On the Mark: Kobe the next M.J.?

[Canuck Kid]

One year after demanding a trade from the Lakers, Kobe Bryant celebrated his 5th Western Conference title in Los Angeles. Mark Kriegel says someone else deserves credit.

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[bleedblue87]

Please, this conversation is ridiculous. As good as Kobe might be, there will never be another Jordan. Jordan literally changed the way teams defended superstars, and there is no way to replicate that. Besides, I don't see Kobe getting four more MVP votes and three more rings. He is the best player today, but can we please stop with the Jordan comparisons?

[Qbins Missile Crisis]

I'd have to agree with you, the only man alive that could even wear Jordan's jockstrap is of course Cuba Gooding Jr.

[shake-n-break]

Sorry, I just don't see it going that way either. I honestly don't think that there could ever be another Michael Jordan, there's just no way anybody could fill his shoes, even though Kobe is fantastic on the court. Michael Jordan is almost synonymous with basketball.

[Mountain Man]

Did you all not watch the championship with the Celtics? Kobe didn't play like an MVP at all! Is he really a team player as where MJ was? Come on now!

[Nothingbutnet]

This is a topic brought up from time to time usually by the younger crowd that weren't really around in the Jordan era.

Now, don't get me wrong, Kobe's great, but MJ was the greatest ever in what he accomplished in professional sports, let alone basketball. There is just an aurora about him that Kobe would never be able to create. Jordan didn't have the most dominant center ever to help him win championships. He had Scottie Pippen, whom is not the impact player that Shaq was.

Perhaps people like myself and older folks are in denile, but I bet if you ask experts on this they'd have the same view as the people that believe there will never be another MJ.

[Qbins Missile Crisis]

Jordan was VERY special indeed. But Kobe ain't 1/2 bad either