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00:00 I'm Jill Painter Lopez for Sports Illustrated here with our very own Melissa Rowland.
00:09 Melissa, Richard Hamilton took exception to another top 15 player list.
00:16 What was he not liking about the list?
00:18 I don't blame him for taking exception to this list, actually.
00:22 CBS released a list and of the top 15 NBA players of all time, they had Michael Jordan
00:27 at number one, unsurprisingly.
00:30 The biggest shock of that list, though, and what's caused a lot of controversy was that
00:34 Kobe Bryant came in at number 10, which is pretty crazy.
00:38 A bunch of guys came in before him, including Shaq.
00:42 I was very surprised by that as well.
00:44 LeBron James came in at number two.
00:47 That one I can understand.
00:48 I think there's a debate over, a fair debate over who had a better career between Kobe
00:52 and LeBron.
00:53 But for Kobe to be the 10th best player of all time, there's no way.
00:58 He's one of the most influential players who ever played the game.
01:02 Five-time NBA champion.
01:03 He proved he could bring the Lakers to championships without Shaq, which obviously was a question
01:09 hanging over him after they had that three-peat back in 2000.
01:13 But I just don't understand.
01:15 I'm extremely surprised by it.
01:16 So I don't blame Hamilton for taking some exception to that list.
01:21 Absolutely.
01:22 I think Kobe, how he falls out of the top five in any top player list is beyond.
01:27 But thank you for that, Melissa.