Dwyane Wade says Kobe Bryant is the greatest player of his era

[Malta]

Let's flip the script equally. Give Kobe SA front office where they not only sign quality free agents, but draft quality rookies as well. Let's not pretend that the SA front office isn't one of the best in that regard. Many would rate them thee best.

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Kobe has played with more hall of famers than Duncan, fukk outta here.

 

[28 Gramz]

Magic/Bird-80's
Jordan-90's
Kobe-00's
Bron-10+

I thought this was common knowledge.

 

[GreatestLaker]

Duncan literally had Kobe

2001

2004

2008

Don't act like we haven't owned y'all over the years.

 

[28 Gramz]

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Kobe has played with more hall of famers than Duncan, fukk outta here.

Kobe has only played with one HOF player in their prime that's Shaq.

Malone,Payton,Nash=over the hill ringchasers gone wrong.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

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Kobe has played with more hall of famers than Duncan, fukk outta here.

At the tail end of their careers. Whoopteefukkingwhoo. Minus Shaq, where are all of these hall of famers in their primes in Lakers unis?

But if you want to go that route, lebron couldn't win a ring with Shaq.

 

[Malta]

At the tail end of their careers. Whoopteefukkingwhoo. Minus Shaq, where are all of these hall of famers in their primes in Lakers unis?

But if you want to go that route, lebron couldn't win a ring with Shaq.

So now it's time to diminish everyone Kobe has played with, like he was out there with straight bums. And a prime Shaq is better than anything Duncan has teamed up with, by a matter of light years.

At the tail end of their careers, Malone averaged 21 and 8 the year before joining the Lakers, and GP was at 20 and 8 . And please don't act like Dwight won't make it to the hall Pau is pretty much a lock as well.

 

[Da King]

At the tail end of their careers. Whoopteefukkingwhoo. Minus Shaq, where are all of these hall of famers in their primes in Lakers unis?

But if you want to go that route, lebron couldn't win a ring with Shaq.

the fukk you mean BESIDES SHAQ? like you just going to act like Kobe didn't ride shaq's jock to 3x titles and couldn't get a finals MVP while on Shaq's squad


Duncan won the 2003 title with ZERO all stars on his team, a rookie Parker/Manu, and a DRob that could barely walk

 

[FTBS]

So the Spurs haven't been a model franchise for the past two decades and Pop isn't one of the greatest coaches ever?

Your argument makes no sense. Both players were in stable organizations, had great teammates and great coaches. Kobe's production has been greater for a longer period than Duncan. I don't get what's so hard to understand about this.

Let's flip the script equally. Give Kobe SA front office where they not only sign quality free agents, but draft quality rookies as well. Let's not pretend that the SA front office isn't one of the best in that regard. Many would rate them thee best.

Kobe's best teammate was a FA who only went to LA because it was LA. SA can't compete on that level. They have done a great job drafting and trading but frankly none of it means a thing if you don't have Duncan providing that foundation. Pop is truly a great coach no denying that. There is also no denying that the Lakers would have been more likely to replicate their success over the last 15 years if Kobe never came along then the Spurs would have been had Duncan never came along. Duncan is an easier player to build around. That's not a slight on Kobe.

 

[VegetasHairline]

People really wanna bring up the offensive side of things in this argument? Kobe's a guard who has the ball in his hands whenever he wants it. Duncan is a PF/C who has to rely on guards to get the ball to him.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

So now it's time to diminish everyone Kobe has played with, like he was out there with straight bums. And a prime Shaq is better than anything Duncan has teamed up with, by a matter of light years.

At the tail end of their careers, Malone averaged 21 and 8 the year before joining the Lakers, and GP was at 20 and 8 . And please don't act like Dwight won't make it to the hall Pau is pretty much a lock as well.

Its not diminishing when its true. The guy was 40 when he played in LA. Payton 35. But yea, keep acting like these guys were in their peak form. I'll pretend Shaq was peak form in Cleveland too since you wanna play the dummy game. Pau and dho are not locks. Especially dho.

 

[GreatestLaker]

Duncan won the 2003 title with ZERO all stars on his team, a rookie Parker/Manu, and a DRob that could barely walk

Are you really bringing up the 2003 Spurs team?

The least impressive title run in a decade?

Spurs won the title because ALL the legit title contenders out West lost their star players to an injury. Even that Lakers team wasn't healthy. Kobe was playing with a shoulder and a knee that needed surgery and Shaq had a foot injury.

 

[Malta]

Its not diminishing when its true. The guy was 40 when he played in LA. Payton 35. But yea, keep acting like these guys were in their peak form. I'll pretend Shaq was peak form in Cleveland too since you wanna play the dummy game. Pau and dho are not locks. Especially dho.

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Howard is a lock for HOF, period and Pau will end up there as well, you're kidding yourself if you think otherwise but then again your s/n based around Kobe.

I don't give a shyt about Shaq being peak or not in Cleveland, this is about Duncan

 

[GreatestLaker]

Kobe's best teammate was a FA who only went to LA because it was LA. SA can't compete on that level. They have done a great job drafting and trading but frankly none of it means a thing if you don't have Duncan providing that foundation. Pop is truly a great coach no denying that. There is also no denying that the Lakers would have been more likely to replicate their success over the last 15 years if Kobe never came along then the Spurs would have been had Duncan never came along. Duncan is an easier player to build around. That's not a slight on Kobe.

Aren't you the same ones that are saying Parker is a top 5 player and an MVP canidate?

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

the fukk you mean BESIDES SHAQ? like you just going to act like Kobe didn't ride shaq's jock to 3x titles and couldn't get a finals MVP while on Shaq's squad


Duncan won the 2003 title with ZERO all stars on his team, a rookie Parker/Manu, and a DRob that could barely walk

Ride shaqs jock to three titles? Where are shaqs rings before Kobe? He had plenty of time to get one. But oddly enough, has zero finals wins pre Kobe. Regarding zero all stars, big deal. They still had plenty of talent around them. Don't put too much stock into all stars because for one, 10 players every year get on due to popularity. Secondly, its a game that is played half assed. Lol all stars. Lol at acting like they didn't have role specific players.

 

[Malta]

Are you really bringing up the 2003 Spurs team?

The least impressive title run in a decade?

Spurs won the title because ALL the legit title contenders out West lost their star players to an injury. Even that Lakers team wasn't healthy. Kobe was playing with a shoulder and a knee that needed surgery and Shaq had a foot injury.

They still won the title


And the impressive part was that Duncan led the team in ppg, rpg, apg and bpg during the playoffs.

His numbers for that run were 25/15/5/3 in 24 games.