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Move over, Magic; L.A. is Kobe's town

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Sccit:
for the people who are acting like kobe isnt up there, are u out of your minds?

Shallow:

--- Quote from: NIKCC on June 19, 2010, 11:25:47 PM ---for the people who are acting like kobe isnt up there, are u out of your minds?

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I don't think I'm out of my mind to think he's just a small notch under Magic and Bird.

OG Hack Wilson:

--- Quote from: M Dogg on June 19, 2010, 11:18:15 PM ---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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good post right here.

.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:

--- Quote from: Shallow on June 19, 2010, 11:07:48 PM ---
--- 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.

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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.

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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.

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Yeah. You just gotta take into consideration Timmy's college career. Those were still years of basketball that add to the mileage and he is one of the greatest college ball players of all time. Plus the fact that since he came into the league the Spurs are in the playoffs every single year...so he has played a lot of games.  But like I said, Kobe IS an all time great. I just dont see him as the best Laker ever.

Halu Sination:
Magic is a very humble guy, but he actually said something pretty bold (and in my opinion, true) in regards to Kobe's legacy.

When Kobe officially takes Magic's city from him, it's going to be when he gets the 6th ring. Simply tying his legacy simply won't cut it. Magic clearly showed enthusiasm and thinks Kobe can do it though, he even offered to pay for a Kobe statue in front of Staples Center.

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