Michael Jordan has and will always remain an inspiration for millions of basketball fans out there. The Chicago Bulls legend achieved everything possible for a player to be considered the legend of the game of basketball. In all honesty, MJ surpassed that level and is considered as the GOAT of the NBA by most fans.
Evidently, players like Mike are generational, and they do not appear in the league every year. But if there is someone who has studied MJ’s game to its bare essentials, it’s none other than the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant.
Similar to many NBA players, Mike was an idol of Kobe. Keeping that in mind, Bryant managed to essentially copy a lot of MJ’s moves and used them to win five rings in his career.
Despite all his achievements in the league, there are not many who would rank Kobe above MJ in the list of best players in NBA history. With that being said, an account on Twitter recently posted something interesting.
They tweeted about the fact that Giannis Antetokounmpo is somewhat similar to LeBron James as Kobe was to MJ. The account probably made that point after seeing the similarities between LeBron and Giannis’ playing styles.
Facts or Nah?
Giannis is to LeBron what Kobe was to Michael! pic.twitter.com/X0oIgHOpIf
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) August 22, 2022
To be honest, this tweet seems a bit bizarre. A lot of NBA fans saw it and had a similar reaction. On that note, here’s how NBA fans reacted to this tweet:
Kobe wanted to literally be Michael
Lebron wanted to surpass Michael
Giannis is building his own legacy
so no .. this is all false
— Zion Parker (@IAmZionP) August 22, 2022
Facts. First you must know or watch Giannis’ 🎥 Rise. He started basketball at 14.
Now their game is similar, Giannis 8yrs in & developing the jumpshot like LeBron in year 8. They hv their differences but they’re more alike than different. Difference Giannis, IQ LeBron etc.
— Act (@ActMontana) August 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/ItaintVaughn/status/1561795630107860996https://twitter.com/John_Father316/status/1561699162390929408
Lebron is 1 of 1. Giannis is 1 of 1.
— CavsMuse (@CavaliersMuse) August 22, 2022
Horrible take. Completely different players.
— Hoopkins (@JaredHoopkins) August 22, 2022
Yes and no.
Their playstyles are a bit too different and their positions don't exactly match up . But THE GUY wise, yeah most probably.
— Trần Ngọc Khải (@tedtran2001) August 22, 2022
Giannis even with his 2 MVPs is not in their league yet.
— Jose 🌎 (@josealva) August 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/MrGetBack824/status/1561748490308526080
Nah, because at no point in time (while they played) was Kobe EVER seen as better than MJ.
— VilouBoy (@RajinCajin73) August 22, 2022
The majority of fans focused on the comparison of LBJ and Giannis made by the original poster. Now, the Greek Freak is a sensational player. If anything, he is arguably the best player in the NBA right now.
But at the same time, LeBron James is in a league of his own. Yes, both Giannis and Bron have freakish athletic abilities. Unfortunately, after that, James’ skill bag goes far deeper than Giannis’ as of now.
