Jordan recently said, and I'm paraphrasing:
"I think Kobe is definitely amongst top 10 all time GUARDS."
AND
"If I were still in the NBA today, I'd score 100"
You were great while you played for the Bulls Mike, but making those comments just shows you're a desperate mf now that you can't ball. I feel sorry for the dudes on bobcats that MJ is barkin at everyday. Brown says i'm outta here too.
What's wrong with that statement btw? He is top 10 guards.
Players are real hard to compare when they play different positions, but yea I can think of a couple players ahead of kobe in the top 10. They might not have a comparable skill set and mentality, but they were better at what they did best and impacted the ballgame to a greater degree ( Jordan, Magic, Bird, Hakeem, Shaq, Wilt+Russel, Kareem etc).
He'd probably score 100 with these pussy @ss handchecking rules and open lanes, I've never seen this much open layups in NBA games as the last two years (Finals were nice tho)
Go take a hard look at the jordan-rules era and tell me you don't think Jordan would absolutely DOMINATE everyone this era.