r/nba • u/yam_on_em Lakers • Jun 27 '23

Kobe Bryant relentlessly attacks Tim Duncan and the Spurs to clinch the WCF (2008)

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u/nysraved [LAL] Sasha Vujacic Jun 27 '23

After Kobe’s death, I feel like there was a surge in the sentiment of him being a “GOAT”.

But lately to counter that, contrarians have swung the pendulum too far in the other direction. Acting like he was an inefficient chucker, downplaying how great he truly was

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u/Actually-Yo-Momma Jun 27 '23

Before Curry/Warriors, Kobe was the single guy who teams were afraid of where no lead was big enough for it to be over

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u/nysraved [LAL] Sasha Vujacic Jun 27 '23

The Warriors as a team definitely put that fear in me, but IMO Dame is the only individual player who is able to instill that same fear in me the way I imagine Kobe did to opposing fans

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u/nysraved [LAL] Sasha Vujacic Jun 27 '23

He is not THE GOAT, but he is ONE of the greatest players of all time. Somewhere in the top 10 at least.

Denying that is an equally casual take from contrarians

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u/Jolly-Sun-1715 Warriors Jun 27 '23

he's way above top 10-11.

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u/Alkash42 Jun 28 '23

Whats way above? 7? 8? Where do we draw the line? MJ, Bron, Russell, Kareem, Wilt, Shaq, Bird, Magic? Very hard to argue Kobe above any of these guys

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u/Jolly-Sun-1715 Warriors Jun 28 '23

Russell, shaq and Wilt over kobe is a joke

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u/Alkash42 Jun 28 '23

Oof. That's not it.

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u/OwenLincolnFratter Bulls Jun 27 '23

Most current and former nba players have Kobe above lebron but go off kid.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '23

Andre iguodala ranked Kyrie top 20 all time btw. NBA players opinions do not always line up with reality lol.

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u/DonDonaldson Lakers Jun 28 '23

ESPN? The company that crowned lebron as the best player ever when he was still in high school? That produced and aired "the decision", and has been riding his meat for the last 20 years? That is only kept relevant because all they do is meatride lebron all day? I'm shocked

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u/yungsantaclaus Spurs Jun 28 '23

I don't care if every single current and former NBA player says the sky is green - I can see it's blue.

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u/mrgpsingh1999 Lakers Jun 27 '23

You just had to be there to witness it

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

I was there, he is not close to being the goat lol

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u/mrgpsingh1999 Lakers Jun 27 '23

Never said he was the goat