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 On one side, the aspect of ‘team’ is stressed; on the other,
 a ‘greatest ever’ is singled out from a team!  After Kobe
Bryant won his fifth NBA championship ring last June, the
floodgates were opened—again! Was Bryant now the greatest? There
was even growing talk that Bryant was now dangerously close to
matching, if not exceeding, Michael Jordan’s place as the
"greatest ever."   When the greatest players of all time are
actually mentioned—from Rusell to Jordan—almost invariably, the
"making everybody better" part comes into play. Now comes the
strange contradiction—the ‘making everybody better’ label is
placed because basketball is a team game and one man’s
superlative skills and strength of mind supposedly enhances the
play and will of the others.  I completely s