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EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – APRIL 30, 2013. Kobe Bryant talks with reporters after his exit interview with the Lakers on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the team’s training facility in El Segundo. (Photo by Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – APRIL 30, 2013. Kobe Bryant talks with reporters after his exit interview with the Lakers on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the team’s training facility in El Segundo. (Photo by Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The discussion for who are the greatest players of all time always comes down to the greatest in every position. Then followed by the subjective greatest players in that position across eras. It is because of this that there is never a singular answer of who is the greatest player of all time. Most commonly, people come down to three players for short-listing who is the GOAT. And they are LeBron James, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.
Former NBA champion Kendrick Perkins was recently asked who he feels are the top-10 players of all-time in the NBA. His answer received a lot of criticism from fans on Twitter. The sheer disrespect appalled a few Kobe Bryant fans.
.@KendrickPerkins listed his Top 10 NBA Players of All-time on the most recent episode of No Pump Fakes.
You agree with the list? https://t.co/0OXmJw4d3v pic.twitter.com/8o9ylNrx82
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) October 15, 2021
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Twitter erupts as Perkins disrespects Kobe Bryant in his all-time NBA list
He didn’t put Kobe first mad disrespectful
— SPOOKY TRAP JJNE 😈🎃👻🔥 (@Young6ix_) October 15, 2021
Mike took that personally!
— fookinmoon (@notsilenced2day) October 15, 2021
Kobe higher then its good
— Maiz The Realist (@llMaizll) October 15, 2021
I don’t necessarily agree with the order, but my top 10 has many of the same players.
— John Mickens (@gawdpapiofsole) October 15, 2021
The best top 10 ever that I’ve personally heard.
— Coach Shamm (@Coach_shamm) October 15, 2021
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩💩💩💩
— JoJo M (@Jahque23M) October 15, 2021
While few criticized the players in his top-10, the main issue was the order in which he ranked them. First, Kobe Bryant does not deserve to be 9th on that list. If NBA was all about the number of championship rings, Bill Russell should have been on top of that list. However, since Perkins claims to have considered other factors in making this list for him, Kobe‘s inclusion so low on this list is appalling.
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What does this mean for the GOAT debate?
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Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, right, and Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James have their game face on as they guard each other in the fourth quarter at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008. Lakers lost 98-95. LeBron James scored 14 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter. Kobe Bryant finished with 33 points. (Photo by Allen J.Schaben /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) | Courtesy: Getty Images
Since Kendrick Perkins included Kobe so low on this list, he should brace himself for Kobe fans lashing out at him. However, one aspect that goes ignored in this process is that he definitively put LeBron James over Michael Jordan on his list.
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Perkins has never hesitated in admitting that he is a huge admirer of LeBron James. Especially since he was drafted in the same year as LeBron and he never got a chance to play with Jordan. However, Perkins has been called out for making misinformed comparisons between these two in the past. So is he really a reliable source to decide the GOAT debate? Highly doubt that.
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