I keep hearing this debate weather Kobe is better than Jordan, but Kobe is living in an offensive geared NBA. How would he fair against the old Detroit Pistons who created the Jordan Rules. Alot of people forget how physical of a game the NBA used to be. Now it hands out flagarant fouls like they are candy for hard fouls that would have never drawn any attention back then. So in my opinion Kobe will never be as good as MJ because he doesn't get the living crap beat out of him every night, but still gets to go to the free throw line from all the touch fouls. If Kobe played in the early 90's I don't think there would even be a comparison between the two.
2007-03-31 13:35:38 · 10 answers · asked by TMB 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Good question! Had he played against the original Bad Boys of Detroit and the 90's New York Knicks, he'll have a hard time getting even 30. Present rules allow slashers like Kobe to get to the line on silly touch fouls so he's feasting on free throws, mostly on three-point plays, every night. If he'd been guarded by Dumars, Vinnie Johnson, Rodman and New York tough guys like Starks and X-man McDaniel, Kobe would lose his concentration and whine and complain all night to the refs. MJ had a hard time with these guys, but instead of whining he got himself bigger and stronger and eventually overcame these guys. By the way, it is significant to note that MJ dropped 30-40 points on these guys despite their rough play.
2007-03-31 14:17:28 · answer #1 · answered by bundini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The greatness of Kobe Bryant cannot ever be stopped, not even by the old Knicks and Pistons of the late 80's and early 90's. Though as rough as you make them seem, they were not flagrant fouling people every possesion, yes they did play dirty, but greatness always tops any force of pain, and Kobe Bryant has that so it is not an issue.
They question you should be asking yourself is could 90's Jordan play in the NBA now and do what Kobe is doing against defense stacked on him with premier defenders.
Jordan never had any premier defenses, he had Elou, John Starks, and Reggie Miller guarding him. please
Kobe Bryant has Lebron, Tmac, Vincer Carter, Dwayne Wade, Carmello Anthony, Bruce Bowen, Ruben Patterson, Shane Battier, and Raja Bell
So if anything Kobe Bryant has it worse then Jordan and
thus it makes him not close to Jordan, but Jordan not even close to him in the level of greatness.
2007-03-31 20:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He could score 50, of course, but he would be hurting afterwards. Rick Mahorn would pound him into eternity and then Laimber would pile on as well. Jordan scored 50 on the Pistons back then, so yes, Kobe could do so as well.
However, the point of your post is accurate: Kobe is not as good as Jordan, and he never will be as far as we can tell. Everyone who slobbers on Kobe and calls him better than Jordan is just delusional, plain and simple :)
2007-03-31 22:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by atptour311 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No chance - don't get me wrong Kobe is a great player. I can't stand the guy but he is a great player.
Now he would have got 50 a couple times playing in that time frame but not against the teams listed.
Jordan would have put up Wilt like number if he was in the league right now.
2007-03-31 20:45:29 · answer #4 · answered by BAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok to kobe bryant... you really think carmello can play defense??? vince carter???? tmac????
yea but you know what u might not know there names but jordan played against ppl like bowen every game and the reason why dont know them is because jordan schooled them all the time they tried to play d..... u forgot to put joe dumars in there as well as he was one of the toughest defenders even better than a bruce bowen...
jordan even avg 20 ppg when he was 41 years old with the wizards and thats in kobes era imagine if he was 20 years younger?!
2007-03-31 20:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by raymond m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you make an excellent point. and w/o the handchecking rule now, too... i'm suprised nobody's brought this up in those kind of debates yet.
so to answer your question, NO. he might have gotten hot every now and then, but couldn't have done NEAR what Jordan did. Jordan, today, would score 60 regularly
2007-03-31 20:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely.
2007-04-01 05:53:31 · answer #7 · answered by Hi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahah. sorry. i had to laugh at the guy above me. it still cracks me up when people say kobe is as good as jordan. LOL. and kobe fans just prove time after time that they are the dumbest sports fans in the world. to answer your question: NO
2007-03-31 20:52:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Of course. The NBA wasn't full of restrictive rules then like it is now.
2007-03-31 21:26:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. not a chance
2007-03-31 20:47:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋