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Samatar Farah
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Professor Fitzpatrick
May 18, 2015
Kobe Bryant & Michael Jordan
Kobe Bryant VS Michael Jordan
When you guys think about Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, what do you think about? What superstars are you interest watching the most? Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are my favorite basketball players ever to play the game because they’re successful, both made great impacts on the game, and their role models! Have you seen Kobe’s 81 point game against the Toronto raptors and Michael Jordan game winning shot against Utah jazz on game 7? Games like this makes me want to play basketball so bad, watching games like this makes me want to be another Michael or Kobe!
In the league they’re two great teams with great players in the past years. Michael Jordan with bulls and Kobe Bryant with the Lakers. The most valuable player in the NBA is Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Both basketball players have done a lot in the NBA that is similar. They both have three all-star MVP’s but in different years. The first one Michael Jordan got was on 1988, the other one was on 1996, and the last one was on 1998 in Madison square garden. The first MVP Kobe Bryant received was on February 10, 2002, the other one was on 2007 at Las Vegas, and on 2009 at Phoenix Arizona.
Michael Jordan is widely regarded as the best shooting guard in the NBA, some say he might be the best basketball player ever to play the game of basketball. The second best shooting guard behind Michael Jordan is of course Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan led the league in scoring in 10 seasons, and won once defensive player of the year. Kobe Bryant led the league in scoring in 2 seasons but didn’t get defensive player of the year at all.

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