Originally posted on 12/06/2012:

1) Kobe did not go to college
2) Jordan also retired prematurely to explore MLB 2 years off.
** *(add two more scoring titles, 1 MVP and 1 Ring, possibly 2 rings)
3) Kobe does not pass the ball
4) Kobe two modest scoring titles to Jordan's 10 Scoring Titles
5) a single modest MVP to Jordan's 5 MVPs
6) averages 25.4 ppg to Jordan's 30.1*
7) Kobe two Finals MVps to Jordan's 6 Finals MVps*
8) at those averages, it took Jordan 996 games to reach 30,000
and it took Kobe 1,181 games to reach 30,000 (more than two full seasons)
9) Kobe did all that copying Jordan. That was the precise model he followed.

that 'youngest ever' is a serious stretch..

if you give two kids each a mixed up Rubik's cube..
one at 6AM and the other at 9AM

you cannot then claim that the boy at 6AM solved it the earliest in the day
if it took him longer to do complete the task.

Jordan is the MAN, (Chamberlain great, but overwhelming size advantage.)

…now i know that Kobe is holding back to protect Jordan's legacy, and i respect that.
but Jordan still better, by significant margin*