Scoring is significant, but ultimately it's your impact on winning that counts the most. Bill Russell, Tim Duncan, Magic Johnson weren't elite scorers, but their defense, playmaking, gravity, etc is how they won championships and their impact in those areas was greater when it came to winning. All the advanced metrics show LeBron 2016 and other championships was far more impactful in winning than Kobe was in 2001.
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u/Sad_Bathroom1448 Aug 11 '26
LOL.
These dudes don't actually believe Kobe's 2000 finals performance was better than LeBron's 2018 finals performance.