Kobe Bryant VS. Michael JordanIntroduction.;In the Dominican Republic, where I grew up, I fell in love with basketball. Life in the 1990swas incredible. It was a prosperous decade, and the National Basketball Associationexpanded internationally. Many talented basketball players, including Magic Johnson, LarryBird, Michael Jordan, and of course, Kobe Bryant, contributed to the team's success. MichaelJordan was the most influential athlete of the 1990s. His leap and agility gave the impressionthat he was flying. He played for the Chicago Bulls. In 1996, Kobe Bryant was a youngplayer when he entered the National Basketball Association. When he was traded from thePhiladelphia Sixers to the Los Angeles Lakers, he was only 18 years old.Thesis. There has been debate over the best basketball player of all time.Season MVP five times, NBA Champion six times, NBA FINALS MVP six times, NBAScoring Leader ten times, All-Defensive First Team nine times, Defensive Player of the Yearonce, All-Star Game fourteen times, All-Star Game MVP once. Three-time NBA Slam Dunkchampion, former Rookie of the Year, and two-time Olympic gold medalist.