Melo: There’s an argument to rank Steph above Bron

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Duncan got five in Kobe’s era too so does he deserve to be in the discuss as well?
It's MJ, Bron, KAJ.....

After that, you can argue Wilt/Magic/Duncan/Kobe/Hakeem etc.

Too many LA nikkas try to put Kobe in that Mt. Rushmore conversation. He can't be in that conversation when he is not even the best player in his OWN franchises history. Kobe might be the 3rd best Laker and I'm not even including Elgin Baylor, Shaq, The Logo etc.

If Dirk had 4 rings, would anyone consider better than Bron, Kobe etc? No.

Why? Defense.

Welp, same shyt applies to Curry...and Dirk had to carry his squads in a way that Steph never did.

Bron gets hate because he actually has a case against MJ. Not saying he's better but you can make a legit argument. Kobe and Curry CANNOT pass MJ, so all the MJ stans hype them up to diminish Bron...then blame Bron stans like that's the reason.
 
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Wait. Is this a controversial opinion for some of y'all? This most recent Olympics was as much of a barometer on how close they are all time. It's not completely crazy to say Steph is top 5 and above Bron
Bron also has like 60k or 70k minutes played while Steph is at 35k or 40k. Longer career with A LOT more miles.
 

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It's MJ, Bron, KAJ.....

After that, you can argue Wilt/Magic/Duncan/Kobe/Hakeem etc.

Too many LA nikkas try to put Kobe in that Mt. Rushmore conversation. He can't be in that conversation when he is not even the best player in his OWN franchises history. Kobe might be the 3rd best Laker and I'm not even including Elgin Baylor, Shaq, The Logo etc.

If Dirk had 4 rings, would anyone consider better than Bron, Kobe etc? No.

Why? Defense.

Welp, same shyt applies to Curry...and Dirk had to carry his squads in a way that Steph never did.

Bron gets hate because he actually has a case against MJ. Not saying he's better but you can make a legit argument. Kobe and Curry CANNOT pass MJ, so all the MJ stans hype them up to diminish Bron...then blame Bron stans like that's the reason.
I love how when it comes to Kobe there are people who put a he can’t be in that convo finger wag as if people give a fukk or are going to change their mind:mjlol:theres never been a player to have a campaign to convince people he’s not as good as you think he is and it started right after his retirement.
 

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I wouldn't say there's an argument but I would argue that Steph had an opportunity but botched it. 2016 was the litmus test he never recovered from until 2022, at which point it was more about entering the top 10/surpassing KD.

Had he played better and won the 2016 title and Finals MVP, which would mean beating LeBron and KD in back-to-back series + winning unanimous MVP + beating the 72-10 Bulls' record... that would be the greatest individual season of all time. And would set him up for a chance to threepeat in 2017.

But once he botched it and recruited KD... the narrative switched from possibly being you're better than LeBron (if you'd won) to you needed KD to beat LeBron (and KD needed a stacked team to win anything)... LeBron won the war at that point.
 

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Wait. Is this a controversial opinion for some of y'all? This most recent Olympics was as much of a barometer on how close they are all time. It's not completely crazy to say Steph is top 5 and above Bron
I don't know if the Olympics is the best example

Sure Steph killed in the last 2 games, but he STRUGGLED early in the tournament.

Bron had the best numbers on the team by far throughout the tournament
 

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It's MJ, Bron, KAJ.....

After that, you can argue Wilt/Magic/Duncan/Kobe/Hakeem etc.

Too many LA nikkas try to put Kobe in that Mt. Rushmore conversation. He can't be in that conversation when he is not even the best player in his OWN franchises history. Kobe might be the 3rd best Laker and I'm not even including Elgin Baylor, Shaq, The Logo etc.

If Dirk had 4 rings, would anyone consider better than Bron, Kobe etc? No.

Why? Defense.

Welp, same shyt applies to Curry...and Dirk had to carry his squads in a way that Steph never did.

Bron gets hate because he actually has a case against MJ. Not saying he's better but you can make a legit argument. Kobe and Curry CANNOT pass MJ, so all the MJ stans hype them up to diminish Bron...then blame Bron stans like that's the reason.

This nikka talking about “LA nikkas” when in the OP it’s litrerally Carmelo Anthony from Bmore and NYC.
 

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I love how when it comes to Kobe there are people who put a he can’t be in that convo finger wag as if people give a fukk or are going to change their mind:mjlol:theres never been a player to have a campaign to convince people he’s not as good as you think he is and it started right after his retirement.


nikka talking about Jerry West & Elgin Baylor have arguments to be ranked higher than Kobe all time, but Steph Curry over LeBron is blasphemous:laff:
 

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Does Tim Duncan deserve to be considered a possible greatest of all time? Of course. A relative good number of players do. It's a pointless conversation, that will never have an answer, but will never go away because it conveniently let's people look like they're talking about sports when actual games are the furthest topic of discussion on their minds.
There is only one goat MJ and one boat Kobe
 
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