Can LeBron James surpass Kobe Bryant and become our generation’s superstar?
LeBron James, a basketball player who was famously known as King James till last year, but that all changed when he decided to leave his hometown Cleveland and decided to reside in South Florida. James left the Cleveland Cavaliers where he won countless titles and won a conference title for the first time in his life.
James joined the Miami heat with intentions of playing alongside his two best friends, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. James was known to be Cavaliers leader, but now he is Wade’s batman; the five-time MVP himself stated recently he will be joining Dwyane Wade’s team.
On the other hand Kobe Bryant came to the NBA in 2006 joining the Los Angeles Lakers and since then has remained a patriot to the team. Although experts say that Bryant came to a team which already held many championship titles.
However Bryant is a remarkable player and his consistency throughout his career till date has left the NBA nation in disbelief. However critics say that Bryant was not able to win championships with Shaquille O’Neal and after O’Neal’s departure from the Lakers Kobe was left in panic and could not win any championships the following year. Conversely when Pau Gasol joined the Lakers in 2008 he filled in Shaquille’s shoes and Kobe won two titles back to back once in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Kobe Bryant is now a veteran who is immensely respected and cheered by most of the basketball enthusiasts, while on the other hand James is someone who everyone worshipped since he was in high school and is now labelled as coward and traitor.
Experts say that a true champion is measured by his success, not by his off court facade and past idiocy. Bryant is famous for his infidelity to his wife and his huge ego, was detested and tarnished by the media a few years ago but now is seen under the lime light and considered amongst the legends.
Media outlets, fans, former teammates of James might be condemning him for leaving his team behind for selfish reasons. Experts claim all that will change, as the team will heal people who were hurt by his decision because James left with a mind set to join the league’s youngest and most aspiring stars to win a National Championship. If he is able to do so most will forget his image of being a traitor.
In order for James to be remembered as a champion he will have to win more championships than Kobe Bryant. On the other hand critics say he will be unable to do so because he has already been in the league for seven years and has come close to winning a title only once.
Kobe already holds 5 championship titles and it is being said by all the reputable sources in America that Lakers are likely to take another championship title by next season. They say if Kobe wins his 6th title by next year it will be extremely hard for James to compete because Miami Heat might have an extremely talented roster having players with high scoring averages but to keep persistent and win seven titles in a row will be close to impossible.
NBA pedants predict claim that James has distorted his image and will never be able to end up in the Hall-of-Fame or be remembered amongst the legends unless he does the impossible by going on a winning championship streak. It is a fact that in sports that there are no guaranteed titles.
However experts say by analyzing Miami’s line-up in the roster that their raw talented young players might just disprove the fact that there are no guaranteed titles. They insist Miami is just not going to be one of the toughest contenders in the playoffs next year but they might just devour every franchise including the Lakers, putting Kobe in a test to actually prove how good he is.
Legends like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson might not have approved of James decision to change his area code but if history has taught us anything that is winning absolves all.
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