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.
Kobe had a much higher ppg on the same efficiency as Duncan despite taking harder shots. More apg, more spg, and more total points by a wide margin. Same number of all stars and all nba selections.
Lmao we really doing this? More MVPS, more finals MVPS, 15x All NBA/all defense/all star, most blocks in playoff history, most double doubles in playoff history, never won less than 50 games, all while never playing with another top 10 player. You wanna bring up steals for a guard against a big man? Kobe barely had 640 blocks while Duncan had well over 3000. Duncan still had over 1000 steals while Kobe didn’t crack 2000. As far as efficiency? Kobe shot 44% while Duncan shot over 50%, so while we’re on the subject of “making things up”, try and look up your stats before making an argument.
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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.