Kobe Bryant is the best post up player in the NBA despite being a guard

Nah. Jeremy Lin has to be the best. Did you watch how he destroyed Nate Robinson?

 

This is one reason I would like to see Harden develop his back to the basket game.

 

Should be taken with a grain of salt as this analysis is quite skewed. It's not like Kobe is posting up ALL the time. As a matter of fact there should be a minimum # of Post ups in order to qualify as a true post up player. The minimum number should be like 180 post ups in order to be in the running. What it does show is that WHEN Kobe does post up he's very good. But Kobe is very cerebral and knows when a shorter/weaker guy is guarding him to take advantage in the post and or if he's being doubled or not etc. so I'm not surprised.