Poll: Who is better Neke(prime) or Kobe?

[ATLien_]

Just interested in seeing what the Squawkers think? Please explain your reason for your vote, and do your best to analyze this question as a basketball fan and not a Hawks fan. Thank You

[Guest]

Kobe's better, end of story really. Not by a whole lot, but Kobe plays D pretty well, has that never lose mentality (Nique did too, but Kobe can rise to that level on a more consistent basis), and Kobe's got handles/can create with the ball better than Nique...

now if you're asking who had better hops, ability to throw it down, well, now, that's a different argument. Kobe's impressed me this year ~ esp. iwth his ability to finish despite smaller hand size than some of his peers (I've written about this before), but Nique is perhaps the best in-game dunker I've ever seen...again the comparison to Vince comes up.

[JTFan31]

Kobe is definitely the better all round player, I mean he can do it all.....handle, shoot, rebound assists, steals, plays great man to man defense, but just like weasal said, Nique is probably one of the best finishers in history. Kobe is the better player, just because Nique was only used for scoring.

[Traceman]

Nique is still my favorite player of all time but he was simply not as good as Kobe is all around.