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Kobe VS Bird: Who is better? Who is greater? (alien.top)
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I am curious to see what this sub thinks about this matchup. Usually, espn and other media sites put their names in the same tier in 7-10 range.

Who do you think is better between the two players? What about greater?

Bird have 3 Straight MVPs. Kobe only have 1 MVP.

Bird have 3 rings with 2 FMVP. Kobe have 5 rings with 2 FMVP.

But as for skills.

Kobe is the better scorer and defender. He also have the better work ethic. Bird is the better Shooter, Rebounder, and way better Passer.

But overall, who do you think is better and/or greater?

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[–] MiopTop@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Career wise it’s Kobe. Kobe maintained an MVP level prime for about as long as Bird was in the league period.

[–] GoldBlueSkyLight@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Longevity suddenly doesn't matter in this sub when Kobe is brought up

[–] No_Jellyfish3341@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I don't care for reddit opinions either way but the fact that a 1 word answer like kobe gets down voted to not even showing is disrespect. I hate the Kobe slander but it's the easiest name to slander in basketball of all the legends, once ESPN started Kobe bashing about 8 years ago to boost LeBron then fans jumped right along with it. ESPN didn't even put Kobe top 10 TIL AFTER HE DIED 😂

[–] AhoyLunarBoot@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Daily reminder that he's 4th in total points and would have almost 100% passed Kareem if he didn't snap his Achilles.

[–] Intelligent-Bid-633@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

What a dumb take “Mvp level” How many mvps do each of them have?

[–] ImpactFuzzy8713@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cap, kobe had maybe 10 years close to league mvp level. However, bird in mvp voting finished in the top 2 for 8 years straight. Blatant cap

[–] MiopTop@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Kobe was MVP level from 2000-01 to 2012-13. That's 13 years ...