You can tell how insecure Kobe stans have become.
Kobe is barely a top 12 player all-time in most reputable publication rankings, as well in basketball discussion forums everywhere. There's like 3 different magazines and sport media companies that have him as #12 or worse.
And remember, this is a Kobe fresh in people's minds, right at the end of his career.
#12 is the highest Kobe will ever be all-time, and even this is generous due to people inflating their view of Kobe since its his last season. Its nostalgia at its finest.
He's a fringe top 15 player right now, and as time goes on, people will forget the subjectivity, the stories, the myths about Kobe, and look at the raw stats and advanced metrics, where Kobe is dead-last. PER, Win Shares, FG%, efficiency, RPM. The real stats that expose Kobe as a beta, front running fraud.
Also, as Anthony Davis, Curry, Durant, Wiggins, Towns, continue with their careers,
its possible Kobe isn't even a top 25 player all-time by the end of this decade
By all major rankings Kobe is barely top 15 and dropping, and its killing these stans