The ongoing debate in all NBA circles will continue to be if Kobe Bryant is as good as Michael Jordan was. Jordan himself has spoken about playing the likes of Kobe, Lebron, Durant, and Carmelo and said he would beat everyone except Kobe because ‘he stole all my moves.’
It’s obvious that Jordan greatly influenced Kobe’s moves and there is an amazing video on Youtube that puts Kobe and MJ, one after the other, doing the exact same moves so you can judge for yourself who does those signature moves better.
It really is eerie how similar they do the moves, but the efficiency that each shows is stellar. Whether it’s layups, dunks, fadeaways, step-throughs, they both do them with such grace that it’s almost impossible to distinguish who is doing it better.
Judge for yourself below: