Kobe Bryant Greatest NBA Player
Jun 16, 2009
LA Lakers won more than a title Sunday. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal are tied with four NBA titles each, but there's no doubt whose time this is . . . finally . . . with Kobe, who's 30 to Shaq's 37, on a young powerhouse, as opposed to being shopped around the league. Kobe Bryant joins elite company as a regular-season MVP and the NBA Finals MVP.
The 2009 NBA Champions title marks Lakers' return from a post-Shaq fall. Above all, it marks the arrival of Kobe Bryant as a universally acknowledged all-time great, conferring a legitimacy that was withheld all his career. Making it as official as it gets, Hannah Storm of ESPN's "SportsCenter" announced Monday: "Kobe Bryant can now be placed on the list of the greatest players of all time."
The 2009 NBA Champions title marks Lakers' return from a post-Shaq fall. Above all, it marks the arrival of Kobe Bryant as a universally acknowledged all-time great, conferring a legitimacy that was withheld all his career. Making it as official as it gets, Hannah Storm of ESPN's "SportsCenter" announced Monday: "Kobe Bryant can now be placed on the list of the greatest players of all time."
