Made popular by the MVPuppets, there has been a debate on which player is better between LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Sure, LeBron has won back-to-back MVPs but the Kobe continues to prove he is the best closer in the game. But CBSSports.com reporter Gregg Doyel, once a huge supporter of LeBron, is changing his mind. Ignoring Kobe has four...
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James
Made popular by the MVPuppets, there has been a debate on which player is better between LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.
Sure, LeBron has won back-to-back MVPs but the Kobe continues to prove he is the best closer in the game. But CBSSports.com reporter Gregg Doyel, once a huge supporter of LeBron, is changing his mind.
Ignoring Kobe has four rings to LeBron's none, Bryant's ability to makes big shots separates them. And I'm inching over to the Kobe camp.
Some of you will say I'm an idiot for switching. The rest of you will wonder what took me so long. And all of you are right. I am an idiot for switching, because switching is a sign of weakness. Everyone says so.
Doyel also writes he became convinced Kobe was No. 1 after watching the series between the Suns and Lakers.
If this were a mathematical equation, there would be one answer, and only one answer: Kobe is greater than LeBron. James single-handedly beat the Pistons in Game 5 of those 2007 playoffs, yes, but Kobe single-handedly beat Phoenix for most of a six-game series over the past two weeks. And he did it after James slunk through his final playoff series as a Cavalier, LeBron playing with no direction or zeal, no heart at all.
Doyel writes that he made the switch because Kobe is about the postseason and LeBron is all about the regular season.
When someone needs to make a big shot, he makes it. LeBron James has been the MVP the past two seasons, and deservedly so, but that's November. That's December. And January and February and March. That's a regular-season award, and LeBron James is a regular-season superstar.