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Today in The Works: we wonder if some role players get preferential treatment; take a closer look at MVP chants; and talk about Westerns. But first, will we ever settle Kobe vs. LeBron?
Kobe Versus LeBron, Revisited
On Christmas Day, in a match-up that probably didn't deserve all the hype it got, I finally found the answer to the LeBron James-Kobe Bryant question. But it wasn't one I was expecting.
Kobe and LeBron are very different players. Yet because both score a lot, do things that inspire great awe, and have been perennial MVP candidates, they get compared -- even by those who know how different they are. Bryant now relies more than ever on craftiness and precision, though you wouldn't have known from watching him on Saturday. LeBron, on other hand, is increasingly defined by his otherworldly court sense and elemental strength and speed when he drives to the basket. James walked away with a triple-double and the easy win; Kobe looked awful in defeat, and was left to make mystifying comments about the Heat caring more than the Lakers about games like this.
As each player continues to step out of Jordan's shadow and define the wing position for himself, it become increasingly clear that LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are not in competition with each other.
Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/12/27/the-works-its-not-about-kobe-and-lebron-its-about-us/
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