Allen Iverson: I think I would have a championship ring on if Shaq wasn’t who he was in that series

[klientel]

"I would have a ring if the other team didn't have better players"

 

[steph_harden]

Wait a minute, we saw Kobe score 48 and grab 16 rebounds to close out the Kings that playoff run.

We saw Kobe, not Shaq, destroy the 2001 Spurs where he averaged 33, 7, 7 on 51% shooting. And it would have been higher if he didn’t sit out most of the fourth quarters of games 3 and 4.

He didn’t shoot the 3 as good then. And the Sixers had a lot of bodies for him. He averaged 15ppg on 39% shooting. AI vs him alone would have Sixers in 5...

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

Spurs would've swept 76ers because Kobe can't get out of 1st round without a co-star.

 

[GPBear]

The Kings would have a ring if Tim Donagy's bytch ass didn't exist

 

[Dwight Howard]

Iverson was a better player than Kobe at that particular point in time.

Nah. Kobe was elite on both ends that year. He dominated a far better team in the spurs in the WCF. If shaq went down, kobe wouldve just matched whatever Iverson did on the offensive end.

 

[Dwight Howard]

He didn’t shoot the 3 as good then. And the Sixers had a lot of bodies for him. He averaged 15ppg on 39% shooting. AI vs him alone would have Sixers in 5...

 

[Luke Cage]

What does this even mean?

Karl Malone somewhere like, i'd have two rings if Jordan wasn't on that bulls team.

 

[steph_harden]

what

 

[mastermind]

He didn’t shoot the 3 as good then. And the Sixers had a lot of bodies for him. He averaged 15ppg on 39% shooting. AI vs him alone would have Sixers in 5...

Kobe averaged 15 ppg on 39% shooting in what series?

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Kobe wouldve had 10 if Duncan wasnt duncan

 

[steph_harden]

Kobe averaged 15 ppg on 39% shooting in what series?

I stand corrected ...mixed up his 01 finals with 00

He was 25 on 43%. Not exactly setting the world on fire

 

[mastermind]

I stand corrected ...mixed up his 01 finals with 00

He was 25 on 43%. Not exactly setting the world on fire

He didn't have too.

 

[steph_harden]

He didn't have too.

So if he wasn’t that good with single coverage. How do you think he would do as the main target vs the best defense in the league? He was pretty great in 01 but he wouldn’t have been ready to do it as the main guy until 03 when he made his 2nd leap...

 

[gldnone913]

Kobe wasn't just elite. He was probably the second-best player in the NBA, after Shaq. And the Spurs didn't double-team Shaq.

Naw, breh. Kobe was cold that year, but no way he was #2 in the league cold.

 

[Primetime21]

Now people are ignoring a great interview because of one quote