Obstacles Preventing Kobe Bryant from Eclipsing Michael Jordan as the G.O.A.T.

Kobe Bryant suffered a horrific injury toward the conclusion of the 2012-13 season, which will make it difficult for him to eclipse Michael Jordan as the greatest player of all time.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am the same person who argued the two-time Finals MVP is not yet a top-five player in the history of basketball. Hence, Bryant still has to leapfrog a series of players before reaching Jordan.

That may be difficult, but not impossible.

There are a couple of obstacles that stand in the path of Bryant’s ascension, and we will look at the biggest ones. The Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
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