Kobe is more popular globablly and its not close. Kobe has tapped into Asia in ways most athletes never will
Again provide me a single metric actually proving this. Waiting for the day Kobe stans provide actual evidence for just one of their arguments.
lol, this list was made right after game 5 of the 2016 Thunder-Warriors series and doesn't include any of last year's series. Definition of cherry-picked. Find some proof that's more up to date.
Let me put it this way...
The Golden State Warriors have 4 all stars and struggled to outpace the Cavs in national TV ratings (2.7m to 2.65) this year. They come nowhere close to the Bron heat in viewership despite being the better team.
Every single one of the highest rated first round games belonged to Cavs-Pacers.
Every single one of the highest rated NBA finals of the last decade has involved LeBron James. Dude was doing blockbuster numbers playing against the Spurs who are historically TV ratings kryptonite.
Save for Lakers-Celtics 2010 the NBA was in the tv ratings gutter until LeBron joined Miami and became a household name, and LeBron viewership across Miami and Cleveland has been so strong and has been such a driver of ESPN revenue that it prompted them to throw a record multi billion dollar tv deal at the league.
If Bean is so great why were ratings catastrophic during his prime?
