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Michael Jordan thinks only Kobe Bryant deserves comparisons
Ever since Michael Jordan retired — all three times, really — the NBA  has searched for the heir to his throne. Many players have popped up as  pretenders to the throne, from Harold Miner to Jerry Stackhouse to  Vince Carter. In recent years, people have stopped trying to find a  clone and just searched for a similarly dominant great player. If you  ever wondered why LeBron James is seen as such a failure, a lot of it  has to do with his inability to meet the example set by Jordan.
There are many great players in the NBA these days, most of whom have  never been directly compared to Jordan. Nevertheless, His Airness says  only one player comes close enough to his greatness to merit the  comparison. Not surprisingly, that player is Kobe Bryant. Here’s what  Roland Lazenby, a great writer currently working on a Jordan book, tweeted on Sunday (via PBT): 

Kobe’s ultimate competition is MJ. That’s why MJ watches  him. MJ made people think what he was doing wasn’t human. Ditto the  Kobester.
I never said Kobe was better than MJ. MJ just told me Kobe’s the only one to have done the work, to deserve comparison.

Congratulations, Kobe: Your life’s work has meant something. All that  time spent aping Jordan’s movements and skills has paid off. He  acknowledged you. You made it.
Of course, if the notoriously petty Jordan was going to mention  anyone, it makes that he’d single out Kobe, and not just because he’d  consider the mimicry flattering. Bryant really does work harder than  everyone else, and he’s been good for long enough (with no signs of  slowing down) that he may eventually top Jordan’s longevity. They’re  similarly insane competitors.
The “Next Jordan” idea was always a silly one, but Bryant is  certainly the player most like Jordan in all aspects of his game — even  if he eventually becomes something less than the greatest player of the  post-MJ era, which I’m sure many of you will argue in the comments.  That’s an accomplishment in itself. Even coming close to the top means  something.
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