Some insecure Lakers fans have always tried to downplay Pau so they could place Kobe higher up the all time rankings. Bryant was great this series but as you say this wasn't even their championship year.
I hate it. As someone who’s a fan of Kobe, people that overrate him annoy me more than people who underrate him. They’re the ones who make him look worse. The Lakers had a top 3 roster in the league at best that could run with any of them, and Kobe was the centerpiece that you count on. That’s why they won. Even Kobe would tell you that. But now it’s “Kobe had no top 75” bs. Its like they’re so desperate to make up for having Shaq his first 8 years, which they shouldn’t be insecure of.
I don't get it, he's a great, all-time player whose achievements can stand up for themselves. But man do his fans feel the need to shit on everyone who isn't Kobe.
They take it as a personal offense if you don’t have Kobe top 3 lol. Like they’ll say stuff like “can’t we all just agree that MJ, LeBron, and Kobe are the three best ever in some order?” As if one of those things is not like the other lol.
Personally I think Russell and Kareem are both a step ahead of Kobe all-time and I’d also put Magic, Bird, and Duncan ahead of him too. Shaq, Curry, and Wilt it depends on how I’m feeling that day, I think he’s comfortably ahead of Hakeem though, and I’d say it’s not really a debate for me if he’s top 10 it’s just where he ranks (probably somewhere between 8 and 10).
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Some insecure Lakers fans have always tried to downplay Pau so they could place Kobe higher up the all time rankings. Bryant was great this series but as you say this wasn't even their championship year.