Kobe Bryant vs Michael Jordan: Identical Plays (VIDEO)

Why does it not matter now that Kobe is the better older star than Duncan?
Career longevity and dominance matters.
For a guy who doesn’t share the ball KB sure does get allot more assists than Duncan.
I couldn’t care less about how people view Duncan’s game. He is a super star and one of the greatest NBA players of all time. Top 3 PF.
If they need flash that’s fine. I don’t.
‘No headaches’ doesn’t show up in the W/L column. I don’t care if it’s easier for you to like Duncan’s personality than KB’s. It’s irrelevant to basketball discussion.
Kobe is still an above average defender. As is Duncan.
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But overall, give me a guy who can and wants to drag my team to a W. One that can shoot over double teams and get a good shot off in any occasion. One that will shoot over 85% from the FT line and can be the clutch go to guy for my team down the stretch.
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I’m done though, cause i’m not arguing Kobe>Duncan. I’m saying that Kobe is the greatest guard since MJ. You can dispute the importance of the guard positions vs the post positions with someone else.

Kobe has the balls in his hands more than Duncan which is why he gets more assists than Duncan. Can’t compare a SG’s assists to a power forward. Assists shouldn’t be looked at when trying to prove a point about selflessness. If a guy dribbles for 20 seconds, and passes to a teammate who hits a shot in under 4 seconds, that’s not a selfless assist. Duncan has more wins than Kobe…wins show up in the win column. Kobe will shoot now, that’s it. I would take the guy who will score, rebound and get his teammates the ball. I wouldn’t say he drags or will drag his team to a W. He will shoot his team in or out of a game. Kobe shoots over too many double teams which is why his FG% is what it is. As for the clutch factor, Kobe hasn’t hit a clutch shot in quite a while.

Only four times has Dirk averaged close to 10 rebounds. He has had better scoring seasons, but power forwards should rebound more than Dirk has/does. KG had 9 seasons where his stats resembled Duncan’s. 9 is less than 10. Therefore, Duncan has been more consistent for a longer period of time.

Exactly. CAN’T compare a guard to a forward. You said it best.
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Duncan has had more consistent talent than Kobe. He never got stuck with Smush and stone hands Brown. Hence the winning %.
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If quite a while since clutch, is a few last season… then yeah Kobe hasn’t been as clutch as we expect him. When was Duncan last clutch?
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See first sentence.
I’m done.
Solid debate thanks.

Kobe can’t fill a statline. That’s the point. He can shoot. That’s all he’s interested in. That’s why LeBron, if he continues on the path he’s on, will push Kobe into 3rd place as the best player since Jordan retired.

Riddle me this:
So if Kobe can’t “fill a stat line” (which for some strange reason seems to be a necessary thing for a great player?) then why is there only 2 other players in the top 25 assisters in the L that are not PG’s who pass better than Kobe?
Statistically speaking (which sounds quite important to you) Kobe was the best passing SG in the L last season…
Hmm, lets look at rebounds from the guard position and see where KB ranks.
Hmm, strange, he is the 3rd best rebounding guard in the L. That’s if you up Evan Turner and Paul George to the SG position instead of their natural SF position. They both have inches on Kobe. So , he’s first or 3rd depending on how you look at it among guards for rebounding… Hmm. Things just aren’t adding up.
Lets check other stats..
He stole 1.2 times a game. That’s .3 away from making the top 10 in the L in steals.
Better than his FDPOY team mate Ron Ron.
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So, I guess i’m just not following your point to well bub.

yet by the time the 98 season was underway, MJ was also getting a lot of flac in the media for the degree of difficulty on his shots. This is now forgotten of course, as history only remembers his glorius finish in game 6 vs the Jazz. The unecessary three point chucking though, I will agree with you, MJ was never guilty of.

This Kobe only won 2 rings rings as the best player on his team is a really stupid argument. If you watched any ball at all during the Lakers threepeat, you would know that Kobe had grown into option 1b by the 00-01 season started. Shaq had a magnificent ’00 season and dominated both the regular season and playoffs, a career defining showing by him. The following year he showed up out of shape, while Kobe had worked on his game all summer. This forever changed the dynamics of that Laker team. You could still say that Shaq was the alpha dog, but Kobe was no mere sidekick. In their legendary 01 postseason run, Kobe was the Lakers MVP through the first three rounds, as he utterly destroyed the Kings and the Spurs. Now remember, the Spurs-Lakers matchup was billed as being a series for the ages, but largely due to Kobe’s play, that series were never even close, with the Lakers sweeping the Spurs. Shaq dominated the Finals, and rightfully so got his Finals MVP, but Kobe, not Shaq, had the best overall season that year. Look, Kobe will never be no MJ, but he has had a damn fine career of his own, and should be in anyone’s top 10 discussion. Plus, IF the Lakers win the chip this year, it will be Kobe, not Howard, that lifts that Finals MVP trophy, which will solidify his place as the best Laker ever.

jordan – 6 finals mvps
magic – 3
shaq – 3
duncan – 3
kobe – 2

something stands out

its like they were playing horse with each other in two different decades.