Use the following link: try.betql.co/jonny/ and enter the discount code JONNY for 25% off any subscription offering at BetQL. What is the biggest difference between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan?

Kobe: MJ: "I CAN EAT FASTER THAN YOU"

I'm imagining Jordan finishing his meal, standing up so fast he knocks over the table then holding up his hands in the air while Kobe looks on like, "Wait, what's happening?"

Watching MJ’s one handed plays is just beautiful

Another big difference between the two was Michael had one of the quickest first steps in NBA history. This allowed him to get to the basket more easily and more frequently than Kobe could.

I've said this for years, the main difference between the two was Jordan had the better body. Naturally stronger, bigger and more durable. It's something their trainer also alluded to when discussing how he trained both guys differently. The reason Kobe took harder shots is he didn't have the same effortless explosiveness MJ had or the vertical. This probably did lead to Kobe's need to work harder than MJ.

Imagine having a bad day at a restaurant working there. And then MJ and Kobe walk in.

I only believe Kobe was the harder worker because he was competing (in his own mind) with Jordan. Kobe knew he was playing for Jordan's coach. He knew he was training with Jordan's personal trainer. In his mind, he was competing against Jordan. He knew Phil and Tim would subconsciously compare the two. Jordan was not competing against Kobe. Jordan did what he needed to do to dominate the NBA. He was competing with himself. There was no Kobe pushing him. So it's an unfair comparison.

Their differences pretty much boils down to MJ being born with natural gifts and as well as being more of a natural virtuoso while Kobe had a more undying fire and worked harder than every one else to be were he was at.

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The Ball Handling was different too. Kobe had more playground- Kyrie Irving type moves. Kobe's upper body was more twisty as well, which gave him that snake like- Mamba- look as he slithered through defenders.

Brilliant video, Looove your work Jonny

Kobe’s work ethic reminds of Vegeta in DBZ for the simple fact that it can ultimately be a detriment to you wanting to be the best due to pushing yourself too hard.

Finally, someone who explains it perfectly. My friend and I have mentioned all these things multiple times for decades, as huge fans of both MJ and Kobe. Great video

Look dawg Imma just say this. GOATED

Tim Grover also said that MJ works smart, knows when to push and when to pull, knows his limits. While Kobe works harder, pushing himself beyond his limits.

God forbid MJ dies. But he gone be in heaven tryna find Kobe talkin bout “Phil said he was a harder worker than me. And I took offense to it”

Left-handed Kobe was one of the most awesome thing I've witnessed. And I'm not even a Kobe/Lakers fan.

On MJ's 3pt %: From 88-89 through the rest of his career, he shot around .350. He actually got better with more attempts.

You are so intelligent. You just made my day.

Kobe is the MJ of my childhood

To add a few extras: Jordan used a larger variety of moves to score in game, but Kobe had a larger overrall repertoire as he took all MJ's moves and combined it with the evolving NBA, but often would 'settle' for contested jumpers. MJ also utilised an extra step or two to get that tiny bit closer to the basket for his finishes. Jordan had a quicker first step and played lower to the ground on his drives, leaning in aggressively sideways like a motorbike, but Kobe played more upright. MJ was also often faster rotating on his turnaround jumpers. Overrall MJ played a faster more athletic style and Kobe played a sometimes more measured style midrange and outside shooting game, relying less on his athleticism.

Gilbert Arenas said it best on his podcast “Michael is Superman and Kobe is Batman” Kobe had to do more to even be compared

As soon as I saw the title I wanted to debate you Jonny. But I can't do it because I 100% agree with everything you said.

I love this channel. Every time I hear the intro music it makes me want to go outside and pretend I know how to hoop in slow motion.

MJ was faster: the difference was palpable in their speed at the fastbreak.

Coolest and most respectful comparison of two legends I’ve ever seen in a video, and MJ/Kobe is one of the harder ones to pull off. Engaging, well-written and fair. Keep at it man you’re one of the best at what you do

So blessed to see these two titans in their primes!! Love them both

1:48 this is such an iconic pic. I didn't even know Magic was in the background lmao

I absolutely love this channel man, perfect to fall asleep to. Super informative

My two favourite players of all time even though Jordan retired before I was even born and I only got to witness Kobe's twilight years.

I feel like one of the biggest differences that you missed was the fact that Jordan was a more vertical presence around the rim, providing similar rim protection to an athletic forward like LeBron. Kobe on the other hand often was flatfooted near the basket and resorted to a swipe-down move.

MJ was a better game manager. He scored more consistently (8, 8, 8, 8) where Kobe was more up and down (2, 12, 4, 16). MJ's teammates were more comfortable knowing what they would get from MJ throughout the game. On the other end, MJ was better at stopping the opposing team's momentum so his team didn't fall prey to the other team's runs as much as Kobe's teams did.

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The absolute biggest difference to me is college. MJ learned from Dean Smith who modeled a lot of his teaching after the great John Wooden who is probably the greatest coach of all time.

Jordan was a bit more athletic and his movements were always so crisp and controlled, almost mechanical. He had a great knack for being able to get a couple feet of separation to get an open look on his jumpers. Kobe kind of flailed sometimes and looked a lot more casual, he took a lot more difficult contested shots. I think that's the biggest difference in how they appeared on the court.

Jonny, you are the most criminally undersubscribed channel on KZfaq. Great content. Without going into a prime-to-prime statistical comparison, you perfectly compared my two favorite scorers of all time. RIP, Mamba

Competitiveness, work ethic and dedication are what sets apart the great players from the rest. Players like Jordan and Kobe had far more of it than someone like Shawn Kemp. Someone back in the day described Jordan as being single-mindedly obsessed with winning and that he played the game with a controlled rage. Speaking to his dedication, if I remember my facts correctly there was a time during the Bulls' first 3-peat in which the NBA market had passed Jordan by as a result of the multi-year deal he was playing under at the time and as a result, he had become the 15th highest paid player in the league. Rather than sulking, holding out, demanding a trade or a restructuring of his contract like practically every other player would have done, he honored the deal he signed and played out his contract to the end. That is the type of dedication and integrity you just don't see in professional sports anymore. As a result, the Bulls compensated him for past services rendered in his next contract and made him what I believe was the first $30 million a year player in professional sports history.

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Wow! I am a die-hard Kobe fan and I was still fascinated by a lot of the things said here. You are really becoming one of my favorite basketball KZfaqrs nowadays. Keep it up!

As a diehard Jordan fan, with Kobe as my second favorite... Great video and completely true. You could have mentioned the years the three point line was moved in closer would have helped raise Jordan's percentage a little closer to Kobe's. I believe MJ had one more season than Kobe in those years. Kobe had one, but was a rookie who didn't get much playing time while Jordan was leading the league in scoring shooting a lot. So that helped him close the gap just a little bit more on that percentage difference. My opinion... The two best 2 guards of all time. I feel the only thing Kobe was better at was, maybe the slightest bit a better dribbler. Kobe was better slightly at free throws, as the percentage shows. And Kobe had a better 3 ball, especially from deep. Jordan's defense was way better, and his bigger hands as you said. And in my opinion as a person that watched hundreds and thousands of games of both, people will disagree... But I feel Jordan had a better jumper. Especially in his championship years. Not 3's, but 2"s. No hate. Love them both. Best 2 guards ever. Just comparing...

Great content my man keep up the good works

You forgot to mention kobes legendary hot streaks. Till this day no other player has scored 50 or more in 4 straight games.

It's awesome that u can keep coming up with these different topics I wonder what you'll think of next great vid!

Great content as usual.

I miss great men like this playing. Huge MJ fan. So glad Kobe came to be. Sad we lost him too early. Nobody played better than these 2.

This is one of my favorite videos yet! Thank you!

I love this damn intro!!! The order and everything blends well. I literally always replay it 4 or 5 times before watching the video. RIP KOBE!!

Kobe was the greatest data analyst in NBA history, and a top 5 all time athlete in NBA history, coming off a childhood of analyzing the greatest player in NBA history. The fact he targeted hand and forearm workouts to counter (thru literal sheer force) the hand size issue is 🤯

Before, lots of Jordan fans didn’t like Kobe, but now it seems like if someone likes one then they like the other. They are actually very different players, and playing like Jordan definitely isn’t the only way to be the best. We rarely compare Jordan to others, just others to him and that’s unfair to everyone else because the goat argument became specifically crafted around Jordan’s résumé so that he will always be considered the goat.

Awesome on point video they both where Great MJ just had a style about his game that seemed effortless. MJ created more space with his shot selection and was more fundamentally sound what a joy to see them 2.

Jonny you make great videos man

I think the main difference with 3pt shooting is just that Kobe was better at volume shooting, whereas Michael could dominate with midrange/paint shots, and only needing 3pt shots when absolutely necessary.

For the left-hand dominance I think they're even, there's a footage of MJ shooting free throws and regular jumpshots with his left hand, it's just that majority of MJ's left-hand scoring are from reverse layups.

Great video. First time I have heard of this channel...naturally, I subscribed. Got me hook, line, and sinker with this one

Most underrated nba channel.. Keep up the great work!

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Keep up the great videos 😁👍

Great videos. Love your "straight mins", "real mvp's", & my favorite "how good is he". But unless I overlooked him, I haven't seen the "how good was Oscar?" Been an NBA fan since I was 13 (1965). I've seen most of the best to ever suit up...& I truly respect your work. Looking forward to hopefully seeing a Big O video in the near future.

as always great video, keep up the good work.

Omg thank you for this video. It seriously was night and day body/athletic wise with Kobe and MJ. Love this video, I mean all in all they were both transcending players of their era. Michael a little more but Black mamba will always and forever be my favorite player to watch hands down. Best tough shot maker I’ve ever seen!!! RIP 24

Kobe worked extremely hard to make himself like Jordan, but Jordan was naturally Jordan. That's the difference.

You did it again my boy. Another classic.

Thank you sir for that delightful and insightful video comparing two of the bests!

From everything that we know about MJ and his priorities, Phil's suggestion that Kobe was a harder worker probably threw him into a fit of rage. There are few things MJ is more proud of than his work ethic and drive.

I feel Jordan was the better shooter inside the 3 point line.

This is a big brother little brother thing thank you mj and kobe, a fan since 99. Rip Kobe Bryant

I miss you a lot Kobe. Was just talking to my mom about all of our Kobe memories in Los Angeles. 💜💛💜💛💜

I think the difference was that Jordan put into good use his God given talent along with being a Freak of Nature as well... While Kobe had to work his ass off to close those gaps resulting in his body gaving up on him.

Jonny, something else that must be accounted for when talking about three point shooting is the three years the nba moved the line closer as mj made nearly half of his total career threes in that stretch. He shot 3.3 per game and made 40.4%. If you look at the rest of his career, it was just about 1.3 attempts per game at 28.8%. His career three pointer numbers greatly benefited from having two full seasons(and part of 94-95) with some of his deep mid range shots counting as threes

Great video... Interesting analysis

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About Kobe's outside shot, he also chose to shot lower percentage shots with defenders right in his face. Jordan picked higher efficient shots which means if Kobe took better efficient shots it would have lead to an even higher FG%. You can say that is a point for or against Kobe but it is what it is. I'm an MJ guy, but I feel like it is something that should be noted. ****edit**** Sorry I see you mention this in the next point, my bad.

MJ always seemed significantly faster and more explosive to me...

Amazing video as usual

man. even with all the differences you pointed out it's still beautiful seeing the undeniable similarities in the footage

Can't wait for the Wilt vs Bill Russell video

Of course when you born with less you have to be more driven than the other guy!

Great video!

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MJ used his teammates better. Kobe became more self reliant, particularly in between the Shaq & Gasol era (when he was playing D-League players & misfits), then after the Gasol era also.

So MJ's hands are bigger than Kawhi's...

Great job on this video.

2 other major discrepancies between MJ and Kobe: (1) Kobe was more explosive scoring-wise. This was said earlier in the video but there are numerous examples of Kobe being the more explosive scorer. His 81 point game, the 62 points in 3 Quarters against the Mavericks, the 56 points in 3-Quarters against the Grizzlies, the 51 points in 3 Quarters against the Nuggets, his 12 3s against the Sonics, his 42 points in one half against the Wizards, etc. are among the many examples of Kobe being more explosive as a scorer than MJ. (2) Jordan liked to bring his A-Game against the best teams. Among MJ's best exploits scoring-wise were his 63 points against the 67-win Celtics (1st in DRtg), his 61 points against the Pistons in 1987 (5th in DRtg), his 59 points against the Pistons in 1988 (3rd in DRtg), his 54 points against the Knicks in 1993 (1st in DRtg), his 55 points against the Knicks in 1995 (1st in DRtg), his 50 points against the Heat in 1997 (1st in DRtg), and his 51 points against the Knicks in 1997 (2nd in DRtg). Let's not forget his exploits against the Suns in 1993 and the numerous 50+ point games he's dropped against the Cavs. Kobe on the other hand, has scored his highest scoring games against weak teams. His 81 points came against a 27-55 Raptor team (25th in DRtg), his 65 points against the Trailblazers was against a 32-50 team (26th in DRtg), his 61 points against the Knicks was against a 32-50 team (23rd in DRtg), his 60 points against the Grizzlies was against a 22-60 team (30th in DRtg), his 58 points against the Bobcats was against a 33-49 team (20th in DRtg), his 56 points in 3 Quarters against the Grizzlies was against a 23-59 team (20th in DRtg), his 55 points against the Wizards was against a 37-55 team (18th in DRtg), and his 51 points in 3 Quarters against the Nuggets was against a 17-65 team (surprisingly 6th in DRtg though). Even Kobe's Playoff career high against the Suns was against a team who were 16th in DRtg.

My hands are 7 3/4 inches compared to Jordan’s is insignificant lol

The biggest difference is how much better Jordan was as a player

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Thanks for doing a Kobe compared to MJ video instead of the MJ vs LeBron thing we have been forced to put up with for the last decade. I love them both! I have to give the nod to MJ, but Kobe is amazing.

The most clear-cut difference between the both of them is that Kobe has a tendency to force the issue and has a hot and cold tendency that isolates his teammates, whereas Jordan, under Jackson, went on to precisely _not_ do that _and_ somehow, still keep his ice cold competitive edge. Jordan was definitely more of an asshole, so it absolutely baffles me how people rallied around _that_ brand of jerk but when Kobe did it, it just resulted in pushing people away. Maybe it's because Michael went to college and had Dean Smith to steer and channel that energy, but if people can give me a proper read into this, I'd consider myself more educated for it.

4:37 there is another key difference, Kobe's % in every aspect of shooting was highly decreased after his aquiles injury

This is one of your best videos!

Jordan can do his work in 2 dribbles of what takes Kobe 8-10 dribbles. Jordan was a better athlete and far better defender.

I’d argue that Kawhi is more similar to Jordan than Kobe if we are talking purely game play style

1.Jordan is graceful and forceful at the same time, kobe is graceful and slippery. 2. Jordan's landing after a dunk or layup is very light, he can bounce right back and run. 3. Jordan is the better defender

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2 greatest, 2 clutchest, and 2 most skilled players of all time

Hey Jonny I’m a big fan of your versus series and I was wondering if you could make a video on steve nash vs chris paul

Best legit and respectful comparison. Two legends of the court.

There's a video of Will Smith talking about Jordan's competitiveness. Someone may have already commented about it. He says something like "You could be getting a drink of water and MJ would be like 'Race ya!' and turn his glass up and start chugging..." LOL I can totally see that. Great video Jonny!