Is Kobe as nice as Jordan?
366432
Kobe is BETTER then michael jordan, maybe not in stats but if you play michael jordan in his best season and kobe in his, Kobe would win the game.... People say kobe is a ball hog and the reason for that is his teammates cant score, michael was also a ballhog....  also kobe wasnt born with basketball skills he had to work through it lebron and jordan were. Kobe worked hard to become as good as he is.. Also if lebron has shaq right now he wouldnt be avering these numbers. Kobe had shaq when shaq was at his bestt!!!
190438
Pure skill does not exist in a vacuum. Michael Jordan was a team player, an important intangible not covered by statistics. Kobe might have some moves, but he is abrasive and tactless.
391302
no he is not the next kobe but he will improve that had to boost his confidence and yea it was amazing. but he got the lucky bounce.
283041
Kobe of course, he looks more sleek and graceful.  The reason why people usually think otherwise, is that many people dislike him because he has too much pride and is usually a ball-hog.  But truely, Kobe does have a better appearance, (no offense to iverson).
683919
they prob. are retarded, the only reason why people dont wanna say kobe is the best is cuzz of all the scandal around him. Jordan was the embodiment of an athlete
651267
LeBron, this kid is phenomenal. He's averaging 33 points a game, he's keeping his composure, keeping his teamates involved, not allowing himself to take the game into his own hands, he's aware that there's 4 other men on the court with him to get the job done. His awareness of his other teammates is great, it's like he's got a 3rd eye, he has that Jason Kidd thing going on without the alley-oops.\n\nKobe......still has some growing up to do now that he's on his own. He has to learn to trust his teammates when he can't get a good shot off. He has to learn that just because you're compared to Jordan, that doesn't mean you possess the same skills as him. Only Jordan has been able to take an entire team upon his back and deliver in nearly 75 games a season, Kobe must learn to help build up the players around him before he even think of doing it all on his own.
346810
Nobody can be like Michael Jordan, you can make comparisons to it, but still MJ was the best and he has a legacy that almost nobody will touch. That being said, Kobe is already living a Jordanesque life in the NBA. Multiple Championships (with Shaq), countless buzzer-beaters, scoring over 35 ppg in a season, leading a team that would be otherwise bad to the playoffs. Keep #8 Kobe, it is YOUR legacy. When kids 20 years from now look back and say, who wore #8 in the NBA that was really good? Of course everyone will say... Kobe Bryant. Live you own NBA life Kobe, you dont need to be like Jordan with almost the same number, people compare the 2 of them anyway.
595990
Yes!  very good!  Ummmm Kobe Bryant!
664237
They are from 2 different eras. Kobe grew up playing like Mike thus he's like Mike with differences. Like he shoots the 3 better and has a prettier jump shot, but he can't palm the ball. Better 360's but he can't jump from the foul line. Better crossover and dribble, but a tiny bit slower. All in all both average out the same because both score the bulk of their shots with a low post fade away because it is a higher % shot.
1178644
Kobe already is, he probably has been ever since the 3 peat.  Lets not forget that he has 3 championships.  Nobody is a better scorer than he is, and there hasn't been anyone that can take over a game like he can since Jordan did it.  I mean who else can score 62 points in 33 minutes, (by the way that was against Dallas) who else can score 81 points in 42 minutes off only 45 shots taken.  He is the fastest player to hit 10,000 points despite playing with Shaq for 8 years.  He has also managed to average 5 rebounds and 5 assist through his career so far.  He is only 27 years old, he is just getting started, the best is yet to be seen.
516684
I watched Jordan played since 82-84 @ North Carolina thru the years in Chicago until his career ended at the Wizards. Jordan was "The Best" period. There are similarities in their style of play. The difference is that Kobe was probably more consistence on the outside with his jumper and 3-point shot. Jordan was a nightmare when he took the ball to the hole and doing so without that much dribbling when he drove to the basket. When Jordan elevated to the basket it was pretty much a sure 2 points. Although Kobe has skills to get pass his opponent driving to the basket, Kobe did not and will never have the explosiveness as Jordan. Physical attributes are somewhat important in the NBA. Both had similar physique, but Jordan had 2 gifts which were his big hands and powerful legs.Both were outstanding scores, but Jordan's defense was much stronger than Kobe's.  Jordan played with tenacity especially thru the championship years. Jordan brought fear with him, looking into his opponents eyes when he stepped on the court and anyone that guarded him had to worry and think constantly on both ends of the court for 40 mins guaranteed. I believe its safe to say that Kobe was a better dribbler than Jordan but not by much and outside shooter, again not by much. Jordan all around game was far more superior than Kobe's. From career blocks, steals, assist, points, FG%, rebounds to truly being a basketball genius. Checkout the Career stat of both players and see for yourself. Although stat does not say much when it comes to  courts smarts, strategies, control of the game, team leadership and respect on the court. Jordan had it all. Hey, let's ask Coach Phil Jackson 10 years from now to give an "honest" assessment of both players. The reason I said 10 years from now is that I dont think Phil has the balls to tell the truth right now. A few years back a topic came up asking if kobe was better than Jordan when they were the same age 24.Phil said kobe was better, I said Phil must be smoking "Crack". No disrespect to Phil which is a great coach, but let's be serious. Phli only said it to help build up Kobe's confidence going in the playoffs and to win a championship. Finally, we will never know how great a player Jordan truly was until 10, 15, 20 years plus from now. So let's us enjoyed the memories of a living legacy.\n\n                                     Truly, Harrison, C.
57958
to be as good as kobe
1056550
You damn right !!!!  And if anybody doesn't agree with that then there just full of it and need to wake the hell up !!!!!!  Kobe's the best scorer since " His Airiness" and nobody can take over a game like he can since MJ did it.  He's not better than Jordan, but he's the closes thing, and that's why everyone hates him.  When Jordan was the same age as Kobe he was called selfish and a ball hog too...  and everyone told him scoring kings can't be champions...  Well, six rings later here we are.  Don't hate Kobe, congratulate him, he's the true air apparent.  And he will soon make fools out of all his naive critics, to the point where they don't even exist.  And I'll be there to taunt and reticule each and every one of them.  (people are just to impressionable) !!\nI bet that if Duncan, T Mac, or Kobe  were in the finals right now, everyone would be on their jocks and nobody would be talking about Wade.  Its funny to me how blind people are.
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Can we handle the truth??\n       \n      Towards the end of the 2005-2006 NBA regular season\nall time assist great and current ABC Analyst Marc Jackson \nremarked that, "Kobe Bryant will go down as the greatest \nbasketball player of all times". Perhaps the biggest credit to \nKobe's talents is that there was not as big of an uproar as one \nmight expected when ranking a current player above the legacies \nof Magic, Kareem, Wilt and of course the man that is currently\nwidely regarded as the 'greatest'. Michael Jordan. The truth is\nas human beings we all like to look at the past and gasp in awe\nbecause the past is brought to us in clips and articles\nand commentaries. Most of the younger generation of basketball\nfans don't truly know how good of a perimeter player Jordan was\nat age 26 or what Jordan did during the 88 season. They only\nsee clips of a magestic Michael flying high with that now patented\ntongue hanging out. They don't see Michael's struggles during the\n89 playoffs against Detroit, they don't see Michael's inability or \nunwillingness to pass during his mid twenties as he threw up 26-30\nshots a game nightly. Perhaps because they don't see these things\nthey also failed to see the obvious. Kobe\nBryant will surpass Michael Jordan at the rate that he is going. It is \nnot 'perspective' or 'opinion' from a Kobe Bryant fan, it is simple\nbasketball common sense. At age 27 Kobe Bryant is greater then\na 27 year old Michael ever was. Kobe is the better shooter, he has\nmore endurance and is the more fluid dribbler. Yes, the similarities\nare eerie. Kobe and Michael will bring the ball down the court the same\nway, they will elevate to same heights as they leave defenders looking up\nin dismay, and of course in the clutch they will prove ADIDAS's marketing\nslogan, 'Impossible Is Nothing'. Of course if people took the time to dissect\nand anaylze they will suddenly realize that Kobe do dribble the ball down\ncourt in the same fasion as Jordan, except Bryant does it with a little bit more\ngrace. More like a running cheetah as oppose to a running lion. Yes, Bryant\ndoes shoot that beautiful jumper in similar ways to Jordan except that Bryant\ndoes it a few feet further out, and yes Bryant does elevate and drive to the rim in\nsimilar fashion as Jordan except that Bryant finishes with that tiny bit more of \ngrace and style. Bryant will also 'mimic' Jordan in another sense in that he will\nmake bounds and leaps of improvement year to year that only Michael had done.\nA 27 year old Michael compared to a 33 year old Michael is no comparison at all.\nThe 33 year old Michael was a true master of the game. We will see the same \ntrend from Bryant. At age 33 Bryant will so elevate above his current status that\nwe will see a mockery of his former self. \n        What's the reason for this predication?\nWhat is to say Kobe will not go down the roads of Carter and Mcgrady? The \nroads of false contentment and injuries? When it comes to physical perfection\nBryant is the model of that for basketball. The words 'for basketball' should be\nemphasized in that no Kobe does not have the best 'body' in the league or the\nbiggest muscles. Yes Ben Wallace make Kobe Bryant look like a high school kid\nagain and yes Lebron James is probably the fittest 21 year old in the history of this\nleague. Neither of the two have that basketball body in which only so very few had\nachieved. A basketball player perfectly designed is not ripping with biceps or with\nchests of Hercules.  Shaquille Oneal might be the perfect example of that. Oneal\nis considered the greatest force to play this game in terms of sheer size and strength.\nIn his prime that size and strength render him almost unstoppable, yet at age 34( a age\nin which Jordan was still winning championships while scoring 30+ a night with ease)\nShaq is clearly running out of gas and s
149753
wel i think that u can't really compair them...\nthey play different position now..\nits like comparing steve nash with sharq\n\nbut skill, kobe's better
511466
Kobe Bryant is the best!!!
314228
No. This is because you can't really compare the two of them yet, because kobe is still young- but so far, he isnt, because kobe doesnt pass the ball. all he does is shoot, shoot, shoot. but dont get me wrong- kobe is probably the most skilled player in the league today. jus think where the lakers would be without him.