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Advocate for 5

[AD @5RNGZ_]

my top 10 of all time:

Tier 1: MJ, LeBron
Tier 2: Kobe/Shaq/Kareem
Tier 3: Curry/Tim/Hakeem/Magic/ Bird

Tiers 2 and 3 are interchangeable, meaning you could make a good case over each other

[Laker Ace @LakerLegend95]

@thejbratc Jumped joining Wade with Bosh and only won twice out of 4 tries. Jumped again to Kyrie and asked Kevin Love to join him only to only win once out of 4 tries. Jumped again to the Lakers missed the playoffs asked for AD and only won once out of 5 tries with AD, then jumped again.

[AD @5RNGZ_]

Yeah no shit kobe needed a good team and a good co star to win. This doesn’t prove anything

You can use this same logic for any all time great. Stuff like this only gets used for Kobe lmao

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

Game 7 in 2010, Bryant shot 6 of 24 and Gasol had 19 points and 18 rebounds in an 83 to 79 win. True.

Los Angeles had not won a playoff series since 2004 when Memphis sent him west, and they reached three straight Finals after he landed.

[Rahiem Thomas @ThomasRahiem]

That’s like saying:

TRUE OR FALSE

LeBron would’ve never became a champion without

D.Wade’s #FinalsMVP Award

A Healthy Kyrie’s 41 points

AD being the best player in the Bubble playoffs and in the NBA Cup

All the best players in the 2024 Olympics playing better than LBJ ( in each game )

[LeBron Vault @TheBronVault]

Carlos Boozer, Derrick Rose, Amare Stoudemire, hope James would join their teams, but reports say LeBron would join Miami. Kobe Bryant weighs in on James’ decision: July 08, 2010 — 40 mins before ‘The Decision’.

[8/24MαɱႦα.Aɾƈԋιʋҽʂ🐐 @MambaArchives]

Kobe took responsibility for the loss and credits the Spurs.

Robert Horry shot 0-18 from 3 this series and miss the game winning shot that would have been assisted to Kobe in game 5.

Kobe Was Doing Everything he could for the lakers to win but his teammates couldn’t show up for him. But clips like this somehow manage to get swept under the rug and forgotten about because people have already got a set agenda for Kobe because they hate him 🐍

Kobe stats this series :
•32.3 ppg • 5.0 rpg • 3.7 apg • 1.2 stocks
• 43.3 / 43.4 / 78.8

[💫Hendawg @Hendawglaflame]

David stern did Kobe So dirty. You could see him struggling to make sense of the CP3 trade that was vetoed.The trade was only official for about 2 hours until it was vetoed. They say it was because of “Competitive Balance”, meanwhile LeBron is currently on his 5th superteam.Politics robbed Kobe & CP3 of a Championship

The thought of A Prime CP3 & Kobe had these dudes spooked

[KBs GOAT @KbsGoat]

An interesting fact about the 2004 Detroit Pistons is that once they obtained Rasheed Wallace, their DRTG improved to a jaw-dropping 90.9 for the rest of the Season

That team has a strong case to be considered the Greatest Defensive Team Ever

[AD @5RNGZ_]

@olympicbean You lowkey just proved his point bro

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

Ahead of opening night in 2002, Ruben Patterson rambled to reporters about his Kobe-stopping prowess.

Three chairs away at his locker, Scottie Pippen shook his head:

"He needs to be done with that. There isn't anyone who can stop Kobe."

[AD @5RNGZ_]

@JuggernautBron @Flawlesslikeeli 2019 Raptors I think were definitely better all time

[AD @5RNGZ_]

@JuggernautBron @Flawlesslikeeli Nooo I mean the pacers. I wouldn’t say they were an all time defense I feel like that phrase gets thrown around too much lol

Pacers had great defense though especially rim protection

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

After assistant coach Tex Winter was quoted in 2002 calling Kobe Bryant "out of control, selfish, stubborn and uncoachable," Kobe responded with a massive triple-double:

33 PTS | 15 REB | 12 AST

Kobe on the report:

"I'm not going to get into the guy's name. I don't even think it's worth me repeating the guy's name... But you guys know the story."

[💫Hendawg @Hendawglaflame]

“Kobe Is Playing Great Defense.If everybody on the Laker team played as hard as this young man does,they’d have half the losses.He’s really competing,held Eddie Jones to 11,while scoring 23 Himself”

As I said yesterday,Kobe was Not “Easily”replaceable.Those 3 straight trips to the finals don’t even exist without Kobe’s impact on Both sides in the early 2000s. He was the glue

[AD @5RNGZ_]

@LakerCj Was this the season AD was getting injured a lot and LeBron was stat padding to get the scoring record ?

[AD @5RNGZ_]

When we talk about about 2013, we for some reason overlook how subpar he played in the playoffs compared to how good he was on the Regular season. Even underperforming a bit in the first 3 games of the finals

When we talk about LeBrons season (RS+PS) it’s 2012 imo.

[AD @5RNGZ_]

This is the best version of LeBron in my opinion. This was the first time we saw him really be an absolute killer and take over games when needed on both ends.

This is also a top 2-3 playoff run of his.

[Playoff Performances @plfperformances]

LeBron James 40 PTS, 18 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK, 14/27 FG vs Indiana (2012, ECSF Game 4)

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

JR Smith breaking ankles and putting up absolutely ridiculous numbers in China!

60 PTS (14-18 3PT) off the bench
52 PTS, 22 REB, 11 3PT, 7 STL

[Jay_5 @j_x2tymes]

@LakeShowJerry @WhozMEECH Yall won’t let @kobebryant rest in peace the shit yall say everyday disrespecting this man legacy is comedy at this point yall only do it for views & clicks cause yall know us Kobe fans gone defend his legacy, this man was a top 3 player in the hardest era of basketball, stop it

[AD @5RNGZ_]

Solomon Hill…

[C A L V I N 🕷️ @calvingonba]

They deserved better.