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Hi guys,

Lakers fan here.
Today, a friend of mine said Kobe is no where near what Jordan did, and I disagree with his statement.

My question here is, do you think Kobe has done enough to be better than what Jordan did, or Kobe is still not as good or less than Jordan. Please provide your statement, your statement need to be backed up with reasons by Kobe or Jordan is a better basketball player.

Discuss

Both.

jordan is hands down the better player.

noone has come closest since though

Didnt we just have this debate.... like every day in every thread over the past decade?

I'm really over this repetitive debate lol

kobe's not even > magic

... i don't compare them ... they played in different era ... different opponents and different team mates ... it's like apple to oranges ...

Let's be real, though. A juicy blood orange is better than ANY apple. Am I right?

theFRANCHISE wrote:kobe's not even > magic

Thats your opinion sir. (Mine also as of today also).

BTW Kobe IMO played in a harder era at the wing position... The likes of prime Iverson, Tmac, Marbury, Vince, Wade, Durant, Lebron, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Steve Francis, Melo, Manu, Gilbert Arenas. Also very good on ball defenders in their prime of.... Tayshaun Prince, Bruce Bowen, Shane Battier, Shawn Marion Tony Allen, and prime Ron Artest are a few examples compared to Craig Ehlo, Richard Dumas, Hersey Hawkins, Terry Teagle, Clyde Drexler and those type of wing players. (I'll give you Joe Dumars as an elite defender even if he was undersized SG).But MJ did conquer an era of basketball that had elite Centers playing in it. But in todays time players are longer, faster, and stronger from the wing position than in the past. Big reason I dont knock Kobe for his career 45fg% like most. Biggest difference between a 10/20fg 50fg% shooter from a 9/20 45%fg shooter is that 1 single shot in reality. Then to top it off Kobe shoots alot more 3s than Magic and MJ ever did. Is he better than those 2 currently (Magic is up for debate IMO... MJ (currently No, probably wont but its always that chance). I also believe Kobe already surpassed Bird on my personal alltime list. This current achillies injury has really cheated Laker fans out of at least another 3 years of last year level Kobe Bryant.

this basically sounds like a thread for the player comparison board

Nah, I think we've done this to death and then stomped the corps into paste...

As with any of these type of questions... There isn't really an overwhelmingly right answer but no matter what answer you give, you're going to be judged and classified based on it... So I say we kill it now...