John DeShazier – The Times-Picayune

He is unrivaled now and has been the last four to six seasons, depending on who is asked.

There, atop the NBA’s list of excellence, sits the one player the consensus seems to agree is the best the league currently has to offer, one of the best who ever will take a basketball and create a masterpiece. Kobe.

There are NBA stars in New Orleans this weekend, and there are NBA All-Stars in New Orleans this weekend, several of who will play in today’s game, and there is Kobe Bryant, to whom the stars and All-Stars defer.

“Kobe,” Jazz forward Carlos Boozer said, almost before the who’s-the-best question could be completed. “Kobe Bryant. He has everything offensively, and he has everything defensively. He has no flaws.

“If there’s a guy in this league that doesn’t have any flaws, it’d be Kobe.”

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