Friday, October 19, 2012

9 Years and a Trade


In the world of sports mainly basketball there has been a lot of talk about who is the best player ever. Every time I hear this argument three names keep reoccurring, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan was the pinnacle talent of the NBA when he played and possibly ever. Michael Jordan is the most decorated player to ever play the game and maintains a strong presence in the NBA today. But in recent arguments in which ones I completely agree with, the only reason Michael Jordan was able to be so dominant was the level of competition. In his days there were no “big 3’s” he had to face every night. But today teams are stacking up players that have high calibers of unique talent which can’t be taught or duplicated. No disrespect to the great MJ but I believe that Kobe Bryant is the best ever. Kobe is just as decorated as Michael Jordan and in shorter time. Only thing Kobe doesn’t have more of is MVP’s and that’s due to the increase of talent in the NBA. Some people would make a claim LeBron is the best player ever but that’s false. Everyone gives him a brake for what happened in Cleveland but there is no excuse. He had the talent he needed to capture his first NBA championship but he choked and didn’t get the job done and since then everyone has expected him to be nonexistent in the fourth quarter. He also had to organize his own team in the offseason; some of the NBA’s top talents and it was the same result he was nowhere to be found in the fourth quarter. But if it was Kobe or MJ they would have shown up and taken over like they’ve done countless times in the past. But after nine years and an orchestrated trade he finally captured his first ring. It has been said by MJ himself that Kobe is the only one that can be compared to him. This tells me that even MJ could think Kobe could be better than him.

2 comments:

  1. thats is so true kobe over everyone!!!

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  2. Michael Jordan is the person who set the standard for the pinnacle for the what the best player should be. Kobe USED TO BE. He is a has been. If anything its between Labron and KD. Kobe cannot stop either one. And Kobe has always had help. If not from Shaq who was the reason he has his first 3 rings it was Pau Gasol and Bynum. He has always had a legitimate presence in the post so they can clean up his mess. Kobe cannot defend Labron or KD and each of them can. And Kobe can be stopped by someone and no one right now can stop KD or Labron. No One. I dont care what Jordan says about Kobe. I know we will never see it but I would put money on lebron over jordan in his prime anyday.

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