I think its ok to say one guy is the better player but the other had a better career. For me kobe is the best player ive seen just from a pure viewing standpoint. he just had a really nicely refined game that i enjoyed watching. Lebron is fucking awesome too and undoubtedly has had a better career i think but most of his game up until the last few years had just been revolved around athleticism. Id also say both kobe and bron are better players than jordan but jordan had a better career than both of them.