Kobe vs. LeBron

Authors Note: this is an essay where I explain why I believe that Kobe is better than LeBron

Who is the better NBA player? LeBron James or Kobe Bryant? If you ask me who is better I would say Kobe Bryant is better. Other people might say LeBron James is better. When other people say LeBron is better I think to myself why do they think this? The only answers that makes sense to me is they think LeBron is better because they are Kobe “haters”. Or think that LeBron is better because his team had more success last year.

One thing I usually say to Kobe “haters” is that Kobe is a better shooter. Also he has helped his team go all the way on multiple occasions (five to be exact) Another reason why is he has stayed loyal to his team no matter how frustrated he got with his team’s lack of success. One of these success droughts occurred right away when he first got drafted to the Lakers back in ’97. His team got knocked out in the first round or second round of the playoffs three years in a row despite being heavy favorites each of the years. The other drought was after their ’00 -’02 three-peet. It lasted five years until they finally struck gold again in ‘09 and ’10 winning back to back titles.

Additionally after his ’09 season Kobe started getting compared to greats like Michel Jordan. Whereas the majority of the ESPN journalists say that LeBron needs to win a couple of titles to his resume before they start comparing him to Michael Jordan. Some people might say that LeBron is a better because he is an outside shooter, but I then follow up by saying that if LeBron is such a better three point shooter how come Kobe has a better career three point field goal percentage? Others say LeBron is a better dunker. Then I ask them then how come Kobe has won the dunk contest and LeBron hasn’t?

Both Kobe and LeBron are future hall of famers and they both practically wrote the record book. All I'm saying is Kobe Bryant is one step above LeBron on the ladder of excellence. Even after reading this some people think LeBron is better. All I can tell them now is look at Kobe’s rings.