Comparison Of Michael Jordan And Kobe Bryant

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It has been a lot of basketball players that they have tried to be like Michael Jordan and follow his steps, but it has only been one player who has been compared as the successor of Michael Jordan, and he is Kobe Bryant. Comparisons between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan have been constant, although Bryant just wanted to be Kobe Bryant. The final farewell to Jordan in 2003 led to the search for a new player to occupy the throne of King and Kobe represented everything that MJ left empty: ambition, stubbornness and a desire for gain that bordered on paranoia. See Bryant on a basketball court is the closest thing to Jordan that has ever seen. Two amazing NBA players whom share similar mentalities and personalities, and whose movements and abilities

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