From 08-10 who was better Kobe or LeBron

[Manny98]

I keep going back and forth of who was the best player in the NBA for those years, on one hand LeBron has the clear advantage in advanced stats whilst Kobe had the edge in intangibles and knowing how to win, LeBron didn't master how to truly win until 2012

Was there a year where Kobe was the best player in the world?

[1987_Lakers]

'08 - Kobe
'09 - LeBron
'10 - LeBron

[ShawkFactory]

Kobe in 08 and 09. Bron in 10

[FultzNationRISE]

Lebron.

Defensive beast and could elevate an entire offense by himself. He was a genuine monster by this point. This question is frankly an insult.

Kobe was a great player, but in many ways his game was more ‘impressive’ than ‘impactful.’ Evidence supports the fact his iso points werent even that necessary to the Lakers’ success. Many nights they were more of a hindrance than a help.

Not tryin to run down Kobe or anything but lets be honest here. Lebron was CLEARLY a tier above him in value.

[Shooter]

Lebron.

Defensive beast and could elevate an entire offense by himself. He was a genuine monster by this point. This question is frankly an insult.

Kobe was a great player, but in many ways his game was more ‘impressive’ than ‘impactful.’ Evidence supports the fact his iso points werent even that necessary to the Lakers’ success. Many nights they were more of a hindrance than a help.

Not tryin to run down Kobe or anything but lets be honest here. Lebron was CLEARLY a tier above him in value.

100% This

[RRR3]

Kobe in 08 and 09. Bron in 10

Kobe has literally zero case in 09.

[eliteballer]

Juicehead LeBron cannot be in any valid comparisons.

[ImKobe]

KB easily.

Bran dominated the ball more and played for his stats but KB wasn't choking in the semis/ECF when it mattered.

And I really don't want to hear the stats argument when the same guys who shit on Kobe's numbers are making top 5/superstar arguments for Tatum this year when his advanced metrics are barely All-Star level in the RS/POs.

I'll take 30/6/6 over 3 straight Finals vs inflated ball-dominator stats in 2nd round/ECF chokes. Bran shot below 30% from 10-16 ft and 38.7% on long 2s and 32% on 3s for those Playoff runs and was also a poor FT shooter, which is why he came up short.

[tpols]

Wade was also heavily in the mix back then. Just as much as Kobe or LeBron.

[eliteballer]

Wade was also heavily in the mix back then. Just as much as Kobe or LeBron.

HGH head Wade had one good year.

[plowking]

Juicehead LeBron cannot be in any valid comparisons.

You know Kobe and MJ both used PEDs as well, right?

At this point you're just upset that Bron's body reacts to PED's better lol...

[NBAGOAT]

KB easily.

Bran dominated the ball more and played for his stats but KB wasn't choking in the semis/ECF when it mattered.

And I really don't want to hear the stats argument when the same guys who shit on Kobe's numbers are making top 5/superstar arguments for Tatum this year when his advanced metrics are barely All-Star level in the RS/POs.

I'll take 30/6/6 over 3 straight Finals vs inflated ball-dominator stats in 2nd round/ECF chokes. Bran shot below 30% from 10-16 ft and 38.7% on long 2s and 32% on 3s for those Playoff runs and was also a poor FT shooter, which is why he came up short.

tatum is contending for top 5 in many impact metrics, you're only looking at tatum's box score stats which arent that impressive but his impact is high a lot of because of his defense. That's something that gets overlooked, lebron being much better on defense than kobe in 09-10 too.

Lebron had his flaws back then and bad series but a big reason he didnt make the finals was he ran into better teams. There's no universe where you can argue kobe didnt have a significantly better supporting cast. Comparing lebron/kobe from 09-10 is not far off from comparing giannis and tatum this year(yes that's how dominant lebron was in 09/10). Ik giannis lost and had a meh series vs bostpn while tatum made the finals but it doesnt matter, giannis is just better

[Shooter]

Imagine a 2010 where LeBron gets Pau, Artest, Odom, Bynum and Fisher and Kobe gets Mo Williams and Anderson Varejao

[RRR3]

tatum is contending for top 5 in many impact metrics, you're only looking at tatum's box score stats which arent that impressive but his impact is high a lot of because of his defense. That's something that gets overlooked, lebron being much better on defense than kobe in 09-10 too.

Lebron had his flaws back then and bad series but a big reason he didnt make the finals was he ran into better teams. There's no universe where you can argue kobe didnt have a significantly better supporting cast. Comparing lebron/kobe from 09-10 is not far off from comparing giannis and tatum this year(yes that's how dominant lebron was in 09/10). Ik giannis lost and had a meh series vs bostpn while tatum made the finals but it doesnt matter, giannis is just better

Ether. ImSniveling destroyed again.

[ShawkFactory]

HGH head Wade had one good year.

Outside of that one good year he won a championship. And had a very real MVP shot in 2007 before the injury.