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He's called the "most versatile player in the league" and the "best player on the planet period" by announcers in this
SI's Best Player Alive...
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Shaq had like his weakest season at that point in his career that season. He played well enough vs the Pistons but the consensus was he was on the decline and no longer the best player in the L.
Peja & Jermaine O'Neal were better in the regular season. But the former choked hard vs the Wolves in the WCSF (sort of a constant for him...) and the latter didn't exactly show out in the postseason.
That year KG was clearly viewed as the best player in the league. The Wolves could've walked out with a title that year had Cassell not gotten injured.
GreatestLaker
#FirePelinka
You most have a shytty memory then. You couldn't watch ESPN, Fox sports or any basketball without them calling KG the best player in 04. That was the only year where he was the consensus best player.
I actually checked out game 5 the other day. The Dubs were cooking! KD couldn’t miss and neither could anyone else. How much were they up by when KD got hurt?
5...top of the 2nd quarter
Steph Curry was the best player on the floor in KD's 11 minutes. Point blank.
Curry had 14, including the first 5 of the quarter, followed by a kickout to KD for a wide open 3 for KD's first bucket (Curry drove to the paint and drew-in 3 guys on that play).
Curry ended the 1st qtr by grabbing an offensive rebound and making a floater in traffic to put the Warriors up 5-6 pts heading into the 2nd quarter. He was the leading scorer in the game.
Regarding KD vs Kawhi
Kawhi didn't normally start cooking in the 1st quarter in any of the Finals games, and KD was avoiding him on defense anyway. On offense, most of KD's 11 points came as a spot up shooter from Curry's disruption.
Gauging how KD played vs the Clippers/Rockets and how Kawhi played vs Orlando/Philly, it was a coin flip who the better player was before injuries set in, and was debated on the usual talk shows.
In real time, nobody saw Steve Nash or Dirk or Chris Paul as the actual best player in the league even when they had MVP seasons. Nobody was calling Kawhi the best either last season until the end of the Finals, Giannis was looked at as the best all year long. The criteria here seems iffy but as long as it gets clicks 
ISO
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My best player alive since 2000 
2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Duncan
2006: Kobe
2007: Kobe
2008: Kobe
2009: LeBron
2010: LeBron
2011: D-Rose
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: LeBron
2015: Steph
2016: Steph
2017: Kawhi
2018: LeBron
2019: Kawhi
2020: Giannis
2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Duncan
2006: Kobe
2007: Kobe
2008: Kobe
2009: LeBron
2010: LeBron
2011: D-Rose
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: LeBron
2015: Steph
2016: Steph
2017: Kawhi
2018: LeBron
2019: Kawhi
2020: Giannis
ISO
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I don't think Magic was the absolute best player in any singular year in the 80's.
Early 80's goes to KAJ, Moses Malone, and Dr. J. Then the mid-80's go to Bird and you can argue Magic in '85.
MJ was the best player from '87 onward except his retirement years where Hakeem was the best player.
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For 2009 and 2010 LeBron was the best player. Kobe stans try to say it was Kobe because he won the titles when he had better teams.
In 2009, LeBron averaged 38/9/9 in the ECF and lost to Orlando primarily because of match-up issues defending Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis. The Lakers did not have those problems with the versatile Odom and Gasol locked up Dwight. LeBron had one of most dominant playoff runs ever he played at a level Kobe never did individually in the '09 playoffs. So although Kobe won the title he wasn't the best player alive.
In 2010, LeBron was on his way to another dominant playoff run destroying Chicago. He ends up getting an elbow bone bruise on his shooting elbow which leads to his jumper falling off a cliff in the later games of the Boston series and he is given little help from Mo Williams and Antawn Jamison.
In the regular season its no debate who the best, most dominant, most impactful player in the league was. To lead those Cleveland teams to 60+ wins back to back years and win back to back MVP's just shows his dominance. LeBron was also a DPoY runner-up in 2009 which is something Kobe never was. LeBron's free agency was such a hot topic because the best player in the league was hitting the market.
This is Jerry West, Mr. Laker and the guy who discovered Kobe at the time calling LeBron the best player in the league...
In 2009, LeBron averaged 38/9/9 in the ECF and lost to Orlando primarily because of match-up issues defending Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis. The Lakers did not have those problems with the versatile Odom and Gasol locked up Dwight. LeBron had one of most dominant playoff runs ever he played at a level Kobe never did individually in the '09 playoffs. So although Kobe won the title he wasn't the best player alive.
In 2010, LeBron was on his way to another dominant playoff run destroying Chicago. He ends up getting an elbow bone bruise on his shooting elbow which leads to his jumper falling off a cliff in the later games of the Boston series and he is given little help from Mo Williams and Antawn Jamison.
In the regular season its no debate who the best, most dominant, most impactful player in the league was. To lead those Cleveland teams to 60+ wins back to back years and win back to back MVP's just shows his dominance. LeBron was also a DPoY runner-up in 2009 which is something Kobe never was. LeBron's free agency was such a hot topic because the best player in the league was hitting the market.
This is Jerry West, Mr. Laker and the guy who discovered Kobe at the time calling LeBron the best player in the league...
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ISO
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LeBron was the undisputed best player in the world in 2013.
66 win season, 27 game winning streak, 27/8/7 on 57/41/75 splits, led the league in all advanced stats, won the championship.
I almost gave KD 2014 on my list. He was the best player during the regular season but he lost to the Spurs and got outplayed by Russell in the WCF.
BlueHeffner
Veteran
Nah dont ride my man Kobe’s dikk now
U slandered that man crazy, until he died
Yet I still see nikkas compare him to KOBE
He left that chucker in the bushes a long time ago
This was May 12, 2018
This was May 14, 2020
Somehow, Kobe jumped over 7 of these nikkas and none of them played since your original list in 2018
@Sccit u see this shyt
Dame Dash's Motor Oil
Not From Harlem
Fair enough. But I realized the error of my ways and that I was being an idiotNah dont ride my man Kobe’s dikk now
U slandered that man crazy, until he died
This was May 12, 2018
This was May 14, 2020
Somehow, Kobe jumped over 7 of these nikkas and none of them played since your original list in 2018
@Sccit u see this shyt
Better late ( it was shortly before he died tbh ), then never. I posted hella dumber shyt about Kobe than the posts you brought up, if we keep it 100. Posts that should get me negged. You can find it in my post history easily.
Also on the topic of smartening up: You should do the same, stop rooting for that garbage ass franchise & join the ByrdGang
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LeBron was better than rose in 2011 lolMy best player alive since 2000
2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Duncan
2006: Kobe
2007: Kobe
2008: Kobe
2009: LeBron
2010: LeBron
2011: D-Rose
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: LeBron
2015: Steph
2016: Steph
2017: Kawhi
2018: LeBron
2019: Kawhi
2020: Giannis
Nah dont ride my man Kobe’s dikk now
U slandered that man crazy, until he died
This was May 12, 2018
This was May 14, 2020
Somehow, Kobe jumped over 7 of these nikkas and none of them played since your original list in 2018
@Sccit u see this shyt
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Fair enough. But I realized the error of my ways and that I was being an idiot
Better late ( it was shortly before he died tbh ), then never. I posted hella dumber shyt about Kobe than the posts you brought up, if we keep it 100. Posts that should get me negged. You can find it in my post history easily.
Also on the topic of smartening up: You should do the same, stop rooting for that garbage ass franchise & join the ByrdGang
AT THIS RATE ULL REALIZE KOBE WAS LEVELS ABOVE LEBRON BY 2024
