Will The Media Ever Let Anyone Be Considered Better Than Jordan?

Max s your just another hater like the rest of them out there but anyway MJ will always be the GOAT and kobe is getting up there to be the 2nd GOAT.Kobe has the will and skills to reach MJ's greatness

he's only in his early 30's and has alot of game left in him to win more titles.

Media definitely has a role in these debates.

Me personally, I believe MJ to be the greatest ever hands-down. However I am willing to openly discuss it in terms of maybe someone else being better. However there are not many people I'll consider it about, and Kobe is one I won't. He is a great basketball player, but I won't open it for discussion about being better than Jordan. If people wanna talk about Magic and Bill Russell, I'm more than willing to listen because I feel those two guys have a case for GOAT. I personally don't believe Kobe has. He MIGHT by the end of his career, though I doubt it, but right now no way does he have a case. What's he done?

He is an interesting case though, Kobe has kinda had two careers in one. He came along in 1996 as a role player on a team that was not long away from contending, then was the clear second best player on a three peat team led by the most dominant force in the game. In this sense his career from 1996-2004 is kinda like Scottie Pippen's career.

His second career, from 2005 and continuing into the present, is like Michael Jordan's (so far). It begins with the team struggling, then he wins scoring titles but without team success, then they get the pieces and now the team success is coming. Exactly the way MJ's career started.

This is how I see Kobe as having had two careers in one, this second one (still in progress) being similar to MJ's.

This kinda detracted from the question. If Kobe retired today, he'd be about #11 on my all-time list. For some reason some people feel he's done enough to be #2 (and some crackheads even place him at #1), which I don't get. My top three is MJ, Magic, Russell. Kobe might have done enough by his career's end to break into the top three, but right now? No way. Those guys all achieved way more individually as with their teams than Kobe has.

The media has been ready, even before Jordan retired.

In 1996 it was Penny Hardaway, in 1997 it was Grant Hill, in 1998 it was Kobe Bryant, then Lebron, and before the start of the 2008 Finals Kobe was really, REALLY being compared to Jordan. But none of them stacked up over the long haul and Kobe under performed in the NBA finals.

Trust me, if the Lakers put together a couple of championships, or Lebron starts to win rings the the surpassing MJ rumblings will begin again.

Jordan was considered the greatest of all time because of how he changed the game. He raised it to a different level and made it what it is today. He provided something that doesnt reflect on the box score. kobe is a great player. probably one of the greatest, but he's far from being the next jordan. Kobe, and all the other great players in the NBA today are just following jordan's footsteps.

Maybe someday, someone will surpass MJ as GOAT, but i dont think i will be alive to see that one person play.

Michael jordan is the greates of all time. No question asked. Kobe has 3 championships where he was the secondary guy. 1 as the main guy. 1 MVP. MJ had 6 titles as the leader of the team. He won MVP numerous times.

Maybe some day when someone actually IS better then MJ. Yeah but we should be able to compare him and others more. For example kareem abdul jabbar was much better downlow of course.

Never ever. He was a different breed of athlete- extreme work ethic, great physical skill, and a heart like a pitbull.

Ah, maybe. Who knows?

But if you are trying to say Kobe is the GOAT, that's ridiculous. If you are covertly asking why the media doesn't give him such props, its because he doesn't deserve them.

Kobe is not even top 5. (Sorry Fakers fans!) Now let's see how many of the LA sheeple give me a thumbs down on this comment lol

i think jordan was the Greatest Entertainer in NBA. people just misse use the word great or greatest sometimes.

not until someone similar to his style, has to be guard, and gets more championships, and MVP's than him.