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How? He himself said the league should retire the number so no one can wear it anymore, but now it's "only right?"
From my perspective it's only right.
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The white #23 home gonna be :x 
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Outside of the injury prone yao ming, name the best players tmac played with
Did he play with Ron Artest or not ? He was a quality NBA player wasnt he ?
Dudes wanna take away every player Kobe ever played with but that makes sense to you
Shaq ok that's a given hes an all time dominant force , but to bring up Pau and Lamar in that same sentence is ridiculous they're not in that same class of player.
And anybody who would group those players with an all timer like Shaq is obviously, blind, hater, or
just goofing around 
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You just said in 05-06 it was close. In 98-02 it was close... I dont recall saying it wasnt close from 98 -02
Kobe separated and shut down that that argument in the 03-04 season. After that season Ai and tmac had no argument imo..
Kobe separated and shut down that that argument in the 03-04 season. After that season Ai and tmac had no argument imo..
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LeBron said:23 it is! It's only right I go back. 2·3=6 We still family 6. #HomeTeam #StriveForGreatness #IPROMISE
corny b. it was never about jordan. he doesnt care about that. he just wanted a nice story line since miami had that # retired. dude is a **** boy
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aye imagine if this dude kept his number decision secret until opening night :x 
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Did he play with Ron Artest or not ? He was a quality NBA player wasnt he ?
Dudes wanna take away every player Kobe ever played with but that makes sense to you
Shaq ok that's a given hes an all time dominant force , but to bring up Pau and Lamar in that same sentence is ridiculous they're not in that same class of player.
And anybody who would group those players with an all timer like Shaq is obviously, blind, hater, or
T mac was already done once artest got to the team
do work son
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Tmac played 35 games that year before ending the season with microfracture surgery I believe. So no, he didn't really play with ron artest. In his prime with the rockets he played with yao..... Then bob sura, Jon Barry, David wesley, shane battier, Scott padgett, Ryan bowen... Need I go on?
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aye imagine if this dude kept his number decision secret until opening night :x
actually would've been cool, but impossible, they wouldnt have been able to sell jerseys, or have pictures with him in a jersey on them.
while we're on the subject, any of my Cleveland heads know when tix go on sale?
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You ride hard for Lebae and always against Kobe , same **** different day....so predictable but you try to appear neutral and it's clear you're not.
I don't "appear" to be neutral. I am neutral. Kobe was my favorite player growing up. I know more about Kobe than probably any other NBA player because of that. I love Kobe. Show me ONE TIME where I slandered Kobe or talked bad about him. ONE TIME. Honest criticism of him? Sure. But show me ONE TIME where I was "Riding hard against Kobe." I'll wait....
That has nothing to do with what I am saying today though.
If you were watching Hoop in the early to mid 2000's, there's no way you can say with conviction, that Bean was the best 2 in the league. Arguably? Maybe, but like I said, Mac and Ai both could make that same claim.
And in a league where the average 2 guard is 6'7, you have to give credit for him doing what he did with his size i'm sorry.
And finally, what does Lebron have to do with any of this? I don't ever ride hard for Lebron. I simply state what's true about him and go from there. You call him "LeBae" though so I would understand why you would think I'm "riding" for him. I don't "ride" for any player. (Except OJ, BG, CP, and Steph Curry)
What was the average age of shooting guards tho when Kobe came into the league
, doesn't matter to you though but since we're giving out bonus points for exigent circumstances surely a high schooler should get a few points.
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dunk contestI'm a lebron fan but I don't cosign this move at all. How do you say "The league should retire the #23 because of Jordan, no one should be able to wear it" then turn around and 4 years later you're wearing 23.
I've learned that we can't take anything that lebron says too seriously.
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Why you keep bringing up the 03-04 season, that was probably one of his worst seasons during his prime
that was rape case season, you trying too hard
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Was what I was hoping for, honestly.
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So you're saying he shut down that argument in 03-04, when he put up 24 5 and 5?! ...
Look at Allen since 00-01 to 05-06. If you still think Kobe Separated and shut down that argument at any given time, I don't know what to say to you. Done with it. You obviously have some sort of bias.
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As soon as we got Pau... AS SOON AS... like, IMMEDIATELY... *boom*... Finals.Outside of the injury prone yao ming, name the best players tmac played with
Did he play with Ron Artest or not ? He was a quality NBA player wasnt he ?
Dudes wanna take away every player Kobe ever played with but that makes sense to you
Shaq ok that's a given hes an all time dominant force , but to bring up Pau and Lamar in that same sentence is ridiculous they're not in that same class of player.
And anybody who would group those players with an all timer like Shaq is obviously, blind, hater, or
But nah, he wasn't that good.
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Why you keep bringing up the 03-04 season, that was probably one of his worst seasons during his prime
I'm saying man
He used that season to say he separated and shut down the best 2 guard argument. Like what? Allen Iverson was better than Kobe that year and then the year after, in 04-05 he was first team all NBA and lead the league in scoring at over 30 a game. (Again)He's clearly showing a bias.
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23... Nice.
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So because Ron and Yao got hurt that means that what ?
Injuries happen I'm sorry doesn't mean he's better than Kobe or can we penalize Kobe because the guys he played with didnt get hurt.
This argument used to make sense but once the Lakers won two outta 3 with Bean leading the charge all this bulll**** mix and match stuff doesn't apply anymore.
It's like the Bron ring jokes doesn't even apply imo it's honestly ridiculous, Kobe's head and shoulders above all those perimeter dudes from the 2000's.
Durability is a big factor in all of this but T Mac doesn't get penalized for getting hurt, actually he gets bonus speculation points
ridiculous.
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To that same point, it could be a barometer of just how good Kobe was.As soon as we got Pau... AS SOON AS... like, IMMEDIATELY... *boom*... Finals.
But nah, he wasn't that good.
But Pau was definitely a force in 2008, from 08-10 he was a good a big man as you could find in the world.
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What was the average age of shooting guards tho when Kobe came into the league
If Kobe was a high schooler in the NBA putting up numbers, he would and should surely get credit for that.
But, I think he graduated HS before he got to the NBA, so he wasn't really a high schooler when he was in the NBA.
Sorry :\
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Should have went 6
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So because Ron and Yao got hurt that means that what ?
Injuries happen I'm sorry doesn't mean he's better than Kobe or can we penalize Kobe because the guys he played with didnt get hurt.
This argument used to make sense but once the Lakers won two outta 3 with Bean leading the charge all this bulll**** mix and match stuff doesn't apply anymore.
It's like the Bron ring jokes doesn't even apply imo it's honestly ridiculous, Kobe's head and shoulders above all those perimeter dudes from the 2000's.
Durability is a big factor in all of this but T Mac doesn't get penalized for getting hurt, actually he gets bonus speculation points
Kobe won in 09-10, what does ron artest & yao have to do with t mac & ai being better than kobe from 00-04? The og topic
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As soon as we got Pau... AS SOON AS... like, IMMEDIATELY... *boom*... Finals.Outside of the injury prone yao ming, name the best players tmac played with
Did he play with Ron Artest or not ? He was a quality NBA player wasnt he ?
Dudes wanna take away every player Kobe ever played with but that makes sense to you
Shaq ok that's a given hes an all time dominant force , but to bring up Pau and Lamar in that same sentence is ridiculous they're not in that same class of player.
And anybody who would group those players with an all timer like Shaq is obviously, blind, hater, or
But nah, he wasn't that good.
We also got Fisher and Phil back that year too and were one of the best teams in the league that year too until Bynum got hurt, but go ahead and pretend Paus an all time great if u want because you need to otherwise your argument is void.
Yeah Pau led us to the finals but now he's the butt if NBA jokes and y'all begging and pleading with teams to take hime
so inconsistent, u can't have it both ways.
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I'm biased but we should give Ai extra credit because he was so small.
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