The Mamba vs. The King

The Mamba vs. The King

By Chris Muir

• Now we have heard these discussions over and over again. Time after time we hear how spectacular their performances are. 
• The dunks, the crossovers, the nasty crowd racking blocks, those game winners we have all been able to witness them live (from our T.V. of course) but the question remains who is the better player up to date?
•  Now if you haven’t heard Michael Jordan’s recent comments towards the two players let me inform you that though it was a difficult decision in his eyes he let everyone, “in term of dominance of the game of basketball at this stage is LeBron, championship wise Kobe Bryant” also he let the public know “5 beats 1” meaning 5 championships beats 1 which is pretty clear. 
• Here is the link to Jordan comments about Lebron and Kobe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktBlaOhw3cQ
• Going through LeBron’s career coming out of high school and still being the active and dominant player till this day is quite amazing in our eyes.
• The criticism that he has gone through most players would crumple and hide into a hole of a slow return or even none at all. 
• For example, Sebastian Telfair (who?) yea he came out of high school in the 2004 draft with a huge hype about him to become one of the greatest point guards to enter the NBA. Yea he crumpled horribly after 2 seasons with the Trailblazers. 
• Some people can’t live up to the hype but LeBron James has and continues to impress the NBA legends. 
• Kobe vs. LeBron one on one you have to really look at both of their games. Kobe can score at will with his clutch game winners and defense to stop his opponents. LeBron has been able to takeover the game and not be stopped by anyone who defends him. 
• I mean he is 6’8 weighing 270 pounds. The fact that he isn’t done and has practically achieved his goals of perfecting his game mentally and physically on the court, sorry Kobe but LeBron James is taking this one.