[Hoot Gibson]

He probably didn't mention Lebron because he was calling a Laker game.

No one is saying that Kobe is better than Lebron right now.
I'm just saying he doesn't suck like everyone else says he does.

Kobe has never been as good as Lebron is right now. Not even close.

Here is a pretty good synopsis of the two players' careers, although the gap has widened even more over the past two seasons.

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KOBE BRYANT VS LEBRON JAMES COMPARISON

Shot jacking? Regular season
Games with 36 shot attempts or more:
LeBron: 1
Kobe: 22

Of Kobe's 22 games with 36 shots or more, he shot under 50% 17 times, 45% or lower 11 times, under 40% 3 times, this is the DEFINITION of shot jacking.

Regular season
Games with 40 points and under 50% shooting
LeBron: 7 of 46 games 40+ points
Kobe: 46 of 107 games 40+ points
Yes, that's right, almost half of Kobe's 40 point games involved missing more shots than made ones.

Regular season
50 point games with under 45% shooting
LeBron James: 0
Kobe Bryant: 3

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I predict that despite self-diagnosing his ankle sprain as the worst he has suffered in his career, Kobe has a scoring title to win and will manage to drag himself back onto the court very soon.