Allen Iverson: I think I would have a championship ring on if Shaq wasn’t who he was in that series

[JodyHiighroller]

 

[desjardins]

Nothing controversial about this to me
The first couple games were really close but Shaq had a double double in every one of the games they won and almost had a triple double in the 2nd game
Kobe wasn't bad either and actually scored more than shaq once or twice in that series but Shaq won that finals MVP for a reason

 

[Omerta]

He's not a number one option if you want a ring

100% you are a racist white dude.

 

[the artist known az]

Y'all forget Vince Carter was dropping hella points in the ECF. He was just as good of not better than Kobe in 01. So it's not a stretch saying AI couldn't have beaten LA without Shaq. Kobe was really good then but Shaq was straight abusing Mutumbo. Putting the ball in his face and just throwing it down

 

[Remote]

The Sixers could have won that series if the Lakers did not have Shaq. And I stress "could have" but not necessarily would have.

But I'm not sure that those Sixers teams were good enough or deep enough to have beaten any of the other contending Western Conference teams of the early 2000s outside of the Lakers (Spurs, Trail Blazers, Kings or even those young Mavericks).

 

[Reggie]

I don't think AI is wrong for saying that. You replace Shaq with another big man and Philly has a much better chance in that series. Shaq was the unfair advantage that should have had the other team even debating to show up during that time. Philly had the DPOY in Dikembe and he still averaged close to 40 a game.