A few days ago, ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith shared his?‘Top 5 NBA Players of All Time’?with the hoops world. Recently, the NBA legend?Shaquille O’Neal?saw eye-to-eye with the analyst’s list. However, the list was missing one particular player, who eventually made most of the fans angry on social media.

The Los Angeles Lakers legend?Kobe Bryant‘s name was missing from Smith’s list. Moreover, fans seemingly couldn’t take it and vented their disappointment by commenting on Shaq’s post.

Shaquille O’Neal seemingly agreed with Stephen A.Smith’s list

Almost a week ago, Smith shared his?‘top 5’?NBA players of all time. Lately,?Shaq re-shared Smith’s list on his Instagram handle?with a caption,?“not mad at this list, gimme your thoughts.”?Big Diesel seemingly agreed with the analyst about his choices.

The list contained the pictures and names of players like?Michael Jordan,?LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, and Magic Johnson. Interestingly, Abdul-Jabbar and Johnson have donned the purple and gold jersey, with King James still with the LA side. Whereas Jordan and Russell were players who played for Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics, respectively.?

NBA fans expressed their disappointment as Kobe Bryant misses out

As soon as Shaq re-shared the list, it grabbed the attention of the fans. They chipped in on Instagram to share their thoughts and feelings, notably about the absence of the Black Mamba from the list. In light of this, one fan commented,?“No Kobe? This has to be illegal”

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Here are some other reactions of the fans:

“You(Shaq) and Mamba need to be on there”

“Where’s Kobe ? Lebron is absolutely not top 5 !!”

“This is pretty accurate”

“Switch Magic for Kobe”

“Plz stop disrespecting Kobe I’m so tired of this sh*t”

“This is perfect”

“Kobe over Magic and shaq over Bill”

Most of the fans were quite frustrated that the five-time champion was missing. While some other users listed out their own ‘top 5’ players list. However, surprisingly, a few fans agreed with the list and termed it ‘perfect.’ These lists are often subjective and the picks are frequently contested.

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