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I would start a franchise with Tim over Kobe if they're same age. Tim is an extremely better team player than Kobe and basketball is a team sport. If this was tennis then I would choose Kobe
Lebron vs Tim
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I meant to say you could put four bums around a prime Tim and they would contend every year. Pop is a great coach but let's not act like Duncan didnt make him look that good and wasnt a once in a generation type player. Tim was hyped from his freshman year of college and fulfilled and surpassed every expectation of him. And while Parker has been the best player for a while now, that team isnt making the Finals without Tim Duncan.
The notion of a LeBron vs Tim rivalry hasn't picked up steam because:
1. Timmy is in his twilight (as he was last year). He is nowhere close to the player he was in his prime. Not even close. He's no longer the focal point of his team either.
2. In 2007, LeBron was still far from the player he'd become, and his Cavs were viewed as an overachieving one-man show that was in the Finals only due to being in a weak conference.
3. Most people don't care about big men. The only sexy rivalries are between perimeter players. To the extent that people care about big men rivalries, it is only when it is between two big men.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Julius Erving were the two best players of the 70s. They met in the NBA Finals 3 times in 4 years. Yet nobody really talked about a Kareem vs. Doc rivalry.
The Bulls vs. Magic series in the mid 90s were never portrayed as MJ vs. Shaq.
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But it's still a rivalry nonetheless. 2007 was the young gun getting shown how it's done by the master. 2013 was the young gun overtaking the master and now it's about seeing who can break the tie. They both may not have been in there prime at the same time but a 1-1 Finals record against one another with another to be decided is my defintion of a rivalry any which way you slice it.
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Fukk your corny debates
*enters thread titled Lebron vs. Tim*
*sees a bunch of Kobe stans*
*leaves unsurprised*
*sees a bunch of Kobe stans*
*leaves unsurprised*
ItchyWeave
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Kawai AKA The Lebron stopper!
[QUabsolutely we, post: 8666698, member: 2409"]And ur not lying when you say this. No dis to Shaq and Kobe but these two are better teammates and easier to build around. All they do is win and other than Bron in 2010 don't let any drama affect them on the court.[/QUOTE]
Ur absoultley wrong about this
Ur absoultley wrong about this
[QUOT"Malta, post: 8671082, member: 186"]Blah blah blah
They are the two best players since Jordan, deal with it.[/QUOTE]
Ur an Idiot lebron ain't win shyt in the 2000's he was not fukking with kobe or duncan for that matter
They are the two best players since Jordan, deal with it.[/QUOTE]
Ur an Idiot lebron ain't win shyt in the 2000's he was not fukking with kobe or duncan for that matter
He's absolutely wrong about Bron/Duncan > Kobe/Shaq?
Yes lebron is not better than kobe on the 2000's neither was duncan he has a better case tho. And Shaq was better than duncan in his prime. Its disrespectful to think other wise
OK kobe4mvp , thanks for your unbiased opinion as always sir
[QUOdidn krozay, post: 8681771, member: 404"]OK kobe4mvp , thanks for your unbiased opinion as always sir[/QUOTE]
How did I know u were going to use that I'm not being biased I said duncan has a good case but LeBron hell naw
How did I know u were going to use that I'm not being biased I said duncan has a good case but LeBron hell naw