OzTitan Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Sometimes people can get a little too keen to exaggerare current players in comparisons to players of the past. Kobe is this generation's answer to Jordan, but he isn't his equal. Jordon is still the benchmark, until his generation of viewers and fans fade away and a new name inherits, but not necessarily outright earns, the benchmark label. Kobe came too quickly after Jordon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmeade- Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Jordan is the greatest to ever play the game, but he has been hyped up and basically put on a pedestal for no player to touch ever. But all in all Kobe has proven to be right next to Jordan in almost every aspect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 As a Boilermaker, I'm happy to see Brian Cardinal not only get a ring but make some plays on the way there. That guy is all effort and no talent, yet he managed a solid NBA career (length-wise). It's rather remarkable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Kobe wasn't even the best player on the Lakers for his first 3 titles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 LeBron's an overrated douche and a microcosm of what's wrong with our society. I hope he never wins. He's the perfect representative for the all hype no substance generation we live in. He's been given way too much glory by the media and he's never accomplished anything from a team perspective. He is more interested in his brand and becoming a billionaire than being a great basketball player.He has succeeded in generating the hype. Good for him, now I hope he suffers and never wins a championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 It's funny how all the 20 year olds think Kobe is as good as Jordan. Jordan has amazing stats and the 6 championships solidify his legacy as the best ever. However to truly appreciate what Jordan was on the court, you had to have watched him play. I'm never seen anyone in any sport impose their will on their teammates as well as the other team like Jordan did night in and night out. Kobe has immense talent and he deserves to be mentioned as an all time great but he falls way short of Jordan and always will. Can anyone see Jordan tanking a game 7 to prove to the FO that he needs better support around him? That is exactly what Kobe did a few years back against the Suns. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 It's funny how all the 20 year olds think Kobe is as good as Jordan. Jordan has amazing stats and the 6 championships solidify his legacy as the best ever. However to truly appreciate what Jordan was on the court, you had to have watched him play. I'm never seen anyone in any sport impose their will on their teammates as well as the other team like Jordan did night in and night out. Kobe has immense talent and he deserves to be mentioned as an all time great but he falls way short of Jordan and always will. Can anyone see Jordan tanking a game 7 to prove to the FO that he needs better support around him? That is exactly what Kobe did a few years back against the Suns. Agreed. I apprectiate Kobe's greatness but MJ had an extra level. You said it well. The man imposed his will in ways I've never seen from an athlete. Jordan is the greatest competitior in the history of sports. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMJ Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Kobe wasn't even the best player on the Lakers for his first 3 titles True. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 It's funny how all the 20 year olds think Kobe is as good as Jordan. Jordan has amazing stats and the 6 championships solidify his legacy as the best ever. However to truly appreciate what Jordan was on the court, you had to have watched him play. I'm never seen anyone in any sport impose their will on their teammates as well as the other team like Jordan did night in and night out. Kobe has immense talent and he deserves to be mentioned as an all time great but he falls way short of Jordan and always will. Can anyone see Jordan tanking a game 7 to prove to the FO that he needs better support around him? That is exactly what Kobe did a few years back against the Suns. I think you have to have been at least old enough to understand what you were watching when Jordan was in his prime to really appreciate how much better he is than what is out there now. He just stepped up basically every time he was needed to. In crunch time there was no question for anyone on the court--or watching at home for that matter--who was going to get the ball. They still couldn't stop him. I've never seen anyone in any other sport rise to his level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Jordan just had an incredible memory (photographic?) for where everyone and everything was. He also had incredible body control in mid-air that allowed him to maximize his spot close to the basket. Most people would've had shots blocked had they been in the spot Jordan was in. But his clarity of mind in what he was doing allowed him to wait until the last possible second to fire off the shot and he made them. But not only was a scoring machine, he was a defensive nightmare. He didn't just steal the basketball. He took it from them like they'd never even had it. There's a reason they called it "rare air"... it's so thin no one else can breath it. Oh, and for the comparison of LeBron James to MJ? LBJ folded his tent up in the Finals for phantom reasons. Jordan? He fought through the flu. Which shows you how mentally tough he was. And that's the key advantage that MJ always had over his opponents. He was mentally tougher than anyone else. It's why no one with any kind of memory would dare say that Kobe or James was his equal. Neither one of those guys have half the mental toughness that MJ had. And MJ had that toughness in an era when his competition was greater than what Kobe or James have. Who are the John Stockton's, the Charles Barkley's, the Patrick Ewing's, the Magic Johnson's, the Larry Bird's of this era? Who in this day and age would anyone say is better than those players and their supporting casts? MJ was the best in what was possibly the best era of basketball players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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