Miami-San Antonio.
Lequit James vs Cuckold Duncan
HGH vs Sexter
Kobe's stranglehold lead of 5>4 rings on the verge of being tied.
An old nemesis having a renaissance year (Duncan).
Le James creeping up Kobe's legacy with each gifted Finals appearance.
I dare ask, who do we root for?
Spurs all the way man, I grew up despising them and the rivalry with Duncan. But there is a HUGE difference if Duncan wins or Lebron.
If Duncan wins, you will only hear about what a legend Tim, Tony, Manu and Pop are. If Lebron wins, you will be hearing it all over this Summer that he surpassed Kobe already and now he's competing against MJ.
If Lebron loses, it will be DEVESTATING to his legacy.
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You might as well root for Duncan. People already consider them equals. If Lebron gets this year and another people will consider him far superior to Kobe.
it's a hard choice now imho. you could choose to side with Heat before the playoffs began because they were the better team, but if the finals take place today between spurs and heat it'd be hard to say who's gonna win it. i'd like to see big ty get his old abominable ass bludgeoned by lebron and miami but the spurs have an awesome coaching staff, and their guys have been playing together for so long they have unshakable camaraderie among themselves. and they've already made an au ious start in the conference finals, i won't be surprised at all to see the brash Miami get asskicked again in the finals tbh
imo they'd want the Heat to win so that they'll gear up next year to stop the Heat3peat
Yeah, lakerfans are screwed either way. If the Spurs win, the Kobe nuthuggers can't use their more rings argument. Suddenly, Duncan's other superior achievements (more MVPs, Finals MVP, better winning %) clearly vaults him over Kobe and there's nothing Kobe fans can say.
If Lebron wins, everyone starts comparing him to Jordan, leaving Kobe out of the conversation.
Yeah, lakerfans are screwed either way. If the Spurs win, the Kobe nuthuggers can't use their more rings argument. Suddenly, Duncan's other superior achievements (more MVPs, Finals MVP, better winning %) clearly vaults him over Kobe and there's nothing Kobe fans can say.
If Lebron wins, everyone starts comparing him to Jordan, leaving Kobe out of the conversation.
Umm, no, it would be 2 rings vs. 5 rings?
You don't have to root for either one of them. Just enjoy the watching the games while drinking a beer, solves every problem tbh
I agree...but the Kobe haters say he only really has 2 as 'the guy'.
LeBron surpassing Kirby has already been done, tbh.....
4 MVP's and a first-option ring with Finals MVP the same year > Kirby's entire legacy
good point.
for the Kobe s, this is their Kobayashi Maru.
though I wouldn't be shocked if some of the biggest Kobe s become hardcore Lebron fans if he wins more.
Everybody is rooting for the Spurs because then Lebron will be left with a never discussed asterisk le.
the Lakers are going to miss the playoffs next year with no Kobe or Howard.
lots of fake laker fans in here. You should cherish lebron because he's the closest thing to magic. And magic laker brethern is the lakers not the rapist. The rapist cost us at least 3 rings.
@ lakerfans only watching the nba for what is said in reference to player A being better than player B and legacy A being better than legacy B. They really don't give a about the actual game, do they?
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I have no LeBron hate and actually admire him for taking less money to team up with Riles, Bosh & Roid King…But you got to respect Pop for doing it without NBA Food Stamps…That playoff game where he benched 5 starters made me LMAO…Try that in Los Angeles…Timmy is a class act…Manu is fearless…I don’t care for the little guy who is always trying to bang the other players wives…Bad Form Dude…
If Lebron wins you can just hop off the Laker wagon and hitch up to the Heat like the gots you all are.
I'll be rooting for the Heat. Even if it's been about 8 years since the last le, I would like the Lakers to close out the entire page of Duncan and Kobe;s career with the Lakers having more les. Should be a great series.
It'd be Lebron winning regular season MVP and finals MVP in the same season for two straight years, something no one other than MJ has ever done.
Winning MVP and finals MVP in the same year is what separates the all time greats from everyone else. Jordan did it, KAJ did it, Bird did it, Magic did it, Duncan did it, Shaq did it, Olajuwon did it, Chamberlain and Russell did it except finals MVP wasn't around for most of their careers. For whatever reason Kobe gets a pass as the only "All time great" who's never won MVP and finals MVP in the same year.
Repeating as the alpha is much harder tbh ...
Achilles did it ..
Shaq did it ...
Hakeem did it ...
Magic did it ...
MJ did it it plenty
Russell did it ...
Isiah did it ...
Lebron may do it ...
Bird and Duncan getting pass as all-time greats that failed to repeat ...
Much more impressive tbh ...
Im not even saying I agree with the above but when you compile a silly standard like that ... I can do the same. (no offense DOK)
I know some will say repeating is a team accomplishment but to win a Finals MVP or even a regular season MVP your team needs to play well.
So any abirtray standard could exclude a great player.
Repeating truly requires sustained greatness, so does multiple rings ...that is why the greats: MJ, Magic etc value them most.
Never heard Mj once brag about his MVP "double" he talks about 6 ...
I'm surprised Laker fan doesn't want the spurs to win. 2 out of the three last years the Spurs win the Lakers fine some bull way to retool and them out of the le
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