Is Crosby/Ovechkin the best player rivalry in big 4 sports leagues in the 21st century?

[pi314]

Patrik Stefan vs an empty net.

 

[the valiant effort]

The 2000s decade of EPL feuds and rivalries was a hell of a time to be a soccer fan.

 

[Haatley]

Brady/Manning
Curry/James

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Playing for longer doesn't make someone better. Talk about rebounds, sure Bron plays forward and sometimes even C, of course it'll happen.

Kobe was a significantly better defender than Lebron James with comparable and even better offensive production in his prime. Kobe took HIS team to multiple champions, he didn't quite multiple times and recruit multiple hall of famers for a free ride through the playoffs.

Lebron is more athletic and faster of course, better rebounder due to his position. Kobe is the closest thing to MJ we have ever seen.

Lebrons prime has lasted much longer obviously which is impressive, but if we're talking who was the better player, give me Kobe all day.

If you think Kobe was better than LeBron you fundamentally don't understand the sport. There's no discussion to be had.

 

[cupface52]

Playing for longer doesn't make someone better. Talk about rebounds, sure Bron plays forward and sometimes even C, of course it'll happen.

Kobe was a significantly better defender than Lebron James with comparable and even better offensive production in his prime. Kobe took HIS team to multiple champions, he didn't quite multiple times and recruit multiple hall of famers for a free ride through the playoffs.

Lebron is more athletic and faster of course, better rebounder due to his position. Kobe is the closest thing to MJ we have ever seen.

Lebrons prime has lasted much longer obviously which is impressive, but if we're talking who was the better player, give me Kobe all day.

So surely it would make sense if Kobe had more assists then LeBron as Kobe plays guard. That's not the case though, as Lebron averaged 65% more apg than Kobe.

 

[LightningStorm]

Best teammate rivalry ever! Secret Base did a great 3 part mini series on their feud, which fleshes out the timeline of it great. In their 8 seasons together, seasons 3-5 were really bad, but it seemed to be over in seasons 6-7. But then right before their final season together it flared up for the worse again, leading to Shaq demanding a trade following their finals loss to the Pistons.