Former NBA star Jason Richardson thinks Kobe Bryant is the second best player after Michael Jordan. It happened in the Western Conference Finals.
“It was a great matchup. They had Kobe and Pau Gasol, they had championship experience and we didn’t,” Richardson said. Sunni Woopar of the Sun“They had Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest players ever to play the game, and it was just a fight.
“It was then that I realized Kobe was the second best player in the world in my opinion. “
The Lakers defeated the Suns in the conference finals to advance to the championship against the Celtics.