Who was the GOAT during the 00's?

[Bosnian Sajo]

A lot of us grew up during this era of basketball, and for me personally it's the era that bring me the most nostalgia and best memories of NBA basketball. But who is the GOAT of this era? At first when I started to make this thread it was going to be between Duncan and Bryant only, but I have to include Shaq in this list even though he kind of fell off after they won the title in 2006. But anyways, there is also an option for other and feel free to list your argument as to why anyone else (I wonder who...) would be the GOAT of the 00's.

00's = 2000-2009

Duncan:

Accolades: 2x MVP, 3x NBA Champion, 2x Finals MVP, 10x All-Star, 1x All-Star MVP

All-NBA: 7x 1st Team All-NBA, 3x 2nd Team All-NBA, 7x 1st Team All-Defense, 3x 2nd Team All-Defense



Regular Season Statistics (Totals, 767 Games): 16,431 points -- 8,999 rebounds -- 2,502 assists -- 589 steals -- 1,786 blocks

Regular Season Statistics (Per Game): 21.4ppg (50.4% FG, --% 3pt, 68.6% FT) -- 11.7rpg -- 3.3apg -- 0.8spg -- 2.3bpg



Playoffs Statistics (Totals, 134 Games): 3143 points -- 1739 rebounds -- 496 assists -- 93 steals -- 353 blocks

Playoffs Statistics (Per Game): 23.5ppg (49.9% FG, --% 3pt, 68.3% FT) -- 13.0rpg -- 3.7apg -- 0.7spg -- 2.6bpg



Bryant:

Accolades: 1x MVP, 4x NBA Champion, 1x Finals MVP, 10x All-Star, 3x All-Star MVP

All-NBA: 7x 1st Team All-NBA, 2x 2nd Team All-NBA, 1x 3rd Team All-NBA, 7x 1st Team All-Defense, 2x 2nd Team All-Defense



Regular Season Statistics (Totals, 748 Games): 21,065 points -- 4,381 rebounds -- 3,921 assists -- 1,246 steals -- 431 blocks

Regular Season Statistics (Per Game): 28.2ppg (45.7% FG, 34.2% 3pt, 86% FT) -- 5.9rpg -- 5.2apg -- 1.7spg -- 0.6bpg



Playoffs Statistics (Totals, 147 Games): 4053 points -- 802 rebounds -- 765 assists -- 226 steals -- 103 blocks

Playoffs Statistics (Per Game): 27.6ppg (45.0% FG, 33.4% 3pt, 81.5% FT) -- 5.5rpg -- 5.2apg -- 1.5spg -- 0.7bpg



O'Neal:

Accolades: 1x MVP, 4x NBA Champion, 3x Finals MVP, 9x All-Star, 3x All-Star MVP

All-NBA: 7x 1st Team All-NBA, 1x 3rd Team All-NBA, 3x 2nd Team All-Defense



Regular Season Statistics (Totals, 662 Games): 15,276 points -- 7,029 rebounds -- 1,789 assists -- 344 steals -- 1,431 blocks

Regular Season Statistics (Per Game): 23.1ppg (58.5% FG, --% 3pt, 52.2% FT) -- 10.6rpg -- 2.7apg -- 0.5spg -- 2.2bpg



Playoffs Statistics (Totals, 137 Games): 3,359 points -- 1717 rebounds -- 349 assists -- 66 steals -- 308 blocks

Playoffs Statistics (Per Game): 24.5ppg (56.1% FG, --% 3pt, 49.4% FT) -- 12.5rpg -- 2.5apg -- 0.5spg -- 2.2bpg



If you selected "Other", please post their bio's in the same format as the above 3 so that it is easier for people to review and make their selections. I realize this might not be the most unbiased place for this...but what the hell, lettuce see where this goes.

[Smoke117]

Kevin Garnett should be an option. He had a bigger impact than Kobe ever did but was just imprisoned on that Twolves team during his prime playing with hacks.

[superduper]

Imagine thinking Garnett could make the playoffs with this cast let alone win the chip:

Vujacic
Farmar
Adam Morrison
Shannon Brown
Josh Powell
Chris Mihm
Mbenga
Radmanovic
Sun Yue
Walton
Rookie Bynum
Lamar "What happened to him after Kobe again?" Odom
Ron "Beg naked Kobe in the shower" Artest
Pau "0-16" Gasol


:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Bosnian Sajo]

Kevin Garnett should be an option. He had a bigger impact than Kobe ever did but was just imprisoned on that Twolves team during his prime playing with hacks.


Feel free to create a bio for him and I'll be more than willing to add him.


Just copy/paste my formatting and fill in the stats, shouldn't take longer than 5 minutes.

[ScalsFan21]

Shaq. By a good amount.

[Mr Feeny]

Shaq leaves everyone in dust. Then a significant gap. Then Duncan.

Then it depends on whether you value individual impact or rings. Garnett and Lebron both have a claim for 3rd place based on peak level.

[LAmbruh]

Shaq with Lebron/Duncan right on his tail

[Bosnian Sajo]

Shaq leaves everyone in dust. Then a significant gap. Then Duncan.

Then it depends on whether you value individual impact or rings. Garnett and Lebron both have a claim for 3rd place based on peak level.


Not like there's a player in the OP with both....


And considering Lebron loses 3 years to everyone else, he wouldn't have an advantage one way or the other.

[Bosnian Sajo]

Why don't you guys actually vote instead of just posting though? 3 posts are for Shaq, yet he only has 1 vote :oldlol:


Kobe carrying it so far with 50% of the vote.

[Bosnian Sajo]

Also, how do you make it so that the poll is not anonymous? What's the point, I want to see what posters picked who.

[Smoke117]

Why don't you guys actually vote instead of just posting though? 3 posts are for Shaq, yet he only has 1 vote :oldlol:


Kobe carrying it so far with 50% of the vote.

What is the point of voting when this board is 90% stupidity coupled with moronic bias. Making a poll on this this board is absolutely worthless. Go make this on a board that actually has more than 10% actual worthwhile posts.

['Toine=MVP]

There really wasn't a clear cut GOAT of 00s, but Shaq was by far the best in the early part and LeBron was by far the best by the end of the 00s. For a couple years in between it was Duncan. I voted for Shaq in this, but it's a bad and pointless poll.