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- Kobe Bryant says he's greater than Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
- The former Los Angeles Lakers guard made a guest appearance on Tuesday on "The Late Late Show With James Corden," where he was asked to rank the three players.
- He was hesitant, but the alternative was to take a bite out of a cow's tongue.
- Needless to say, Bryant did not want the tongue in his mouth.
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Kobe Bryant called himself the greatest NBA player of all time, ahead of Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
The Los Angeles Lakers guard finished his career in 2016 as a five-time NBA champion. The NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, quickly described him as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
In a guest appearance on "The Late Late Show With James Corden" on Tuesday, Bryant was involved in a "truth or dare"-type game where he had to answer a question or eat something repulsive.
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He was asked to rank himself with Jordan, the former Chicago Bulls icon, and James, the current Lakers forward, in order of greatness — or take a bite out of a cow's tongue.
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Bryant was hesitant to answer Corden's question, but he appeared even more perturbed at the thought of eating the tongue.
"All right, fine," he said. "I'm the best. Michael's second-best. LeBron is third."
Jordan is most successful of the three players, as he has six NBA Finals wins — one more than Bryant and two more than James.
But James recently eclipsed Jordan's overall points haul. James now has 32,516 points in 1,197 games played — 224 more points than Jordan, who's fifth on the all-time points-scored list.
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James is likely to leapfrog third-place Bryant, who had 33,643 points in 1,346 games.
The all-time points leader is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 38,387 points in 1,560 games.
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