Quote:Your post #49 said Shaq was better. It wasn't until I disagreed with your opinion that your selected years with playoff stats that supported your opinion.


If you poll 30 GM's who are starting a team from scratch with prime Kobe and Shaq available with the 1st pick, 25 GM's are picking Kobe. Not taking away anything from Shaq, as he was the most dominant big man in NBA history IMO, but Kobe's position is far more premium than center.

Good attempt at a strawman but actually you said Kobe was the best player on the Lakers, and I said Shaq was,you then used PPG stats to state why Kobe was better and I replied with Shaqs finals stats to which you didn't reply.


I rather have Kobe in this era to build a team from scratch with,for his leadership.Thats not what we were discussing though.Kobe's poisiton is far more premium now but not back then. Which is why I say again if we go back in time to 1999 and tell 30 GMs to repeat the Lakers 3 peat but you can only pick Shaq or Kobe,90% of them would pick Shaq.

---