Kobe now 7th on NBA scoring list

By Arash Markazi OKLAHOMA CITY -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant made a running bank shot with 5:56 remaining in the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder to move him past Elvin Hayes for seventh place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. Bryant came in to Sunday's game with 27,303, and only needed 11 to surpass Hayes' 27,313. Next on the list is Moses Malone with 27,409 points. So far this season, Bryant has surpassed John Havlicek, Dominique Wilkins, Oscar Robertson and Hakeem Olajuwon on the league's all-time scoring list. Bryant has been complimentary of each player he....

List before Today's Movement:

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1,560 15,837 6,712 24.6 38,387

   1. Karl Malone 1,476 13,528 9,787 25.0 36,928

   2. Michael Jordan 1,072 12,192 7,327 30.1 32,292

   3. Wilt Chamberlain 1,045 12,681 6,057 30.1 31,419

   4. Shaquille O'Neal 1,206 11,327 5,935 23.7 28,590

   5. Moses Malone 1,329 9,435 8,531 20.6 27,409

   6. Elvin Hayes 1,303 10,976 5,356 21.0 27,313

   7. Kobe Bryant 1,081 9,512 6,895 25.3 27,303

Kobe will pass Moses Malone in 4 or 5 games.

Looking where he is now... he has to go 4.8 more seasons at 25.0 PPG just to tie Karl Malone.

As of right now, he's having a hell of a time racking up 25 PPG this season... and he's considered as healthy as he's gonna get. He's getting nowhere near #2 All Time, forget #1. He would have to maintain an average of 25.0 PPG at the ages 37-38... yeah, not likely... unless he gets more opportunities at the post and starts draining 3's at a 35-36% clip. Both happening at the same time is unlikely to occur.

I can't wait until he passes Shaq

I'm gonna really really congratulate him when he gets to #4 or #3 which are possible.

Come on Kobe!!!