The LeBron vs. MJ debate won’t disappear with James still going strong in Year 15, but it’s hard to inject anything of substance into the discussion with all of the angles being beaten into the ground by analysts each day. If only we had someone with a few rings of his own to weigh in on the subject…
Oh, here’s Kobe Bryant!
Bryant makes a valid point. The tendency to point toward Jordan any time James takes a step on a basketball court can suck all of the enjoyment out of watching the games in front of us. Yelling about which player deserves the G.O.A.T. tag quickly becomes an exercise in futility.
But the much funnier part of Bryant’s tweet is how he framed it. He sneaks in the #enjoymy5 hashtag just to remind NBA fans exactly what he did during his 20-season run with the Lakers. It’s a subtle, extremely Kobe move, and it’s absolutely terrific.
He doesn’t really fit in the LeBron vs. MJ debate (for reasons explained here), but why should that stop him? This is the kind of confidence that allowed him to make some of the most difficult shots we’ve ever seen.
It also opened the door for a pretty solid burn, though. But hey, it was still better than anything on FS1!
