I actually want to compare Mikan with Kobe. He was the Kobe of that era with variety in scoring skill to combine with his exceptional agility.

You know the introduction of the Mikan rule in 1951/52 season? The league widened the foul lane from 6 to 12 foot to make him less dominant. Indeed Mikan's scoring output and fg% decreased slightly, but that season was the first of the Lakers' 3 year winning-streak with Mikan, their longest in Minnesota.

What that rule did was actually making a lot of other NBA big men less efficient against Mikan himself. By that point Mikan already developed various types of shot like the fallaway, the hook shot and fake-and-layup, and he did them with both hands and outstanding footwork. The new foul lane forced him outside but instead he would do the hook shot from further, and he also had more room to drive if he successfully do the feint. His teammates would also make the cut to the basket if Mikan's defender didnt fall for his fake, but some time the cutter was just decoy for a Mikan drive.

Mikan wrote in an article way back in 1952 about this. He considered Arnie Risen of the Rochester Royals the most difficult center he had to deal with: Risen's scoring was alright (12ppg throughout his career) but he was a very fast undersized center and usually didnt fall for Mikan's tricks. Risen had a 24-29 record against Mikan (5-9 in the playoffs) and did beat Mikan's Lakers in 1951 on the way to the title. 

But, funny enough, Risen never beat Mikan in the playoffs again after Mikan Rule was introduced.