Prime Kobe Bryant vs. Prime LeBron James

[LBJ 23]

Lebron's prime is not over yet, he is only 26.

That said, taking Lebron's current best and Kobe's I'd still take Kobe over Lebron for now. Kobe has more options offensively than Lebron, Lebron has more athleticism but Kobe in his prime is also very athletic. Its a close call but I give it to Kobe.

Kobe has more options offensively to score. Yes. But Lebron has more options offensively to pass/make right play.

[knightfall88]

Yes. But Lebron has more options offensively to pass/make right play.

thats a load of crap. It is only because he can't score that he keeps passing.

[LBJ 23]

thats a load of crap. It is only because he can't score that he keeps passing.

ok.....

[Papaya Petee]

LeBron's 2 MVP seasons are better then any season Kobe ever had.

/thread

[RazorBaLade]

Kobe has more options offensively to score. Yes. But Lebron has more options offensively to pass/make right play.

Doesn't it all come down to scoring though? If u pass and the other guy scores its still points. Kobe has more ways to score, lebron has less ways for himself to score but creates more opportunities for other worse players to score?

I mean if thats what the difference is, then cp3 is honestly one of the goats. He can make scrubs look amazing, but I feel his team would do much better if it was him that shot more.

Its too complicated to actually count this perfectly, I mean you gotta think turnovers , how many times they pass for an open shot, how many times for a contest, whats the shooting % of those off kobes passes, how about lebrons passes and on and on. So we just gotta look at what we can easily see:

In their primes and best seasons, kobe produces more points for your team than lebron on a nightly basis and on a "give me one game, what can you do" basis. what were their best stats like 35 and 5 for kobe and 28 and 7 for bron?

My opinion I guess though.

[RazorBaLade]

LeBron's 2 MVP seasons are better then any season Kobe ever had.

/thread

dat trolling

[Duncan21formvp]

Kobe won because he went to a winning organization. Lakers had 11 titles and 24 finals appearances before Kobe ever stepped foot for the Laker franchise.

[Vertical-24]

2001-2009 Kobe >>> 2007-2010 LeBron

And its actually pretty close

[amfirst]

thats a load of crap. It is only because he can't score that he keeps passing.

He passes when he's afraid to hurt his stats. See Heats vs. Dallas.

[All Net]

I think this thread needs to die and not be brought up for at least another 5 years

Thats when this comparison might have legs.