Please explain why you think Kobe is the best BB player?

When looking at Kobe, you have to look at the whole picture, not just the stats and rings. Yes, those stats you mentions are not better than Lebron's, and probably never will be. Lebron's game is more of ping the ball, and getting to the rim. Yes, Lebron can take over any game he wants, but truth be told, Lebron still has some good players alongside him, Z, Gooden, Hughes. But the most important thing that separates Kobe from all other players, is that he does it both ways. Thats the key for me. Lebron, Wade, Nash, Dirk, they are all great offensive players, and Wade and Lebron do get steals, but they dont have to guard the other teams top player, and then have to turn around and be the goto guy. I think that is what separates Kobe from even Jordan. Now you say Jordan rarely saw single coverage, but then again, the L wasn't allowed to play zone, so all he saw was single coverage. Yes, they did triple team him, but that was help defense. And then, when I think about it, who were the top guards back in the day that defended Jordan. I'll give you Starks and Dumars, but thats about it. Kobe has to go against the likes of Wade, Lebron, AI, Melo, VC, and still has to be the top scorer for his team. Basketball is a two way sport, so just doing it on one end isn't enough, you have to be nice both ways. Against the pistons in the finals, Kobe had to guard Billiups, Rip and Tay, throughout the entire series, depending on who was hot, because GP was getting killed, so was fisher and whoever they tried to throw at them. Stats only tell some of the story, there are so many other things that make a great player, his killer instinct, ability to lead and so on. Based on offensive ability alone, I wouldn't put Kobe ahead of Lebron in this era, but add in everything Kobe brings, Defense, will power, killer instinct, and I would Kobe ahead of everyone that ever played, including the "great one" MJ. But, thats me. And before you say MJ had dee, think about the better defenders on his own team, Ron and Pip. So that meant Jordan got to play the third offensive weapon on an opposing team, maybe even the fourth and fifth, depending on the make up of a team. So, on dee, MJ got to relax and sneak around stealing the ball, or blocking people from behind, which is good defense, dont get me wrong, but its not guard you man, smack the floor, in your face, dare your man to score on you kinda defense that Kobe has. Case in point, a game against T-Mac while T-Mac was in orlando. Mac had 30 pts at halftime, before Kobe switched to guard him. Kobe had 9 pts at halftime. end of the game, they both finished with 39, but kobe did his scoring while shutting down Mac.