Doing most of his work against crappy teams with poor Ds. New Orleans is the only serious team he's faced and they aren't close to a challenger for the title. It's impressive what he's doing, but people need to remember that all these points he's scoring and they are barely beating horrible teams.
Truly great players (Jordan, Bird, Magic) make the players
around them better.
Kobe the rapist does not.
MJ career assists per game = 5.3
Kobe career assists per game = 4.5
Unless there's alot hidden in 0.8 assists, you might want to try again.
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LOTS of difference in that .8.
Jordan took better shots, got his teammates more involved with open looks, rebounded more, shot free throws more efficiently, and turned the ball over slightly less.
Kobe is not and will never be Jordan. He's still a good player on both ends, I just am not sold that he is committed to winning, nor if he can without Shaq leading the team and making it easy to win.
Jake, does it matter at all in your thinking who the supporting cast is? I mean Kobe has Odom and.....well, he has Odom. (And that's only when he's healthy!) Do you really think MJ would be taking less shots on this roster than Kobe? Or producing more wins? If so, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it - but I will never be swayed.
Well....there's Kobe on 1/22....and Mike Miller (Overtime) on 2/21...and Kobe on 3/25....but I'm sure Jake will have an explanation for why no-one else has too.
Jordan is so great...... has a .480 win percentage without Pippen and failed to lead the Wizards to the playoffs in the weak east.
Same guys who despise Kobe probably love Barkley.... the same guy who spat on a lil girl during a game and threw a guy through a plate glass window at a restaurant. Great guy.
Are you really trying to compare a 40 year old Jordan to Bryant? Weak.
Kobe is great, but until he does something without Shaq (Western Conf Champ Appearance?) without Shaq, he doesn't deserve to be in the same sentence with Jordan.