Intelligent basketball people know Phils stats were 80% due to coatailing MJ and then hooking up with the Propaganda Machine and riding Shaq, the refs and collusion to more marketing les.

But did you really take him for as big a dumb f as max signing MarshMellow Anthony? Fark!

What position would the Stinks be in now without Kobe Jr.s max contract around them like a lasso?