How do you determine who is the best player between two good players with different techniques? Should you compare their stats, how much money they are worth, or do you compare what one has done for the people on their team or the fans cheering for them. We usually call the best player the Goat or King because no one can be compared to the person. At every family cookout, my family always talk about who is better Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. When Bryant first played, I was two years old and stuck on Michael Jordan because everybody want to be like Mike (just a joke) and he was my favorite player but good things do come to an end.
No one in the world thought it was going to be another player like Jordan so soon but when Bryant came to the lead he was the closest thing to Jordan; therefore, I grew up on Kobe since Jordan retired when I was five years old. So when I hear my folks argue about who is the best, I just sit back and think to myself. Bryant has more NBA championships and seasons than James. He was signed with Adidas but switched to Nike in 2003. In 1996, Bryant was drafted 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. He was eighteen years of age when he got drafted and only played six minutes of his first game with no points but a win is a win. Also he stayed with the same team and won everything with the Lakers. One of his worse games was against Memphis Grizzlies on December 20, 2004 when Shaquille O’ Neal was shipped to Miami Heat. Kobe managed eleven points in forty four minutes. Also Kobe has ten commercials that no one can forget with Adidas, Nike, Sprite, and McDonalds. He even did a commercial with James. Also Bryant has seven charities to provide for seventy two thousand kids. He made a career salary total of three hundred twenty eight million two hundred thirty eight thousand and sixty two dollars. With all of this being said, Kobe is still one of the best players alive; therefore, can we say he is the Goat of the nineties generation.
LeBron James had caught my eye later when Kobe was getting old. I was nine years old when I heard about James. In 2003 Cleveland Cavaliers picked James round one pick one, and he was eighteen years old. James first game stats were twenty five points’ six rebounds nine assists four steals and two turnovers in forty two minutes, but he lost the game. He did not win a championship until he left Cleveland and went to Miami Heat. He won three championships with Miami Heat and then went back to Cleveland Cavaliers. One of his worse games was game one NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals in 2008 versus Boston Celtics with Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. James made just two shots out of eighteen and had ten turnovers. James lose that game. LeBron always talked about on ESPN. They wanted James to be on the cover of a movie named Space Jam 2. Michael Jordan had done Space Jam with looney tunes. He will be remembered for twenty commercials with Kia, Nike, Samsung, and Sprite. He was signed with Nike his rookie year. James has more season and finals MVP the Bryant. James has three charities that brings in a lot of money. James career earned two hundred thirty four million and earned over thirty five million in 2018. He play for Los Angeles Lakers now. The same team Kobe played and retired for. With that being said, James is what the media always discussed; therefore, can we say he is the Goat of the two thousand generation.
It is hard to say who really is the King or Goat in NBA really is because it has to do with a generation thing; therefore, if the current generation know about LeBron James then Kobe Bryant will not be the King or Goat to them because James is during their time. Kobe will only be remembered for what he has done before James; therefore, Kobe was the King/ Goat of the nineties generation while James became the King/Goat for the two thousand generation. I like Kobe and James but if James stayed in Cleveland he would have been ring less and not compared to Kobe. Since James did that, it is hard to say he is the King/Goat; however he is still a good player in my eyes. I do not think James could put up with the defense Michael Jordan had to go through; however, Kobe would have still put out the same numbers as he always put out.
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