Is Kobe Bryant Actually Better Than Michael Jordan?

Most people consider Michael Jordan to be the greatest basketball player of all-time. Saying that anyone else is better, especially someone as divisive as Kobe Bryant, is nearly sacrilegious.

Jordan has come to prominence lately with his promotion of the NBA 2K11 game and his claims that he could score 100 points in a game if he were playing today. He also threw some derision at Kobe, saying that Bryant was one of the top 10 guards of all-time.

There have been many assessments of Kobe and Michael over the years. Many of the arguments resort to a comparison of stats. However, each player had different career paths and played in different eras.

The NBA in the 1980s was played at a faster pace, and some years teams averaged 20 percent more possessions than teams over t...

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