Personally I think that logic should be taught in schools so people don't end up like this.
I know, ESPN comments are the worst but holy crap. It makes me upset that these are the casual NBA fans' opinions on things.
A- Michael Beasley is terrible. I don't care how many points he scores more than anyone else. If that were all that mattered for value then you could generate this list in basketball reference in 3 seconds.
B- Maybe we should know about the other 250 players in the league considering that is over half of the total players? I think that you should be into sports on any amount of interest you want but if you aren't interested don't pay attention instead of putting down players who work hard to make a roster.
C- Let's assume that we all agree that Kobe is top five all-time (whatever the hell that means, I hate ranking players together as though basketball skill can be boiled down to one number) that doesn't mean he has to be top five in one of his last years in the league. A player can be the worst player in the league one year, play for 15 years, and end up as one of the best players ever so it doesn't matter if he finishes in the top five for one year (especially at what is likely the last couple years of his career).
I think that the problem is that for most people sports is something they use to talk about around the water cooler. "Lebron doesn't have a killer's mentality. Kobe got 41 points last night."
There's no real conversation, just regurgitation of facts construed around Sports Center clips.
Maybe I'm the one off base for thinking too much about a game. But I wish people would at least attempt to think critically and contribute instead of piling on more knee-jerk visceral garbage.
Anyways, let's keep raising the bar and raising the brow.