The Credits:  Variety

there is no way KG and Shaq should be ahead of Gasol. Also, i’m glad to see that 4 of the Lakers starters are on the list.

Any other messageboard with the words “Kobe” and “#1” attached would be littered with trolls right about now. Good job with keeping this site respectable mods.

is that T shirt really available?

Not sure if it still is.

http://freedarko.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-debaters.html

It’s always Kobe who gets the nod as the best player, player to take the last shot, best leader, or most intelligent. Yet, the most of media or bloggers say LeBron.

Basically, it seems that it boils down to media hype.

I think I’ll go with the people who play or played or make it their business to know these things. That list was a very credible list and Kobe was chosen 62 to 34? That’s a rout.

This poll asked who is the “greatest” player, which has different implications than “best” player.

Usually “greatest” takes into consideration career accomplishments.

This is the same argument people would use against Kobe when comparing to Michael Jordan. Of course, MJ is more accomplished and has more hardware … but that doesn’t settle who is the better player.

For example, Bo Jackson can’t be considered one of the greatest running backs because of the brevity of his career, but I believe he belongs up there with Walter Payton and Barry Sanders when you talk about his ability.

Whether it’s just to draw attention to himself or he’s really flaking. This is no surprise. This just goes hand in hand with his front-running. When the spotlight is on others and the mood is right, he has to put out his “preliminary” inclusion. Now he’s wavering? Just do it. We all want to see him in it. He owes us one after missing out on the Finals last season. I think he could pull off a real foul line dunk.

He said Sasha plays “fake hustle defense.” The kind of defense a “coach’s son plays,” where they just look active and “annoy the hell out of you”…Duke “slapping the floor” type of defense, then the defender just blows by you.

Haha.

its obvious that SN didn’t make it clear what the contributors were voting on. It’s a mix of accomplishment and current ability, with no clear distinguish on how weight is assigned.

When you factor in accomplishment, you get why Shaq is so high, but if accomplishment even matters why are guys like OJ Mayo on the list?

Why is someone like Tracy McGrady on the list who has arguably accomplished nothing other than a few all star games and right now probably isn’t even that good?

About the only thing they got right is Kobe at #1 :)

which means kobe will be 4x better than Lebron…ahahaha