Quote Originally Posted by ClipperRevival
True. Had MJ been less gifted physically, he might've had to be more refined with his iso game. So he simply worked with that talents he was given and it worked for him. And in the grand scheme of things, he was much more efficient than Kobe over his career and his offense was less hit/miss on a game by game basis. That's why he kills Kobe in career 30+ and 40+ games. At his peak, Kobe might've been a bit more dangerous given his 3 point shooting but over their careers, MJ was more efficient and consistent and produced offensively at a noticeably higher level.
Thing is, MJ's iso game was extremely well-refined, technically flawless, as is Kobe's but stylistically different. Kobe was more 'skilled' at using the dribble to create open looks but as stated before, Kobe comes from the and-1 era of showboat dribbling, which many of the post-MJ great shooting guards displayed to various degrees. Kobe's game in term of flash was very much a product of the era he came along in. MJ's moves only seem simpler in the sense that he used subtle body movements to fake out defenders as opposed to putting on a dribbling exhibition, but that was greatly aided by an incredible first step.