The fact that Jordan won 3 titles, retired to play baseball and then came back and won 3 more titles is just sick. Maybe this would be debatable if Kobe wins this year's title and then 2 more. Not a very good chance of that happening IMO.
The Lakers are lucky Garnett got hurt because we all know that Boston would win it all this year with the big 3.
The Lakers are lucky Garnett got hurt because we all know that Boston would win it all this year with the big 3.
BINGO WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!
Lebron is better in every way being much younger except in work ethic (not that his work ethic is bad but not at the level of Kobe) and having a stupid look on his face when he makes a shot. Kobe comes across of having that drive to want it more as well.
Lebron is stonger, quicker, more powerful, more dominate, more durable, and an overall better player. Lebron is no Jordan but he is the best in the game today.
Maybe so Mr Popagiorgio
But when it came to doing everything at the right time and how MJ was the Best...Steals,Blocks,defense-This Man won how many defensive player of the years..The only thing I see Kobe better at is the three ball.Thats it..
MJ was the greatest at everything else..He made Will Purdue who he is today..WOW
Yea, not only could the first 3-peet been extended to 5-peet, 6-peet (who knows?) if Jordan's dad didn't get murdered and he didn't retire to play baseball, the second 3-peet had a high possibility of being extended as well if the retarded Jerry's didn't break that team up.
Phil, mj, and scottie literally could've gotten 9-10 rings in the 90's. That's just sick to think about if you're a fan of MJ and that whole Bulls era.
If Kobe has this same team next year and even if Phil comes back, there would be a lot of skeptics as to them getting another ring.
Jordan easily but this isn't really fair. Jordan is the best to EVER play the game. With that being said Kobe is the only player who you can even compare to Jordan. Both were the best one on one players of their genaration, both played excellent defense, both had an uncanny ability to create space and their own shot, both had the "it" factor, both were the guy you wanted with the ball in the last five seconds of game in the entire NBA and both have a fistful of championships (Jordan +1)....Think Jordan edges Kobe out for a couple of reasons though. Kobe doesn't have near the killer instinct Jordan had and IMO Kobe has played with much better talent in his career. If you paired Jordan with Shaq the 95-96 Bulls might have won 80 games...You can say thats nuts, but thats only 8 more games than they won that season...I also think Jordan made players around him MUCH better than they actually were..on the contrary I think the talent that is around Kobe helps him more than he helps them. Pau Gasol and Shaq even more are not really Robins to a batman...actually one could argue that Shaq was the batman and kobe was his robin...Both coached by best coach in the game and both will go down as top ten players of all time, but I don't think there will ever be another Michael Jordan
Not even close. Both have hardware and both had solid supporting casts. But this.http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/...yoff-shooter-of-his-generation/?ex_cid=espnFB
The dude just wasn't big time, in big time situations. Therefore I can't even put him near MJ, regardless of the high amount of respect I have for him as a basketball player.
The dude just wasn't big time, in big time situations. Therefore I can't even put him near MJ, regardless of the high amount of respect I have for him as a basketball player.
I am the biggest Kobe and I will say MJ is slightly better. Those who think MJ is way better are simply Kobe haters (its easy to be one, I get it, he's not the nicest guy in the world). Pure basketball skills (shooting, dribbling, passing , footwork, IQ) they are pretty much even. Kobe was a better difficult shot maker from distance and had slightly better handles before his hand injury and Jordan was a better close to the basket player. What makes MJ better overall is he can jump higher and stay in the air longer and he has bigger hands to hold the ball away from the defender while he is in the air. This made him way more efficient close to the basket and made his shooting percentage higher. Kobes ability to make ridiculously difficult shots from long distance made his shooting % suffer overall. There is a kobe stat that most people do not know about and that is he is by far , way ahead of any other player ever to have a teammate score after getting an offensive rebound after he misses a shot. So yes he misses a lot but he has 3 defenders on him when he misses and his teammates would score a lot because of that. I know the haters are laughing at that stat but he has won 5 rings and been to the finals 7 times. 3 finals without shaq and gasol as the second option. Mj is the best, kobe is top 5
