nikka stop it. Bron has 3 more playoff game winners than Kobe and 4 more final losses to show for it.
LeBron has 3 more playoff game-winners than Kobe on 12% better shooting and 19 more playoff wins in 5 fewer seasons to show for it.
LeBron didn't have the luxury of having a dominant frontcourt player who singlehandedly outplayed anyone on the opposing the opposing team for 6 of his 7 Finals appearances. When Kobe wasn't carried in that manner he tended to lose, not in the Finals but right off the damn bat in the 1st or 2nd round.
And strong contributions???
Literally every player you named struggled to make an NBA roster after they hopped off Kobe's back. Kobe just dragging them bums to the playoffs in the West is one of the greatest achievements in sports.
Literally no one outside of Kobestan land believes this. LeBron had a worse roster those very same years and yet drug them to 19 playoff wins, including 7 over a Pistons team far superior to that soft no-defense Suns squad, compared to the only 4 wins that Kobe managed. LeBron would have killed for the impact of a prime Odom putting up 19-11-5 and a block a game on 50% shooting.
What do you think happened to Sasha Pavlovic, old Eric Snow, little Boobie Gibson, injured Larry Hughes,
Z, or anyone else on that squad after LeBron left? Name ONE full season where they contributed as a regular roster player.
Hell, Kwame's Charlotte year and George's first Dallas season were better than any full season any of LeBron teammates put together.
Kobe shot 41% in the finals because, unlike Bron, Kobe didn't have the luxury of playing with elite shooters and multiple prime hof players at once. It's a lot harder to shoot when you have 3 defenders draped over you every single possession.. but Goatbe persevered against all odds and won 5 rings
Yup, blame the imaginary triple-teams.
The Pistons openly said that the way to beat the Lakers was to single-cover Kobe, get him to press and destroy the offense. And prime Kobe only shot 38% against that Piston single-coverage.