Although I will add that many young players still look up to Kobe and seek to emulate his game. However, there are a few points in Kobe's favor, the biggest of which is how many former players say they would choose Kobe.
Most all NBA first team selections is a big deal, and he's one of the most "you gotta see this guy go off" Players we've ever seen. Lebron: 27.2 ppg on 50-34-74. Lebron has always had 2 all-stars playing alongside him on his championship teams. Alot of his points come inside the paint becuase you cant really stop lebron from driving,however lebron james cant make jumpshots.
These have been done multiple times and your information does not inspire any new discussion topics that we haven't already beaten to death (in my opinion).Bottom line, both Kobe and LeBron are top 10 players and at the end of the day the people will remember how many championships each brought to their respective cities.Your last sentence seems like a last second throw in to imply Kobe > LeBron since Kobe already has the 5-3 title advantage.Which you can think. It's just that his fans (and seemingly some casual fans that didn't pay much attention) are convinced that it's a travesty if you don't rank him up there in the top 10 of all time. LeBron also has the most all time in regular season and the playoffs of games with at least 25/5/5, 27/7/7, 30/5/5, 35/7/7. Kobe is a far superior jumpshooter than lebron. LeBron also has 5/13 ever games in the finals with 40/5/5, Kobe having 1. I'd say LeBron does way more for his team, but is also a better teammate. Dan McCarney, NBA.com . I'm not gonna try and change your mind or have a problem with that, but it seems out of place. KD: 27 ppg on 49-38-88. He's also first in playoff points (Kobe is 4th), second in playoff steals, (Kobe is 6th), seventh is playoff rebounds, 3rd in playoff assists(Kobe is 9th) and 21st in blocks. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. Also, in what universe is being on a team with prime shaq hurting anyone's legacy? He is also a better player and there is no real argument that Kobe is better than him. LeBron is also better in the regular season and playoff both cumulatively, and individual season wise in Win Shares, VORP, BPM, PER.Look, I'm totally open to hearing people's arguments for taking Kobe, Kobe was an AMAZING player. Obviously you're biased and the serious tag does nothing.But nevertheless everyone knows LeBron's stars are better than Kobe's and the use of those metrics will always paint the picture that LeBron is better. LeBron has 5 38/8/8 games in the finals out of a total 10, Kobe has one of them. Weirdly enough lebron is a better three point shooter.I think lebron never had to work on his jump shooting because he was so good at getting to the rim but as hes starting to age hes developing more of a 3pt shot.First of all, thats horrendous efficiency from Bryant, simply inexcusable. Kobe has way more to teach in terms of skill/footwork/technique.it's close enough where if he just has a solid few years, even without a ring, all his numbers and level of play will put him at 2he's maybe the only player currently in the league with a legit shot of being 1/1a with jordan, but he has to win at least 2 more rings which is gonna be very toughkobe is a better shooter and scorer, lebron is just a better overall player, maybe the best overall player ever evenyou could probably get away with saying lebron is the best overall, 1-5 defensive versatility, one of the best overall scorers and playmakers ever, but you won't get away with putting him 1, and i think, even as a lebron fan, you can't discredit KAJ, as even KAJ has some argument to be up with jordan as the best ever, 1-2 more years of current lebron would do it, ring or not, but i don't think he's clear of KAJ yetNo, It's not worth talking to people who honestly believe Kobe is better than LeBronI think hes a better and more skilled player than LeBronLike someone said earlier, LeBron is currently a top 5 player all-time and Kobe is 9th or something.I don’t think Lebron can be placed any lower than 3 at this point. Kobe has 1 more scoring title and 2 more rings, but LeBron has 3 more MVPs, one more FMVP, they share the record with Karl Malone for most all nba 1st teams. However, 30 point games with at least 47%FG? LeBron also has 5/13 ever games in the finals with 40/5/5, Kobe having 1. Fast forward to today, I have read and watched a lot of stuff about MJ and Bron and now know that LeBron is a top tier player, and get why he’s in the “GOAT conversation”. After avoiding the argument altogether, it seems weird to have a kind of subtle argument.I'm also bored and everything else on new seems worse than this, so here I am nitpicking.just because I like LeBron doesn't mean I can't partake in serious discussionI didn't use any bias in the numbers I gave, if you look at virtually any metric LeBron is betterNew comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPress J to jump to the feed. Better elimination game performer. Is Lebron vs Kobe even somewhat of a legitimate debate anymore? By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies.
It'd be like me saying, "ignore everything else, let's stop the bickering. Obviously the debates have faded because of Lebron accomplishing the feat of winning 3 rings but I feel as if it can still be argued. He is the better player out of all of them.I think I'd take Lebron too, but you can't just say he was a better scorer than Kobe.