Is current Kevin Durant better than Kobe ever was?

[BlazerRed]

Not even close IMO. KD is great IMO. And will be an all time great but Kobe was just on another level as far as capability. The type of game that Durant just had, 48 points or something, it was something Kobe was capable of doing pretty much every night. It wws practically no news when Kobe was doing it. He could just go to distance with such ease and so effortlessly, someone like Durant can only dream of it. And Kobe was obviously a far superior playmaker, especially in the triangle and a defender which isn't even all that important IMO. Bottom line, Kobe was clearly a lot more capable.
Durant just isn't at that level and likely will never be IMO.

What Kobe was doing in his prime, no one historically can really do it except for MJ and Wilt. I personally consider LeBron and Magic arguably better than Kobe but they were a different type of a player. As far as scorers, only Kobe, Jordan and Wilt could play at that level IMO. Durant is great but he is not Kobe. Durant's career high is 52 points, Kobe was capable of doing that multiple games in a row. Not to mention 40 point games. Love KD though. But Kobe is on another level.

Durant would be capable of putting up those numbers with regularity if he were putting up the amount of shots Kobe was. Durant's problem is sometimes he can be a little unselfish.

[DMAVS41]

player A: 28.3/6.3/5.4 on 46/36/87

player B: 29.2/8.3/4.8 on 50/42/88

Meh...actually playing in an offense and running sets...while playing better defense than KD currently does offsets that.

Durant plays in a "no offense" scheme where he just gets to gun as much as he wants. We saw Kobe do that for 2 years and he was capable of getting you like 32 to 35 a night on 56% TS with terrible help. Give him legit help and let him gun as much as he wants in his peak? Scary shit...

If you people really think Durant has done enough to date to warrant being called "better than Kobe ever was"...they are ignorant to how good Kobe actually was...or over-rate the **** out of Durant.

[red1]

player A: 28.3/6.3/5.4 on 46/36/87

player B: 29.2/8.3/4.8 on 50/42/88

then when you factor in defense it makes the decision even easier

[Black and White]

This is a troll thread, this isn't really an argument atm, let Durant play a few more seasons then we can revisit this debate.

[OhNoTimNoSho]

Current Durant? No. Future Durant with cyborg parts? maybe

[moe94]

If you people really think Durant has done enough to date to warrant being called "better than Kobe ever was"...they are ignorant to how good Kobe actually was...or over-rate the **** out of Durant.

Agree.

However, Durant, right now, is a much better scorer than 08 Kobe and it's not even close.

[Vienceslav]

Agree.

However, Durant, right now, is a much better scorer than 08 Kobe and it's not even close.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So7oniG81pI

[TheMarkMadsen]

bump

[NumberSix]

This is a troll thread, this isn't really an argument atm, let Durant play a few more seasons then we can revisit this debate.

Lol. This same phaggit already declares Durant to be better than LeBron doe.