Im in the same boat fam. Used to hate losing to the Lakers in the early 2000s. Over the years appreciated more and more how great a basketball player Bean is. Favorite player is Timmy but Bean is definitely number 2. Would love to have seen them play on the same team. I think their games mesh well. Far better than Shaq and Kobes b/c Duncan takes the game more serious than Shaq did as far as taking care os his body and staying in shape for the s
I agree. But don't get it twisted. I pray to God we get LA in the first round. Would love to send them home one more time. But the thing with Kobe to me is that he's kind of a dying breed type of player. The best way I could explain what I mean is that I think he has an "obsession" with basketball that I don't really see in someone like lets say Kevin Durant, or Melo, or shiet, even Bron. Guy's legendary. But we'll smash on them. 6 games at most