"Kobe Bryant will go down as the greatest basketball player of all time." - Mark Jackson
"Kobe is more skilled than Jordan, a better shooter. Michael has bigger hands and that helped him alot." - Phil Jackson, who coached both Michael and Kobe
"Kobe is the best player in the league no doubt" - Michael Jordan
"Kobe, Kobe's the man" - Nick Young on who the greatest of all time is
"Kobe is the best player and best scorer in the league." - Lebron James
"Kobe is the best" - Clyde Drexler, commentating with the Rockets
"Kobe is the most talented in the game on both ends of the floor" - Gregg Popovich
"Kobe is still the best in the game" - Phil Jackson
"He's the best one-on-one player in the league, hands down." - Chris Bosh
"Kobe is the best in the game..." - Larry Bird on DP Show
"Kobe Bryant is probably the best allaround player we have today" - Kiki Vandehaeghue
"for the best player in the league to say that about me.." - Gilbert Arenas on Kobe
"Everyone knows Kobe is the best in the game right now" - Mike D'Antoni
"It's amazing. Beyond amazing. He's on another level from any other player at this point." - Mark Cuban
"Players are jealous of greatness. Kobe is a unique talent and a unique person." - Jerry West
"The MVP is the best player. The award should go to Kobe..." - Chauncey Billups in 05-06 (paraphrased)
"Hats off, he's the best. It's hard to get 50 in a game. He did it in a half. It takes a tough player who works really hard. I think he's one of the best ever." - Eric Snow
"Who betta than Kobe?" - Amare Stoudemire
"Kobe is the best in the game" - Stephon Marbury
"That should put all the questions to rest who's the most talented and who's the, you know, best offensive player in the league." - Ben Gordon
"Kobe, he's a special player. He's the best player on the planet right now" - Jason Kidd
"We're witnessing greatness right now. We need to understand that. (asked: "Is he the best of the best?") Yeah, definetly." - Tyson Chandler
"Amazing to see how he hasn't won an MVP award considering how he's been the best player the past few years." - Sixers commentators in Game 2 2008
"Kobe is the best player in the game" - Stu lantz and Joel myers
"Kobe is a tough player, arguably the best player in the NBA right now." - Kenyon Martin
"Kobe is the best player in the league" - Charles Barkley
"Mj is the best player ever, but kobe is the best offensive player ever. I guess Im fine with MJ getting the label best ever, but I really dont see much difference. Maybe you can say MJ was more ruthless, but even that is close. The ease in which he makes everything look is amazing, and defensively, he can lock down anyone he wants. I just dont see much of a difference." - Eddie Johnson
"Kobe's better than Lebron." - Ira Newble, who was Lebron's former teammate
"My first thoughts were that I'm playing with one of the greatest players to ever play the game." - JR Smith
"Kobe is in a stratoshpere of his own." - Avery Johnson
"The best player in the game right now is Kobe Bryant" - Bill Walton, in nationally televised Cavs vs Suns game
"Kobe is the most skilled player in the game today..." - Bill Walton in Game 1 of Lakers vs Kings
Kudos to LakersRule24 for having this on his youtube channel
http://www.youtube.c...kersrule24?ob=4
Edited by Lakers 24 7, October 15, 2008 - 03:32 PM.
