I think an individual brilliance leads to a team victory but an Invidual is good as his/her team. Did Jordan has an edge over current Kobe just because he was in better team? or his competetior were less good than current defence of other team? Kobe is in a team with too many junior player since 2005/06 season, did that make him a better or a worse player? I think we will need to consider all these factors before comparing between the two.