Rakim Allah
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My Shooting Gawd.
The only one of the three to defend his title with two different teams.
The only one of the three to defend his title with two different teams.
Draft to be your franchise player , Duncan, Kobe, or Shaq?
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Rakim Allah
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Had Pop as his coach his whole career and he never defended the title.
Yup
He did less with more if we are being honest.
GOAT GM and GOAT coach and only really had a bad roster around him only one time in his career.
Godless Socialist CEO
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Yep it's Duncan he's the most consistent winner on this list
Godless Socialist CEO
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Everyone keeps talking about POP but everyone conveniently ignores Kobe never winning a championship without Phil Jackson
what did Duncan's 50 win teams do and what did kobe's 50 win teams do?What are you even arguing? You claimed that Duncan is for "just getting to the playoffs", yet he has just as many rings as Kobe, MORE rings as the team leader than Kobe, and MORE rings as the Finals MVP than Kobe. Your claim was completely nonsensical.
And Duncan's titles came in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014.
Kobe was a Laker for ALL of those.
So the Lakers were completely falling off regularly over a 16-year span despite Kobe's presence on the team...and that's supposed to be points for Kobe?
Now your argument is: "But Kobe's bad years were worse than Duncan's bad years!"
Kobe had stacked teams in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. FOURTEEN seasons of stacked teams should be enough for anyone. Yet only 5 titles.
And he helped CREATE the trash years, first from 2005-2007 by being uncoachable and not getting along with Phil or Shaq, helping drive them both out with shytty compensation. Then in 2014-2016 by being an ornery injury-prone old guy who couldn't play worth shyt but commanded the biggest contract in the NBA and destroyed young player development by just launching shyt and not playing any D for three trash years.
How da fukk are 2005-2007 and 2014-2016 points for wanting Kobe on your team?
droughts like 05-07 and then at the end and still got the same as Duncan, years before.
my point is Kobe on a contender is a more sure thing than Duncan.
lol @ including bench riding, Achilles injury, and 2012 seasons as stacked teams.
Godless Socialist CEO
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So now we're going to dimish a man who's won 9 titles in order to boost Kobe's accomplishments.....
The Spurs were just as good as ever last year without Duncan winning 60 games once again. Now they're undefeated without Kawhi (the new scrub they've been promoted as a superstar).
When will you idiots learn Duncan was nothing more than a product of a system.
Kobe is the right answer here. Shaq is too immature to be the sole leader of a franchise.
Texas2step
H-Town it's NOT our year
Kobe easily out of Duncan and Shaq. Ive seen Kobe succeed with scrubs. Shaq is too lazy of a player to pick. Shaq has always played with a top 5 HOF SG or top 3 guard of the NBA his whole career plus he cant be counted on in crunch time with his free throw disability. And Duncan isn't a dominate enough scorer to carry a team alone. He needs the perfect system and HOF players to succeed (D. ROB, Parker, ect
Godless Socialist CEO
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Yeah he was fired as a GM. Phil has never been fired as a HC. It's insane that you're trying diminish his legacy to prop up your boy. If Kobe was really as good as you think we wouldn't even be talking about the HC's