Jason “White Chocolate” Williams is wrong … Kobe Bryant’s not only in the top five greatest Lakers of all time — he’s number one! … that’s according to former Los Angeles Lakers center (and former Kobe teammate) John Salley, who tells TMZ Sports there is no better Laker ever than the Black Mamba. “Kobe is the greatest Laker of all time,” Salley said outside of LAX this week.
Source: TMZ Staff @ TMZ.com
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Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
50-point games by player age:
60: Kobe Bryant, 37 (his last game)
56: LeBron James, 37
51: Jamal Crawford, 39
51: Michael Jordan, 38
50: LeBron James, 37
(No other 37-year-old-and-up has scored more than 46) – 8:43 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Scoring averages of the GOATs at age 37
LeBron James: 29.7 ppg on 51.8 FG%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 22.0 ppg on 59.9 FG%
Kobe Bryant: 17.6 ppg on 35.8 FG%
Tim Duncan: 15.1 ppg on 49.0 FG%
Shaquille O’Neal: 12.0 ppg on 56.6 FG%
Not playing: MJ, Magic, Bill Russell, Wilt, Larry Bird –…