MANNY says: June 10, 2010 at 6:44 pm with all do respect , kobe is the best player of our generation , he was the secondary option in all 3 series when lakers won 3 titles because none of those teams had dominant centres so shaq could easily dominate so they went 2 shaq for dat reason name me a centre shaq had trouble guarding or scoring against it was an advantage all 3 series , kobe as gasol now