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Started by Mike Tyson, Nov 24, 2014, in Sports Add to Reading List

  1. Big Mitch
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

    Aug 7, 2018
    Lmao this is stupid LeBron has 3 rings in the 10s too. And you could argue that duncan owned the 00s over Kobe but idrc that much.
     
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  2. Motor City
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    Well Kobe won all 5 of his rings in the 00's. Duncan won one of his 5 in the 10's
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    True, but he also didn’t have a guy as dominant as Shaq- he kinda was the shaq of his team in that sense. That would be my main point, but I still don’t have much of an argument cuz I don’t mind putting Kobe there.
     
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    Greatest coach of all time who had both his stars request trades and hasnt won a chip without multiple hall of famers on his squad lol
     
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    Indeed. The 2000's could be a Kobe/Duncan split then. Or h---, just give it to Shaq cause personally I think Shaq is the 5th best player of all time above both of them :stephena:
     
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    Poohdini MVP MVP

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    Aldridge been soft though, and what team wins a chip without multiple hall of famers
     
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    No team has but pop is gassed, wouldnt blame any play who doesn’t wanna play for a team where the coach gets all the credit regardless of how good u are
     
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    Theres always a million people that wanna talk about pop’s system but couldnt tell u a thing about it
     
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  9. Big Mitch
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    Lol Kawhi loved not getting the attention.

    Pop is an incredible coach, and probably the best of all time. You’re stupid to not blame anyone who wouldn’t wanna play for him. That’d practically be saying they don’t wanna win. That’s ridiculous.

    The fact of the matter is that Kawhi didn’t have issues with the players or Pop, it was an organizational thing.
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    Pop just took a team with Aldridge and a bunch of role players to 47 wins lmao
     
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    He's won 5 chips across 2 decades which means he's been able to adapt his style constantly. They haven't missed the playoffs in 20 years lol. Having Timmy and then getting Kawhi obviously help but he's undeniably a top 3 coach ever
     
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    That's my MVP
     
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    Curry about to have 4 though lol, maybe 5.

    Kobe's got 5 in the 00s compared to Timmy's 3
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    LeBron has literally been in every single finals this decade minus 2010 tho lol. And curry doesn’t have a finals MVP. His dominance is good and all, but it really didn’t start till 2014-15.

    And yeah that’s fine about Kobe vs. Duncan. I will always view Duncan as the better guy but see my point above - I don’t mind saying Kobe ran the 2000s.
     
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    Curry has 2 MVPs and soon to be 4 rings, minimum. At the very least it’s another Kobe/Duncan scenario with Bron and Curry for this decade.
     
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    I feel like KD played a bigger role in the last title though and imo will be more likely to play a bigger role in future titles too.

    So I dunno, 2010s=Bron, KD and Steph maybe? Hard to pick just one, especially if KD is the main contributor in a future championship.
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    I just think the clear cut best player of the past 8 years has easily been LeBron. He has been doing it all 8 years too. Curry has the MVPs and rings (although can you really count the last 2?) but bron has definitely been the best player on the planet
     
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    Of course you count the last 2 lol, that's like saying LeBron's Miami rings or Kobe's with Shaq don't count
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    The difference being LeBron was the driving force for those rings and wasn’t out half of the playoffs. I’m fine with counting them but they aren’t as impressive/important as the 3-1 comeback or 2013 ship.
     
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    Poohdini MVP MVP

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    They won without KD, and just because Steph didn't get a finals MVP doesn't mean he wasn't a driving force. That team orbits around him.

    I'm not arguing Steph is a better player, I just don't think there's more holes in his resume than LeBron's.
     
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