Obama: Kobe or Mike

[DaGettoMan]

Obama's right, only time will tell how many rings Kobe will win. Right now MJ is waay better than Kobe. And still, Obama does know the game pretty good, he played an awful lot in his younger days, and watched the Bulls in his hometown. Obama 4 real man

[HotSauce_16]

Originally Posted by srtfinest

btw kobe is not in his prime, it was 02-03 season before the knee surgery and shoulder surgery and colorado. 02-03 Kobe murders Lebron or whoever you can name ever.

right.. 02-03 tmac murders kobe.

[Redline]

Originally Posted by DaGettoMan

Obama does know the game pretty good, he played an awful lot in his younger days, and watched the Bulls in his hometown.

Exactly. Obama's a Chicago native and lifetime Bulls/MJ fan. he has a natural bias that goes along with that. I mean I'll always have a favoritism for Magic and Kareem when they're discussed among the all time greats because they faught for my home city and brought championships to the LA area and fanbase.

More then presidents and fans who have no experience of on the court battle, I'll take the opinions of basketball greats like Pippen. even though Pippen fought side by side Jordan in the chicago glory days, he says now he can't say who is better between kobe and MJ. He said they both were the best of their times.

Right now everyone looks back at the Jordan era with fond memories. they talk about that era and Jordan the 6 rings. But at the end of the day everyone will look back at the kobe years with fond memories as well. The Lakers dynasty and their battles with the spurs, the drama and hype that surrounded kobe and shaq, kobe's climb back to being a championship team without a star studded cast, the kobe vs lebron debate, etc. Just like Michael Jackson showed us, you don't really appreciate something until it's gone, and when this kobe era is overwith he'll get more of the recognition and appreciation he deserves

[Ferdi]

Originally Posted by Redline

even though Pippen fought side by side Jordan in the chicago glory days, he says now he can't say who is better between kobe and MJ.

WHAT? He said that? You got a source for that ridiculous statement?

[mixtapelive]

Obama is right, about Jordan being better.

But people saying kobe is far behind are wrong too loll.

I guess we're just gonna have to wait till Kobe retires, cause that's when people truly appreciate a great player

[Redline]

Originally Posted by Ferdi

WHAT? He said that? You got a source for that ridiculous statement?

“Well I think you’re looking at two great players and it’s hard to really compare them,” started Scottie on KLAC in Los Angeles. “They played in two different eras, they have very similar styles. I don’t know if Kobe has mimicked Michael’s style or if he has his own style. But there are a lot of similarities there – the way they play, the way they approach the game, the ability to close games at the end. It’s never going to be a situation where you can compare who’s better – Kobe or Michael. Kobe is the greatest player in his time and Michael was the greatest player in his time.”

after being pressed repeatedly to choose one he said:

“To say who’s the greatest player of all time – you may have to give that to Michael right now because of what he was able to accomplish in the game as an individual, from a team standpoint,” revealed Pippen. “He was at the top in every aspect of the game – offensively as well as defensively. Has Kobe met that yet? No. Will he? Maybe not. But does that make him less of a player than Michael was? No it does not. I think he’s the best player in the league right now in my eyes still. I know LeBron has shown great signs of being great and he’s definitely a better all around player than Kobe, but I think Kobe is definitely the greatest player in this generation.”

He originally wouldn't choose either. Kind of strange that he wouldn't just take Michael straight up since they were comrades for so many years

[Sleeping Empire]

Right now Jordan is the goat end of story and this is coming from one of the biggest Kobe fans ever. Obviously no one can tell the future, so theres no telling if Kobe will over take MJ.

More importantly though, how much does it speak to Kobes greatness that the President of the United States is weighing in on a "MJ/KB"whos better discussion.

[Phamous]

Can't really compare Jordan to Kobe anymore. Kobe is past his prime. He may of won a NBA Finals MVP and a ring, but that was against an Orlando squad that was not ready. Plus he had too many role players in his team (Gasol, Odom, Bynum, Ariza, Fisher). He has always had tons of supporting players with him whenever he won a championship. Jordan is god, Kobe is lucky.

[Sixto Freed]

Originally Posted by mixtapelive

Obama is right, about Jordan being better.

But people saying kobe is far behind are wrong too loll.

I guess we're just gonna have to wait till Kobe retires, cause that's when people truly appreciate a great player

well we can't talk about legacy yet because kobe has some years left to prove many things

but as a bball player comparing them

jordan on his prime is waaaaaaaaaay ahead of kobe's prime

now kobe looks more like a 90s-2000's mj and well his game is very polished but overall taking in consideration mj play trough all his career he's truly ahead of kobe and kobe won't ever surpass him as a team or individual or defensive player, the only category where kobe is near jodan is at offense and still mj was much more of a juggernaut at that..

i understand that most of the youngsters these days are fully supporting kobe greatness because they grew in this era and they have seen the formation of his legacy but as a follower of mj trough the years and since his early years, the comparison becomes so small, still kobe has still room and time to crack in the top 10 all time when his career ends

[SteveNash3424213421J]

How long will it take for Obama to flip-flop on this issue?



And for those of you who will criticize the video for being right wing propoganda, here's liberal bulldyke Rachel Maddow bashing Obama's hypocrisy: