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Battle Of The Legends: Kobe Bryant Basketball And Michael Air Jordan

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Battle of the legends Since 1946 the NBA has been responsible for bringing some of the greatest basketball players of all time onto the court. Magic Johnson, Larry Bird,and Kareem Abdul Jabbar are all names well known in the MBA world. The title for the best of all time to this day is a competition between two basketball legends Kobe Bryant the Black Mamba and Michael Air Jordan. These two men have changed the way basketball has been played since they first stepped foot on the court. Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania then moved to Italy because his father went to play for the italian basketball league. Because his father was a basketball player ball was the only thing Bryant knew. When Bryant graduated from Lower Merion High …show more content…

Surprisingly Jordan was attracted Baseball but he would not play this sport until later in his career. While in high school Jordan did play basketball, but he soon be kicked of the team. When Jordan graduated he went to play basketball for the University of South Carolina. There is where his name became known and even though he was the nice guy of the game, he was a force to be reckoned with. Jordan then went to the nba and was a 6’6 215 pound true shooting guard. Michael Jordan would go to change the game of …show more content…

When Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls they were an unstoppable force breaking records for almost a decade. Kobe Bryant on the other hand playing for the LA Lakers, put this team on the map for his impressive offensive shooting skills. With both these player success in the game, they were able to create their own brands, well known around the world today. Michael Jordan first created his shoe brand in 1984, he called them Jordans and they would go on to become one of the biggest shoe brands around. Bryant created a shoe company called Kobe’s which are now one of the biggest shoes next to Jordan

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