If Kobe retired today would he be a Top 10 Player of All-Time?

[IN-PAX-WE-TRUST]

Is Kobe already a top 10 player of all-time?

[az00m]

He's a top 10 guard

[KG5MVP]

i think it's top 10, lower end.

and i am a kobe hater

[jaydacris]

top 10 laker of all time for sure

[AirTupac]

Yep.

[VishaltotheG]

1. Jordan
2. KAJ
3. Wilt
4. Magic
5. Bird
6. Russell
7. Shaq
8. Duncan
9. Kobe
10. Hakeem

[winwin]

a Top 5

[bdreason]

I have him 10th. He's top 15, no doubt.

[G-Funk]

he's in my top 5

[miller-time]

it'd be like when someone dies, their image always becomes bigger and more favourable. so i say yes.

however even as a kobe hater i can see him being in there on his own merit, and not on popular nostalgic opinion.

[Basketball Dirk]

Top 15. I just can't put him in the top 10.

[jstern]

If Kobe is in the top 10 I don't think he'll be there for long. He just seems to, I can't explain it. He's a great player, but a player who also costs the team games that the other top 10s wouldn't cost their team. Too hard to explain. Like I think someone like Hakeem would is more valuable and wouldn't cost his team as many wins. And has stepped up more in the playoffs.

Many people feel that he should be top 10 now, but I feel that's just something that happens when a player is active and good, and then they fall back into a more proper placing, even go a couple of notches down unfairly as they start declining and other current players are out performing him.

[IN-PAX-WE-TRUST]

Top 15. I just can't put him in the top 10.

Who do you have in front of him?

[branslowski]

Kobe is top 10..Shouldn't be out of anyone's with a brain top 10 to be honest. The Facts are there.

[jlauber]

Who do you have in front of him?

Exactly. I would like to see a top-10 list without him. Five rings, 2 Finals MVPs, 1 MVP, a scoring title. Pretty hard to find 10 players with better credentials.