Kobe Bryant was asked yesterday whether a player needed to win a championship in order to be considered great. It’s a question that has come up, and will come up, a lot this week regarding Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

“It depends on which club you’re talking about,” Bryant said. “Are you talking about the Jordan-Magic clube? If you want to get in that club, then you have to win. The other club you don’t have to win. The other club you don’t have to win. Depends on what club you want to get into, the 2 and over or the 18 and under.”