who is better Kobe or Micheal Jordan?
356069
come on now that shouldn't even be a question. Jordan is the best basketball player there ever was and ever be. There will NEVER i repeat NEVER be another Jordan. The best player EVER!
423062
No, Kobe is better\nReasons:\n\n\n*Outrageous scoring spree (45+ in 4 games???)\n*81 point game against Raptors\n*Takes record for total points in one season by a Laker\n*Outscoring Dallas in three quarters\n* Most points in one half by a Laker\n*43.4 points averaged in January \n*Scoring 40 or more in one season- 27\n* Games of 20 or more in a season (in a row): 62\n* One of only two people to score 80 or more in one game.\n*One of two players in NBA history to average 40+ in one month in two occasions (one this year)\n*Only player in NBA history with at least 2,800 points and 180 three-point field goals made in one season. \n*One of only two players in NBA history to score 35-plus points per game for 13 consecutive games\n*Scored 30 points in one quarter against Dallas\n\nThat good for ya?
270017
No. Kobe is better. No matter how selfsh he is, he's still the best. And who can blame him, I mean he's on the Lakers. Their 2nd best player is Lamar Odom and after that there's no one.
880393
thats true no one has nuttin on kobe \nkobe is the best \nn people who say jordan tops kobe not true \nis jordan even playin??....FUK NO he isnt \nkobe n lakers number 1
310969
Their is no way that Lebron James is better than Kobe you can compare Kobe has won championships had 81 points in a game so no way that Lebron is better Its Kobe and year by year and getting better. Kobe the best without a doubt
489590
I agree.  \n\nBusiness stand point:\nFor one thing, MJ is an icon and innovator.  He is a living legend.  He changed basketball.  That cannot be quantified in statistics.  He made basketball a money maker in endorsements and marketing.  People wanted to be "Like Mike".  I rarely hear pple coin the phrase I want to be "Like Kobe".\n\nPlayer standpoint:\nOkay, he was an outstanding player.  He made every teammate around him better.  Kobe can sometimes, but is too inconsistent.  Sometimes, he forces his individual game too much.  Kobe can make it in the clutch sometimes..but seriously...Jordan is the CLUTCH player.  And, he took retirement..came back and brought Chicago to championships again.  I mean how many players can retire..not play and then come back again?\n\nMedia standpoint:\nKobe has the Colorado scandal and is known to be somewhat selfish and arrogant from media and public.  He also dissed Shaq.  Jordan did not diss Pippen.  You gotta respect your teammates when they help take you to championships.\n\nConclusion: Jordan is the best basketball player and is better than Kobe by far.
452475
Real simple.  Kobe can do anything on the offensive end as well if not better than LeBron, yet he plays FAR better defensively than LeBron.  Comparing them currently is easy, Kobe is a better player.  LeBron is a better player at this stage than Kobe was at the same age though.  LeBron has the potential to be as good and maybe a little better than Kobe, but not until he learns how to play defense and then put forth the same effort at both ends.
991468
Currently, Bryant. Kobe is THE BEST player in the league right now, no doubt about it.
360291
Michael Jordan, hands down. No one person has ever or ever will have the talent the MJ has. Not downing Wilt, but he was 6 inches taller than everyone else in the NBA. If we get a 7'8" guy with power, he would dominate. Not because of skill...because of size.
198120
LeBron James definately as a team player and overall skills. Kobe's better on defense, in game-winning situations, and in pure scoring.
634401
MJ is remarkable for how old he is, but I don't know if he could keep up with Kobe. My money is still on MJ. Oh snaps. \n\nIn their prime, MJ would crush Kobe. He's not just (arguably) the best basketball player of all time, but one of the greatest athletes of all time.
180905
michael jordan of course! he had 6 championship rings in like 8 years! as soon as he left, his team struggled. he is the perfect role model of young children as well. he did not take drugs of anything like that. whoever his high school coach was must be real pissed off right now for cutting MJ from the team. MJ came from being cut from his high school team to becoming the greatest basketball player of all time. no player in the next century of so will ever be as great a player as Michael Jordan. His vision, creativity, desire, grace, strength, will, and heart showed it all. anyone who does not at least put the Michael Jordan in the top 2 for the best basketball player to ever play the game is a disgrace to mankind!
150743
Micheal Jordan because he made the NBA more interesting
362855
MJ has better numbers - this is the only season that Kobe even comes close to Jordan's numbers.  This is Kobe's first scoring title, Jordan has won a few.  Jordan is a 6 time finals MVP and so far a much, much better defensive player.  Jordan lead the league in steals once, and was always in the top 10 (not counting his years with the Wizards).  Kobe was only the second best player on his team - so you should be asking who is better, Scottie Pippen or Kobe Bryant.  Those two are in the same league, compare Jordan to Shaq, and Kobe to Pippen cause Shaq won all 3 finals MVP's.\n\nEven Jordan's dunk contest was better than Kobe's.  We still see highlights of Jordan's free-throw dunk, and dunk from the side, but none from Kobe's cause his dunks weren't all that good (that was one of the worst dunk-contestes ever - I think that's why they didn't have one the following year).\n\nI understand Jordan had Pippen, Rodman, Harper, Kuckoc, Kerr, Paxson, Armstrong, and some other good players - but so what - Jordan was still the best and almost always game MVP.  Only in a few playoff games did Pippen score more than Jordan, and only once Kukcoc socred more.  Lots of times Robert Horry or Shaq, and ever Fisher, or Glen Rice, score more than Kobe in the playoffs.\n\nI think Kobe is the best player today, and his single best season may top Jordan's single best season, but it is near impossible for him to top Jordan's career.  Someone would have to win 7 titles and 4 mvp's to top MJ's career.  \n\nDon't you remember a few years ago people were saying Randy Moss will be considered to be better than Jerry Rice, and then a couple years later they said that about TO.  Last year Jerry Rice was on dancing with the start and still had almost more touchdowns than Moss and TO combined - Moss had a crappy year and TO didn't even play.  They may have had one great single season better than any of Rice's seasons, but their career fell way short of Jerry Rice's career.
808513
Go to this link, \nhttp://markhowell.typepad.com/commentary_from_the_edge/images/kobe_over_nash.jpg\nits a very good picture\nkobe is underrated not overrated hes better than mj
302842
Michael Jordan for sure. He has the ability to carry a team and he was a much better defensive player than Kobe. Before we start any talk of greatness with Kobe, he has to cement his status as a premiere player in the NBA by winning at least one league MVP award.
1150798
Michael jordan the best player in basketball history duhhhhhhhhhhhh