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JACKSON: KOBE TRAINED HARDER THAN MJ

By on September 25, 2014

Phil Jackson says Mamba “went beyond Michael in his attitude towards training”.

Having coached both legends at the very height of their respective powers, the Zen-meister knows Kobe and MJ pretty much as well as anyone, basketball-wise.

And,  like (almost) everyone else, he acknowledges that Jordan was the better overall player.

But answering a question from the NY Post about Carmelo Anthony, Jackson revealed that Kobe had the edge when it came to training.

Q: Is Kobe Bryant the model for Carmelo Anthony?

A: “No. No one can approach that. I don’t expect anybody to be able to model their behavior after that, although Kobe modeled his behavior a lot about Michael Jordan, but he went beyond Michael in his attitude towards training, and I know Mike would probably question me saying that, but he did.”

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