NVE was inconsistent, he can go hot and cold very quickly, one of the worst all-star selections ever. Kobe was an all-star because fans loved him. He got voted in. The Lakers' forward positions got abused in the WCF by Malone. How was that team 2 deep at every position? LMAO your dad should have worn rubber. Good players do not suck so bad in the playoffs like Nick Van Exel and all-stars do not average 13.8 points and 6.9 assists and shoot only 41.9% from the field.
Nick Van Exel averaged 11.6 points in the playoffs in 98. Disappeared like Mo Williams in the playoffs and it was the only year he made an all-star game. That 98 Lakers team was Shaq and arguably with Eddie Jones, who scored 17 points per game in the playoffs and shooting with good efficiency.
Nick Van Exel had a 17.8 PER in the regular season that year, definitely not all-star efficiency and a horrible 11.5 PER that playoffs. A definition of a playoff choker from his playoff appearances. Eddie Jones showed up that year in the playoffs improving from his 18.0 PER to a 20.6.
Speaking of Kobe Bryant, he was the only one in that group who could be considered young and his skills have not developed fully yet. He was also not an all-star caliber player, playing only 26 minutes a game, although he had good production for that 26 minutes. His PER also dropped from 18.5 in the regular season to 12.8 in the playoffs. How is that team stacked?
The only guy doing the heavy workload in Shaquille O'Neal with a 28.8 PER in the regular season, putting up monster stats and carrying the team like a MVP caliber player. In the playoffs, he had a great 31.0 PER but lost because of ty teammates like Nick Van Exel who couldn't lift his game in the playoffs and only knew how to choke.
Great ing stacked team with Shaq carrying everybody's ass in the playoffs. It is like calling the 2009 Cavs stacked because of LeBron James.
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