Why Kobe Bryant Will Re-Assert Himself as Top-5 NBA Superstar in 2012-13

Is Kobe Bryant a Top-5 NBA superstar in today’s league?

This is the polarizing question. Ask some people and they’ll scoff at the question. Of course, he’s a superstar and one of the top ones at that. He’s Kobe Bryant. In fact, they’ll probably annoyingly throw his middle name in there when they say that.

Ask everybody else and they’ll ask you if you’re posing that question from 2010, only to quickly remind you this season will end in 2013.

The idea of a superstar in the NBA is such a bizarre thing, and ranking the stars of the NBA is even more peculiar.

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