Yea....that argument died the day Lebron joined the Heat. They had more help than Kobe ever had. The 2000-2002 Lakers were extremely top heavy but, you were too busy hating to notice. That was a big reason they got manhandled by the Pistons.
2011: Joel Anthony and the corpse of Mike Bibby are starters
2012: Chis Bosh misses half the playoffs, Joel Anthony, Dexter Pittman and Ronny Turiaf starting games
2013: DWade perpetually injured, Bosh doesn't even score in the biggest game
2014: Ready-to-retire Battier, Rashard Lewis, and Allen all starting games, DWade injured
And EVERY year you have to deal with the fact that the coaching was horrific and Chalmers was the starting point guard, at best.
You're going to say that that's "more help" than a team with a Hall of Famer and candidate for all-time best coach Phil Jackson, Shaq putting together one of the most dominant three-year stretches in history, and actual competent NBA players at every position? Not to mention the later teams that had 2 of the top 5 front-court players in the NBA, still a HOF coaching staff, and Metta World Peace and Fisher as the
worst starters on the team?
LeBron James also quit several times in the Finals and Playoffs. I'm sure you brought up the Phoenix game to discredit Kobe several times but you quiet as a church mouse regarding Lebron scoring 4 points and barely averaging 17 over the course of a championship series
But hey....that's the logic yall employ
You should at least get your numbers right if you're going to hate. Lebron didn't score 4 points in any playoff game, ever. Kobe did though. Kobe's averaged less than 17 in a Finals too.
Kobe OBVIOUSLY quit in playoff games. In Phoenix he didn't just stop shooting, he stood on the perimeter and did nothing whatsoever. In Boston he just gave up with the rest of the team when they pulled away in the 2nd half.
Lebron has NEVER given up in a playoff series. No one thinks he gave up against Dallas, he just didn't know what they do when they packed the paint with a great rim protector, kept switching defensive looks on him, and dared him to hit jump shots. And against Boston, he finished with a 27-19-10 triple-double, so anyone thinking he gave up in that game is ignorant.