The Blue Board

He may still get six rings...at this point we don't know...but he could.

But he will NEVER earn 6 rings where he was the undisputed man...he will never have 6 Finals MVP's.

And he will never undo the prior failures on the biggest stage.

Truth is the truth...and MJ is the truth.

And the fact that, for whatever reason posters ITT clearly don't like the truth doesn't validate their pathetic efforts to make the truth a lie.

Having said all of that (which is really only saying that Kobe will never be GOAT)...props to Kobe for being all time top 10 player which he clearly is IMO

2002-03 Season, Kobe averaged 30 points, 7 assists, and 6 boards/game. Shaq 27 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists.
2003-04 Season, Kobe averaged 24 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists/game. Shaq 21 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists again.
A person with a rational thought could absolutely argue that towards the end of their run together, Kobe was overtaking Shaq as the best player. However, I do enjoy you stating things like that without actually looking up any facts

And yet where were the Finals MVP's?

In Shaq's trophy case IMO.

Kobe doesn't get any credit because he doesn't have the heart of a champion. Something about the fires burning hottest or the hardest steel or something. From what I understand, you have to want to win so badly that you quit basketball altogether to play baseball for two seasons. Wait, one and half.

Let's be honest, who ITT rubs one out to this video every night?

LULZ

Point out the obvious fallacy of the whole Kobe=MJ narrative trotted out ITT, and you're a shameless sycophant.

Keep cobbling together insignificant points in a totally incoherent manner to support a position you claim not to be advancing, and you're just a rational objective observer, mirite?

Want to know how I know you're rocking that extra chromosome?

The pro-Jordan supporters in this thread are ridiculous and over the top. All the Kobe guys are saying is that he is having a better year than Jordan did at the same age; a position which is perfectly debatable.

Of course, no one can debate about Jordan because he is the GOAT and he has the passion which was fueled in the fires of arduous finals against Portland, Seattle, and others. Jordan supporters are over the top and you know it.

I think its ridiculous.

I honestly think even if a Kobe or LBJ or anyone else were to win like 8 titles, there were be a large number of people who say Jordan is the GREATEST EVAR because he had the "will to win" or some other pretense.

It generates broader comparisons because the Jordan lovers instantly bring up the fact that Kobe will never be MJ. Then they try to make it sound like there's absolutely no reason to ever compare Kobe to MJ. And for any basketball fan/expert/anyone, that's just insane to say. There's a reason Kobe gets compared to MJ quite often, and it's not because dumb internet posters bring it up. It's because experts talk about it. The obsessed Jordan supporters are the first ones to make the "broader comparisons" even though nobody has tried to compare their entire careers in this thread because MJ is the best to ever play(that's the 5th time I've said it now). But thanks for breaking it down for me, I really needed that. Now I'll wait for your next response which will probably include "MJ is the GOAT" even though nobody has disagreed with that in this thread yet.

I'm out of this thread. I don't even like Kobe lol.

Much more focused on Fantasy basketball and getting ring number two in June.

I also deleted the part when you said Kobe is not, and never will be the GOAT, which nobody has claimed that he is, or ever would be, so it was an unnecessary statement to make because it has nothing to do with anything anyone has said in this thread. And I also deleted the part about Kobe failing in the "broader comparisons" because well, like I mentioned before, only the Jordan lovers bring up those broader comparisons, because Kobe fans already know he's not as good as MJ. But you guys just keep emphasizing a well known fact, and it gets a bit redundant.

Ask the OP, don't ask me brah I didn't start the thread. How is telling the Kobe fans over and over and over and over again that Jordan is the greatest ever to play apropos of anything of any significance to the topic of this thread?

Well to be totally honest I find it hilarious that a group of people (Jordan Lovers) get so worked up over nothing. Get their panties in a bunch over a simple comparison. The majority of Jordan lover posts in this thread have had NOTHING to do with their season while being 34 years old, the Jordan lovers make it about the entire career, which nobody has been arguing about. However, in damn near every single post, the Jordan lovers will make sure everyone is aware of Jordan being the GOAT. Which like I'll say again, NOBODY has denied in this thread. You're a prime example of someone that has brought it up numerous times, for absolutely no reason, with nobody arguing against it. I just think it's funny. It's almost like the Jordan lovers are insecure about it, so they feel the need to bring it up and defend it when nobody has even questioned it.