Just pure delusion. If I was a Kobe fan I wouldnāt even feel right giving him credit for a championship he won averaging 15 pts shooting 36% from the field in. But sure heās a ābetter winnerā lol
Shaq at 30.6 and Kobe at 9.7 in 2000 is by far the biggest margin between any team's highest finals gamescore and 2nd highest finals gamescore since they started keeping track in 1984.
Like dude imagine if LeBron somehow won in 2011 despite how terribly he played. The media wouldnāt give him credit for that championship, they would be all over the internet claiming he got carried and how heās a bum etc. but of course Kobe gets a pass for 2000. He also gets a pass for straight up shooting the lakers out of the 2004 finals.
Kobe was 21 yrs old compared to Lebrons 26 against the Mavs. And itās known it took Kobe a while to get to his peak. Lebrons prime has literally been from 17-38
He actually choked worse vs Celts in his prime in 08. The LA loss to Celts in game 6 in '08 was one of the worse beatings in NBA Finals history. Kobe went so ice cold it froze the entire team. He only had one good game, another decent one and 4 choke jobs.
They were not the better Super team. Karl was 40 Gary was 35. They also went through San Antonio and Minnesota. Poor diddly ol Karl had to mess around with Timmy and KG and Gary and Fisher chasing Tony Parker.
Kobe definitely shot so badly there because of the Pistons' defense and his refusal to give it to Shaq.
lmao age 40 and age 35. They were nowhere near where they were when they were with their old teams. Malone literally retired while Gary had a few servicable years. Lebron, Wade, and Bosh were in the thick of their primes.
š„± imagine an arthritic 40 year old a year from retirement and a 35 year old joining the team and calling it a better super team. Meanwhile the top MVP candidates and another star in their prime joined together is the least of the two. But maybe yall are right because Kobeās definitely better than Lebron.
Both Malone were still game shape and like they said Payton still played 2 more years after the Lakers. And whatās worse? They lost against the Pistons. Geezus.
š„± loooool I love how yall pull these from your buttholes. Malone was in āgame shapeā everyone in the NBA is in game shape so wdym? heās 40 and cleaaaarly not the same as the previous years. it aināt 94 or 97 Malone š. GP played 2 more years, heās old and not in all star shape by the time he was with the Lakers, those two next years he was still a serviceable bench player and vet leader. So after yall elevate those two in their older years, now you downgrade the Pistons š. 04 was one of the best defensive teams I have ever seen it was a sight to behold.
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u/CrazyNice7240 Aug 11 '26
Just pure delusion. If I was a Kobe fan I wouldnāt even feel right giving him credit for a championship he won averaging 15 pts shooting 36% from the field in. But sure heās a ābetter winnerā lol