Did Jordan command more respect from team mates than Kobe?
442431
No I heard Jordan was a coky prick...maybe even moreso.  But the camera liked him and that's the difference.
1060246
Yeah, Kobe Bryant already has a stigma attached to him, stating that he's a bad guy and he forced out Phil Jackson and Shaq a couple of years back. Plus, Dwayne Wade is more fan-friendly nowadays and more marketable, and the media see this and don't jump on him when he takes so many shots. It sucks because Kobe is 100 times better player than Wade.
380371
I understand the MJ fanatics perfectly... they grow up watching ESPN instead of watching basetball.\n\n Kobe was 21 when he won his first championship. Jordan was 28.\n\nInteresting that 2006 was the fist year Kobe led the NBA in field goals attempted, while Jordan led the league in that category NINE times (more than any player in history) in a twelve year stretch! (and KOBE's a ball hog????) MJ finished 2nd in FGA in 1989, otherwise he would have been the leading chucker in the league 10 years in a row.\n\n\nKobe is already better and more accomplished that Jordan ever was at any similar age.\n\nbtw, if certain idiots think Jordan is better than Kobe simply because he won six rings vs three (so far) for Kobe, I have a news flash for you all... A whole lot of players have more than six rings, starting with a fellow named Bill Russell, who won 11 (in 13 years, while Jordan won 6 in a 15  year career). \n\nA lot of Celtics have won more rings than MJ.\n\n\nLeading the league in FGA NINE times?? Without question, Jordan was, indeed, the greatest chucker of all time...\n\n\n\n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://www.basketball-reference.com/lead...\n\nyear by year leaders in FGA... Jordan's all over that list
740250
It's silly to make such comparisons anyway. If you argue that Wilt Chamberlain was the best, I'd argue that the game wasn't as developed and the league was less athletic. Also, he commonly played against much smaller centers, including Bill Russell who was only 6-9 and about 215 lbs!\n\nThe game is just different in every era.  But, if I'm going to make an argument about why I think Jordan may be the best, I suppose I'd have to start with his 6 championship rings in 8 or so years during the 90s.  Of course, you'll say something like without Pippen and Phil Jackson he never won a title, in which case i'll list his incredible stats over the years and point out that he was typically a better-than-fifty percent shooter from the field to go along with his million ppg, but then you'll point out how Chamberlain averaged over 50 ppg during one season alone!\n\nThere's really no point because it's all about context.  Jordan did things that no one else had done and he revolutionized the game.  Is he the greatest? It's an irrelevant discussion that people tend to take overboard in my opinion.
302259
you can try comparing kobe to jordan but id say kobe isnt the same as jordan, jordan makes his other teammates shine on the floor like, scottie pippen, tony kukoc, steve kerr, dennis rodman, ron harper, id say at one point i thought jordan was a ballhog but then i noticed how his teammates participate and jordan's the all time assist leader of the chicago bulls, kobe, well he's just a scorer period, he may have scored 81 points but im sure jordan would've been able to do the same if not surpass, the only reason he was able to win a championship was with the help of shaq, jordan never had a shaq when he won his first championship, but there's still a possibility that kobe can become a michael jordan, if only kobe could let his teammates shine on the floor same way jordan did, if there's anyone who's as close as becoming the next jordan id say it's lebron.
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No, because scoring is only one part of playing basketball.  Kobe is weak on assists, rebounding, and blocking.  He is a dementional player.  Fans like scoring the best, but other players have proven they are a better overall player.  I personally like Billups.  He has a lot of assists and is a good scorer.  He is leading the best team in the NBA, another quality overlooked -- leadership.
517448
yor y,\n\nKobe.  MJ became more selfless as he progressed in his career.  Kobe has done just the opposite.
1131450
Ummm hmmm if I were on a team that would mean I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH THE ROCK during a game.... Ummm that would mean "I BETTER PROTECT MYSELF (Im a white woman  LOL) and ummmm if I LIKED BULLET PROOF VESTS, I would have been a cop... Kobe is notorious for BACKSTABBING.... so the answer is DUANE WADE, a better guy, teamplayer, and defensive player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1180766
Yes, he was talking about Kobe Bryant, he even said it when the reporter asked him who he meant.   I initially thought he was talking about Michael Jordan.  Anyways, I have the game on DVD and I watched it again today (GO HEAT), and he said it was Kobe.
424840
I think Kobe is up there with Jordan.. that game winner didn't seal the deal though because numerous players have made game-winning shots. Jordan was an excellent player and people consider him to be untouchable... but he is... people just say that because he is retired...when people die or they retire they are much moe appreciated... just like Tupac, people didn't think he was all that great until he died.. now he is untouchable....this is getting long so buh bye!
604374
Yes, Jordan was good, but Kobe is already better and more accomplished than Jordan was at any similar age.\n\nJordan was the biggest ball hog ever, having led the NBA in FGA nine times, more than any other player in history (Kobe has only led the league in FGA one time, that being this season).\n\nThe notion that Jordan was such a class act is laughable... if anyone thinks that, then you weren't around when he was actually playing basketball. Jordan said he would refuse to play on the '92 Dream Team if Isaiah Thomas was selected for the team.... oooo, real class there Michael. As if that team actually needed Jordan...\n\nKobe has never single-handedly gotten a coach fired. Jordan got Doug Collins fired in Chicago, and Collins was an excellent coach.\n\nJordan fought any attempts by his coaches to cut back on the number of shots HE got. \n\nKobe's 4.5 assists per game over his career is 0.8 APG less than Jordan's 5.3 APG.  And Jordan's 5.3 APG certainly doesn't break any records. \n\nJordan also took 23 shots per game over the course of his career, Kobe only 18 shots per game.\n\nSo Jordan averages only 0.8 more APG than Kobe, but takes 5 more shots per game than Kobe.\n\nJordan is CLEARLY the bigger ball hog of the two.\n\n\nEDIT:\nLOL - even after I've demonstrated in this post that Jordan is a much bigger ball hog than Kobe, sc20042002  and muzicgal1971 show that they STILL don't know what they're talking about...\n\nJordan a team player???  Again, MJ took 23 shots per game during his career, Kobe's only taken 18 per game over his career...who's the bigger ball hog?\n\nAnd muzicgal1971, so what if Kobe's 81 points didn't break Chamberlain's record?  Jordan's career high was 69, and that was in OVERTIME.  His career high in a non-overtime game was 64.... so even though Kobe didn't break Chamberlain's record (news flash: no one ever will), Jordan never came close to Kobe's record.... heck, Kobe scored 62 in just three quarters in a game this year, just 2 points less than MJ's career non-overtime high of 64. \n\nTry watching a little basketball instead of Sportcenter.
600294
Hell NO!  He was the sidekick to Shaq to win all of those rings, and he hasn't done anything without him.  He is a ballhog and doesn't make his teammates better.  MJ did all of those things and did win with only Pipen as a decent player.  I would say that Shaq is closer to MJ than Kobe, and that is not even close.
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Kobe of course, he looks more sleek and graceful.  The reason why people usually think otherwise, is that many people dislike him because he has too much pride and is usually a ball-hog.  But truely, Kobe does have a better appearance, (no offense to iverson).
443210
MJ was better defensively, for sure.  Better dunker, too.  Shooting 3's...maybe about the same.  Maybe MJ shot the turnaround jumper better, but Kobe is very good at it, too.
1053902
no one jorden is one of the best like the best in like #1 to like #1 million.  and micheal jorden is better then kobe so don't get them compared like there as good as each other but i have to say kobe is good though
362855
MJ has better numbers - this is the only season that Kobe even comes close to Jordan's numbers.  This is Kobe's first scoring title, Jordan has won a few.  Jordan is a 6 time finals MVP and so far a much, much better defensive player.  Jordan lead the league in steals once, and was always in the top 10 (not counting his years with the Wizards).  Kobe was only the second best player on his team - so you should be asking who is better, Scottie Pippen or Kobe Bryant.  Those two are in the same league, compare Jordan to Shaq, and Kobe to Pippen cause Shaq won all 3 finals MVP's.\n\nEven Jordan's dunk contest was better than Kobe's.  We still see highlights of Jordan's free-throw dunk, and dunk from the side, but none from Kobe's cause his dunks weren't all that good (that was one of the worst dunk-contestes ever - I think that's why they didn't have one the following year).\n\nI understand Jordan had Pippen, Rodman, Harper, Kuckoc, Kerr, Paxson, Armstrong, and some other good players - but so what - Jordan was still the best and almost always game MVP.  Only in a few playoff games did Pippen score more than Jordan, and only once Kukcoc socred more.  Lots of times Robert Horry or Shaq, and ever Fisher, or Glen Rice, score more than Kobe in the playoffs.\n\nI think Kobe is the best player today, and his single best season may top Jordan's single best season, but it is near impossible for him to top Jordan's career.  Someone would have to win 7 titles and 4 mvp's to top MJ's career.  \n\nDon't you remember a few years ago people were saying Randy Moss will be considered to be better than Jerry Rice, and then a couple years later they said that about TO.  Last year Jerry Rice was on dancing with the start and still had almost more touchdowns than Moss and TO combined - Moss had a crappy year and TO didn't even play.  They may have had one great single season better than any of Rice's seasons, but their career fell way short of Jerry Rice's career.
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Joseph,  this question is asked every week here and the best answer is always the first person who agrees with the asker.  This is kind of old, but I will answer the same way every time:\n\nWilt Chamberlin.  He holds more records than anyone in NBA history and with his scoring and shot blocking, he'd kill Jordan in a one on one any day -- so long as it was a 1/2 court game.  Wilt still holds the most points scored in a single game -- 100 points.  And who do you think Kobe past up in order to get 2nd place?  Wilt Chamberlin.\n\nWilt was better than Bill Russel, but Russel played for the Celtics, the best team of that era.  Wilt was basically a one man team who consistantly got his team to the playoffs only to be eliminated by the Celtics.