LeBron: 4 rings in 20+ seasons, changing teams 3 times
Kobe: 5 rings without changing teams
LeBron: 2 superstar teammates (3 if you count Kyrie)
Kobe: 1 superstar teammate
The Shaq argument doesn’t make sense since LeBron has played with Wade, Bosh, Kyrie, Love, Davis all in their primes. Kobe just had Shaq and Pau. Even if you said they had equal help, Kobe got 1 more ring so….
So is LeBron just better because his stats look nicer? Because it hasn’t translated to winning as much as Kobe did in less time and in a tougher conference.
I don’t think people are valuing winning enough. I know it’s a team sport but I just showed you that Kobe won more with less.
I mean, I will address your main point and ignore all the other bits of data you are totally ignoring that show Lebron is blatantly better. You are focused primarily on rings, and on the help they had when they won them. Even that argument favors Lebron. I will make it incredibly simple for you OP:
Lebron was the best player on 4 title teams
Kobe was the best player on 2 title teams
There ya go. Your entire argument negated by an incredibly simple summation of their rings and their help.