Kobe Bryant Would Already Be a Top-5-All-Time Player If He Didn’t Score so Much

I'm not sure if Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will finish his career as one of the top five players of all time, but it would be much more difficult to build a case against him if he had played his first 16 seasons like he's played the last five games.

The Lakers are 4-1 in that span, and Bryant has led them by averaging 16.3 points per game, 11.1 assists and 8.3 rebounds while shooting 48.1 percent from the field.

Bryant's ability to re-invent himself once again may not be enough to salvage the Lakers' season, but it does illustrate and prove that there is much more to his game than prolific scoring, and it also legi...

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