I mean they diff teams eras players etc…IDK if u can really make these 1 to 1 comps
It's not making a 1v1 comparison.
It's pointing out that if a player doesn't have the right complementary cast, they're not going to win shyt. Despite cats in here trying to glorfiy this shyt about Kobe
working on his weaknesses and all this other empty comicbook hero rhetoric, he was still victim to what he was surrounded by. The Mavs issues in the Finals were that nobody besides Luka could score consistently, and not this bullshyt about his defense being at fault.
Even if he played better defense to what folks think he should be doing, the Celtics still run through the Mavs just the same. Nothing would've changed.
2008 was not the same team prior
odom was playing his best
fish came back
sasha couldn’t miss
bynum was damn near a all star
kobe changed his game
it wasn’t the same damn team as the previous 3 years
Can you explain to me how this adds weight to what you're arguing and not mine, considering I'm pointing out that Kobe needed the right support cast to win? Can you explain to me how this counters the point surrounding the fact that the Lakers were 1st round exit status before they got their team right, even despite Kobe's efforts?
Better yet, would a prime Kobe on last year's Mavs team beat the Celtics?
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