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