When Kobe is kicked out of the top ten in history: a basketball holy battle that tore through Los Angeles

When that name appeared at 11th place on the list, the entire basketball world seemed to have been pressed. Not Jordan, not a magician, but a god in Los Angeles - Kobe Bryant. The latest ranking of the top 100 superstars in the NBA history released by the Bleacher Report is like a deep water bomb that detonated in the stagnant July Sports. They dared to keep the Black Mamba out of the sacred "top ten" halls!

Imagine that scene: the editorial department’s emails flashed wildly, and social media was instantly engulfed by purple and golden rage. A fan's roar was topped by the top comments: "Put Kobe Bryant No. 11? The people in the open-air stands have never seen Los Angeles at 4 a.m., but they have only seen the coffee filled by their editors at 4 a.m.!" What's even more heartbreaking is that they even listed five superstars wearing Lakers' jerseys, with names ahead of Kobe Bryant - this is simply sprinkling salt on the wounds of Angel City fans.

Let's break this "death list" and see who "murdered" Kobe's ranking: basketball emperor Chamberlain ranked 9th, giant O'Neil ranked 6th, magician Johnson shines 4th, and Tiangou Jabbar looked down 3rd. The most dazzling thing is that Ao Pang’s name surpassed the five former partners! Think about the years of the OK group: Behind the three gold cups is the smell of gunpowder in the locker room, and the sword light and shadow of the battle for ball rights. Now the open-air stands lift the sharks higher, as if pouring a bucket of dazzling paint on Kobe's brilliant mural.

But the name that really made Staples' central dome tremble was LeBron James. The open-air stands without hesitation to push the active Lakers superstar to the second throne in history, second only to basketball god Jordan. They used data to knock out the questioners: "The king of scorers in history! The first person to play! Four MVP trophys!" The editors even exclaimed: "LeBron's career is a miracle that is enough to enter the Hall of Fame!"

The praise of James by this report almost exhausted the dictionary: "He is an epoch-making organization master! Monsters crushing everything at the peak of offense and defense! A new totem of league ends!" The most amazing thing is that someone in the team directly put him on the GOAT throne, and the lowest ranking did not fall out of the top three. Imagine Kobe fans’ expressions when they read these - their totems were blocked outside the top ten goals, while their active teammates were praised on the clouds. The comparison on the data battlefield is tragic. James held four rings in his hand and spanned the three teams. Kobe was all in the Lakers' purple gold medal in five championships; James added four times in MVP, and Kobe only won once. The pen of the open-air stand editor is like a scalpel: "LeBron's finals ten times, burying the Spurs dynasty with his own hands, overturning the Warriors' hegemony - this kind of cross-age dominance is indeed hard for the Black Mamba to reach." When the website claimed that "all voters put James in the top three in history", the sound of cups slamming on the table came from the coffee shop in Los Angeles.

The fans' anger is setting off in the virtual world. The tag #Realize Kobe's Name on Twitter is like a wildfire. "Five-time champion core! 81-point miracle creator! Twenty years of purple gold loyal soul! Do you use Excel table to measure legends?" Another party calmly responded: "Look at LeBron's terrifying output line from 19 to 39! Kobe's peak is brilliant enough, but endurance is the real miracle!" The basketball forum instantly turned into an ancient Roman arena, and every time the page is refreshed, there is a new "blood blade" confrontation. The differences within the open-air stands made the situation even more confusing. Some people place Kobe in fourth place and regard him as the perfect embodiment of Jordan's spirit; some people coldly press him to 18th, believing that the efficiency value means everything. This split is like the eternal proposition of the basketball world: Should we use cold data yardsticks, hot champion blood, or cultural imprints that penetrate into the bone marrow to weigh the weight of the legend?

Kobe's name has long surpassed basketball itself. Editors also have to admit: "The shadow of the black Mamba still shrouds the league! Old fans are talking about his paranoid training attitude, and the new generation of stars imitate his unsolvable backwards - this kind of transgender spiritual radiation power, this is the only one in NBA history." When you make realistic and false moves on the court and unconsciously shout "Kobe!", it proves that he has been immortal in the basketball gene.

When the smoke of controversy on the list disappears, what is really retained? Is it the number rankings pointed out by the editors of the open-air stands? Or is Kobe's never-ending flowers outside Staples Center? James used terrifying data machines to prove that greatness can be quantified, but Kobe told the world in a way that burned his soul: greatness is even more of a belief. The anger of fans is never a number, but a guardian of the undefiled icon in the heart.

Perhaps the rankings of the basketball gods are inconclusive. But the name Kobe Bryant has long been carved into the rock foundation of Los Angeles. The list of the open-air stands will eventually turn yellow, and the Mamba spirit will always gain a new life in the next turning and leaning back.