Comparisons started. Kobe was 34 when he got his worse injury and couldn't give Lakers his best after that, Lebron is 34 and had his longest injury this season as well. Kobe was the leader of a 28-29 Lakers team before he got injured and used all of his power to bring them to playoffs that season (his last real season) before he got injured and basically never become the same player again.

Lebron is the leader of a 28-29 Lakers team right now on a tough west team with a tough schedule. Lets see if Lebron will carry this team to playoffs no matter what like Kobe did or will he give in and just have an early season for the first time ever in his whole career, I do not recall Lebron EVER missing playoffs, if that happens it would be super damaging to his GOAT discussions.