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Move over, Magic; L.A. is Kobe's town
.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:
--- Quote from: Shallow on June 19, 2010, 05:36:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on June 19, 2010, 05:03:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on June 19, 2010, 11:16:30 AM ---Kobe's the best of the new millennium so far but he's going to have to do a lot more for me to put him at the Magic/Bird level, and even then I think if both those guys stayed healthy the first Bulls 3-peat would not have happened.
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Again, people seem to reserve the "best" title for perimeter players. You can easily make the case of Duncan > Kobe...and most lists have it as so. Kobe has probably narrowed that gap quite a bit with this title. But youre talkin the best PF of all time. He just gets lost in the mix because people like to focus on highflyers and perimeter guys more than bigs.
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I'm not going to argue against Duncan. I love Duncan. I kind of meant at the moment I guess. I'd rather have Kobe leading my team than anyone else right now, with Lebron just behind, and Duncan's best days are gone.
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I got u. I was just talking about the "best of the new millennium" thing.
OG Hack Wilson:
people love to live in the "now" and overlook the past
we all fall victim to it in some facet of our lives, that's for sure.
OG Hack Wilson:
--- Quote from: Shallow on June 19, 2010, 05:36:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on June 19, 2010, 05:03:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on June 19, 2010, 11:16:30 AM ---Kobe's the best of the new millennium so far but he's going to have to do a lot more for me to put him at the Magic/Bird level, and even then I think if both those guys stayed healthy the first Bulls 3-peat would not have happened.
--- End quote ---
Again, people seem to reserve the "best" title for perimeter players. You can easily make the case of Duncan > Kobe...and most lists have it as so. Kobe has probably narrowed that gap quite a bit with this title. But youre talkin the best PF of all time. He just gets lost in the mix because people like to focus on highflyers and perimeter guys more than bigs.
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I'm not going to argue against Duncan. I love Duncan. I kind of meant at the moment I guess. I'd rather have Kobe leading my team than anyone else right now, with Lebron just behind, and Duncan's best days are gone.
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what I find hilarious is that if Lebron went 6 for 24 in a game 7 of the finals and his team won, several Lebron hater in the world would try to discredit Lebron's ring for a 25% shooting performance
as for the Kobe or Duncan arguement....if we're talking careers I'd def take Timmy D because he is the ultimate team player and wouldn't have any issues with his team mates (ie shaq) nor would he demand a trade. if we're talking the best single season I'd take Kobe.
Shallow:
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on June 19, 2010, 06:11:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on June 19, 2010, 05:36:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on June 19, 2010, 05:03:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on June 19, 2010, 11:16:30 AM ---Kobe's the best of the new millennium so far but he's going to have to do a lot more for me to put him at the Magic/Bird level, and even then I think if both those guys stayed healthy the first Bulls 3-peat would not have happened.
--- End quote ---
Again, people seem to reserve the "best" title for perimeter players. You can easily make the case of Duncan > Kobe...and most lists have it as so. Kobe has probably narrowed that gap quite a bit with this title. But youre talkin the best PF of all time. He just gets lost in the mix because people like to focus on highflyers and perimeter guys more than bigs.
--- End quote ---
I'm not going to argue against Duncan. I love Duncan. I kind of meant at the moment I guess. I'd rather have Kobe leading my team than anyone else right now, with Lebron just behind, and Duncan's best days are gone.
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I got u. I was just talking about the "best of the new millennium" thing.
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Yeah, you could argue one over the other. I guess Kobe's longevity is starting to win me over a bit.
M Dogg™:
Not saying I agree with the article I posted, as I was a huge Magic fan and I remember crying huge tears the day he announced he had HIV, and I can guarantee you that I don't even remotely feel close to Kobe in that way as a fan. As I've said over and over, I was on Shaq's side of the civil war in LA when they were teammates, and I wished Shaq had ended his career in gold and forum blue, BUT understood business and understood for an organization Kobe was better long term. In the end it worked out better for LA. With that aside, I thought it would bring interesting results and to post this, and let the debate begin.
For the record, the author stated that Magic had better teammates, but at the same time, Magic lead those teammates, and was the superstar among stars, so what does that make Magic.
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