The media at times has an enormous fascination with finding the next Michael Jordam, Wayne Gretzky, John Elway, etc. Anytime a young player in any the professional sports has a run of individual excellence they are tagged with these comparions.
Yet it was amusing to watch the afternoon SportsCenter try and go even further back in time with present day analysis.
They spotlighted two matchups tonight, Kober Bryant vs. Lebron James and Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby and had analysts Jalen Rose and Matthew Barnaby debate which was more significant.
This is an example of the media looking for the Magic Johnson-Larry Bird rivalry. This was especially evident in the Ovechkin-Crosby argument where it was mentioned that they "don't like eachother" while Kobe and Lebron are "friends".
What is forgotten is that while on the court Bird and Magic were intense rivals, off the court they were very good friends. That same logic, from all accounts, can't be there to describe Ovechkin and Crosby but can for Lebron and Kobe.
Media is too eager to jump into the past to form what is going on in the sports world today. Let the games and the matchups develop as they may.
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