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Official 2018 NBA Preseason Thread - Jimmy Butler Does Things
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Stone Cold was the illest!
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When he retires he’ll be in the top 5
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The only guys better than Kobe are guys that are supposed to be better than Kobe. And even most of those guys aren't better than him
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I'm a pretty firm believer in this. Resume is going to be VERY strong.
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Whut?
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Kobe is better than Wade, but I feel like it's pretty close. Or at least closer than most might think.
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Yep. When I saw those numbers I was surprised it was so close
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Dudes like Mac and Vince and Wade nah. But dudes like KD and LeBron and MJ, whatever
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Why look at 4 years? Put up Kobe’s best 15 years against anyone else’s 15....... kobe was really good over a long period sans the rookie year and post-Achilles
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So if Kobe was coming out of High school in the 2019 draft and Wade was coming out of Marquette the same year, would anyone take Wade ahead of Kobe in the 2019 draft?
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If you swap their circumstances, who do you think wins more? I think Wade definitely wins the 5 rings Kobe did, but I also feel like Kobe wouldn't have been sandbagging for those last couple years with Bron like Wade was.
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Against ANYONE else?
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I definitely think he wins those first 3 nothing against Kobe but Shaq was crazy dominate in that stretch.
I feel like if you replaced Kobe with Wade they beat the Pistons. Wade had their number
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Jigga What?
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I mean the usual suspects he’s compared to. I feel Kobe’s strength legacy wise is how good he was over a long stretch. While VC, TMac and AI were compared to him they all faded away then came Lebron and Wade then Harden. Kobe was in the discussion the whole time and was compared to two generations of elite perimeter players
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Agreed
I only never mention wade because dude was made annoying getting free throws handed to him left and right
I mean he was nick named d-whistle for a reason
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You gotta factor that Kobe was like 21 for those first 3, can't just say that anybody could do that at that age. Shaq was dominant but Kobe was damn good and carried the team at times
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Swap wade or kobe. Kobe was in his prime? Wade was a rookie?
They weren’t beating pistons, stop it
LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs
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Wade won a finals mvp before kobe
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I was referring to swapping prime Wade in the scenario
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Kobe went from being compared to Jordan and LeBron to Wade 
2 more years and we gonna ask if he was even better than Wesley Person
2 more years and we gonna ask if he was even better than Wesley Person
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Like KD and LeBron are basically bigger stronger faster versions of Kobe. If Kobe had their dimensions, he'd be better than them
I probably need to watch it again but I rewatched those finals some years ago and Dallas had no one that could even pretend to stay in front of Wade and Wade was quick as **** back then. They started off hacking him and then the refs just gave him anything. It was more Wade's dominance than bad reffing from what I remember
LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs
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Duncan> kobe
Kareem> kobe
Magic> kobe
Jerry west>kobe
Wade>kobe
Kareem> kobe
Magic> kobe
Jerry west>kobe
Wade>kobe
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