I have a 1:30 PM meeting at work so I’m going to get this in before that. Did some checking on basketball reference, and it turns out MJ, despite being two years older, was basically a well-above average player with a PER of 19.3 in his final year with the Wizards.
This is how badly Michael Jordan is beating Kobe Bryant in their final year comparison
Michael Jordan's final year compared to Kobe Bryant's is not even close.