Admit that he isn't better than Lebron.
My stance stems from a recent sports debate with the fellas about the best player since Jordan. Of course, Bean had staunch supporters, supporters that brought the usual angles, while I asserted the counterpoints I'm about to present.
First, I agree that five championships is greater than two.
But, I counter with the facts that Lebron has a better regular season and playoff scoring average.
He shoots better from the field, and from three-point over their careers making him, in fact, the better scorer.
He will surpass Kobe in rebounds this year, he already has more assists for their career, and Lebron is also the better defender.
Kobe had better teammates.
Here are the best fifteen players Kobe played with.
The players are arranged chronologically from Kobe's rookie year to now:
Eddie Jones, Van Exel, Elden Campbell, Shaq, Glen Rice, Dennis Rodman, Ron Harper, Horace Grant, Robert Horry, Gary Payton, Karl Malone, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum
Here are Lebron's, also chronologically ordered:
Boozer, Ricky Davis, Ilgauskas, Dejuan Wagner, Larry Hughes, Szczerbiak, Donyell Marshall, Mo Williams, Antwan Jamison, Shaq (17 yrs exp.), Delonte West, Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love
And this list doesn't include the comparison of lesser role players.
What does go unnoticed, even by me at first glance, is the fact that Kobe got to play with Rodman, Harper, and Grant, players that were heavily instrumental in the success of Michael Jordan, the player Kobe emulated. When these observations are combined with the fact that Phil Jackson was all five of the aforementioned players' coach, one can clearly see Kobe also had better coaching and simply belonged to a franchise with better management.
Kobe is, was, and always will be dope, but he ain't better than Lebron.
My stance stems from a recent sports debate with the fellas about the best player since Jordan. Of course, Bean had staunch supporters, supporters that brought the usual angles, while I asserted the counterpoints I'm about to present.
First, I agree that five championships is greater than two.
But, I counter with the facts that Lebron has a better regular season and playoff scoring average.
He shoots better from the field, and from three-point over their careers making him, in fact, the better scorer.
He will surpass Kobe in rebounds this year, he already has more assists for their career, and Lebron is also the better defender.
Kobe had better teammates.
Here are the best fifteen players Kobe played with.
The players are arranged chronologically from Kobe's rookie year to now:
Eddie Jones, Van Exel, Elden Campbell, Shaq, Glen Rice, Dennis Rodman, Ron Harper, Horace Grant, Robert Horry, Gary Payton, Karl Malone, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum
Here are Lebron's, also chronologically ordered:
Boozer, Ricky Davis, Ilgauskas, Dejuan Wagner, Larry Hughes, Szczerbiak, Donyell Marshall, Mo Williams, Antwan Jamison, Shaq (17 yrs exp.), Delonte West, Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love
And this list doesn't include the comparison of lesser role players.
What does go unnoticed, even by me at first glance, is the fact that Kobe got to play with Rodman, Harper, and Grant, players that were heavily instrumental in the success of Michael Jordan, the player Kobe emulated. When these observations are combined with the fact that Phil Jackson was all five of the aforementioned players' coach, one can clearly see Kobe also had better coaching and simply belonged to a franchise with better management.
Kobe is, was, and always will be dope, but he ain't better than Lebron.
he was playing along smush parker and kwame at the peak of his prime while lebron was with wade/bosh in their primes(wade's prime ended in their third year).
Weak Kobe hatin post, Jason Kidd Chris Paul and Kevin Garnett in their primes all wanted to play wit him and Gasol Artest and Matt Barnes had no problem playin wit him the last 2 chose to join his team after gettin in altercations wit him as opponents.
