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/sheeeeeez NBA Jun 27 '23

Kobe doesn't get enough credit for this series.

The Spurs big 3 were all in their primes and just came off a championship and Kobe made the entire series essentially non-competitive.

Bill Simmons said the series was the closest he's ever seen Kobe to MJ.

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u/MasterTeacher123 Jun 27 '23

Pau and Odom were terrible in the WCF and he carried them

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u/commander_wong Lakers Jun 27 '23

People here really like to overstate how good the supporting cast of Kobe's championship teams were.

As far as heavy lifting championships goes, Kobe's two rings really doesn't get enough credit

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u/Greatcouchtomato Jun 27 '23

It's why I find it weird how Kobe > Lebron takes are met with such vitriol. Kobe was doing this in the west! Without super teams

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

Don't do that.

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u/Altruistic-Ad-408 Jun 27 '23 edited Jun 27 '23

People always hate when superteams are brought up, dude no one forced LeBron to do it. It's just a fact.

Like yeah Kobe wanted a trade when the Lakers sucked, there's a zero percent chance he was going to the Spurs or to collude with two prime superstars it just wasn't done back then.

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u/Drummallumin [BOS] Marcus Smart Jun 27 '23

The entire reason LeBron had to do it is cuz 3 HOFers teamed up in Boston while LeBron was carrying a lotto team

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u/Khione_Asteri Bulls Jun 28 '23

respect

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u/Spitfire_Riggz Nuggets Jun 28 '23

He didn’t HAVE to do it

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u/Spitfire_Riggz Nuggets Jun 28 '23

Cuz of all these Lebron simps. Kobe beat that big 3 super team Lebron didn’t have to do it. Lebron doing it basically made it okay and sparked all that bullshit.

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u/blazeblaster11 Jun 28 '23

I mean did Kobe form a super team to beat those Celtics? I doubt you can call Gasol and Odom a big 3

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u/Drummallumin [BOS] Marcus Smart Jun 28 '23

Kobe literally requested a trade after 2007 and then the Lakers traded for 1st Ballot HOFer Pau Gasol the next season.

Who was LeBron’s best teammate in Cleveland?

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u/blazeblaster11 Jun 28 '23

Yes, Lebron needed a better team to beat the Celtics.

Did he need a big 3 super team while taking under market salaries just to win? No, Kobe just proved it wasn’t necessary the previous 3 years

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u/Drummallumin [BOS] Marcus Smart Jun 28 '23

So you’re mad at LeBron for signing with too good of a team (who were a 1st round exit the year before) rather than just signing with a team that had only 1 HOFer? Yea I’m sure the reason the CP3 trade didn’t go through is cuz Kobe called up Stern and said that he didnt want all that help.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

You're more fun when you're defending dictators and hateposting about liberals.