I really, REALLY thought this argument was deaded last year when I posted Kobe's career numbers against the Spurs and his series record against Timmay.
He's 4 - 2 against Timmy and the Spurs and in 2 of those series he DESTROYED the Spurs by himself! In 2001 and 2008, Kobe was CLEARLY the best player on the floor for either team. Think about that, at 21 years old he was better than Shaq, Duncan, and Robinson in that series. In 2008 the Lakers fell behind twice in the first 2 games, only for the Spurs to watch Kobe go Super Saiyan and snatch both games from them like he could just do it at will.