From a pure basketball standpoint, there is no Kobe-Lebron argument. Kobe does literally everything better except pass and even that's questionable given Lebron's nightmarish turnover rate this season.
Nightmarish turnover rate? Lebron had his worst turnover season ever (joined a new squad and had to figure out rhythm with them), yet he still had fewer turnovers than Kobe did in his worst season. And before this year, Kobe had FOUR seasons with a higher turnover rate than Lebron's worst season ever. Lebron has slightly more career turnovers/game than Kobe, but only because Kobe rarely had to handle the ball during the Shaq days when the Lakers had an elite squad - ever since Shaq left and Kobe averaged a horrific
4.1 turnovers a game the next season, Kobe has had a worse turnover rate than Lebron.
Literally no one argues that Kobe is a better passer than Lebron. It's not even just the assist stats (like Kobe's best full season being worse than every Lebron season since his rookie year). Lebron makes more assists, looks for the assists more, sees the asissts better, makes better decisions on assists, and makes nicer passes on assists. His lifetime assist/turnover ratio is 6.9/3.4, while Kobe's is 4.8/3.0, and Lebron did most of that with far inferior teammates to pass to. Again, no one argues this.
Lebron is also a better rebounder than Kobe. Don't know how you missed that one, but the guy averaging 7.1 boards for his career (8.5 in the playoffs) is a better rebounder than the guy averaging 5.3 boards (and only 5.1 in the playoffs).
Lebron is a better scorer at the rim than Kobe is. Again, this isn't an argument - among perimeter players, Lebron is there with MJ as the greatest scorers at the rim ever, and has probably gotten more clutch shots at the rim than any other player in history. This isn't even a strong area for Kobe.
Lebron has a higher career 3pt% than Kobe. For his career, Lebron averages 1.4 threes a game as a 34% clip. For his career, Kobe averages 1.3 threes a game at a 33% clip. Lebron has a higher % in the playoffs as well until he lost his shot for the first 2 rounds this season and hs number cratered (Kobe's numbers would have cratered too with his awful three-point shooting over the last 5 seasons, but he hardly made the playoffs). Argue shooting mechanics all you want, but then you have to explain why Lebron managed to get results in real games better than Kobe did.
Lebron is better at defending 5s, 4s, 3s, and 1s than Kobe is. Literally the only position which Kobe defends better than Lebron is the 2. Lebron is the guy who is sent to guard the other team's best player much more often than Kobe is, even when that's a point guard. And Lebron is a more disruptive off-ball defender than Kobe, averaging more steals (1.7 to 1.5) and more blocks (0.9 to 0.5) for his career. No one on Earth believes that Kobe is a better shot-blocker than Lebron. No one on Earth believes that Kobe defends big men better than Lebron. Adn most people acknowledge that Lebron defends 1s and 3s better than Kobe too.
Finally, Lebron runs the offense better than Kobe. Kobe is a better ball-handler, but Lebron is better at actually guiding the whole team from the point, which is why he's been doing it from his rookie season and Kobe's only done it occastionally over his career, and usually with hero-ball results.
So your assertion that Kobe does "literally everything better but pass"?
Passing, rebounding, scoring at the rim, blocking shots, and defending bigs are all no-brainers, and Lebron's had better results on running the offense, defending PGs, and hitting threes too. You sound like a fool.
