[Hoot Gibson]

It's a pretty good synopsis of one facet of their game over their careers...
but YES - Lebron shoots a better percentage than Kobe does.

Kobe is the ONLY one of his contemporaries that is still playing at an elite level.

Lebron hasn't been at it as long as Kobe has, he hasn't scored as many points, won as many games or won as many rings. Lebron hasn't lived up to the nickname of "King" just yet. No matter how much you want to disrespect Kobe - it's hard to justify that Lebron has accomplished more. No matter how good Lebron is playing right now with a super-team, I won't judge him at the end of his career by how good he is right now. I'll put everything he's done up to what Kobe and Michael did. Not saying that he won't get there eventually, but let's look back on their careers in a few years and see what we think.

Had you clicked on the link, you would have found that the comparison covers more than one facet of their careers. Aside from free throw shooting, there are not many areas where Lebron's stats are not clearly superior to Kobe's. At some point you have to consider that Lebron has consistently posted better stats during his career than Kobe, so just maybe Kobe has those rings because of superior coaching and better teammates during his longer career.

If Lebron and his superior stats had been available for Phil Jackson and had he been surrounded by the same level of talent as Kobe has enjoyed, would he really have fewer rings than Kobe? I don't think so. Hitting an occasional long range fade away jumper with four hands in your face at the buzzer does not make up for a huge field goal percentage deficit.

Here are some more stats for you:

Rookie season FG%:
Kobe 41.7%
Lebron 41.7%

Career best FG%
Kobe 46.9% (2001-02 and 2012-13)
Lebron 55.7% (2012-13)

Lebron's FG% has improved in all but one season over his entire career and he is shooting fewer shots per game this season than he has ever taken before.

Kobe does not belong in Jordan's class and he never will. The biggest thing that they have in common is that Phil Jackson coached their teams to some NBA titles. Kobe is a very good player who had the talent to be much better than he has been. Lebron has left him in the dust.