You win by scoring more points than the other team and those guys help you do that.

The rings thing is fucking stupid. Pippen having 6 rings doesn’t make him better than Kobe. Tom Heinsohn won 8 rings in 9 years of playing! He’s the GOAT!!! C’mon.

Lebron is a better passer, better rebounder. Kobe was a better defender. Scoring, honestly I’ll take Lebron. If Lebron forced the ball more he’d easily score more than Kobe, his FG% is way higher. Lebron plays team ball better and he’s a better teammate. Lebron has had probably 5-6 more productive years than Kobe had.

Kobe gets a lot of legacy revisionist treatment. If you want to put him at 3 all time you can make the argument but he’s not close to Lebron or MJ.