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    best players to ever play the game, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, were finally facing off. This would be one of the most memorable moments in sports history. Even though these two played in different eras, they share some qualities as well as differences. Both MJ and Kobe are similar in many ways. To begin, they have both won at least 5 NBA titles. Jordan won three championships from 1991-1993, and another 3-peat from 1996-1998. Bryant won his five Finals from 2000-2002 and the other two in

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    Kobe Bean Bryant was a stellar athlete who is considered to be one of the greatest of his generation. His ability to finish near and far from the rin was unsurpassed by anyone. Kobe’s flair and style was unparalleled by anyone and gave onlookers a rush on adrenaline as the ball fell gently through the rim. Collecting an astonishing five championship wins, Kobe is one of the most accomplished players to play the game. Son to a less famous player, Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant, Kobe seemed to be destined

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    players of all time. However, in 1996 when Kobe Bryant began playing for the Los Angeles, Lakers , Jordan’s status of the greatest player of all time was questioned. Kobe's amazing skills began to get close to Michael Jordan’s, but statistics still showed that Michael Jordan’s skills were still more advanced. Both players have shown their strengths but also their weaknesses for example Jordan is tougher to guard but doesn't score as many points as Kobe. Kobe is great shooter but isn’t efficient at

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    Lebron James and Kobe Bryant are two of the most explosive players in the NBA today. Each player has his own playing style that separates him from the rest of the league. Both players have their own career achievements, endorsements, and personal life stories behind the game. If you ask anybody, the comparison between these two players is great. It is a never ending debate between who is better because both players have something different to bring to the table. Side by side on paper, both players

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    Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players ever. There’s no denying that. He has five world championships, an MVP award, two scoring titles, 18 All Star appearances, is third all-time in points scored…you get the point. Ever since Bryant announced he would retire at the end of this season, in a poem published in The Players Tribune, he’s had a farewell tour the likes of which only Derek Jeter could top. Every opposing team regales him with presents. Fans who for years hated him are now

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    Michael vs Kobe The great Michael Jordan once said “To many players in today 's NBA, Bryant stands on equal footing with the player he patterned his game after.” (http://www.foxsports.com/) I find it authentically interesting that if you ask Kobe Bryant he will willing confess to attempting to replicate Michael Jordan’s exclusive playing style. When Kobe was questioned concerning the allegations in regards to Kobe stealing MJ’s style of play this was his rebuttal “as a kid growing up in Italy, all

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    Players; Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade There are many basketball players in the world. Throughout the history, some players became more known than other players. Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade are very well known in this world. Although their awards are similar, Kobe Bryant is a better basketball player than Dwyane Wade because of his statistics and records. To begin with, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade have some awards in common. Both of them have been in the NBA All-Defensive First Team. Kobe and Dwyane

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    Kobe Bryant

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    hundreds of dollars on tickets to bid farewell to Kobe Bryant as he winds down his final season in a Hall of Fame-caliber career. They are coming to Los Angeles from out of state and from overseas. They are skipping work and sacrificing vacation days. They might want to go to Phoenix, instead. Or New Orleans, or Salt Lake City, or anywhere else the Lakers are scheduled to play road games, because there has been a strange twist in the Kobe Bryant farewell tour: He is skipping a lot of home games

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    Kobe Bryant Speeches

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    We all know the name Kobe Bryant. Rather if we know it from billboards, to TV, from high school to the NBA, within advertisements, through internet, or magazines while flipping through pages of a catalog. The main state is not if we no someone or somebody; it’s if we can remember them twenty years from now. The same great twenty years in one franchise they gave us. It’s what mark that they leave on other’s life’s. Not always about being famous or the best of all time. It’s about giving your best

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    case of the late basketball star, Kobe Bryant. He was a world-renowned basketball player who was highly skilled at his craft. Bryant was always hardworking and resilient in his games, and he was an important figure to fans of all ages and races. Because of his hard work ethic, he became a source of inspiration for many aspiring individuals, not just basketball players. Twenty-one-year-old Eddie Lugo, a nurse who is also a Kobe superfan, says that because of Kobe, he pushed himself to do his absolute

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