I wonder how many guys with this much mileage have ever come close? maybe KG last season at center, but still this guy has been remarkable and his tenure has been epic, and personally I look at every year past 2010 as icing on Kobe's career. Whether he goes for 48 against the Suns, or dominates defensively, or out duels one of the young studs in the clutch, you HAVE to appreciate what being a Lakers fan has been since he has arrived.
This is a season that didn't go off as plan, but when you put Dwight,Nash,Pau,Jamison,Hill,Meeks,Clark and Blake around Kobe, you have done him a proper service, so I think everyone with any rational mind should chalk this season up to injuries and how injuries have effected chemistry and just enjoy this journey.