This topic has been on everyone's mind lately. Will Lebron James be better than Michael Jordan? This is a fair question that cannot be answered today. Michael Jordan is the GOAT plain and simple. He won 6 championships with 6 finals MVP's and more importantly never lost in the finals. When it is all said and done this will be Lebron's achilies heel as well as Kobe's. I don't think Kobe is as great as Lebron James is and i will explain that in here as well. But Lebron could win 9 titles with 9 finals MVP's and he will always be hit with the "had to leave to win" or the "didn't go undefeated" the only person who can say that in this conversation is Jordan. He changed the game of basketball the way Lebron is doing it right now. Jordan left you in awe... scratching your head as to how he was able to do that. Lebron has me giggling like a little school girl with the wonderful things he does on the court. But when all is said and done we really can't have this conversation until Lebron's career is over. But we can discuss Lebron vs Kobe.
Kobe is one of the greatest scorers and players of all time, but he shouldn't be in Jordan's category or ever mentioned in the same breath. All the Laker fans will argue "he has 5 rings" so what? Horry has 7 does that make him better than both Kobe and Jordan? nope! not by a long shot. Kobe only has 2 finals MVP's, which means the first three he won, he wasn't the best player on their team. And it is 100% true. Shaq carried that team, because when he left they never made it out of the second round, until they traded for a few all stars and then it was Kobe's time to shine. He carved up the league after falling short to the celtics and made sure he left his stamp on the Lakers franchise by winning 2 more championships to put his ring to 5. Again i am not taking anything away from the black mamba or what he's done but Lebron his hitting his prime and doing things no else has seen in... well ever. He got the monkey off his back and doesn't seem to taking his foot off the gas pedal as he is well on his way to another MVP. If the Heat win a title this year and Lebron wins the finals MVP he will signify that he is better than Kobe. Meaning when they won he was the most dominate player on the team with still years to play ahead of him. Kobe is great one on one but he doesn't have what Jordan and Lebron have. Kobe doesn't make his teammates better, as you can see from the dismal .500 season the lakers are having with arguably the best lineup in sports. Lebron makes everyone better and still gets his points boards and asists. Kobe has never done that. Lebron takes what is given to him in the game. He plays the game the right way, game on the line they bring a double team to Lebron he'll pass to the open man for the shot. People confuse this with shying away from the pressure and i will admit it would frustrate me to see him do this, but then he started demanding the ball, the way Kobe does the way Jordan does and he started getting to basket. He now takes games over late and punishes you inside and when you play off of him to take away the penetration he is having his best shooting year from beyond the arc. Lebron makes everyone around him better, Kobe is great one on one and can shoot over double teams and make em. But it doesn't make him the GOAT or even close. Lebron will never match Jordan but he will surpass Kobe and Laker fans don't want to hear it but it's the truth. Anyone who doubts this is simply in denial.
