LeBron has reached the finals twice in his NBA career and still hasn't claimed a single ring. Probably the biggest reason why LeBron won't reach the likes of Kobe is due to his lack of championships. Although LeBron James is a much more athletic player than Kobe Bryant will ever be and is an individual that possesses much more strength, speed and ability, there is still no doubt in my mind that LeBron will never be better than Kobe. Many NBA fans often argue to which is better, thinking that it is too close to compare the two. Today, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are both regarded as members of the NBA's top tier of best players. Like the 94 rockets didn’t play around a ball handler but same idea.Why Kobe Bryant is better than LeBron James: I’ll ask you or anyone else to name a roster with one superstar and pure role players besides 1 or 2 guys that had great success and shared the ball and used their top guy as a play finisher predominately instead of feeding their top guy and asking him to create. Equal opportunity offenses are usually superior but don’t think they work well on not talented teams. I would argue how lebron and Luka played was to the benefit of the team as the offensive talent on their team wasn’t there. Personally I can’t disagree with what you said I just think brons edge as a help defender is a lot bigger. It wasn’t just advanced metrics, that was the common opinion too for the defense. Sometimes sharing the ball isn't a bad thing, and teams did play Bran in single coverage in order to tire him out and not get his teammates as many open looks while KB was more of a play finisher like a 2nd 3-Peat Jordan and played within a team concept.You can’t really use rapm for the playoffs, it’s a great stat but best used for looking at multiple regular seasons, sample size is too small. Lebron had monster averages in the '09 Playoffs, but KB had the better On/Off and RAPM numbers. KB played off-ball a lot more and his usage numbers were lower so his numbers weren't as flashy, but they were still ATG in a historical context and led to more wins. We've had this argument with Luka in these POs (even though I'm a Luka defender) and it really depends on match-ups and how the opposing team is choosing to play defense. KB's raw and advanced numbers were superstar level, and while Bran did more & played more minutes as that's how his team played, it did not work to the benefit of his teams. He's a really good defender but not even the best defensive player on his own team, and his numbers are a little better than Jaylen's as he's more of a playmaker & a better ballhandler, but their consistency on offense is about the same. Nah, like JT's numbers are actually mid if we're trying to put him at a top 5 level. Sometimes sharing the ball isn't a bad thing, and teams did play Bran in single coverage in order to tire him out and not get his teammates as many open looks while KB was more of a play finisher like a 2nd 3-Peat Jordan and played within a team concept. Lebron was a better help defender but Kobe was better 1 on 1, some of the advanced metrics can get out of whack when a team is heavily reliant on one player, like we saw with Jokic this season. Ik giannis lost and had a meh series vs bostpn while tatum made the finals but it doesnt matter, giannis is just betterNah, like JT's numbers are actually mid if we're trying to put him at a top 5 level. Comparing lebron/kobe from 09-10 is not far off from comparing giannis and tatum this year(yes that's how dominant lebron was in 09/10). There's no universe where you can argue kobe didnt have a significantly better supporting cast. Lebron had his flaws back then and bad series but a big reason he didnt make the finals was he ran into better teams. That's something that gets overlooked, lebron being much better on defense than kobe in 09-10 too. Tatum is contending for top 5 in many impact metrics, you're only looking at tatum's box score stats which arent that impressive but his impact is high a lot of because of his defense.
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