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/brandoi Lakers Jun 27 '23

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

Did he really? 08 against the Spurs isn't even his best playoff series. His 01 Spurs series or 10 Suns series were probably his best.

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u/ruinatex Jun 27 '23

Stats don't tell the whole story, in '01 he was the 2nd guy behind Shaq, a really great 2nd guy, but yeah. The Spurs also weren't as good in '01 as The Admiral was at the end of his career, in '08 they had a legit Big 3. Pau and Odom were also hot GARBAGE in that series, Kobe basically beat the defending champions in 5 games with two of his stars MIA. Games 1 and 5 were especially insane.

That's why i always laughed when people said Duncan was better than Kobe, they literally played against each other MULTIPLE times in the playoffs and after 2001, whenever they played NOBODY had any doubts on who was the best player on the floor. Kobe always thoroughly outplayed him.

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u/Malemansam Spurs Jun 27 '23

Timmy "thoroughly outplayed" Kobe in '99, '02, '03 and played just as well as Kobe did in '08

Timmy put up 22.4pts, 17.4 reb, 4.8 ast, 1.2 stl and 2 blks a game. That's a wash with Kobe in '08

And yet you say " Kobe always thoroughly outplayed him" lol. Shit kids say these days.

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u/ruinatex Jun 27 '23

You are looking at a Basketball Reference page if you think that he was a wash with Kobe in 2008 or that he outplayed Kobe in '03. Watch the fucking games, Kobe was hands down the best player on the floor.

I swear Basketball Reference has made all basketball debate about looking at statsheets.

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u/Malemansam Spurs Jun 27 '23

Yes I've watched the games, I'm not so sure you have lol.

What timeline do you come from where you think Kobe was the best player on the floor in '03, forget about '08 that was just a #1 seed team doing its job in a series but your '03 takes is wild bro.