to embarrass him.

Nick Love the video hate the Ranking hes second all time to Jordan

How can Chris Broussard can be so wrong and say it with such conviction. 😆 There’s his guy name LeBron James that won a championship without a top 75 guy, there’s this other guys off the top of my head named Hakeem that did it too. C’mon Chris, at least do the basic research.

also as a kobe stan i'm okay with people ranking duncan ahead of kobe.

Kobe over Dunkin bro

I got Kobe at 5 that’s only cause Kobe won them last few rings & he didn’t have the team that the spurs had he won them rings carrying that team with a little help but not nearly as much as Duncan & it shows in the stats too kobe might of had one less mvp then Duncan & finals mvp but nash robbed him on one not saying nash didn’t have a great season but look at the numbers we’re talking best player… Kobe has always been better then Duncan kobe talent wise has always been better then Duncan kobe has that killer instinct too take over any game by himself & had too most of the time when he didn’t have shaq Duncan always had a team surrounding him too help him out kobe didn’t have that them last few rings & everyone who watches basketball knows this not taking away from Duncan’s achievements but as a player he is not better then kobe

Im honestly shocked he has Kobe ranked this high. I thought he'd have Kobe ranked 15th or something the way he usually talks about him

LeBron is the worst great player. Without his superteams max salaries, he's lower on the list.

Must have hurt 3/5th of your organs to put him at 6 instead of 26. Why do you get angrier each year picking fights with your Co worker?

Props on this, but fans still remember how you used to trash Kobe’s legacy every chance you had when he was alive just to elevate lebron🤡

Aside from the fact Kobe outplayed Duncan in the playoffs, got 2 Olympic gold medals to Duncan’s zero, Duncan never averaging more than 25 a game, I have never heard anybody on planet earth say “yo put some Tim Duncan highlights on” cmon man. It can’t all be numbers and accolades. Duncan was never considered the best player on the planet at any point in time, Kobe was, not just by the media but by his peers, so idk what basketball Nick was watching during the 2000s.

And now the 4th and final major error in the list
Kobe has to be in your top 5
Curry is not in the top 10
Durant is not in the top 15
Luka is not in the top 20

Kobe fans thrashing Duncan again. Live with it Kobe fans, Duncan was better player and had the better career.

that last guy is a certified clown

That last guy talking was totally wrong

Kobe knew that when Tim won his 5th ring...it was a wrap for him in the all-time rankings.
He admitted as much when he was asked about it. But considering how many players there are in NBA HISTORY...it's not like top 10 is an insult or something.

Steph been the best player in the world since 2015. You can argue Bron was in 2016 cuz he won. Since then, it’s been Curry and this year proved it for me

He still leaving something's out like Kobe did all that why why checking the best player on the other team most of the time and the fact that he wanted to check the best player on the other team he was being double team and triple team while he was doing that I'm glad to see Nick giving KB some Love because we all know he's a LB guy👏👏

Kobe is #3 or 4 not 6 n btw he's got 8 clutch playoff shots not 1 i kno them all by heart

Labrauuuuun chris chill lol

Jabar James Jordan and Johnson as the top 4. Odd coincidence with all the last names starting with J

I have no idea what kind of stats you found that you had to put Kobe ahead of Larry Bird? Three straight MVPs alone, and a title either the first year or second, and the list goes on and on. You still found it less then what Kobe ever did? I'm almost positive that many find this way way out of context, and they might not want to say so. Though I have no problems stating what I feel is backed up by pure facts, and the truth that goes with them. This is no time for emotional stat stacking, for lack of a better word right now. I was just going to let this go and Chuck it up to the many takes that many of you guys do once in awhile, for nothing other than response I guess. I just couldn't. Not when it came down to someone who practically saved the league with at least one other.

Bro they really added that CJ guy who made the worst case for Kobe ever. Where they find this guy

CJ from LA don't know what he's talking about 😆 I've always said Duncan was pretty much disrespected and under rated because he's not flashy or vocal. But TD was first pick overall and Kobe came out of high school but wasn't even a starter. Greg pop was not considered the greatest coach of all time at the time until spurs started winning titles because of TD. Kobe had shaq who was a monster in his prime. And let's not forget Phil Jackson who was considered the greatest coach at the time TD did it with Avery Johnson and the tail end of the Admiral. And then did it again with Tony Parker and Manu. And then later with the addition of kawhi. TD run went thru the Lakers in their prime against okc against the suns and pistons that beat the lakers also put a beat down on Miami heat. Kobe was amazing don't get me wrong but I do have TD above him. I actually feel like nick has Kobe a little high. But I understand he's factoring longevity as well.

Kobe the only to win back to back chips without a top 75 player

top 6 ever lol this is staright bs kobe bryant was not a top 6 player of all time typical kobe d riding by another fanboy. I dont care about what anybody says hes not better than olajuwon or better than wilt or better than steph curry or better than doctor j or other below him. He was an all time great player but top 6 is an absolute joke lol

Number 6! Come on playa! Ridiculous

Kobe is top 3 or 4 at worst. Duncan had the supporting cast, an all time great coach and system, with hall of fame level support. Nick’s always disliked Kobe

Simple question. Would Shaq and the Lake Show get that first three peat if Kobe wasn't there?? Nope didn't think so