Kobe Bryant and LeBron James: leadership and playing styles compared

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KOBE BRYANT AND LEBRON JAMES

In today's world whenever somebody talks about the most favourite players then Kobe Bryant and Lebron James come on the top of the list because of their remarkable performances and their young age achievements. They both have started their sports career from the school age and then they excelled in their respective sports of basketball. They both play for American National Basketball Association (NBA). Kobe Bryant plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and Lebron James plays for the Miami Heat. Lebron James also referred as a King James because of his moves and his utmost versatility in basketball.

Who is a better Leader?

It is really difficult to entitle one as a better player than other because both players have their separate recognition in the world of basketball. They both play as the backbone for their teams. Well if we look in the last season of sorts then it is clear that we have seen some very remarkable knocks from Lebron James. Lebron greatly strived in the last season and struggled a lot with his teammates to turn those hard matches into easy victories. Although, Kobe has great understanding with his teammates and his manager but sometimes due to the short temperedness he losses control on his tempo and takes some wrong moves that eventually results in negative impact on scoreboards (Trudell, 2012). On the contrary Lebron has great quality teamwork with his teammates and lead them from. This leading quality differentiates Lebron from Kobe to a greater extent, in addition to his match winning performances as well.

Key Differences between them

They both are simply perfect in their teams. Even though, it is really hard to find any major differences between these two worlds' recognised players, the following differences exist:

Style of playing

Both players have marvellous style on screen and off screen. Looking at the styles of both players; it is very clear that Lebron always prefers to play in a very defensive mode while maintaining the decorum of the game. On the contrary, Kobe tries to be a bit aggressive during the match and if he finds any injury in the opponent player then he will make that injury a great weakness of the opponent team. In short we can say that Lebron has a more of a humanitarian attitude towards game (Trudell, 2012).

Team & Individual performance

In term of performance they both are different from each other. When we talk about Lebron then we observe that he takes his team members along in the entire match but when it comes about to Kobe then he always prefer to have an individualistic approach to prove his abilities and skills and try to prove himself as the only shining moon on a sky (Armstrong, 2007).

Past Performance

Both players have played remarkably well for their teams and their regions. They both are highly sincere with their profession and in the court they are perfect players. If we consider the rating of both players then it is apparent that Kobe stands higher then Lebron as his rating is 4.0/5 on the world ranking. On the other hand, Lebron's rating is 3.7/5. These ratings clearly differentiate their style of playing and their performance in the past couple of years. Although, it is a fact that Kobe started his career in 1996 much earlier than Lebron, so he is definitely more experienced. Not to mention, that both players meet their audience expectations all times and they perform according to their fan's expectations of them in every match (William, 2010).

Who is a better Player?

On the basis of individual approach and stamina it can be said that Kobe has better understanding towards game and he can all alone give a difficult time to his opponents. However, only on this basis we cannot degrade that Lebron has proved that he can make his team motivated to turn all the hard and tough situations in to their favour (Armstrong, 2007). Lebron never appeared in any kind of team distracting drama due to his friendly and kind behaviour towards his teammates. This is not true in Kobe's case as he has been caught several times in problematic issues which have created negative impacts on his gaming personality.

Conclusion

It is a fact that winning is the best statistics of all and it is the only option left to gauge a player's performance by analysing the player's match wining scores and performance. If we look at the performance of both players who contributed towards match winning performances then we will obviously vote to the Kobe for his unbeatable performance. Kobe has appeared in 4 NBA championships with 3 wining performances and he is still looking forward to more championships with high spirits of wining and turning down the opponents. On the contrary in case of Lebron it is not possible yet because of his strong opponent player who is obviously Kobe. Again it is a fact that Lebron has a long way to go because he is comparatively newer than Kobe and he has more passion.

In conclusion, it can be said that Kobe is an unbeatable king of this basketball planet and no body can surpass him due to his aggressive attitude towards playing and making his opponent helpless in the game. He never believes in any kind of humanitarian behaviour during game when he is out there to play. He keeps only one thing in mind and that is victory and to turn that thinking into reality he utilises his full potential and eventually makes his team work.

Kobe

LeBron

Seasons

12

5

PPG

24.7

26.9

RPG

5.2

6.7

APG

4.5

6.5

All-Star Games

9

3

NBA titles

3

0

As this analysis done by Abdande which clearly differentiates the performance of the two players in numbers (Adande, 2010)