I'm tired of the Tim > Kobe narrative. Idk why that makes me so mad.
And that's no slight on Tim
I understand in that there's no need to compared them. They're both greats who played completely different positions for very different teams and won in different ways.
But if you're implying that Kobe is definitively ahead of Duncan or something.....Duncan has more MVPs, more Finals MVPs, and was the best player and leader on more title teams. They have the same # of titles overall and the same # of All-NBA selections. Kobe is clearly the more impactful scorer but Duncan is clearly the more impactful defender.
Duncan's most dominant stretch (1999 to 2005) is more impressive than Kobe's peak - 7 straight 1st-team All-NBA, 7 straight 1st-team All-Defensive (and actually earned), 7 straight top-5 MVP finishes including 2 MVPs and 2 MVP runner-ups, 3 titles and 3 Finals MVPs while elevating some of the weakest supporting casts of our era for a title team.
Again, not saying you need to compare two greats. But if you're gonna compare them, Duncan's case is so strong right through the middle of Kobe's era that you ain't putting Kobe over him by any objective standard.