Larry Bird would like to team with Kobe for the win, LeBron for the fun

Disagreeing with Larry Bird would be like disagreeing with Bill Gates on how to make a million dollars.

Put Lebron on those Lakers teams in 2000,2001,& 2002 and Lebron would have three rings,and there is no way anyone can reasonably blame Lebron for the Cavs getting swept by the Spurs in the 2007 finals...

I'd pick Magic or Larry before either.

I love how this #$%$ Kelly Dwyer has to make up excuses for Lebrons lack of "winning" play and attitude. Larry says it best. Kobe Wins. Lebron is fun. Winning if more fun than just having "fun".

During the championship series with Cleveland and now Miami. Lebron will score at will from 1st to 3rd quarter. Lebron hardly touched the ball in the 4th quarter. He dd not want the ball or take control of the game. That's the difference between him and Kobe. Kobe would want the ball on his hands when the game gets rough for his team and he always delivers. So Larry bird is right, Lebon is fun to watch and Kobe likes to win.

Let's remember Kobe has also been in the league for about 6 years longer than Lebron. Jordan never won a title until his 7th year in the league, than on the flip side Jordan didn't need to join the Celtics or Lakers to win the title he did it with the guys he had while Lebron has tried to collaborate with fellow Olympic stars to try to win a title. Imagine if Jordan teamed up with his 1984 Olympic teammates in Charles Barkley and Pat Ewing to win a title? It's a nice statistic but the chemistry Jordan had with Pippen and Grant than later Pippen and Rodman and the rest of the team was dynamic with both three peats.

I'd pick Magic or Larry before either.

When the king gets a ring for each finger on his right hand, then let's compare him to Kobe. I think Kobe will see at least one more ring before he retires. I don't think James will half that number (3 total rings for those of you with King James mental math).

Kobe (who I am not fan of) says he goes into every game like he's the 12th man on the team and has to prove he deserves to be on the floor. That's why he's got the most killer instinct of any current player. That's why he's also no fun.

LaBron is good, there is no denying that, he finally has a team with all-stars around him that can play..but until he earns himself a handfull of rings..this debate will always be favored to Kobe...

Why didn't LeBron James go to college? Because he couldn't finish the finals!

Larry Bird (a legendary Celtic player) calls Kobe, a Laker, a better winner than LeBron, and Dwyer still can't just admit Kobe's better. Instead of having the article link say, "Bird: Kobe Better Winner Than LeBron", it's, "Bird: LeBron more fun than Kobe". His use of "even if" in the first paragraph when Larry said he prefers LeBron pushes more of Kelly's bias. He jokes about Kobe's shooting even though his assists way up, and Larry himself is known as a team-leading shooter. Then Kelly goes on to say, "James played a full month of basketball after Bryant's Lakers were swept out of the playoffs last year..." but fails to mention that James lost, too. And that the West is far, far tougher than the East. And that Kobe has 5 rings to LeBron's zero. And in the end, he can't help but try to spit out some skewed stats in LeBron's favor.

Can Dwyer die yet? At least get someone who can inform readers about basketball instead of vomiting up more worthless opinion based on not liking an athlete who beat your team over and over again every year.

Yeah, and Lebron can kiss Kobe's 5 championships. Please Kelly, are you on Lebron's payroll?

I love how ESPN always takes all the glory. This subject was first discussed on the Dan Patrick show on 2/2/12. Like always leave it to ESPN to steal from others.

If anyone has the new LeBron James cell phone, there is no default with it. Its supposed to have no rings.

When Larry Bird speaks, you can take it to the bank, met him in a non professional context, at home, a lovely person and as down to earth as they come, a gentleman in every respect, just saying.

"Of course, James played a full month of basketball after Bryant's Lakers were swept out of the playoffs last year" really????? Pretty sure Kobe does more with less, plus Kobe doesn't get half the calls that Lebrons gets and if he doesn't the 6'8" 250lb guy whines like theres no tomorrow

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Please Kelly...you should stop brown nosing Lebron until he accomplishes at least HALF of what Kobe has. On the other hand you probably like the smell up in there.

Anyone who has ever bounced a b-ball would choose Kobe over Lebron - duh... Difference is 10-15 IQ points, at least. Smart ball always prevails..