LeBron's first 3 years against other High School Stars

[JohnFreeman]

LeBrons 2nd year as a 19 year old was better than Prime Kobe holy

27/7/7 on 47% shooting


A 19 year old version of LeBron was better than any version of Kobe. Let that sink in for a second. A teenager was better than prime Kobe

[imdaman99]

LeBrons 2nd year as a 19 year old was better than Prime Kobe holy

27/7/7 on 47% shooting


A 19 year old version of LeBron was better than any version of Kobe. Let that sink in for a second. A teenager was better than prime Kobe

At least Kobe wasn't giving up Finals MVPs to babies that he couldn't guard. Kawhi says hi

He may shoot 55%, but he's shooting 40% where it counts. #2for5

[Hey Yo]

stop being silly. kobe wasn't allowed to be a starter until he was deemed "ready", it was taboo otherwise. ask garnett and t-mac too.

meawhile lebron was given 30+ minutes from the get-go on a horrendous team that gave him the highest usage rate out of any rookie ever in the weakest conference in the past 15 years for his first three years.

everything fell into place for lebron to put up the numbers that he did. all he had to do was do his thing.

Kobe could have been in the same situation as the starting SG for New Jersey his rookie year. Instead the 17yr old self entitled ego maniac told them not to draft him because he wanted to play for the second best franchise in NBA history.

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/thread, OP such an embarrassing loser with no shame.

[jstern]

Because he's a top ten talent, and the rule changes helped a little.

[CelticBalla32]

Why wasnt he given that chance then? Being in the shadows of Van Exel (PG) or Shaq (Center) doesnt explain why he didnt get to start/play at SG.... which was filled in by a Eddie Jones, a 12-14 ppg at best player during that time at even heavy minutes.. clearly if they saw Kobe as a better option / being better he sure would get the spot over Eddie.... and that Kobe couldnt prove for 3-4 of his first years in the NBA.... Lebron for sure would, i think he would immediately throw either Van Exel (and play PG) or Eddie Jones back to the bench as a rookie and in the next year & so on the discussion would instead start to be who is better, Shaq or Lebron.... and if the championships would come the same years its highly likely Lebron would had a much higher chance than Kobe did to snatch some MVP/FMVP away from Shaq in the process.... not to mention Shaq would have been much more happier with Lebron's style of play & attitude, he wouldnt chase him of, meaning they could have stayed together much longer than Shaq/Kobe did, meaning more championships...........

Because of the time period. Kobe was drafted out of high school in 1996. The year before that, KG was the first high school player to go directly to the NBA since 1975.

And Eddie Jones was an All-Star in 1997. And 1998, where Kobe was also an All-Star off the bench.

Kobe per 36 minutes as a rookie - 18/3/3.

[Megabox!]

At least Kobe wasn't giving up Finals MVPs to babies that he couldn't guard. Kawhi says hi

He may shoot 55%, but he's shooting 40% where it counts. #2for5

Meh still better than the Knicks.

[Psileas]

Because of the time period. Kobe was drafted out of high school in 1996. The year before that, KG was the first high school player to go directly to the NBA since 1975.

And Eddie Jones was an All-Star in 1997. And 1998, where Kobe was also an All-Star off the bench.

Kobe per 36 minutes as a rookie - 18/3/3.

Basically this. This isn't to take anything away from LeBron, who was very advanced for his age, but think this for a second: How come Dwight Howard, instead of Kobe or Garnett or TMac, was the next most dominant teen playing in the NBA? And how come all those 90's HS'ers, who had been projected to become all-time greats since they were HS'ers, were only picked so low in their respective drafts?
Someone like Kobe being drafted about 1 decade later = Easily #1 pick and instant starter for most teams.

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I don't have a tablet, dumb ass.
Though you are clearly very knowledgeable about how to juggle multiple accounts.