NBA fans shouldn't be furious Kobe Bryant was named third team All-Decade

Kobe Bryant could be a top-10 NBA player of all-time and is definitely the second-greatest shooting guard to lace ’em up.

But after he won the last of his five rings in 2010, he played just six more seasons. In those years, he battled injuries including a devastating Achilles tear, only playing seasons of 58, six and 35 games. Of all the Kobe Bryant decades, this one isn’t his best.

So when NBA TV revealed its all-decade squads from 2010 to 2019 and put Bryant on the third team, you get why — he didn’t play the full decade, he was in his decline, although he did win one ring. I think the third team is actually just the right amount of respect.

But NBA fans were positively furious.

First, here are the three teams:

And here’s the reaction, including from Jets running back Le’Veon Bell:

Some people got it, though: