Kobe vs. LeBron: Part III
Posted on December 27, 2007
In my first two posts in this series (Click to read: Part I | Part II), I discussed two of Henry Abbott’s responses in an ESPN round table article comparing LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. These dealt with leadership and the overall difference between the two.
Henry’s response to the fifth and final question is the most disappointing of all, more so even than those previously discussed on this blog. The ultimate question is posed: Who is the better player now? Is he the greatest player in the NBA now?
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Kobe vs. LeBron: Part II
Posted on December 27, 2007
In my first post in this series, responding to an ESPN rountable article, I discussed Henry Abbott’s response to the second question in the roundtable article, in which he failed to hold Kobe Bryant and LeBron James to the same standard regarding leadership.
Henry’s uncharacteristic and unexpected bias against Kobe, in favor of James, continues in his response to the third question: What is the key difference between [LeBron and Kobe]?
Henry responded, “They are both essentially perfect,” but then listed a number of things in LeBron’s favor: “age, size, health, strength and team focus.” However, LeBron is not essentially perfect. His defense, jump shot, foul shooting, creativity, killer instinct, and reliability in the clutch are all ways in which he is inferior to Bryant. None of these things are small, insignificant things. By making this unfair and lopsided comparison, Henry errs by claiming that LeBron is essentially perfect, which is clearly not true, and then he shows his bias towards LeBron by listing a number of advantages he has over Kobe while conveniently leaving off Kobe’s advantages over LeBron.
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Kobe vs. LeBron: Part I
Posted on December 27, 2007
I have to tell you, I love TrueHoop. That’s why I was surprised to see such lopsided and forgetful analysis from Henry in an ESPN rountable article comparing Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
When asked which player is a better leader, Henry responds with the following:
Abbott: Their teammates would know best. I’m quite certain that if you had dosed Andrew Bynum with truth serum last summer, and asked him this question, he would have quickly said, “LeBron James.”
It’s clear that Abbott equates labeling your teammates as subpar and inferior with poor leadership. Unfortunately, it would seem that Henry has forgotten about LeBron’s quote from this summer, nearing the end of the FIBA Americas Tournament, where LeBron said that he was not looking forward to going back to Cleveland to play with his lesser teammates.
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