Celebrate being a transient brehs
they gotta latch onto anything at this point
Celebrate being a transient brehs
Celebrate being a transient brehs
THE ONLY ALL-TIME GREAT WHO WAS ALSO A JOURNEYMAN
Wilt and Shaq switched teams faster than Bron did. Throw a bunch more players on there too if you count all-time greats outside the top 10. You consistently show that you don't know jack shyt about basketball.
Rim protector is nearly always more important than a perimeter defender. Shaq did his job as a rim protector, averaging 2.5 blocks/game while keeping his defensive responsibility in check and keeping the opponent from having easy paths to the basket. He had big block totals and strong interior defense in each big series during the threepeat. In that 2000-2002 window, the only teams that gave the Lakers trouble were ones that put up a ton of midrange jump shots. There's a reason he made 3 All-Defensive teams in that stretch despite there being only two center slots and having to go up against Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, David Robinson, and Ben Wallace.
Perimeter defenders can only be more important when they're either a great team defender/defensive leader, or when they completely shut down an important #1 option. Kobe in 2000-2004 wasn't that. He was a better on-ball defender than a team defender, and he often had lapses. He wasn't the defensive leader, and he didn't shut down his primary responsibility in any major series. Like Phil said, he got by on spectacular plays that got attention, not on good consistent defense.
Here are the 7 top perimeter scoring threats that the Lakers faced in competitive series from 2000-2004. Tell me which one Kobe shut down:
15ppg on 58 TS% - Steve Smith regular season
18ppg on 61 TS% - Steve Smith against Lakers
18ppg on 60 TS% - Reggie Miller regular season
24ppg on 59 TS% - Reggie Miller against Lakers
18ppg on 55 TS% - Jalen Rose regular season
23ppg on 56 TS% - Jalen Rose against Lakers
31ppg on 52 TS% - Allen Iverson regular season
36ppg on 49 TS% - Allen Iverson against Lakers
14ppg on 51 TS% - Mike Bibby regular season
23ppg on 53 TS% - Mike Bibby against Lakers
18ppg on 52 TS% - Rip Hamilton regular season
21ppg on 50 TS% - Rip Hamilton against Lakers
17 ppg on 55 TS% - Chauncey Billups regular season
21ppg on 70 TS% - Chauncey Billups against Lakers
Outside of Iverson and Reggie, those aren't even 1st-tier scorers, yet they ALL got buckets against the Lakers. If Kobe was more valuable on defense than Shaq was, what the hell happened?
SHAQ SPENT HIS ENTIRE PRIME ON THE LAKERS LOL
8 SEASONS
MORE THAN ANY TEAM LEBRON STUCK WIT
WILT ONLY SWITCHED TEAMS ONCE IN HIS PRIME N THAT WAS VIA TRADE
Shaq left after 4, 8, 3.5, 2, 1, 1
Lebron left after 7, 4, (returned to old team for 4), and now 5 and counting
Claiming that Lebron is a journeyman and not Shaq is nonsense.
So you don't even know that Wilt forced the trades both times? He literally said they had to trade him or he wouldn't play. Like I say, you don't know shyt about basketball.
And he was the reigning MVP when he forced that 2nd trade to the Lakers, but you want to claim he wasn't in his prime anymore? What a liar.
Wilt: 4 years, 4 years, 5 years
Lebron: 7 years, 4 years, (return 4 years), 5 years
Wilt CLEARLY switched just as often as Bron, he just had a shorter career. And that's not even counting that he quit college after 3 years to play for the Globetrotters for a year, and threatened to quit the NBA after his rookie year cause he got fouled too much. So really he was even more of a "journeyman" than his NBA career shows.
You don't know what the fukk you're talking about in any basketball discussion.
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Kobe played 20 years and only has 1 fmvp and wasnt even the best player on the majority of rings he won. Also has the record of failed fgs/shots in nba history. He isnt a top 10 player
*mvpKOBE HAS 1 FMVP?
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