danito says: January 3, 2013 at 5:04 pm kobe at his age still the second best player in the nba after lebron. but overall kobe is way ahead of james. lebron need lot of catch up to get to kobe level, as one of the greatest, kobe is a top 5 of all time and for me he is a top 2. and the best player that ever played for the lakers. if kobe gets one more championship, and tops the scoring of all time,