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Compare And Contrast Lebron James And Kobe Bryant

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Battle Of The Best Kobe Bryant and Lebron James are two names well known in the NBA. Whenever you hear people talking about their favorite players or the best players those two names pop up very often. Both athletes came straight out of high school at a teen age. Kobe Bryant plays for the Los Angeles Lakers and Lebron James plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kobe got drafted to the New Orleans Hornets but on draft day they traded him to the Lakers and Kobe has been there since the start of his career. While Lebron got drafted to the Cavaliers and after a few years left for 4 years to the Miami Heat then made “the return home” last season. Kobe plays the shooting guard position also known as the two guard, while Lebron plays the small forward position also know as the three position. …show more content…

They are both the heart of their teams and they are the ones their teams build around bringing players in that will help them and the team win. Kobe has 5 championships, and out of those 5 he was the MVP of two of them (2007-08). While Lebron has 2 championships (2011-13) , and was the MVP of both of those wins. Kobe plays the shooting guard position but can move anywhere around the perimeter, such as point guard, shooting guard, and small forward, coming in at 6’6 205 pounds. While Lebron plays the Small forward position, but he can play either five position on the court because of his height and weight coming in at 6’8 250 pounds. Makes it hard to guard someone that big and athletic, while on the other hand Kobe scores so smoothly off the pull up of post up game and so more

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Sportswriter, Peter Emerick in his article, “Lebron James’ 4 NBA MVPs as It Compares to Michael Jordan & Other 4- Time MVPs”, notes that Lebron is comparable to NBA legends and Hall of Famers. He supports his claim by first listing the MVP season stats for Lebron James. Then he compares the stats Lebron James put up against Hall of Famers like Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Lastly, he states that the similarities and differences of Lebron and Jordan and how their pros and cons even out. Emerick’s purpose is to prove that Lebron James is as good as the legends in order to have people realize Lebron’s greatness.

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Jordan was more of a score first player than LeBron is, LeBron prefers to get his teammates involved, but can score at will when it is needed. LeBron has a horrible “free throw percentage of 74.4 percent” nearly 10 percent below Jordans 83.5 percent. This is one of the lone blemishes on LeBron’s resume, as it is the downside to his game, he tends to struggle from the free throw line, but also hits them when they are needed the most. Since Jordan has more rings than LeBron and has never

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Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryan are amazing basketball players, but Michael Jordan is better. First of all, Michael Jordan won more championships than Kobe Bryan, Michael won about 8 or 6 times, and Kobe Bryan only won 1 or 2. Another way Michael Jordan is better than Kobe Bryan is because of jump height,Michael can jump around 50 feet while Kobe jumps the same as an average basketball player. Michael Jordan is better than Kobe Bryan in many ways, though Kobe can score more points in 1 game, Michael still has done many great things that makes him better. Some people know how many times Michael Jordan won a championship, the reason how he managed to do this is his speed and his jump height, because of this he can easily avoid others ans score

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LeBron James is the Best Basketball Player in the NBA There should not be any discussion on LeBron not being the best player in the NBA. Lebron James is the face of the NBA for the past decade. There are some good players in the league, but nobody has done what LeBron has. People always have their opinions on LeBron and how he is not as good as people make it seem.

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Dwyane Wade and Lebron James have put on a showing of pure dominance since both being introduced to the league in 2003. After their inaugural season into the NBA, both athletes proved their talent by making the NBA's All-Rookie first team. Both up and coming superstars in later years, would make the All-NBA's first team together in 2009 and 2010. In the same way, each athlete has proven their dominance year after year in the NBA by acquiring accolade after accolade. In 2006, Dwyane Wade would win a championship in Miami.

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LeBron James is the best player in the NBA. He has the skill to play against any person and at any position he is one of the all-time greats. He made it possible by working harder than others, and hard work always pays off. The “King” 6’8,” 250 pound Lebron Raymone James may have the nickname of “King James,” but he wasn't born into all the monetary riches of royalty (Lebron James Autobiography).

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Michael and Kobe have an unreal drive to win. If anyone or anything gets in the way of their success they are quick to dispose of the problem. The two are very arrogant and think very highly of themselves. They are quick to show people that they are the best on the court. They think they are the best there is and ever will be, and they certainly do not let anyone tell them differently.

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These reasons listed all show how Michael Jordan is the best player of all time and Lebron is not. There are many reasons why Lebron can not be the better than Michael Jordan was. One of the reasons why Lebron can not be said to be better than Jordan is because of how many championships Michael has won compared to Lebron. Michael Jordan played in the NBA for fifteen years, made it to the finals six out of those fifteen years and won every time. While Lebron is in his thirteenth year in the NBA, made it to the finals seven times, and won three out of those seven times.

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