Anyone saying Kobe isn't overrated is in denial. Yes he was extremely talented and a top 10 player, but so many fans today (mostly gen z) will be quick to place him as a top 3 of all time, which simply isn't true. Until you face the fact that Tim Duncan was a better player than Kobe, you can't say he isn't overrated.
A super efective clickbait for a small channel. I respect the hustle. It's funny he says Kobe is overrated when nowadays he's not even mentioned in the Lebron v Jordan GOAT Convo
59 win teams? Ok who hasn’t? Which great player hasn’t faced egregious level of competition? Every great with as many rings, or close, as Kobe’s 5 went against freaky good teams. MJ, Bird, Magic, Duncan, Bron…all the greats faced monster teams 😂..no one had an easy time…ok maybe KD but he’s not on that level🤷🏿♂️
Sheesh, if Kobe overrated, then Lebron is highly overrated. He needs to be on this list. Remember there’s also context, and not just flat stats to go by. Numbers aren’t capable of explaining the full context of games and are misleading at times
eh I don't think so by the time lebron retires he will have at least 42k points rn 5 points away from 39k he will have 7k+ rebounds and assist etc lebron has the rings etc if rings truly mattered MJ would not be the greatest of all time because he does not hold the most
@@whateveryoulikeilike6475he's overrated, he can't handle, no footwork, and his only move is charging the rim for a layup plus his fg% drops below 37% outside 3 feet from the rim. Everything you mentioned were longevity stats while playing in a weak era. He's ridiculously overrated and shoved down our throats by the media.
Bro fr this just not For me and the disrespect to use a dead guy as a thumbnail to get more attention for some views is just crazy to me it made me sick to my stomach lol
*player on 1 NBA team his entire career with lots of achievements* So has Jordan, Magic, Tim Duncan, Bill Russell, Hakeem, Steph, Bird etc... Kobe is overrated.
The “1 team” argument is lame. Kobe refused to play for the Hornets. He knew there would be no success at a small market franchise. Ask them how “loyal” he is. If I forced a trade to a franchise like the Lakers, I wouldn’t leave either. Ask Lebron and Garnet where loyalty to their garbage franchises got them? At least they tried. Even Kobe threatened to force a trade when the Lakers weren’t putting together strong teams
@@suciochanch Lakers are a literal garbage franchise ever since breaking up the Shaq-Kobe teams, these Cavs teams were STACKED in comparison to these post 2004 Lakers teams
This is some Bull shiettt! Kobe Overrated? You can talk BS all you want, but I witnessed the man play his whole career. He was the best player in the league from 2003 - 2011.
@@aaronrivera9638 Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time 1. Michael Jordan 2. LeBron James 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Magic Johnson 5. Bill Russell 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Larry Bird 8. Shaquille O'Neal 9. Tim Duncan 10. Kobe Bryant The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time PPG: LeBron RPG: LeBron APG: LeBron SPG: LeBron BPG: LeBron FG%: LeBron 3pt%: LeBron FT%: Kobe TS%: LeBron PER: LeBron WS/48: LeBron VORP: LeBron MVP's: LeBron FMVP's: LeBron Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2) LeBron better player then Kobe Field goal% LeBron 50.5%✔️ Kobe 44.7% Points scored career LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time) Kobe 33,643 LeBron 1st all time points Kobe 1st all time missed shots Total 3pointers made LeBron 2,288✔️ (8th all time) Kobe 1,827 Total Steals career LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time) Kobe 1,944 Total Blocks career LeBron 1,083✔️ Kobe 640 Defensive win shares LeBron 78.56✔️ Kobe 50.66 Assists Leader LeBron 1✔️ Kobe 0 Career highs Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record Career highs LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters LeBron 5✔️ Kobe 1 2010 NBA finals Game 7 Lakers 83 Celtics 79 Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points 2013 NBA finals Game 7 Heat 95 Spurs 88 LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings 2011 NBA playoffs Mavericks 4 Lakers 0 Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
I was with it kinda….the Reggie miller kinda took me off guard but the fact he never won a ring solidifies it somewhat. Kobe? 5 rings…. Overrated? Fam, who hurt you?!?! Kobe despite his passing has to be top 5 of all time. SMH. Clot is a drug.
3 of those rings came because he was teammate of SHAQ IN HIS ABSOLUTE PRIME. Any decent SG would have won those 3 championships alongside Shaq. And even if we agree that Shaq did not carry Kobe in all 3 championships, Kobe wouldn't have one a single 1 of them without Shaq.
@@SINdaBlock411 How so? It's definitely not more than Lefraud. That piece of shtt has like a 30% true shooting % outside of dunks. At least Kobe wins, and doesn't need a fcnk bubble chip.
@@smb161 I never even heard of Lefraud before so by default that guy can't be overrated so either he's a nobody in NBA or he did a good job staying out of the spotlight so far, unlike Kobe
@@SINdaBlock411 I’ve heard of sad dpshts, one is commenting back to me now. You know who Lefraud is lol, if you really don’t….you need to shut that pathetic mouth of yours when it comes to bball then.
So Kobe Bryant , the man who beat the most 50 win teams in the playoffs, won two rings with no top 75 player on his team, only guy to go that, top 5 all defense all nba finishes, top in most 40,50,60,80 pt games. Resume is diminished from coming off the bench to start his career and several season ending injuries. Could have an even better resume. Nah
Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time 1. Michael Jordan 2. LeBron James 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Magic Johnson 5. Bill Russell 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Larry Bird 8. Shaquille O'Neal 9. Tim Duncan 10. Kobe Bryant The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time PPG: LeBron RPG: LeBron APG: LeBron SPG: LeBron BPG: LeBron FG%: LeBron 3pt%: LeBron FT%: Kobe TS%: LeBron PER: LeBron WS/48: LeBron VORP: LeBron MVP's: LeBron FMVP's: LeBron Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2) LeBron better player then Kobe Field goal% LeBron 50.5%✔️ Kobe 44.7% Points scored career LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time) Kobe 33,643 LeBron 1st all time points Kobe 1st all time missed shots Total 3pointers made LeBron 2,288✔️ (9th all time) Kobe 1,827 Total Steals career LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time) Kobe 1,944 Total Blocks career LeBron 1,083✔️ Kobe 640 Defensive win shares LeBron 78.56✔️ Kobe 50.66 Assists Leader LeBron 1✔️ Kobe 0 Career highs Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record Career highs LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters LeBron 5✔️ Kobe 1 2010 NBA finals Game 7 Lakers 83 Celtics 79 Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points 2013 NBA finals Game 7 Heat 95 Spurs 88 LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings 2011 NBA playoffs Mavericks 4 Lakers 0 Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
@@rektz2457 no that's how lebron fans act with literally every star he's ever played with. Kobe fans love Pau gasol. He saved our legacy. Still wasn't on the list.
Kobe WAS good at basketball until he died with a group other folks in a plane crash. He was good yesterday but relative to the hype he probably the most overrated player. His mamba mentality actually hampered a lot of his teams because it meant forcing up bad low percentage shots in clutch situations which is why his career average in clutch situations is actually below league average.
So Kobe's clutch is overrated? What is Bron's? Dude has the most "clutch" shots ever but never hit one in the Finals and has come up small on the biggest stage multiple times.
kobe was carried by shaq for his first 3 rings. in his next two rings, Pau led both 09 and 10 finals in 4th quarter scoring (even though kobe is supposedly clutch). Pau also led the lakers in win shares in both 09 and 10 finals. kobe was also objectively bailed out by refs in many finals. in game 6 (kobe facing elimination) 2002 finals 4th quarter, lakers got 27 free throws to the 9 free throws by the kings, in a 4 point win. in game 7 2010 finals, lakers shot 20 more free throws in a another close 4-point win. kobe is not "clutch." stats and games show it. he shoots below average in game tying shots in both playoff and regular season games. on the biggest stage. he cost the lakers a 4-peat with his terrible performance in game 3 of the 2004 finals. he has 11 points on 30% shooting, with 4 turnovers for just 5 assists. he lost the 2008 finals for his team in game 6 (facing elimination) with 22 points on 32% shooting, 1 assist and 4 turnovers! he almost cost his team another champion with just 12 points from the field with 25% shooting. he had 2 assists with again, 4 turnovers. he was bailed out with 15 free throw attempts. as before mentioned, the lakers shot 20 more free throws that game to be bailed out. kobe had 9x all defensive first teams that he didn't deserve. even Phil Jackson called out Kobe saying he didn’t deserve defensive team selections for a long time. during his 9 first team selections, his defensive +/- was 0.26. overall, his career average defensive +/- is NEGATIVE. don't tell me stats aren't everything when stats clearly show that opposing teams scored MORE with kobe on the floor. look at someone like lebron. he has 5x all defensive first team. during those selections he had an average defensive box +/- of 2.7. his career average is 1.9. enough said, massively overrated defender. kobe never led the league in an advanced analytic one time in a 20 year career, not a single time did he lead the league in personal efficiency rating, value over replacement, box plus minus, or win shares. That’s mind blowing when you consider that: MJ, kareem, wilt, russell, james all did it over 40-50 times each & then you have players like bird, o’neal, dr. J, oscar, etc. who did it 15-20+ times through their career. and, one of the "greatest scorers ever," kobe never shot above 47% once in 20 years.
LeFlop was carried by DWade, Bosh, KLove and Kyrie too and yet he won just 3 legit rings in 22 years and counting, but yeah keep cherry picking some misleading stats like "average career defensive +/-" 🤣 If you dont see the absurdity of cherry picking stats like that just to try put down a guy who you simply don't like, then I don't know what to tell you...I myself alwasys HATED Kobe with a passion because dude was a KILER and because he played for the Lakers, that dosen't stop me from appreciating his greatness tho
I agree kobe isnt an overrated player but he didnt win 2 chips on his own. He lead that 09-10 team but had another all star in pau gasol, bynum, and great role players and a good coach. A player who couldve won a chip on his own is lebron during the 07 season. He literally did not have any good teammates
@@cpme1711 Did you really just bring up the 1 time all star before going to LA - Pau Gasol and BUMnum? Yall Bronsexuals overrating those Lakers teams like crazy, those were literally some of the worst rosters to ever win a championship. Those Cavaliers teams were GREAT in comparison, but I guess to yall Bronsexuals "good player" means Dwayne Wade type of all time great!
Lebron has better stats all around. Flop to much, but if referees don't call a smack to the face a foul what are you supposed to do? Kobe was great and is sad he and all the other passengers and pilot are not with us anymore. However, his numbers doesn't match the elevation he has as an NBA player. Lebron is second on most missed shots in the NBA history with 100 games more than Kobe and counting at age 38-39 on 2023 while doing more points than Kobe's avrg. pt/game , and Kobe is first on missing shots in NBA history. Lebron has better percentage and stats all around, even Curry has better stats all around. Changing teams is something Shaq, Horry, Pau, Bosh, Love, AD and many others has done to win championships another great example is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Your facts doesn't change reality of him being overrated. Great player but overrated to be in the GOAT talk.
@awesomeelk2920 Are you ok with your bias? Have you seen what every player had said about not wanting to play lebron or even wanting him to get some mishap that will not allow him to play. Also, wanting the ALLEN, PIERCE, KG Boston to win instead of Lebron for the finals. Another reason, knowing that Lebron knows what they are gonna play and only hope that the play goes through rather than the element of surprise. If that is not fear, I don't know what it is. Lebron can't and will not win a championship by himself just like anyone else in any team sport, (specially nowadays that the league has the best talent ever with records being match or broken left and right by multiple players), even though he was close to doing so in the Cavs 50-32 with L. Hughes, Barejao, Gooden, Ilgauskas, Snow, Pavlovic, Gibson, etc. against a Spurs team 58-24 with Duncan, Ginobili, Horry, Parker, Finley, Bowen, etc. during 06-07. Even Dwight had a better team in Orlando. It's not all stats.
@awesomeelk2920 I feel that by better players while watching the games, you are referring to the beautiful honed grace of movement Kobe and MJ had, making it look beautiful and appealing to watch. Yes, Kobe had a beautiful playstyle full of grace to the eye by being confident of his shots and backing it up. MJ had the same thing, Lebron is rough brute force with mid to low, beautiful playstyle, now he is creating it and still lacking that selfishness. Their playstyle can be compared to exquisite polished diamond vs. unpolished raw diamond. Both are diamonds, but one can be recognized by everyone and the other by a few people.
@@awesomeelk2920 Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time 1. Michael Jordan 2. LeBron James 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Magic Johnson 5. Bill Russell 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Larry Bird 8. Shaquille O'Neal 9. Tim Duncan 10. Kobe Bryant The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time PPG: LeBron RPG: LeBron APG: LeBron SPG: LeBron BPG: LeBron FG%: LeBron 3pt%: LeBron FT%: Kobe TS%: LeBron PER: LeBron WS/48: LeBron VORP: LeBron MVP's: LeBron FMVP's: LeBron Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2) LeBron better player then Kobe Field goal% LeBron 50.5%✔️ Kobe 44.7% Points scored career LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time) Kobe 33,643 LeBron 1st all time points Kobe 1st all time missed shots Total 3pointers made LeBron 2,288✔️ (8th all time) Kobe 1,827 Total Steals career LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time) Kobe 1,944 Total Blocks career LeBron 1,083✔️ Kobe 640 Defensive win shares LeBron 78.56✔️ Kobe 50.66 Assists Leader LeBron 1✔️ Kobe 0 Career highs Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record Career highs LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters LeBron 5✔️ Kobe 1 2010 NBA finals Game 7 Lakers 83 Celtics 79 Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points 2013 NBA finals Game 7 Heat 95 Spurs 88 LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings 2011 NBA playoffs Mavericks 4 Lakers 0 Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
What do you mean, it wasn’t until Kobe teamed up with Shaq? Shaq and Kobe joined the Lakers the same time. And MOST SENSIBLE people have Kobe UNDERRATED
Everybody on this list is overrated but non of these players are top 5 outside of Kobe😂😂😂. Why tf is Allen Iverson not on this list?!? His fan base is more toxic than Kobe’s and he ain’t win shit his entire career yet people have him in their top 10
no one rate kobe as overrated because he was not, despite having great numbers 2005-2007 he wasnt considered to be an mvp..only a candidate apart from that only players who face against kobe considered him to be a competitive player , I dont see any over rating on thay
This is probably coming from someone who’s never actually played sports a day in their life because I’ll never call anyone overrated that’s a fucking professional athlete!!!!
Russell Westbrook is one of the most overly criticized players in the NBA and I’m talking about since way before “Westbrick”. He was getting called a ball hog the same year his teammate won a scoring title,😒and a “stat sheet stuffer” when he averaged a triple double for a whole season as in if that was an easy thing to do. So I don’t understand how he’s “overrated”…..and Kobe? Tf wrong with you?🤦🏽♂️ You lost a lot of credibility with this only being the first video of yours that I’ve seen, but hats off to you for realizing the perfect way to get views. People will watch just to disagree with your ridiculous lists. That’s genius. I can’t knock the hustle. Lol
Kobe is only overrated when compared to MJ. yes he was not good example when it came to his attitude n scrutiny of his teammates but overrated is not the correct word maybe selfish. Reggie Miller is also not overrated Everytime this man shoot especially in the clutch moments the whole arena goes into silent he was like Steph curry especially with the deep 3s before the NBA went to exclusive offensive! The rest of player on this list is undebatable.
Accolades and failures are ratings in of themselves. Which Kobe had many of each. The desire to be the best is what drove this man. And what he has done for the game, both domestic and international, surpasses even the great MJ. So rate the player all you want, cuz this dude was solid gold.
@@jerrylykin6628 let's see. The year before, Houston took the champion lakers to 7 games with artest, battie, Scola, Alston and half a series of Ming. Gasol is better then any of them. Bynum was really good that year, better than scola at least. Odom and battie are at the same level. As are fisher and alston. Artest is obviously the same. Mcgrady missed half of the season including the playoffs. 53 wins.
@@seanmolloy2172 exactly guess who was the only actual good players 2 years before and after this Kobe and gasol Kobe would smoke Pau 7 out of 7 days in the week 365 Days in the year
@@jasonmoukala8909 lebron is a choker. He's more obsessed with stats than he is with winning. Jumps from super team to super team looking for other stars to save him in the finals. Kobe and Jordan didn't need that they just needed decent support
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Number 1 should have been LeBron James. Here's the reasons: 1. His high career field goal percentage is misleading, once you look into the details. He shoots a high percentage of dunks and layups during the era of open lanes and cheap whistles. Here's a closer look at his percentages from distance: 3pt field goal percentage: 34.5% (below league average) 16ft - 3pt: 38% (below league average) 10ft - 16ft: 36% (below league average) 3ft - 10ft: 42% (below league average) 0ft - 3ft: 74% (above league average) Free Throw: 73% (below league average) To summarize, LeBron James is a below league average shooter from everywhere on the court except dunks and layups. Not just below elite shooters, but below average players. 2. LeBron's subpar clutch stats. Some pundits always deceitfully give him praise for his clutch moments, but let's take a closer look. Here's his stats of clutch shots taken in the last 5 seconds of a game according to Shot Finder: Field goals attempted: 113 Field goals made: 20 Field goal percentage in the clutch: 17% 3. If we're going to criticize Kobe for missed shots, then we also have to criticize LeBron, since he has the second most in NBA history with 13,892 and will surpass Kobe in a few months. 4. Turnovers. This is a big one, since LeBron has the most turnovers of any players by a long shot, with 5,023 and counting., and his turnover per game average of 3.5 per game is second only to Russell Westbrook
The only one player i agreed is harden other than that the list is trah. If you say kobe is Overrated that mean LeBron james is overrated because without a top 5 player on his team he wouldn't have a championship to his name he like the kid that can't be his brother in a video game so he get all the top so he have a chance to win a championship
Kobe is never overrated, he was an overachiever. He singlehandedly carried A No Name Lakers Team to two Championships wins after Shaq left. He was a winner and his legacy will endure. The number one overrated player in NBA history is none other than LeBron James the self proclaimed goat and king. First eight years of his career he never lead the Cleveland to a championship win always choked at the playoffs. He had to crawl to Miami to Wade to be taught how to become a winner two times and crawl back to Cleveland to team up with Kyrie and Love to win only one championship. Then off to Lakers one of the greatest clubs in NBA to enhance his legacy. He could only manage a Mickey Mouse title in a shortened season because of Covid 19. Do not disparaged Kobe Bryant's name the player who was brought in 2008 to Redeem United States of America's honour and standing in the World Basketball after LeBron lead 2004 Olympics and FIBAWorld Cup could only managed Bronze Medals in those two events. Yes LeBron James is the most overrated player in the NBA history. Do your research properly on Kobe Bryant before you disrespect the only player who came very close to MJ in greatness in NBA history. MJ 6/6 in Finals and Kobe Bryant 5/7 in Finals and the overrated LeBron 4/10 in Finals.
Kobe is an overachiever? ROFL 😅😅😂 that's a good one. First of all l, he wasn't even the best player on the team for 3 of his championships.(That was Shaq). Second of all, that so called "No name Lakers team" had the best front court in the league during that 3 year stretch because before Pau Gasol got there, Kobe either didn't make the playoffs or got knocked out in the first round. Also saying Kobe is the closest thing to Jordan in achievements is cap. Tim Duncan had a better career than Kobe did.
Pippen 6 rings > Kobe 5 rings Pippen 6-0 > Kobe 5-2 Pippen better player then Kobe if having more team awards rings means better player which it doesn't 🥱 Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and carried Kobe Bryant to 3 sidekick rings 2000 NBA finals Lakers 4 Pacers 2 Kobe 15.6 ppg, 36.7% fg and 20.0% 3pt Carried by Shaq 38.0 ppg, 61.1% fg and 16 rebs Finals Mvps (individual player) Jordan 6 LeBron 4 Shaq 3 Kobe 2 Best player on teams titles Jordan 6 LeBron 4 Kobe 2 Jordan and LeBron finals mvps and best players on all they teams titles unlike Kobe 🐐 Jordan > LeBron > Shaq > Kobe LeBron James PPG, FG%, 3pt%, TS%, REB, AST, STL, BLK higher then Kobe Bryant. So its pretty clear LeBron the better player 🤭 LeBron 38,958 on 50.5% fg more points then Kobe 33,643 pts on 44.7% fg LeBron 1st all time points Kobe 1st all time missed shots Bleacher report top 50 greatest NBA players all time 1. Michael Jordan 2. LeBron James 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6. Shaquille O'Neal 7. Tim Duncan 14. Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history not top 10 player all time that's why Bleacher report has him #14 Mavericks 4-0 swept yo hero Kobe Bryant to stop him from making NBA finals and winning championship 2011 so try again
I’d remove Harden from this list entirely. He’s better than everyone besides Kobe. I’m removing Harden and replacing him with T-Max. The guy achieved absolutely nothing🤷🏿♂️
And what has Harden ever achieved? Crying off three teams? Failing repeatedly in the playoffs? Tracy McGrady was special and a level above Harden. Too bad injuries wrecked his prime
Kobe Bryant overrated as a top 4 career scorer, 12x All-Defense (9x First team), 15x All-NBA, 2x scoring champ, & 5x Champion. Overrated? If anything, he's underrated as publications just barely have him inside top 10. A few even argued that he was actually outside top 10 just recently. So, how exactly is Kobe _"overrated?"_ 🤔 It's also funny how you mentioned Kobe having most missed shots, but if y'all actually calculated missed FTs in that equation, then ya boy who people love shoving into the GOAT debate took that crown last season. In fact, he's on pace to officially hold the records for most career misses & turnovers this season to go along with those six L's ✌🏾🤣.
The fact that so many people have him as a top 3 player (aka Lakers fans or Kobe fans) makes him overrated. Some even have him as the GOAT even though there have been other players that accomplished more then he did.
Calling Kobe overrated is a big mistake, after more research you will hopefully come to another conclusion, because it is utter blasphemy. I'm not going to write a full essay, but I'll leave a few things here. 1. Kobe has the highest ever pace adjusted PPG season of all time, not even Wilt or Jordan could put points up like Kobe during his peak. Do you know what that means? That means no player ever was a more prolific scorer than Kobe at his best, nobody. 2. Kobe has the second greatest performance of all time according to the "Game score" stat, but when adjusted for pace Kobe actually has the greatest NBA performance ever (2000's were the slowest era of all time). Literally only one man (Jordan), in NBA history has an argument for having played a better game than Kobe. That is absolutely insane..... 3. Kobe has defeated more elite competition than anyone in NBA history, defeating the most 50-win squads in playoff history. 4. From 2008-2010 Kobe faced nothing but 50 wins teams in three straight finals runs except the 48-win Utah Jazz. He went to three straight finals in the most stacked conference in history. You had to win 50 games just to make the playoffs back then, Golden state won 48 games one year and didn't even make it in. This is one of the greatest achievements of any player in the history of the NBA. Kobe had to play teams like a 50-win OKC Thunder with three future hall of famers in the FIRST ROUND, yes, the Thunder won 50 freaking games and still were the 8th seed. Here's the craziest thing about that Thunder season, the thunder was the FOURTH team in the Northwest division that year. They won 50 games and still were only the 4th team in their own division. 5. Kobe is the only player besides Jordan to outscore all finals opposition by at least 10PPG in the final's multiple times. 6. Kobe is the only player ever to score 600 points in three consecutive post seasons, the only one. 7. Nine time all defensive first team, while simultaneously being the best scorer of his generation, if not for Jordan this would be unheard of. He is easily top 5, and Imo #3. He had the misfortune of playing in the slowest paced decade in NBA history, otherwise he'd have averaged 40 a night during his peak. For those that say Kobe is inefficient, here are the top scorers of the 2000's Kobe Bryant - 28.2 PPG on 55.9% TS Allen Iverson - 28.1 PPG on 51.8% TS LeBron James - 27.5 PPG on 55.5% TS Tracy McGrady - 24.4 PPG on 52.2 % TS Vince Carter - 23.9 PPG on 53.8% TS Kobe was the most efficient of the highest scorers of his generation, and that's not even getting into how true efficiency on a basketball court should be measured. Whenever someone says Kobe is overrated, they just don't know the truth, he's one of the most disrespected and underrated players ever. When this man dropped 81 points it hadn't been done since 1962!!!!! When he had 9 strait 40-point games it tied Jordans record in 1986!!! This guy was totally breaking the mold and was truly in a class of his own in the league. He was taking conference powerhouses like the Suns to seven games with Kwame, Smush, Luke, and Chris mihm lmao. No player ever had their prime years wasted like Kobe.
Chris Paul should be on this list and Kobe off. I don't see Reggie as overrated either; nobody thinks of him on the same level as Harden, Melo and Russ.
I did not know Kobe missed the most shots in nba history he was a major ball hog and I always knew he was overrated but this just proves it and Shaq got him 3 rings let’s be honest lol
LeBron has actually surpassed Kobe in total misses shots last season & is set to become the official record holder for missed shots & turnovers some time this season.
@@atlien1988 Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time 1. Michael Jordan 2. LeBron James 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Magic Johnson 5. Bill Russell 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Larry Bird 8. Shaquille O'Neal 9. Tim Duncan 10. Kobe Bryant The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time PPG: LeBron RPG: LeBron APG: LeBron SPG: LeBron BPG: LeBron FG%: LeBron 3pt%: LeBron FT%: Kobe TS%: LeBron PER: LeBron WS/48: LeBron VORP: LeBron MVP's: LeBron FMVP's: LeBron Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2) LeBron better player then Kobe Field goal% LeBron 50.5%✔️ Kobe 44.7% Points scored career LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time) Kobe 33,643 LeBron 1st all time points Kobe 1st all time missed shots Total 3pointers made LeBron 2,288✔️ (8th all time) Kobe 1,827 Total Steals career LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time) Kobe 1,944 Total Blocks career LeBron 1,083✔️ Kobe 640 Defensive win shares LeBron 78.56✔️ Kobe 50.66 Assists Leader LeBron 1✔️ Kobe 0 Career highs Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record Career highs LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters LeBron 5✔️ Kobe 1 2010 NBA finals Game 7 Lakers 83 Celtics 79 Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points 2013 NBA finals Game 7 Heat 95 Spurs 88 LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings 2011 NBA playoffs Mavericks 4 Lakers 0 Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
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Anyone saying Kobe isn't overrated is in denial. Yes he was extremely talented and a top 10 player, but so many fans today (mostly gen z) will be quick to place him as a top 3 of all time, which simply isn't true. Until you face the fact that Tim Duncan was a better player than Kobe, you can't say he isn't overrated.
And anyone who thinks you can't critique someones career just because they have passed is deluded... Rest in peace KB
Thank you!!
Wow
Definitely overrated
Hella 🧢!
Kobe and Miller are not overrated you wrong on that.
Most overrated. Miller has only made All-Nba 3 times. Only faced Bulls once. Lost in first round like 6 times. He is no legend
Kobe is BEYOND OVERRATED
You must be auditioning for clutch sports with this blasphemy against Kobe 😂
If uou believe Kobe is in the top 5 all time then he is definitely overrated.
Kobe isn't overrated he faced 50 wins team like 60% of his career
A super efective clickbait for a small channel. I respect the hustle. It's funny he says Kobe is overrated when nowadays he's not even mentioned in the Lebron v Jordan GOAT Convo
@@ClivesEnglishCornerdamn I just noticed 115 subs
59 win teams? Ok who hasn’t? Which great player hasn’t faced egregious level of competition? Every great with as many rings, or close, as Kobe’s 5 went against freaky good teams. MJ, Bird, Magic, Duncan, Bron…all the greats faced monster teams 😂..no one had an easy time…ok maybe KD but he’s not on that level🤷🏿♂️
@@ClivesEnglishCorneryeah then you just don’t go in Kobe pages or you aren’t enough kobe fans, cs they sweaaar Kobe is goat and he’s untouchable 💀
Kobe is super overrated some people have him top 5 all time. Like wow.
Not Kobe, hell no
cope
Sheesh, if Kobe overrated, then Lebron is highly overrated. He needs to be on this list. Remember there’s also context, and not just flat stats to go by. Numbers aren’t capable of explaining the full context of games and are misleading at times
And the "eye test" can be extremely bias.
eh I don't think so by the time lebron retires he will have at least 42k points rn 5 points away from 39k he will have 7k+ rebounds and assist etc lebron has the rings etc if rings truly mattered MJ would not be the greatest of all time because he does not hold the most
but that isn't to say kobe is underrated just not as good
@@whateveryoulikeilike6475he's overrated, he can't handle, no footwork, and his only move is charging the rim for a layup plus his fg% drops below 37% outside 3 feet from the rim. Everything you mentioned were longevity stats while playing in a weak era. He's ridiculously overrated and shoved down our throats by the media.
I agree with what you say. It's taken Lebron years to achieve what others did in less seasons. He truly was a was out as a Heat player.
This was the worst picks u can pick bro
LOL.. you salty?
Bro fr this just not
For me and the disrespect to use a dead guy as a thumbnail to get more attention for some views is just crazy to me it made me sick to my stomach lol
@@constructionnetwork6858he’s not salty I think he’s just voicing his own opinions we all have a right to our own opinions lil bro lol
Reggie and Kobe??? NAW!!! The others I can agree. However it is your picks.
I agree with you Reggie and Kobe seriously. WOW !!!😂😂
Reggie definitely overrated
Reggie played shooting guard when MJ was running the league. Hence being #2 was an honor.
@@franciscojmtClyde ?
@@zaydagoat6952 indeed! Clyde was also a killer, very underestimated among the new generation.
How is Kobe overrated... played on 1 NBA team his entire career with lots of achievements
*player on 1 NBA team his entire career with lots of achievements*
So has Jordan, Magic, Tim Duncan, Bill Russell, Hakeem, Steph, Bird etc... Kobe is overrated.
The “1 team” argument is lame. Kobe refused to play for the Hornets. He knew there would be no success at a small market franchise. Ask them how “loyal” he is. If I forced a trade to a franchise like the Lakers, I wouldn’t leave either. Ask Lebron and Garnet where loyalty to their garbage franchises got them? At least they tried. Even Kobe threatened to force a trade when the Lakers weren’t putting together strong teams
@@suciochanch Lakers are a literal garbage franchise ever since breaking up the Shaq-Kobe teams, these Cavs teams were STACKED in comparison to these post 2004 Lakers teams
@@syzorst And all these guys minus Steph are top 10 all time, what's your point
@ "Cavs teams were STACKED" before Lebron left to Miami? Lol
Kobe is overrated to an extent. There is no doubt he is top 5 but, better than Lebron and MJ he is just not. But Kobe is still my favourite player
Tell me you never watched bball, without telling you’ve never watched bball
Let me guess. You saw kobe on the list, and you instantly got triggered? 🤣
Kobe is pretty overrated
@@rektz2457😂😂 bunch of fangirls
Mamba overrated?!? Five chips says it all.
3 OF THEM WON with PRIME SHAQ! WOW!
He wasn’t even the best player on his team for the first decade of his career
This is some Bull shiettt! Kobe Overrated? You can talk BS all you want, but I witnessed the man play his whole career. He was the best player in the league from 2003 - 2011.
from 2009 onward, Bron was the best player in the league bro
Duncan was better from 03-05
@@Razor_Gaming definitely wasn’t Kobe won a chip in 09 and 10 what are you talking about 😂
@@aaronrivera9638
Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time
1. Michael Jordan
2. LeBron James
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Magic Johnson
5. Bill Russell
6. Wilt Chamberlain
7. Larry Bird
8. Shaquille O'Neal
9. Tim Duncan
10. Kobe Bryant
The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time
PPG: LeBron
RPG: LeBron
APG: LeBron
SPG: LeBron
BPG: LeBron
FG%: LeBron
3pt%: LeBron
FT%: Kobe
TS%: LeBron
PER: LeBron
WS/48: LeBron
VORP: LeBron
MVP's: LeBron
FMVP's: LeBron
Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2)
LeBron better player then Kobe
Field goal%
LeBron 50.5%✔️
Kobe 44.7%
Points scored career
LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time)
Kobe 33,643
LeBron 1st all time points
Kobe 1st all time missed shots
Total 3pointers made
LeBron 2,288✔️ (8th all time)
Kobe 1,827
Total Steals career
LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time)
Kobe 1,944
Total Blocks career
LeBron 1,083✔️
Kobe 640
Defensive win shares
LeBron 78.56✔️
Kobe 50.66
Assists Leader
LeBron 1✔️
Kobe 0
Career highs
Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record
Career highs
LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record
Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters
LeBron 5✔️
Kobe 1
2010 NBA finals
Game 7
Lakers 83 Celtics 79
Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points
2013 NBA finals
Game 7
Heat 95 Spurs 88
LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points
Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings
2011 NBA playoffs
Mavericks 4 Lakers 0
Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series
LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings
Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time
LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
Kobe wasn’t the best player on 04 05 08 09 2010 wtf are u talking about
He’s overrated but Lebron wade and Bosh joined to stop him 🤡🤡🤡
Are you sure about that
Kobe tried to recruit dwade
What happened to Karl Malone? Dirk Nitkowz? What NBA were you watching?
Carmelo should be number 1
I was with it kinda….the Reggie miller kinda took me off guard but the fact he never won a ring solidifies it somewhat. Kobe? 5 rings…. Overrated? Fam, who hurt you?!?! Kobe despite his passing has to be top 5 of all time. SMH. Clot is a drug.
You can’t tell me that Kobe is overrated without talking about LeBron James.
Lebron is way better wtf Kobe is overrated if anything lebron is underrated
Calling someone with five rings overrated is absurd.
3 of those rings came because he was teammate of SHAQ IN HIS ABSOLUTE PRIME. Any decent SG would have won those 3 championships alongside Shaq. And even if we agree that Shaq did not carry Kobe in all 3 championships, Kobe wouldn't have one a single 1 of them without Shaq.
Absolute facts
@@suciochanchan overrated Jordan wannabe hyped up by the media
@@suciochanchand three of them were because of Shaquille O'Neal and Shaquille O'Neal only
@@MANDMKhe was carried by Shaq
LeBron should be #1. Kobe? Wtf?😂😂
I mean if Kobe was beating my favorite team in the playoffs every year I would say he was overrated too 😂
Kobe is BEYOND OVERRATED
@@SINdaBlock411 How so? It's definitely not more than Lefraud. That piece of shtt has like a 30% true shooting % outside of dunks. At least Kobe wins, and doesn't need a fcnk bubble chip.
@@smb161 I never even heard of Lefraud before so by default that guy can't be overrated so either he's a nobody in NBA or he did a good job staying out of the spotlight so far, unlike Kobe
@@SINdaBlock411 I’ve heard of sad dpshts, one is commenting back to me now. You know who Lefraud is lol, if you really don’t….you need to shut that pathetic mouth of yours when it comes to bball then.
So Kobe Bryant , the man who beat the most 50 win teams in the playoffs, won two rings with no top 75 player on his team, only guy to go that, top 5 all defense all nba finishes, top in most 40,50,60,80 pt games. Resume is diminished from coming off the bench to start his career and several season ending injuries. Could have an even better resume. Nah
Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time
1. Michael Jordan
2. LeBron James
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Magic Johnson
5. Bill Russell
6. Wilt Chamberlain
7. Larry Bird
8. Shaquille O'Neal
9. Tim Duncan
10. Kobe Bryant
The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time
PPG: LeBron
RPG: LeBron
APG: LeBron
SPG: LeBron
BPG: LeBron
FG%: LeBron
3pt%: LeBron
FT%: Kobe
TS%: LeBron
PER: LeBron
WS/48: LeBron
VORP: LeBron
MVP's: LeBron
FMVP's: LeBron
Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2)
LeBron better player then Kobe
Field goal%
LeBron 50.5%✔️
Kobe 44.7%
Points scored career
LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time)
Kobe 33,643
LeBron 1st all time points
Kobe 1st all time missed shots
Total 3pointers made
LeBron 2,288✔️ (9th all time)
Kobe 1,827
Total Steals career
LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time)
Kobe 1,944
Total Blocks career
LeBron 1,083✔️
Kobe 640
Defensive win shares
LeBron 78.56✔️
Kobe 50.66
Assists Leader
LeBron 1✔️
Kobe 0
Career highs
Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record
Career highs
LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record
Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters
LeBron 5✔️
Kobe 1
2010 NBA finals
Game 7
Lakers 83 Celtics 79
Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points
2013 NBA finals
Game 7
Heat 95 Spurs 88
LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points
Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings
2011 NBA playoffs
Mavericks 4 Lakers 0
Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series
LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings
Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time
LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
The pau gasol disrespect is real
Pau Gasol was a top 15 player in the league during that time. Kobe fans act like pau was trash, just to hype up kobe
@@rektz2457 no that's how lebron fans act with literally every star he's ever played with. Kobe fans love Pau gasol. He saved our legacy. Still wasn't on the list.
@@MrLaneLifeyou mean he saved Bryant
@@RisonAndreI'm not really a James fan but I agree he passed Bryant years and years ago
Bro is high thinking Kobe is overrated he’s not overrated he’s really good at basketball
You know Kobe is dead, right?
Kobe WAS good at basketball until he died with a group other folks in a plane crash. He was good yesterday but relative to the hype he probably the most overrated player. His mamba mentality actually hampered a lot of his teams because it meant forcing up bad low percentage shots in clutch situations which is why his career average in clutch situations is actually below league average.
So Kobe's clutch is overrated? What is Bron's? Dude has the most "clutch" shots ever but never hit one in the Finals and has come up small on the biggest stage multiple times.
kobe was carried by shaq for his first 3 rings. in his next two rings, Pau led both 09 and 10 finals in 4th quarter scoring (even though kobe is supposedly clutch). Pau also led the lakers in win shares in both 09 and 10 finals.
kobe was also objectively bailed out by refs in many finals. in game 6 (kobe facing elimination) 2002 finals 4th quarter, lakers got 27 free throws to the 9 free throws by the kings, in a 4 point win. in game 7 2010 finals, lakers shot 20 more free throws in a another close 4-point win.
kobe is not "clutch." stats and games show it. he shoots below average in game tying shots in both playoff and regular season games. on the biggest stage. he cost the lakers a 4-peat with his terrible performance in game 3 of the 2004 finals. he has 11 points on 30% shooting, with 4 turnovers for just 5 assists. he lost the 2008 finals for his team in game 6 (facing elimination) with 22 points on 32% shooting, 1 assist and 4 turnovers! he almost cost his team another champion with just 12 points from the field with 25% shooting. he had 2 assists with again, 4 turnovers. he was bailed out with 15 free throw attempts. as before mentioned, the lakers shot 20 more free throws that game to be bailed out.
kobe had 9x all defensive first teams that he didn't deserve. even Phil Jackson called out Kobe saying he didn’t deserve defensive team selections for a long time. during his 9 first team selections, his defensive +/- was 0.26. overall, his career average defensive +/- is NEGATIVE. don't tell me stats aren't everything when stats clearly show that opposing teams scored MORE with kobe on the floor. look at someone like lebron. he has 5x all defensive first team. during those selections he had an average defensive box +/- of 2.7. his career average is 1.9. enough said, massively overrated defender.
kobe never led the league in an advanced analytic one time in a 20 year career, not a single time did he lead the league in personal efficiency rating, value over replacement, box plus minus, or win shares. That’s mind blowing when you consider that: MJ, kareem, wilt, russell, james all did it over 40-50 times each & then you have players like bird, o’neal, dr. J, oscar, etc. who did it 15-20+ times through their career. and, one of the "greatest scorers ever," kobe never shot above 47% once in 20 years.
He was just a Goodwill Jordan hyped up by the media
LeFlop was carried by DWade, Bosh, KLove and Kyrie too and yet he won just 3 legit rings in 22 years and counting, but yeah keep cherry picking some misleading stats like "average career defensive +/-" 🤣
If you dont see the absurdity of cherry picking stats like that just to try put down a guy who you simply don't like, then I don't know what to tell you...I myself alwasys HATED Kobe with a passion because dude was a KILER and because he played for the Lakers, that dosen't stop me from appreciating his greatness tho
This DUDE is outta with Kobe being overrated 😂😂😂😂
It’s okay to be dumb and clueless 😂
This man never watched basketball a day in his life 😂
@@rolondolucas784Bryant is an overrated turd
Saying Kobe is overrated is almost like say Jordan is overrated well hell lebron is definitely overrated then🤷🏽♂️
You need a dictionary you don’t know what overrated means
LeBRON is VEEEERY overrated
You're a kid that haven't watched enough basketball
The way Reggie moved without the ball reminds me of curry now. He was def not overrated
you think that kobe is a overrated player!?!? you also said he only became so good with shaq! he won 2 championships on his own!!
I agree kobe isnt an overrated player but he didnt win 2 chips on his own. He lead that 09-10 team but had another all star in pau gasol, bynum, and great role players and a good coach. A player who couldve won a chip on his own is lebron during the 07 season. He literally did not have any good teammates
@gigiferrer8619 LOL.. buffoon
@@cpme1711 Did you really just bring up the 1 time all star before going to LA - Pau Gasol and BUMnum? Yall Bronsexuals overrating those Lakers teams like crazy, those were literally some of the worst rosters to ever win a championship.
Those Cavaliers teams were GREAT in comparison, but I guess to yall Bronsexuals "good player" means Dwayne Wade type of all time great!
If Kobe number one on this list? Take that list folded it up into a small nugget then throw that BS down the street
Let me listen to somebody that knows basketball.Obviously you don't talking about kobe.THATS FROM A MAN MAN
I’m glad that the ball hogger Kobe is finally recognized as overrated and not even 1/2 as great as MJ the real Goat
How is Lebron James not on this list 🤔 but Kobe Bryant is ..
Lebron has better stats all around. Flop to much, but if referees don't call a smack to the face a foul what are you supposed to do? Kobe was great and is sad he and all the other passengers and pilot are not with us anymore. However, his numbers doesn't match the elevation he has as an NBA player. Lebron is second on most missed shots in the NBA history with 100 games more than Kobe and counting at age 38-39 on 2023 while doing more points than Kobe's avrg. pt/game , and Kobe is first on missing shots in NBA history. Lebron has better percentage and stats all around, even Curry has better stats all around. Changing teams is something Shaq, Horry, Pau, Bosh, Love, AD and many others has done to win championships another great example is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Your facts doesn't change reality of him being overrated. Great player but overrated to be in the GOAT talk.
Because LeBron isn't overrated??
@awesomeelk2920 Are you ok with your bias? Have you seen what every player had said about not wanting to play lebron or even wanting him to get some mishap that will not allow him to play. Also, wanting the ALLEN, PIERCE, KG Boston to win instead of Lebron for the finals. Another reason, knowing that Lebron knows what they are gonna play and only hope that the play goes through rather than the element of surprise. If that is not fear, I don't know what it is. Lebron can't and will not win a championship by himself just like anyone else in any team sport, (specially nowadays that the league has the best talent ever with records being match or broken left and right by multiple players), even though he was close to doing so in the Cavs 50-32 with L. Hughes, Barejao, Gooden, Ilgauskas, Snow, Pavlovic, Gibson, etc. against a Spurs team 58-24 with Duncan, Ginobili, Horry, Parker, Finley, Bowen, etc. during 06-07. Even Dwight had a better team in Orlando. It's not all stats.
@awesomeelk2920 I feel that by better players while watching the games, you are referring to the beautiful honed grace of movement Kobe and MJ had, making it look beautiful and appealing to watch. Yes, Kobe had a beautiful playstyle full of grace to the eye by being confident of his shots and backing it up. MJ had the same thing, Lebron is rough brute force with mid to low, beautiful playstyle, now he is creating it and still lacking that selfishness. Their playstyle can be compared to exquisite polished diamond vs. unpolished raw diamond. Both are diamonds, but one can be recognized by everyone and the other by a few people.
@@awesomeelk2920
Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time
1. Michael Jordan
2. LeBron James
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Magic Johnson
5. Bill Russell
6. Wilt Chamberlain
7. Larry Bird
8. Shaquille O'Neal
9. Tim Duncan
10. Kobe Bryant
The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time
PPG: LeBron
RPG: LeBron
APG: LeBron
SPG: LeBron
BPG: LeBron
FG%: LeBron
3pt%: LeBron
FT%: Kobe
TS%: LeBron
PER: LeBron
WS/48: LeBron
VORP: LeBron
MVP's: LeBron
FMVP's: LeBron
Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2)
LeBron better player then Kobe
Field goal%
LeBron 50.5%✔️
Kobe 44.7%
Points scored career
LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time)
Kobe 33,643
LeBron 1st all time points
Kobe 1st all time missed shots
Total 3pointers made
LeBron 2,288✔️ (8th all time)
Kobe 1,827
Total Steals career
LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time)
Kobe 1,944
Total Blocks career
LeBron 1,083✔️
Kobe 640
Defensive win shares
LeBron 78.56✔️
Kobe 50.66
Assists Leader
LeBron 1✔️
Kobe 0
Career highs
Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record
Career highs
LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record
Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters
LeBron 5✔️
Kobe 1
2010 NBA finals
Game 7
Lakers 83 Celtics 79
Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points
2013 NBA finals
Game 7
Heat 95 Spurs 88
LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points
Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings
2011 NBA playoffs
Mavericks 4 Lakers 0
Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series
LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings
Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time
LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
What do you mean, it wasn’t until Kobe teamed up with Shaq? Shaq and Kobe joined the Lakers the same time. And MOST SENSIBLE people have Kobe UNDERRATED
Yooooooo! @Chad P. I guess I know what the “P” stands for lol. Why you delete your emotional comment, after I replied?
LeBron
Kobe
Embid
Westbrook
James harden
IF ANYONE IS OVERRATED WHY NOT THE SO CALLED GOAT WHO REALLY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TILL PHIL AND SCOTTIE SHOWED UP AND ALL OF THE CLUTCH SHOTS HE MISSED
By what you said I can tell you don't have a clue on top of you going ALL ( CAPS ) showed you were extremely hurt by this video about ya boy.😂
NOT HURT AT ALL JUST EVERYONE NEEDS TO DETACH THEIR LIPS OFF HIS ASS PLUS IF HE IS SO GREAT WHY RUN 2 THE BODs
When Scottie showed up he averaged a 7.9-3.8-2.1 line.🙄
Everybody on this list is overrated but non of these players are top 5 outside of Kobe😂😂😂. Why tf is Allen Iverson not on this list?!? His fan base is more toxic than Kobe’s and he ain’t win shit his entire career yet people have him in their top 10
Kobe is not overrated, mans is capping
Agree with #5, #4, #3, #2
Disagree with #1
LeBron is the most overrated player
Luka is really overated
You forgot the most overrated ever. Earvin Johnson.
no one rate kobe as overrated because he was not, despite having great numbers 2005-2007 he wasnt considered to be an mvp..only a candidate apart from that only players who face against kobe considered him to be a competitive player , I dont see any over rating on thay
Tbf he did have 2 finals mvps but he was overshadowed by Shaq winning all 3 fmvps
No he truly is overrated
overrated
Kobe was robbed of so many MVPs, the all time leader in total MVP votes throughput the years!
HARDEN,WESTBRICK,MELO, BRON AND ANTHONY DAVIS
This guy is an extreme hater of Kobe just like Steven A Smith 😂
This is probably coming from someone who’s never actually played sports a day in their life because I’ll never call anyone overrated that’s a fucking professional athlete!!!!
If you put Kobe on here but not Westbrook you gotta stop hating.
What a complete baloney list. So 5 championships make him overrated ? So lebron is overrated and shaq this article is just hatred against anything LA
Kobe definitely made his team mates better with his mentality. Leadership skills go a long way. It’s like having another coach on the court.
No, no it didn’t
Kobe never realized he was on a team, it was all about him.
Right ball hog
I guess ball hogging does make his teammates better...
Where was lebron james he's the biggest overrated person in the world
GTFO Kobe is 2nd best of all time....if anyone Lebron is overated
good one
Kobe overrated 😂😂😂 YOU TRIPPIN!!!
Lebron is over rated! He play's the same way Westbrook played but for a longer period of time.
Ngl u stole barry mccockiner's thumbnail
This video is a joke 😅, for starters switch the title to legendary players I don’t like and then maybe we will take this seriously.
Click bait and pure foolishness
Somebody please call the CDC this disease needs to be treaty some people do anything for attention congratulations
😂 this video is a joke. Kobe being overrated that’s funny. Pau winning finals MVP over Kobe is a joke.
Kobe isn’t overrated
He is the most disrespectful superstar ever 😀
He's definitely overrated.
Click bait along with pure foolishness
Kobe was not the most efficient but Id rather have him then an efficient player who chokes at the big moments.
Russell Westbrook is one of the most overly criticized players in the NBA and I’m talking about since way before “Westbrick”. He was getting called a ball hog the same year his teammate won a scoring title,😒and a “stat sheet stuffer” when he averaged a triple double for a whole season as in if that was an easy thing to do. So I don’t understand how he’s “overrated”…..and Kobe? Tf wrong with you?🤦🏽♂️ You lost a lot of credibility with this only being the first video of yours that I’ve seen, but hats off to you for realizing the perfect way to get views. People will watch just to disagree with your ridiculous lists. That’s genius. I can’t knock the hustle. Lol
U was drunk making this video saying Kobe overrated
The fact that Kobe is on the list but kyrie isn't baffles me! Throw the whole list away!
Couple minutes in I was like Kobe better not be here
Kobe is on your list but not Paul Pierce, not Iverson, bro there's a lot you overlooked
CLICK BAIT
😂😂Tell us you never watched basketball 😂😂😂😂😂
Kobe is only overrated when compared to MJ. yes he was not good example when it came to his attitude n scrutiny of his teammates but overrated is not the correct word maybe selfish. Reggie Miller is also not overrated Everytime this man shoot especially in the clutch moments the whole arena goes into silent he was like Steph curry especially with the deep 3s before the NBA went to exclusive offensive! The rest of player on this list is undebatable.
Accolades and failures are ratings in of themselves. Which Kobe had many of each. The desire to be the best is what drove this man. And what he has done for the game, both domestic and international, surpasses even the great MJ. So rate the player all you want, cuz this dude was solid gold.
MJ took the game globally. Kobe didn't do that.
Kobe did not surpass MJ in anything.
Kobe lovers are DELUSIONAL AF!!!😂 he said Kobe did more for the game than Jordan.😂😂😂😂😂BOY STOP!!!
Surpassed MJ???? Please tell me where you get your drugs I need something to help me escape reality like that
I feel you, but he didn't pass MJ in what he's done for the game.. that's just wishful thinking dude.
James Harden should occupy all Spots on this list tho… :)
I hate the 'kobe won 2 rings with no names' myth. Bynum, Gasol, Odom, Artest and Fisher. That team is in the playoffs without Bryant.
They 100 percent wouldn't I would put my life on the line they wouldn't
@@jerrylykin6628 let's see. The year before, Houston took the champion lakers to 7 games with artest, battie, Scola, Alston and half a series of Ming. Gasol is better then any of them. Bynum was really good that year, better than scola at least. Odom and battie are at the same level. As are fisher and alston. Artest is obviously the same. Mcgrady missed half of the season including the playoffs. 53 wins.
@@seanmolloy2172 exactly guess who was the only actual good players 2 years before and after this Kobe and gasol Kobe would smoke Pau 7 out of 7 days in the week 365 Days in the year
But they do not win a title without him durrr
@@jandagrinding are you talking to me
Sad thing is all these kobe fanboys did not watch him play for many seasons. Is he overrated? YES, definetly
Kobe is not over rated.. no2 all time .. lebron should be number 1 in this video
He’s not 2 all time
@@jasonmoukala8909 simple truth is if your team makes the finals you'd have Jordan or kobe in the team before lebron if you wanted to win the finals.
@@insertnamehere5020 and whys that
@@jasonmoukala8909 lebron is a choker. He's more obsessed with stats than he is with winning. Jumps from super team to super team looking for other stars to save him in the finals. Kobe and Jordan didn't need that they just needed decent support
these kind of comments is exactly why kobe is on this list. he isnt top 10 and not i would not eant him on my team@@insertnamehere5020
😂 how tf you put Kobe on this list
You gotta be a lebron die-hard fan, do you. Saying kobe is overrated. Stay of the weed😂
bro the disrespect to use a dead guy as a thumbnail to get more attention for some views is just crazy to me it made me sick to my stomach lol idk who you are and im not even subscriber yt put this on my recommend page dont worry tho lol after this comment i will hitting " the do not recommend channel option" you are only at 79 i wish success say if this how your youtube videos looks like then we don’t think you have much success please change your strategy whoever you are lol
Number 1 should have been LeBron James. Here's the reasons:
1. His high career field goal percentage is misleading, once you look into the details. He shoots a high percentage of dunks and layups during the era of open lanes and cheap whistles. Here's a closer look at his percentages from distance:
3pt field goal percentage: 34.5% (below league average)
16ft - 3pt: 38% (below league average)
10ft - 16ft: 36% (below league average)
3ft - 10ft: 42% (below league average)
0ft - 3ft: 74% (above league average)
Free Throw: 73% (below league average)
To summarize, LeBron James is a below league average shooter from everywhere on the court except dunks and layups. Not just below elite shooters, but below average players.
2. LeBron's subpar clutch stats. Some pundits always deceitfully give him praise for his clutch moments, but let's take a closer look. Here's his stats of clutch shots taken in the last 5 seconds of a game according to Shot Finder:
Field goals attempted: 113
Field goals made: 20
Field goal percentage in the clutch: 17%
3. If we're going to criticize Kobe for missed shots, then we also have to criticize LeBron, since he has the second most in NBA history with 13,892 and will surpass Kobe in a few months.
4. Turnovers. This is a big one, since LeBron has the most turnovers of any players by a long shot, with 5,023 and counting., and his turnover per game average of 3.5 per game is second only to Russell Westbrook
Bro.. Lebron is just enough rated. He’s been leading his team at 39 years old. Playing the same quality.
@@Ccm2019 Offensively yes. Defensively he's been a liability for a few years in a row
The only one player i agreed is harden other than that the list is trah. If you say kobe is Overrated that mean LeBron james is overrated because without a top 5 player on his team he wouldn't have a championship to his name he like the kid that can't be his brother in a video game so he get all the top so he have a chance to win a championship
Kobe is never overrated, he was an overachiever. He singlehandedly carried A No Name Lakers Team to two Championships wins after Shaq left. He was a winner and his legacy will endure. The number one overrated player in NBA history is none other than LeBron James the self proclaimed goat and king. First eight years of his career he never lead the Cleveland to a championship win always choked at the playoffs. He had to crawl to Miami to Wade to be taught how to become a winner two times and crawl back to Cleveland to team up with Kyrie and Love to win only one championship. Then off to Lakers one of the greatest clubs in NBA to enhance his legacy. He could only manage a Mickey Mouse title in a shortened season because of Covid 19. Do not disparaged Kobe Bryant's name the player who was brought in 2008 to Redeem United States of America's honour and standing in the World Basketball after LeBron lead 2004 Olympics and FIBAWorld Cup could only managed Bronze Medals in those two events. Yes LeBron James is the most overrated player in the NBA history. Do your research properly on Kobe Bryant before you disrespect the only player who came very close to MJ in greatness in NBA history. MJ 6/6 in Finals and Kobe Bryant 5/7 in Finals and the overrated LeBron 4/10 in Finals.
Kobe is an overachiever? ROFL 😅😅😂 that's a good one. First of all l, he wasn't even the best player on the team for 3 of his championships.(That was Shaq). Second of all, that so called "No name Lakers team" had the best front court in the league during that 3 year stretch because before Pau Gasol got there, Kobe either didn't make the playoffs or got knocked out in the first round.
Also saying Kobe is the closest thing to Jordan in achievements is cap. Tim Duncan had a better career than Kobe did.
Pippen 6 rings > Kobe 5 rings
Pippen 6-0 > Kobe 5-2
Pippen better player then Kobe if having more team awards rings means better player which it doesn't 🥱
Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and carried Kobe Bryant to 3 sidekick rings
2000 NBA finals
Lakers 4 Pacers 2
Kobe 15.6 ppg, 36.7% fg and 20.0% 3pt
Carried by
Shaq 38.0 ppg, 61.1% fg and 16 rebs
Finals Mvps (individual player)
Jordan 6
LeBron 4
Shaq 3
Kobe 2
Best player on teams titles
Jordan 6
LeBron 4
Kobe 2
Jordan and LeBron finals mvps and best players on all they teams titles unlike Kobe
🐐 Jordan > LeBron > Shaq > Kobe
LeBron James PPG, FG%, 3pt%, TS%, REB, AST, STL, BLK higher then Kobe Bryant. So its pretty clear LeBron the better player 🤭
LeBron 38,958 on 50.5% fg more points then Kobe 33,643 pts on 44.7% fg
LeBron 1st all time points
Kobe 1st all time missed shots
Bleacher report top 50 greatest NBA players all time
1. Michael Jordan
2. LeBron James
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6. Shaquille O'Neal
7. Tim Duncan
14. Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history not top 10 player all time that's why Bleacher report has him #14
Mavericks 4-0 swept yo hero Kobe Bryant to stop him from making NBA finals and winning championship 2011 so try again
kobe is actually an overachiever. He isnt that good of a player and ended up with 5 rings@@syzorst
@footyroll8678 He have 5 rings because 3 of those rings, he had a teammate who was better than him.
I know thats what overachieving is. robert horry is an overachiever. harden is an underachiever. get it@@syzorst
LeBron is the king of overrated
Bro this line up is trash bro
you salty?
If you’re gonna put Kobe on the list, then you gotta put Durant, Shaq, Barkley, David Robinson.
Ummm sir if you would be so kind to giving me the last 10:15 of my life back that would be greatly appreciated
Where LeBron? LeBron’s game is filled with flaws and his career consists of so many failures.
Like any other all time great lol
I dont think kobe and miller are overrated
I’d remove Harden from this list entirely. He’s better than everyone besides Kobe. I’m removing Harden and replacing him with T-Max. The guy achieved absolutely nothing🤷🏿♂️
And what has Harden ever achieved? Crying off three teams? Failing repeatedly in the playoffs? Tracy McGrady was special and a level above Harden. Too bad injuries wrecked his prime
Kobe Bryant overrated as a top 4 career scorer, 12x All-Defense (9x First team), 15x All-NBA, 2x scoring champ, & 5x Champion.
Overrated? If anything, he's underrated as publications just barely have him inside top 10. A few even argued that he was actually outside top 10 just recently. So, how exactly is Kobe _"overrated?"_ 🤔
It's also funny how you mentioned Kobe having most missed shots, but if y'all actually calculated missed FTs in that equation, then ya boy who people love shoving into the GOAT debate took that crown last season. In fact, he's on pace to officially hold the records for most career misses & turnovers this season to go along with those six L's ✌🏾🤣.
The fact that so many people have him as a top 3 player (aka Lakers fans or Kobe fans) makes him overrated. Some even have him as the GOAT even though there have been other players that accomplished more then he did.
Calling Kobe overrated is a big mistake, after more research you will hopefully come to another conclusion, because it is utter blasphemy.
I'm not going to write a full essay, but I'll leave a few things here.
1. Kobe has the highest ever pace adjusted PPG season of all time, not even Wilt or Jordan could put points up like Kobe during his peak. Do you know what that means? That means no player ever was a more prolific scorer than Kobe at his best, nobody.
2. Kobe has the second greatest performance of all time according to the "Game score" stat, but when adjusted for pace Kobe actually has the greatest NBA performance ever (2000's were the slowest era of all time). Literally only one man (Jordan), in NBA history has an argument for having played a better game than Kobe. That is absolutely insane.....
3. Kobe has defeated more elite competition than anyone in NBA history, defeating the most 50-win squads in playoff history.
4. From 2008-2010 Kobe faced nothing but 50 wins teams in three straight finals runs except the 48-win Utah Jazz. He went to three straight finals in the most stacked conference in history. You had to win 50 games just to make the playoffs back then, Golden state won 48 games one year and didn't even make it in. This is one of the greatest achievements of any player in the history of the NBA. Kobe had to play teams like a 50-win OKC Thunder with three future hall of famers in the FIRST ROUND, yes, the Thunder won 50 freaking games and still were the 8th seed. Here's the craziest thing about that Thunder season, the thunder was the FOURTH team in the Northwest division that year. They won 50 games and still were only the 4th team in their own division.
5. Kobe is the only player besides Jordan to outscore all finals opposition by at least 10PPG in the final's multiple times.
6. Kobe is the only player ever to score 600 points in three consecutive post seasons, the only one.
7. Nine time all defensive first team, while simultaneously being the best scorer of his generation, if not for Jordan this would be unheard of.
He is easily top 5, and Imo #3. He had the misfortune of playing in the slowest paced decade in NBA history, otherwise he'd have averaged 40 a night during his peak.
For those that say Kobe is inefficient, here are the top scorers of the 2000's
Kobe Bryant - 28.2 PPG on 55.9% TS
Allen Iverson - 28.1 PPG on 51.8% TS
LeBron James - 27.5 PPG on 55.5% TS
Tracy McGrady - 24.4 PPG on 52.2 % TS
Vince Carter - 23.9 PPG on 53.8% TS
Kobe was the most efficient of the highest scorers of his generation, and that's not even getting into how true efficiency on a basketball court should be measured.
Whenever someone says Kobe is overrated, they just don't know the truth, he's one of the most disrespected and underrated players ever.
When this man dropped 81 points it hadn't been done since 1962!!!!!
When he had 9 strait 40-point games it tied Jordans record in 1986!!!
This guy was totally breaking the mold and was truly in a class of his own in the league. He was taking conference powerhouses like the Suns to seven games with Kwame, Smush, Luke, and Chris mihm lmao. No player ever had their prime years wasted like Kobe.
I wanna see the most underrated nba players
Ginobili is in that list
Tim Hardaway
Anyone saying kobe ISNT overrated in these comments, is adding to his points lmao 😂
EVEN PHIL JACKSON SAID HE WAS OVERRATED TO SOME EXTENT. (It was his defense but that’s gives you an idea)
Chris Paul should be on this list and Kobe off. I don't see Reggie as overrated either; nobody thinks of him on the same level as Harden, Melo and Russ.
The way you pronounce "ethic" is overrated
Westbrook, Reggie and Kobe are definitely not overrated. I would’ve put LeBron, Steve Nash and Stephen Curry on the list
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How do you dare to hate on a dead man you crazy
I did not know Kobe missed the most shots in nba history he was a major ball hog and I always knew he was overrated but this just proves it and Shaq got him 3 rings let’s be honest lol
LeBron has actually surpassed Kobe in total misses shots last season & is set to become the official record holder for missed shots & turnovers some time this season.
@@atlien1988 okay Lebron is way better lmfaooo
@@atlien1988
Athletic top 10 greatest NBA players all time
1. Michael Jordan
2. LeBron James
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Magic Johnson
5. Bill Russell
6. Wilt Chamberlain
7. Larry Bird
8. Shaquille O'Neal
9. Tim Duncan
10. Kobe Bryant
The Athletic has Kobe #10 all time
PPG: LeBron
RPG: LeBron
APG: LeBron
SPG: LeBron
BPG: LeBron
FG%: LeBron
3pt%: LeBron
FT%: Kobe
TS%: LeBron
PER: LeBron
WS/48: LeBron
VORP: LeBron
MVP's: LeBron
FMVP's: LeBron
Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2)
LeBron better player then Kobe
Field goal%
LeBron 50.5%✔️
Kobe 44.7%
Points scored career
LeBron 38,958✔️ (1st all time)
Kobe 33,643
LeBron 1st all time points
Kobe 1st all time missed shots
Total 3pointers made
LeBron 2,288✔️ (8th all time)
Kobe 1,827
Total Steals career
LeBron 2,205✔️ (9th all time)
Kobe 1,944
Total Blocks career
LeBron 1,083✔️
Kobe 640
Defensive win shares
LeBron 78.56✔️
Kobe 50.66
Assists Leader
LeBron 1✔️
Kobe 0
Career highs
Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record
Career highs
LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record
Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters
LeBron 5✔️
Kobe 1
2010 NBA finals
Game 7
Lakers 83 Celtics 79
Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points
2013 NBA finals
Game 7
Heat 95 Spurs 88
LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points
Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and Kobe Bryant a sidekick like Pippen 6 rings
2011 NBA playoffs
Mavericks 4 Lakers 0
Kobe got swept with home court advantage and favored to win series
LeBron 16-6 wins owns Kobe in 22 career meetings
Kobe Bryant 44.7% fg only 32.9% 3pt most missed shots in NBA history isnt even top 9 player all time
LeBron beat most +70 win teams playoffs
Why isn’t Iverson on this list? 🤔
Because Iverson is not overrated if anything he’s often forgotten on most best of type lists.
@@sharonmchugh7957 😂 sure. Did you watch the video? Iverson is the epitome of all the negative traits he used for the other players.
@@pimpchezI totally disagree.
Largely cause people root for the little guy. But definitely agree with you.
One thing about Kobe…I look at Magic and Kobe career wise and I have to say Magic had a way better career than kobe
No disrespect to magic, but his path was way easier than kobes
Fan of both, but Magic had it way easier. Just like I say KAJ had an easier route to 6 titles than Jordan.
@@dough5415Excuses.
@@carlovelasco1825 Excuses
@@syzorst Excuses for what? Kobe ended up with 5 rings just like Magic.
You carry a high standard sir. These men were and are 1st ballot HOFs. Overrated would be guys like kwame brown Lonzo Ball Michael Olowakandi etc
Someone can be overrated whilst being a Hall of Famer, they aren't mutually exclusive.
Who are these ballers? No one knows them.. they arent over rated, because they match their status.. UNKNOWN