INSTAGRAM: Gilbert Arenas Compares Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan

The Debate…Who's Better?!?! we have to break down the two players..ALL Stats and rules removed….you have a (self made man) #KOBE standing at 6'6 with a 38 inch vert..a work ethic of a Man who seemed #Machinelike…the basketball IQ of pure genius…the confidence of a man who ruled this planet….these type of ppl comes around every 10 years….#mayweathers #jerryrice #michaeljohnson…Now u have the (freak of nature) #JORDAN standing at 6-6 with a 48 inch vert…a work ethic of a #AlienLifeForm…the #IQ of someone who created the sport…the confidence of a man who WAS the planet..to see who jordan was,WE have to build him by combining a few players….we will all agree #KOBE is close but since #MJ jump 1 foot higher…Give #KOBE Vince Carter jumping ability and control in the air even tho #Mj jumped higher then vince,wish i could stopped there but jordans (type 2 fibers,fast twitch muscles were off the charts..giving him the ability to explode off the move like a rocket without slowing down to gather..one player that has that ability #westbrook so Now we give #KOBE #westbrook's ability to rocket move at full speed..Now we have kobe with vince carter's jumping ability and westbrook's powerful movements and takeoff ability…now only if kobe had this capability he would have been JORDAN and hint why (Phil Jackson said Jordan would avg 50 in this era)…Kobe just wasn't gifted the way MJ was but u have to give him his credit for working his ass off too get mentioned in the same lane as this (unhumanman) it shows u how hard kobe worked but now u know why jordan at 36 looked far more dominant then kobe at 36..when jordan started slowing down his 48 inch very went too 38..and he became kobe in his prime….FORGET STATS….everyone gets fooled by era and the evolution of the game…kobes creativity wasn't created in jordans era….Jordan didn't get to update his software…so u take it all away……so now ask ur self who's better…KOBEBLKMAMBA or KOBE/vince/westbrooke???? JORDAN is the G.O.A.T and KOBE is G.O.A.T of Hardwork

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One of the most fierce debates amongst NBA fans revolves around two of the greatest to ever play the game, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Though most would concede that Kobe is the closest thing anyone has seen to matching Jordan, things get very heated when people say that Kobe is equal to or even better than MJ.

Many have weighed in on this debate and the latest to do so is former Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas who broke down the comparison in a lengthy description on his Instagram page.

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According to Arenas, Kobe wasn’t quite as physically gifted as Jordan. Arenas then uses this as a way to commend Kobe for his outstanding work ethic saying that the fact that Kobe has made it as close as he has to Jordan is proof that no one works harder. In the end, Arenas proclaims Jordan ‘the G.O.A.T.’ while Kobe is ‘the G.O.A.T. of Hardwork.’

While Arenas gives the edge to Jordan in the head-to-head comparison, this is a debate that will continue to rage on for a very long time.