Best Basketball player in the NBA?

KOBE is a great player and got RINGS end of discusion.

Rings doesnt mean anything besides the fact that he is on a good team. He has Pau, Fisher, Artest, Bynum, Odom, Brown, etc. to back him up. LeBron's Cavs have far less talent when you take him out of the picture.

so true. if you take lbj off the cavs...no playoffs, if you take kobe of the lakers. probably a 6th seed.

Yes, exactly my point. So many people just think Kobe is better because his team is better, but I dont think that is fair at all. I REALLY want to see a Kobe/LeBron 1 on 1 game. I would seriously pay $100 to watch that.

lol final score

LeBron James-21
Kobe Bryant-2

KOBE & LEBRON both got elite talent but KOBE is more experienced and is easily the best in the NBA.

dude kobe is old, and cannot do anything that lebron does.

Yea, Kobe is overrated. He is not the same ball player he was a few years ago. Before he put up big numbers because he hit shots. Now he just gets to the line like 20 times per game because NBA refs are biased.

I gotta go with Bron Bron but I really like Carmelo's all around game.

yeah melo is legit. but i don't think Dwyane Wade gets enough credit.

gasol_the_great wrote:

Yea, Kobe is overrated. He is not the same ball player he was a few years ago. Before he put up big numbers because he hit shots. Now he just gets to the line like 20 times per game because NBA refs are biased.

YES! that is so true right there same thing for KOBE.

No, Kobe gets to line just as often (if not more often) than LeBron I believe.

mario he was talking about kobe the whole time.

Lol

KOBE! got them rings though.

so what? do you not understand that rings don't mean anything? it just means your on a good team.

PuNiShMeNt wrote:

so what? do you not understand that rings don't mean anything? it just means your on a good team.

WOW. Thats new to me. Sure you need a good supporting cast, but without a star player like Kobe, MJ, Duncan, D Wade these teams would have no rings at all.

CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS! are everything thats why you play the game to get a RING! DUH!.

Yes, FRANCHISES play to win rings. And while it may be a goal of some players to win rings, most players have a goal of becoming the best player in the world. Kobe and LeBron are the only two people who have a legit chance at actually reaching that goal. If you want to judge them side by side, you need to remove their teams (and everything that comes with their teams such as rings).

We arnt trying to determine who has had the most success in the league, we are trying to determine who the best individual PLAYER is.

KOBE! he can win games by him self and LEBRON is still learning how to do that.

kobe doesn't win games by himself! dude what are you talking about...Kobe has Gasol/Artest/Odom/Bynum
lebron has Jamison....

dude kobe has never won a game by himself. shaq is the only reason they won 3 championships in a row.

KOBE is still playing ball and LEBRON he's @ home watching.

And thats all i got to say about that.

Looking at his 2 MVP's! lol dude. cmon now.

No he's looking @ KOBE! literally LEBRON even said anytime a LAKERS game is on he's gonna watch it.

MVP=Individual Award
Championship ring=Team award

dude you have to be kinding me. much more rewarding to be known as the best player in the NBA, than winning a title.