I was a Spurs fan growing up when they weren't playing the Lakers/Rockets, and rooted for them alot particularly after the 2004 finals since the Lakers were garbage and the Rockets never went anywhere.
I'm not sure how many people are going to put Duncan past Kobe on their all-time lists if Duncan rings again this year. Kobe will be viewed higher just because Duncan has been underrated his entire career and is less of a superstar in the eyes of fans and sportswriters, but I can definitely see alot of people putting him right up there with Kobe. This is Tony Parker/Pop's team anyway. Duncan doesn't really have to do much offensively for this team to win. Any time Duncan goes for 20/10 people get excited... which is an indicator of how far he was from his prime self about 8 years ago.
Lebron will only have 2 rings, but people will definitely be slobbing on his knob if he wins again this year. He'd really need to end his career with 4 rings if he wants to be put in the "GOAT" category and surpass Kobe's legacy. Even if he were to win this year and next year, but never win again the remaining 4 or so years of his career his hype and overall placement among the greats will definitely wane. People like to live in the moment and his will pass five or so years from now when he is no longer the monster we see today.

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