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Originally Posted by D to the iddy
Let's not kid ourselves here. Kobe is the greatest player in the world right now, followed extremely closely by LeBron James. Greatest player ever? Just throwing out a name of Michael Jordan... and it's not even close.
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I'm not trying to argue about a technicality, but I don't believe James is that good of a defensive player compared to Kobe. For that reason I think James is far and away the best player in the league by a larger margin than "extremely close". James gets the rebounds and blocks, but when you think about their styles and getting close to the opponent so he can't make a proper shot, Kobe is superior (and I hate Bryant). Bryant is just so much smarter in how he defends, it blows Lebron away (not to mention his fadeaways).