US Edition"Criminal" - Shaquille O'Neal Enraged After Kobe Bryant Snub From Top 10 NBA Players Ever List; Wilt Chamberlain and Larry Bird Made the Cut
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 14 – Shaquille O'Neal argues Kobe Bryant's exclusion from the top 10 NBA players list overlooks his career scoring rank and lasting influence on athletes, sparking debate in the NBA community.
- Bleacher Report released a top 100 NBA players list on Monday placing Kobe Bryant at No. 11, narrowly outside the top 10.
- This ranking prompted Shaquille O'Neal, Bryant's former Lakers teammate, to call Bryant's placement 'criminal' on X, expressing strong disagreement.
- Together, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant secured three NBA titles and, despite previous conflicts, maintained a strong bond of mutual respect and friendship.
- Bryant scored 33,643 points over 20 seasons, averaged 25 points per game, and inspired many with his 'Mamba Mentality' work ethic.
- The controversy around Bryant's ranking highlights ongoing debates about his legacy and the challenges in evaluating NBA all-time greats.
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Kobe Bryant not in NBA’s all-time top 10? Shaq thinks that ranking is ‘criminal’
Shaquille O’Neal has an issue with a recent ranking of the all-time best NBA players. On Monday, Bleacher Report released its list of the “top 100 NBA players ever,” based on a compilation of rankings from a “legion of B/R NBA experts, writers and editors.” O’Neal finished just outside the top five. He didn’t seem to have an issue with that. Shaq’s beef was with the placement of his former Lakers teammate, the late Kobe Bryant, who landed outsid…
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