I never liked Kobe, I always thought he was over rated. Then I saw him play against the spurs this one time, and he was just unbelievable. I mean, I have NEVER seen anyone make the kind of difficult shots that he makes on a regular basis. The other day, I was watching 85 celtics vs hawks game where Larry scored 60 points. That was amazing, then I told my self, wait, last year kobe put on 62 on the Mavs at the end of the 3rd quarter. Yah, he might be cocky, yah he might have driven shaq out of town.... still he is the most exciting and talented player in the league and is the closest things to MJ.