‘96 Bulls with Rodman were a different beast.Aren't they the ones that sent Shaq packing west?
And Shaq in ‘96 isn’t early 2000’s Shaq. This isn’t to say the first 3 peat Bulls couldn’t beat the Lakers, but they had nothing for Hakeem & they woulda had nothing for prime Shaq

Who else can talk to MJ like that and get away with it?
I actually think Kobe would surprise people. Kobe played against high quality perimeter players. LeBron. Wade. AI. Melo. TMac. Pierce. Arenas. Westbrook. Harden. Jordan competition wasn’t bad but a little bit lower in quality...Penny, Grant Hill, Clyde, Reggie, Isiah & Joe Dumars, Payton and Bird/Magic for a few years. Kobe would be the 2nd best player by far in Jordan’s era.





NOBODY is close to him
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