Kennethgriffin wrote:honest question. would kobe ever be outperformed by a team mate on the level of a gino/parker/kawhi?
Only time Duncan was ever outperformed in a finals was by Kawhi in 2014. Every other finals he was by far the best and most important player on the Spurs.
This is the last time I ever respond to your garbage.
nope
ginobili averaged the same PPG as duncan in the 2005 finals wins.. except manu averaged 60% shooting and ran the offense while duncan stunk it up with 40% fgs
and parker won finals mvp in 07 legit. he had a great series
this whole defensive anchor sh*t is dumb to talk about when the last 2 titles the spurs won were against a crap joke of a cleveland team in 2007. and a heat team who got shane battier to check him on defense
Kennethgriffin wrote:its stupid to look at all 3 trophies without context
for instance.
duncans 1999 title = bullshit lockout season
duncans 2014 title = paycut rigging, a lesser player than parker/kawhi?
duncans 2005 title = ginobili real finals mvp ( 20ppg on 60%, duncan 20ppg on 40% )
duncans 2007 title = a lesser player than parker?
lebrons 2012 title = bullshit lockout season, paycut rigging, colluding, ring chasing
lebrons 2013 title = bullshit bailout ray allen shot, paycut rigging, colluding, ring chasing
now what can you say about kobe
2009 title = hakeem 94 esq ( won without another true NBA hall of famer, gasol might make it via spanish resume. 3rd,4th,5th best players were jordan farmar/sasha/fish etc..
2010 title = ditto
2001 playoffs = 29/7/6 ( so what if he wasnt better than prime shaq. is that a big insult? )
2002 playoffs = 27/6/5 ( ditto )
all you can really hate on is 2000, in which he saved the season in game 7 of the WCF vs portland. getting like 25/11/7/4
and as far as season mvps go. kobe is public enemy #1 to the media. its a media popularity contest. and theres a reason media favorite steve nash has more mvps than controversial guys like kobe/shaq etc..
so with context ... kobe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Duncan/ lebron
jordan is the only guy with a legit case over kobe out of that 4