When asked by NBA TV's Ahmad Rashad about which of the two, Kobe or LeBron, has had the better career to this point, His Airness wasted little time in showering Bryant with championship-fueled praise (via Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel):
If you had to pick between the two, that would be a tough choice, but five beats one every time I look at it.
And not that he [James] won't get five. He may get more than that, but five is bigger than one.
kobe has a better a career to this point