Rummpd
03-30-2007, 12:40 PM
Bryant is incredibly skilled, has won championships etc and is the best scorer in the game - and in a former life, I published on hoopsworld.com an article "In Defense of Kobe Bryant)
That being said he is not the most accomplished or the best player, despite all the rubbish being put out these days!
S. O'Neal has accomplished far more with winning another title and is far more dominant. Teams still change the way they play against him, just like they have to with Duncan manning the post, much of time for Spurs. With Wade out he is leading a team that is scary again to win a title.
Tim Duncan has led his team to the highest winning percentage ever in the history of professional sports so far in his career. Quietly he is doing it all again, and is not getting the respect he deserves day in and day out for MVP. (Dirk does deserve it this year, but the gap or non-discussion of Duncan is troubling).
Tim Duncan and S. O'Neal are both slugging it out for historically great careers, and K. Bryant, while sublimely great is a step below them.
Put either a healthy O'Neal or Duncan on same Lakers team and they will win 50+ games every year and truly threaten to win championships.
(When Bryant, leads a team to a championship without O'Neal I may re-evaluate.) Period!
That being said he is not the most accomplished or the best player, despite all the rubbish being put out these days!
S. O'Neal has accomplished far more with winning another title and is far more dominant. Teams still change the way they play against him, just like they have to with Duncan manning the post, much of time for Spurs. With Wade out he is leading a team that is scary again to win a title.
Tim Duncan has led his team to the highest winning percentage ever in the history of professional sports so far in his career. Quietly he is doing it all again, and is not getting the respect he deserves day in and day out for MVP. (Dirk does deserve it this year, but the gap or non-discussion of Duncan is troubling).
Tim Duncan and S. O'Neal are both slugging it out for historically great careers, and K. Bryant, while sublimely great is a step below them.
Put either a healthy O'Neal or Duncan on same Lakers team and they will win 50+ games every year and truly threaten to win championships.
(When Bryant, leads a team to a championship without O'Neal I may re-evaluate.) Period!