As a 22-year-old in the 2001 Playoffs,
Kobe Bryant averaged 29.4 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 6.1 APG, and 1.6 SPG as the Lakers went 15-1 and captured their second of three consecutive titles.
They swept the 50-win Blazers, the 55-win Kings (Kobe averaged 35-9-4), and the 58-win Spurs (33-7-7) before defeating the 56-win Sixers 4-1 in the Finals behind 35-16-5 averages from series MVP Shaq.
That championship run went through four of the 24(!) fifty-plus-win squads Kobe’s teams would eliminate over the course of his career.
@shendy456 nd MJ went thru WAY harder physical times without flopping nd crying like he bout to die kids like u born after 2000 always full of excuses nd just want handout rings joining SOLIDIFIED all stars instead..then leaving when they lose👎
This why Bron will never be the goat to me cuz bron fans just make excuses for EVERYTHING but praise when he does 1 thing good… bro has hand picked his teammates since 2012 nd STILL can’t finish in the finals not my goat
MJ was given a pass at 38.
LeBron is judged as though he's still 28 years old.
Comparing LeBron at 38 years of age to prime MJ tells you everything you need to know about LeBron is viewed.
They're basically admitting LeBron is the 🐐 by holding him to these standards
If you took every great in the history of basketball and put them on an equal playing field, I’m taking this version of Kobe Bryant every single time. Cerebral skill, movement and competitive fire all wrapped together.
Dominique Wilkins on the only player who should be compared to Michael Jordan in the GOAT debate:
"Kobe Bryant....People who played against Kobe, they know. They know. They know."
@TripBayless_@FergieBabyGGU@balldontstop Hell no MJ wasn’t in his prime in Kobe’s 2000s nd Kobe wasn’t in prime in 90s nd you know that Kobe had way more better guards to go up against frm 2000-2010 & MJ retired 03 nd but them was his gettin ready to retire years they didn’t play the same comp in primes