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Jerry West also said, that Lebron is the one that has the chance to be the greatest player of all-time and didn't he bring Kobe to LA and was GM for a bit to, right? Not all of them say Kobe is better. Barkley said Lebron is the best and a few others as well. Kobe is the best closer, but he does have twice the experience as Lebron and is about 6 or 7 yrs. older. Don't the Magic have 2 or 3 All- Stars as well? Still don't make up for why Kobe didn't make the playoffs without Shaq or make it past the first round. They won as many as they did, because of Lebron James. I mean come on. They got Zydrunas(34), Wally, Joe Smith(34), Gibson, Wallace(35), Varejao, etc. Compared to Kobe's Gasol(29), Odom(30), Walton, Farmar, Vuajic, Bynum, Ariza etc. Fisher is 35, but he's in tremoundous shape. IMO, he'll retire in about 2 more years. It's not even close really, in supporting staff that is. Cavs have Lebron and Mo Williams as All-Stars. Gasol and Odom both have been All Stars if im not mistaken, I kno Gasol has...By the way, how old is Ben Wallace? He'll be 35 in sept. Wallace is a energy player with rebounding and defense, when you've played 12 seasons in that role, it takes a toll. So he's not the same player.

So the Lakers would have won the championship without Kobe?

LeBron did some great things this season, but when he got the playoffs he swept passed two terrible teams in the first two rounds, then was defeated by an actual team that made LeBron do it on his own and not let his teammates get going. Point is, the Cavs went a little further than they should have. If the Cavs where in the Western Conference they would have been out in the 1st round.

Kobe could have possibly done the same thing this season if he where with the Cavs in the Eastern Conference. But he's not and he had to face really good teams each series in the playoffs unlike the Cavs who faced ONE good team that was in-control the entire series.