Why is Kobe hated for doing what Jordan did better than Jordan did it?
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OK bro I'm a answer your question because I know what you mean. Firstly I think a lot of people comment on the NBA and don't know much about it. They know stars and commercials and what others say and they might watch some games but they don't know in depth stat analysis. For example most of these people making these comments are making them as if they only started watching Jordan when he returned from retirment the fist time when he couldn't really average over 33 anymore because he slowed down physically. Secondly they don't like Kobe because he's a good looking black dude married to a white girl or almost white girl that's way hotter than any girl that ever liked them. So many whites would like to beleive that he's a rapist because it reafirms there superiority complex that a good looking black man would want to rape an average white chick just cause she's white which a lot of people know is complete BS. Because I'm sure some playboy bunnies have tried to throw panties at him. Kobe is not a perfect player but neither was Jordan, and I don't think anyone can say that they have seen a player never make mistakes on the court. Jordan's shot to win his 6th championship was an offensive foul. Yes Jordan was my favorite, and Kobe is the best right now and he is very unfairly judged by people who act like it doesn't hurt the man. How can you run around calling someone a rapist if he might not have done it? You know what that must be like for him? Kobe is the best hands down and these people are ruining his career, and I hope some fairness prevails in the end. The only thing that Kobe needs to improve is instilling confidence in his team mates, but irregardless he is the best in the NBA. His dunks look better than Lebron's. He shoots better and has a nicer handle. How exactly people are hating on this is beyond me. I've seen Kobe do stuff that Lebron will never do and people can scream Kobe's a rapist and Lebron is MJ till they are blue in the face but it won't alter the truth. That being that Kobe is the best since Jordan and even if he fails from here on out it's because he is being mentally abused in this country right now. Just say he didn't rape that girl. O.K. because of what he really didn't do he deserved to be robbed of the MVP award and his commercial pressence? And Shaq never got along with Penny Hardaway either that's why he went to the Lakers! And last year Kobe scored less and they won less. Bro they are retarded don't even bother with them. They said Jordan was a ball hog back in 1988 and he would never win a championship! And Kobe's bad for cheating on his wife like oh say America's favorite white actor Brad Pitt! The kid above me is right in what he's saying about Wilt and Russell. But I think where Kobe and Jordan get the edge is in entertainment factor. After all the NBA is entertainment and they make more spectacular plays.
447346
First of all, Kobe Bryant is the best player since Michael Jordan, and even in their primes, if they played one on one...I would lean towards Kobe...he plays a totally different game than anyone else...he takes it to the rim when he has to, he dishes it out when he needs to, he goes up for the rebounds, and most importantly of all...he puts the team on his shoulders and and carries them to victory...\n\nPeople will tend to say that without shaq Kobe wouldn't have gotten those rings...that may be true but without Shaq, the Heat wouldn't be the number two team in the Eastern Conference...he's a one in a 100 years player, there won't be another like him anytime soon (shaq that is...) Kobe can't do it all, all the time though...he's proved he can win games squarely by himself...ala 81 point games and numerous 60 point outings as well...one more player would make the Lakers a true title contender as well...The thing about Jordan was that he made the players on his team better...well if you look at the players around Kobe, he makes them better as well, Lamar Odom is good but he's not almost triple double average good...Kwame Brown never really produced until he got to LA, now he's almost averaging a double double, smush parker is an up and coming point guard...wonder why?  They need a true big man to push them over the top...\n\nI'm glad you asked this question because I feel the exact same way, but I've gotten used to all the Kobe haters.  He's a one in a life time player and everyone knows that, it's just that he got a bad rap after the whole rape incident and it was proclaimed that he ran phil jackson out of town, but miracuously he is back coaching them...it was "supposedly" his doing was the reason Shaq wanted a trade...people just don't understand, Jordan came around and was a one in life time player that never made mistakes...except reportedly using drugs...but everyone looked past that because he was a nice guy...that's not the case with Kobe, he's not a jordan esque player, but he's just as good....\n\nOh by the way, just tell whoever comes at you with this arguement...ask them who else averages 35.0 points a game...see what they say about that...
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you can try comparing kobe to jordan but id say kobe isnt the same as jordan, jordan makes his other teammates shine on the floor like, scottie pippen, tony kukoc, steve kerr, dennis rodman, ron harper, id say at one point i thought jordan was a ballhog but then i noticed how his teammates participate and jordan's the all time assist leader of the chicago bulls, kobe, well he's just a scorer period, he may have scored 81 points but im sure jordan would've been able to do the same if not surpass, the only reason he was able to win a championship was with the help of shaq, jordan never had a shaq when he won his first championship, but there's still a possibility that kobe can become a michael jordan, if only kobe could let his teammates shine on the floor same way jordan did, if there's anyone who's as close as becoming the next jordan id say it's lebron.
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LMAO, yo this Kobe Bryant impostor really cracks me up, dude you're funny! Anyway, I think people do call Iverson a ball-hog also, I just don't think they hate him as much as they hate Kobe. Kobe is one of those guys that you either love or hate, there is no middle road. I was reading an article that asked for the most hated and the most loved player (just two of many categories) and Kobe was the only player to be in the top 5 of both lol. It really doesn't matter what Kobe does, people will always find a way to hate him simply because they have nothing better to do. The Kobe impostor did have one thing correct though, Kobe is currently the best player in the world!
640275
Nope. Can't stand them. Can't deny Kobe is a great player, but that has nothing to do with whether I can't stand him.\n\nMamba... sigh.
670094
Yes.  Kobe needs to shut his trap and play basketball.  The big difference between him and Jordan; Jordan wouldn't celebrate making a basket as time runs out, IN THE FIRST QUARTER!  You can celebrate a game winner, but not at the end of quarters or the first half.
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Nash because Kobe is an @$$ and a poor sport besides.\nKobe wouldn't even shake Nash's after the Suns beat the Lakers in the last game of last season. Plus, he broke Mike Bibby's nose last year, or the year before... I don't remember which.
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It is a difficult question. Kobe certainly relies on the jump shot for more of his points, but I don't think that Jordan scored the majority of his points within 15 feet of the rim like you say. Both these players are masters of the pull up jump shot, and both are not very good three point shooters (around 37% on average). I would have to give Michael Jordan the edge due to the fact that he had better shot selection than Kobe shows now and an overall better field goal percentage, which is a key aspect of whether a person is a good shooter.
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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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you are exactly right.  too bad 90% of people don't realize this.  let's not even talk about the people that hate kobe bryant by default and can't even name a legit reason as to why they hate him...\n\npeople have to realize...there are lots of ballhogs in the nba.  if you look at the playoffs, lebron, arenas, vince carter all took more shots per game.  carmelo and d-wade weren't far behind either.  in the regular season, lebron and AI were right behind kobe in shot attempts.  but at least lebron had gooden, ilgauskas, murray (who made some big shots)....AI had webber, korver, AI2....kobe has lamar who was really inconsistent.  people need to get off kobe's back!
1000759
Kobe could beat Jordan now.  But, Jordan in his prime could easily drive to the basket on Kobe and probably vice versa.  It might be close..Kobe thrives in one on one situations....In the end Jordan would probably pull up and hit a couple of jumpers to seal the win though. Similar to what he did to Byron Russell.  Jordan is the definition of clutch.  Kobe is clutch sometimes but is not even close to the consistency of MJ.
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I would rather have LBJ. I think that kobe is a more talented player but it is in terms of being a team player that LBJ wins out. LBJ is willing to pass the ball and score as well but kobe tends to just try to do everything by himself.
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I understand the MJ fanatics perfectly... they grow up watching ESPN instead of watching basetball.\n\n Kobe was 21 when he won his first championship. Jordan was 28.\n\nInteresting that 2006 was the fist year Kobe led the NBA in field goals attempted, while Jordan led the league in that category NINE times (more than any player in history) in a twelve year stretch! (and KOBE's a ball hog????) MJ finished 2nd in FGA in 1989, otherwise he would have been the leading chucker in the league 10 years in a row.\n\n\nKobe is already better and more accomplished that Jordan ever was at any similar age.\n\nbtw, if certain idiots think Jordan is better than Kobe simply because he won six rings vs three (so far) for Kobe, I have a news flash for you all... A whole lot of players have more than six rings, starting with a fellow named Bill Russell, who won 11 (in 13 years, while Jordan won 6 in a 15  year career). \n\nA lot of Celtics have won more rings than MJ.\n\n\nLeading the league in FGA NINE times?? Without question, Jordan was, indeed, the greatest chucker of all time...\n\n\n\n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://www.basketball-reference.com/lead...\n\nyear by year leaders in FGA... Jordan's all over that list
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He coulda done a HELL of ALOT BETTER\n\nhttp://starfileonline.com/output/DWADE050831G040.jpg\n\nMan, Kobe and J. Kidd's wives is the best by far
563126
james and johnson. kobe is a ball hugger theres no chance he can beat james and jonhson alone. as for jordan, he is arguable the greatest basketball player who ever lived, but with the ball on kobe, he's just another spectator.
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Suns totally!  Steve Nash is one of the best players in the NBA and with his big men to back him up they are unstoppable.  The Mavs will stop them though.  I really dislike Kobe Bryant, because he is just too cocky.  I don't think he's all that great.  He just turns my stomach.  I also didn't like Bill Clinton after that whole scandal.  Maybe it's because famous people think they can get away with everything and they don't that young people are going to follow their example.  Understand your responsibility people!!!
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I'm a person who doesn't like Kobe and it is not because of the Colorado incident. That has no bearing for me on what kind of player he is. To me he is not a team player. To me he is a ball hog.