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[QUOTE="orangenirvana, post: 1795665, member: 156"]
Bryant's best accomplishments were being the best player on two title teams, the second best player on three title teams, and his consistency.

But it's far-fetched to say he was Top 10 all-time (much less Top 5!) when as mentioned before one can easily make the argument that he was never even the best player in the league in a given year. Best SG sure, but for the first half of the 00's decade he didn't have much competition for that spot. Ray Allen and Tracy McGrady were it until Wade arrived and rather quickly took over as best SG in the NBA.

From 2003-2009 (considered to be Kobe's peak years)...

2002-03 - #5 PER, #5 Win Share
2003-04 - #5 PER, #10 Win Share
2004-05 - #7 PER, #31 Win Share (66 games played)
2005-06 - #3 PER, #4 Win Share
2006-07 - #4 PER, #3 Win Share
*2007-08 - #8 PER, #4 WS
2008-09 - #5 PER, #7 WS

* MVP season

Even the season he won MVP, Chris Paul (league-leading 17.8 WS, second in PER) and Lebron (led league in PER, second in WS) were much more deserving of the award.
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