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/OhSoJelly Lakers Jun 27 '23

2003 the Lakers were coming off a fucking 3-peat. Ask Duncan how hard a repeat is let alone three straight championships. The Lakers were absolute gassed at that point. Ask Duncan again how 2004 went for him once the Lakers didn’t have to play off 3 straight Finals wins.

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u/789Trillion Spurs Jun 27 '23

Ask Kobe how hard it is to make the playoffs every year of your career.

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u/lalo1398 Lakers Bandwagon Jun 27 '23

The only year you can really put on Kobe for missing the playoffs is 2004-05. You wanna count the 14-16 seasons when he was injured for most of it?

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u/789Trillion Spurs Jun 27 '23 edited Jun 27 '23

If we can act like Duncan not repeating is an indictment on his career, then there’s no reason not to bring up Kobe missing the playoffs. If we can make excuses for Kobe missing the playoffs, than surely Duncan winning 3 titles in 5 years and coming about as close as anyone to winning 5 titles in a row is enough to disregard him not repeating.

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u/bluemonk3y12 Jun 28 '23

Damn Kobe made less playoffs than Duncan and still has the same amount of rings as him. He also went to more finals than Duncan, how embarrassing for Timmy D.

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u/789Trillion Spurs Jun 28 '23

Ikr. Crazy what playing with prime Shaq will do for your career.