The thing that separates Kobe from LeBron, Magic, Jordan and Bird is that Kobe's play makes the team look better than it is. LeBron, Magic, Jordan and Bird make their teammates better players. Seriously, Who would Pippen be without Jordan, Divac without Magic... Scott without Bird... Mo Williams without LeBron?

Kobe is an awesome individual player, but he fails to make an equally awesome team player.