Ermes+Jimenez Persuasive+Essay

I believe Kobe Bryant is better than LeBron James. I think Kobe is better than LeBron for 3 reasons which are: Kobe has better stats when playing LeBron and the Miami Heat. My second reason is Kobe has 5 rings and LeBron doesn't have any. My last reason is Kobe stats overall vs. LeBron stats overall turns out that Kobe are better than LeBron.
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I believe Kobe is better than LeBron because when Kobe and his team plays against LeBron and his team Kobe turns out to have better stats averaged played against the team. When Kobe plays against the Miami Heat Kobe plays for 40 minutes and shoots .500% from the field goal, shoots .375% from the 3-point line and shoots .833% from the free throw with 29 points. LeBron shoots .453% from the field goal, .286% from the 3-point line, .600 from the free throw with 28 points. Kobe stats turn out to be on top playing against LeBron and his team.
 * __Argument #1: __**

Kobe Bryant is a 5 times champion in the LA Lakers. Kobe has 5 rings. Kobe won the NBA champion in the year 2000, 2001,2002,2009,2010. LeBron has never won a championship in his 8 years of pro. LeBron has been in the playoffs 5 times with the Cleveland Cavaliers and 1 with the Miami Heat and still couldn't take the championship. LeBron couldn't take his team all the way even though he had 25 to 35 points in all the playoffs. Kobe Bryant been in 15 playoffs in his 15 years of pro and in 5 seasons he got his first ring. Kobe got his rings for 3 consecutive rows from the year 2000 to 2002.
 * __Argument #2: __**

I know that overall Kobe Bryant is better than LeBron James. Kobe has better stats even when it comes to comparing the stats overall. Kobe Bryant's career stats: 3-point .336%, free throw .838%, turnovers per game 3.0, points per game 28. LeBron James's Career stats: 3-point .331%, free throw .746%, turnovers per game 4.0, points per game 27. Kobe has better stats overall. It is harder to keep you stats at the top with 15 years of pro and LeBron only has 8 years of pro. Kobe is on top overall against LeBron James.
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Some people say LeBron plays with 3 other superstars so he passes the ball to each other. He is not going to be a ball hog to ruin his reputation with Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade. They will not pass LeBron the ball when they have the ball it.
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 * __However __** It does not matter if LeBron goes nut because Kobe goes nut and his teammates still passes the ball to him. LeBron chooses to pass the ball to the rest of his teammates it is not like they forcing him to pass it. LeBron gets 6-7 assist per game because he wants to, Kobe gets 4-5 assist per game with a lot of points why can’t LeBron do it. For example LeBron had the ball with about 5 to 7 seconds on the clock losing by 1 and instead of him taking the shot he passed the ball for a miss and the Miami Heat lost the game. If it was Kobe he would of took the shot.

A lot of people say that the Lakers rely on Kobe to take them all the way to the Championship and the Heats rely on Dwayne Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Those are 3 superstars in one team that gets about the equal amount of points. They pass Kobe the ball to score most of the points and to get the other opponents to start double teaming him so he can find the open man.
 * __Counter-Argument #2: __**
 * __However __**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> when LeBron played with the Cavaliers they rely on LeBron to take them all the way to the championship. At least they made the playoffs because of LeBron but he couldn't carry his team to take it all. LeBron averaged 25-30 points with the Cavaliers because he was the only superstar there. So LeBron had many chances to do what Kobe did when he was in the Cavaliers but he didn't.


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