Also if you want to say that Jordan was a better defender, the hand check rules were different back then and Jordan could keep his hands on the defender in times that Kobe isn't allowed to, so its much harder to compare as Jordan could be much more aggresive
Yea and to build off what Yezzir said, everyone always says that people mess up, Kobe choked, kobe didn't step up... maybe the Celtics were just a better team and there was nothing the Lakers could do about it, the Celtics played great D I give them credit
Obviously Kobe doesn't have all of that cause he doesn't have as many years in the league, We are talking who wins 1 on 1 and Kobe has it, Of course Jordans records are well over Kobe's, but Kobe is 29, at 29 Jordan either had 2 championships or just won his 3rd, and at 29 Kobe is a 10 time all...
HAHA Now that everything I say is proving you wrong its wasting your time, Jordan lost too so don't make it seem like Kobe losing this year in the finals, against a more talented team than Jordan ever faced makes him less than Jordan
Jordan beat them the first time they played? The first time they played the Pistons won the series in 6 games, as the Celtics did, as I expect Kobe to beat the Celtics if they meet again
If you know about Jordan, he also hit a brick wall when he faced that tough a defense, when he faced the Pistons in the early 90s, they brought him down just the way these celtics brought down Kobe.
Wilt played in a different time period than these 2, where he was an anomaly and different from anyone else, and there was no offensive 3 second violation at the time, Kobe and Jordan played with mainly the same rules in basically the same era
And also, Jordan like everyone else thats played in the past 30+ years couldn't put up 81 points in a game, Kobe is just on a different level, and I don't want to hear the "Jordan didn't have to shoot as much as Kobe" excuse there because Kobe took 46 shots the night he scored 81, and Jordan...
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I've seen both play as well, to me Jordan does not have the natural athletic talent and shooting ability, I've never seen a player make the difficulty of shots that Kobe makes time and time again, Kobe would win to me hands down