What year was Kobe the clear-cut best player in the world?

[SouBeachTalents]

So the same media that you argue conspired to not give Kobe the MVP award multiple years, is the same one who voted him player of the decade in multiple outlets. And to top it off, you've made these two totally contradictory arguments within the space of 30 minutes.

Whenever we bring up that the media ranks LeBron ahead of Kobe: “Who cares what the media thinks, they’re biased and don’t know shit about basketball”

In this discussion: “But look at all the media outlets that ranked Kobe as player of the decade”

3ball levels of contradiction

[ImKobe]

Whenever we bring up that the media ranks LeBron ahead of Kobe: “Who cares what the media thinks, they’re biased and don’t know shit about basketball”

In this discussion: “But look at all the media outlets that ranked Kobe as player of the decade”

3ball levels of contradiction

I don't think people understand that there's more than one "media". Sure, some media members & outlets always liked Kobe but there was clearly some bias against him from certain outlets and people during his prime because of the Colorado incident, and the fact that the league as a whole wanted to move away from all the drama and the "gangster hip hop image" after the Palace incident. I don't think it's a coincidence that Nash won those MVPs after the league threw their players under the bus in the aftermath of the Detroit brawl and also introduced the dress code.

As is though, I believe the TNT's player of the decade award was voted by fans. But it's clear to anyone who does their research on this that Kobe was almost unanimously the best in the world from 06-10 overall. Fans, media and players/coaches/GMs picked him for a reason.

[LAL]

Teammate of 2x mvp Steve Nash

[Hey Yo]

Whenever we bring up that the media ranks LeBron ahead of Kobe: “Who cares what the media thinks, they’re biased and don’t know shit about basketball”

In this discussion: “But look at all the media outlets that ranked Kobe as player of the decade”

3ball levels of contradiction

Even funnier when those same Kobe stans always say LeBron's dumb amd doesn't know what he's talking about.............. until it's a quote or video of him praising Kobe.

[HunterSThompson]

A fat and lazy Shaq was still dropping 27 and 11. Or let's see just how far down the rabbit hole you go: if given the choice of teammates for Kobe to roll with for a title run in 2003, you rolling with 27/11 'fat' Shaq.....or baby Parker/rookie Ginobli and David Robinson dropping 8ppg at that stage?

offensively shaq was great. he was extremely lazy on defense in 2003. that was the main difference. duncan had numbers waaaaay above his norm. shaq couldn't do anything to stop him. he refused to even guard him half the time

[dankok8]

2006, 2007, 2008 Kobe was the best IMO. And then you can make an argument for 2009 and 2010.

[jalbert009]

Kobe was great in 05-07 But he missed the playoffs in 05 and was eliminated in the first round in 06 & 07. Its hard to claim best player in the League if youre not making deep playoff runs.