westcoastsfinest:
artest is an idiot
...but its true kobe is the closest to mj...mj is lightyears ahead of kobe BUT kobe is the closest to him
lightyears? no.
Yes, lightyears. Has Kobe ever came close to being DPOY? Seriously. C'mon. No. And speaking of defense, Jordan was top 3 in the stealscategory 7 times (#1 in steals 3 times) and top 3 in steals per game 7 times (#1 three times); Kobe has been top 3 in steals 1 time (#3 in the '02-'03season) and his highest finish in SPG has been 6th.
Jordan averaged MORE points in the playoffs (when the competition is supposed to be HIGHER) than he did in the regular season. He averaged 30.1 pts. per gamein the regular season, but averaged 33.4 pts. in the playoffs. Kobe has averaged 25.1 per game in the regular season so far while averaging 25.0 pts. in theplayoffs. Now, he's only .2 away from averaging more in the playoffs than the regular season, but Jordan is 3.3 above his regular season average.
Jordan was the league MVP 5 times to Kobe's 1.
Jordan was the Finals MVP 6 times to Kobe's 1. And on this one, Jordan was the Finals MVP of every Finals he was in, while Kobe has been in 6 Finals andgrabbed 1 Finals MVP. "Yeah, but Kobe lost 2 of those 6 Finals."
Next point: Jordan was 6-0 in the Finals to Kobe's 4-2. "Yeah, but that's a team thing, not an individual thing like the scoring and the reg.season MVP and the DPOY." Excellent point... except that Kobe has had an excellent team, unless you don't consider it excellent to 3-peat aschampions, appear in 4 Finals in 5 years, and lose 1 game en route to one of your championships while employing 2 of the league's elite players.
And as seasons go, Jordan's '87-'88 season was stupid. Kobe might have a season somewhere in the ballpark statistically, but winning DPOY, reg.season MVP, Slam Dunk title (a novelty, I know, but still, he earned it that season) while leading the league in pts. per game and steals per game is justsilly.
Yes, light years.