LeBron vs. Kobe

by Jeff Clark on Feb 8, 2009 7:59 AM EST in NBA Comment 14 comments

Today in the Daily Dime on ESPN, Henry Abbott looks at the LeBron vs. Kobe debate based on the games they played against the Celtics this year. It is a small sample size, so the conclusion is inconclusive to him. So I thought I'd toss this out to you. Who's better? They go head to head today in the other game that could be a Finals matchup preview.

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Who's better?

LeBron James

522 votes

Kobe Bryant

308 votes

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Apples and oranges, as the man said, One prolific scoring guard vs the Incredible Hulk. Mambas got moves LBJ hasnt thought of. The Icon relies over much still on raw power (why not? he can). And his outside shot is still spotty (god help us if he ever does) Oth, Kobe is a lil more one dimensional. So, at least in terms of all round skills, my answer is neither,

Hand my vote to Chris Paul.

by Tenacious D on Feb 8, 2009 8:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Chris paul the best player in the league?

yikes
dribble, dribble. dribble, dribble, dribbble
cps is nowhere neat these guys imo

by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 8, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

near

by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 8, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

80/20 rule in effect

80% of the people are right, 20% are wrong :)

by Brendan on Feb 8, 2009 8:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Who Cares

As far as I’m concerned I’ll take Paul Pierce. How’s that for a “homer”.

"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird

by TrueGreen on Feb 8, 2009 9:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Milli Vanilli

In keeping with the 80/20 logic…11 million people bought Milli Vanilli’s CD, they must have been a great group! .. I watched Turkulu take Lebron off the dribble several times in the Magic/Cavs game…Turk can’t take BBD off the dribble, nuff said…

by Fastbreak1 on Feb 8, 2009 10:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Milli Vanilli

As opposed to how many million did not buy a Milli Vanilli cd?

by thirstyboots18 on Feb 8, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lebron...

Lebron is a better and more efficient scorer, a better rebounder, a better passer, a better teammate, and is more clutch.

Kobe is a better shooter.

All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino

by Roy_Hobbs on Feb 8, 2009 10:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I agree

I agree with both RH and True Green. Lebron is a better player and teammate than Kobe, and 100x better character. I’d also rather have PP has my captain than Kobe, because Kobe is just a selfish player and only cares about himself. Kobe doesn’t know how to be a leader just a dictator.

by Champzilla on Feb 8, 2009 11:04 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I’d buld a team around LeBron. He’s just really good at everything. Kobe’s the flashier player, Kobe’s can completely go off at times and is definately the better pure scorer, but when it comes to all-around play – shooting, rebounding, getting teammates involves, playing D – it’s LeBron, no doubt in my mind.

Just a more complete package. As hard as it is to say, he’s like a slightly better Pierce in that they both have such great all-around games, they’re deceptively strong (not quite so deceptively in LeBron’s case), they can drive, they can shoot, they can board, they can be selfish when needed and unselfish when needed…

by theBird on Feb 8, 2009 1:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Better at shooting and playing D?

No. Not even close. LeBron has more raw talent due to his size and strength, but Kobe’s worked harder on his game and is the more polished player. I think it’s still quite close between these two, and I’m not sure who is better. Ultimately though, LeBron should finish as the better player if he doesn’t get horribly lazy or suffer some major injury or something.

by WildYams on Feb 9, 2009 3:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lebron has played like garbage today, that’s for sure. Still, he’s the better player.

All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino

by Roy_Hobbs on Feb 8, 2009 5:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Kobe is the more skilled player

Lebron may be one day, but today, he simply isn’t.

Without lowering myself to namecalling, I find it rather hard to think people know much about basketball who find Lebron to be the better player.

God bless and good night!

by BrickJames on Feb 9, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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… or I’d say that anyone who doesn’t think this is a reasonable debate is pretty closed minded.

Kobe does some things better than anybody not named “Jordan” even had. Outside of scoring the ball (which, granted, is the single most important element of the game), I’ll take LeBron’s rebounds and assists and improving D (as well as his own exceptional, balanced offensive game).

Guys who can score like Kobe are incredibly difficult to find. Guys that can go off for a triple-double any damn night are just as rare.

by theBird on Feb 9, 2009 6:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs