Yo, @stephenasmith I have words for you brother. You leave Kobe off the top 5 list and it’s a shame because you claim to know ball. Let’s dig into this.
You get on Kobe for winning with Shaq when you know good and well Kareem and Magic hasn’t done what Kobe has done. Kobe proved that he was an all time Top 5 legend by winning back to back Chips without a Top 75 Teammate POST SHAQ!!
They said he couldn’t win without him and he DID, yet they you and the media still punish him. Kobe was already on pace to be a Top 15-20ish player had he never won anymore championships without Shaq because his talent demands that. But he did over and above that POST SHAQ.
Kobe proved the “you can’t win without Shaq narrative” was a sham. Not only did he prove it wrong, he totally obliterate that stronghold the media put on his career. Kobe faced the toughest of competition, TORCHED his rival Tim Duncan, had an all time run from 08-10 that saw him outdual and beat the same teams in the finals that Lebron, his Co-Megastar of the league at the time, would lose to.
Kobe was ONE of the reasons Wade teamed up with your #2 All time guy Lebron, to get rings in a league where the Celtics and Kobe seemed to be unbeatable to Lebron and Wade.
You act like Kobe didn’t cross every box and jump every hurdle y’all put in front of him. He has championships, Consensus 1-2 Most skilled all time, Stats, 4th points all time (despite slow start to career) and is the 1-2 greatest scorer of all time considering he did what he did in the slowest paced era where the league still esteemed defense and drafted and paid big money in free agency for “KOBE STOPPERS”. AND HE DID ALL THIS IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE!!
25-10 vs. 50 WIN PLAYOFF teams (most all time)
122- 40 point games
25- 50 point games
6- 60 point games
12 time All Defensive team
9 time All Def 1st(most alltime for Gaurd)
Revered by his rivals as Top 1-5 all time AND YOUR GUY MJ STATED THAT Kobe is the only player he thinks can beat him!! And you know the only reason Kobe doesn’t have more MVPS is because of COLORADO so don’t even bring up that media driven narrative award.
Cmon STEPHEN A SMITH!! Cmon!!
@ApexJonesHACKED I mean this dude lies about reading books & he’s on steroids so I wouldn’t be surprised if those accusations are true. And they try to paint him as a role model but he’s constantly on tv cursing like a sailor.
@JLewis562@onlydubsX I just think it’s more about these dudes love making excuses for why other grown men didn’t get it done. It’s a bad habit these guys got to quit asap.
@knowerofball05@OfficialDomNBA He was definitely better than shaq in that series he carried the heat offensively. And ecf appearances don’t compare to a ring.
@knowerofball05@OfficialDomNBA And Dwayne wades 06’ finals performance was better than 16’ LBJ performance. I actually think kyrie Irving has a claim to the 16’ finals mvp he was more impactful than LeBron James in my opinion.
@knowerofball05@OfficialDomNBA Dwayne wade had a championship on his resume while LeBron James was choking in the playoffs as the #1 seed & back to back MVP.
@knowerofball05@OfficialDomNBA 1.Primewade is better than prime LeBron James
2. Wade finals stats is objectively better than LeBron James if we’re basing who’s better off of stats
3. LeBron is a terrible rebound for a dude 6’9 250+
4. Better than any of LBJ performances in the finals
@knowerofball05@OfficialDomNBA So this is the Celtics series in which Dwayne Wade handily outplayed LeBron James in. The Celtics that LeBron James never beat up until that point & the team he choked against in Cleveland before he ended up leaving.
@WhozMEECH They know it’s not the same thing they love being disingenuous. Whenever they bring this up though I let them have it & I bring up the 2011’ heat & 22’ lakers since we’re talking about super teams that failed miserably.