you guys that hate on Kobe are gonna have to face facts eventually...he right now is in the conversation with Jordan...im not saying that he is better than him but there names deserved to be mentioned together...one day youre gonna have to face the facts that someone is gonna come along and be better...Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player forever then came Willie Mays then came Barry Bonds and Now A rod will probably go down as the greatest player until another comes along...Just as i am a die hard 49er fan and i know Joe Montana is the greatest QB ever, Tom Brady deserves to mentioned in the same sentence...(Joe never lost a SB though!!)...so i know you all wanna love Jordan cuz you seen him play , i love him too but someone bigger stronger faster and better is gonna come along...right now its Kobe and in a few years it will be LeBron...