Why do some fans rank Kobe Bryant ahead of Tim Duncan?

[QUOTE=StateOfMind12]You are right. I'm sure if Kobe didn't request for a trade to the Lakers, the Lakers wouldn't have made the Kwame Brown for Pau Gasol deal. I'm sure they would have kept Kwame Brown instead but because of that pressure Kobe gave them with his trade request, the Lakers were forced to agree.

/sarcasm.[/QUOTE]
The Lakers were content and were just milking the cash cow that is Kobe Bryant. When Bryant threatened to leave if he didn't have a competitive team around him the front office then started looking to improve the team.

"Do something and do it now" :bowdown:

Not sure if these people who keep linking that NBA poll in Duncan vs. Kobe debates are trolling or just stupid.

[QUOTE=konex]I've also seen Manu. He's the 2nd best player on the team, not Duncan ;)[/QUOTE]

Manu is too inconsistent. One game he will look like the best or second best player on the team, other games he's just another guy on the deep Spurs team.

Duncan is always rebounding, always a factor around the hoop protecting the rim even when he's marginal scoring the basketball (like last night)

Duncan is clearly their second best player.

Just to throw the numbers out there for these playoffs.

Duncan - 17ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3 apg and 2 bpg

Manu - 13.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.3 apg y

Duncan was good in the early 2000 but dude is not great no more. He is just a discent player. Tony Parker, that dude is amazing. Kobe carries a much bigger load than Duncan has to.

[QUOTE=andgar923]Kobe didn't win it tho, you mad?[/QUOTE]
Nope. Kobe merked Duncan and the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals two years later. He was the MVP of the series with an average of 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Everyone knows the WCF were the real finals. To top it off, it was in an 82 game season:oldlol:

[QUOTE=amfirst]Duncan was good in the early 2000 but dude is not great no more. He is just a discent player. Tony Parker, that dude is amazing. Kobe carries a much bigger load than Duncan has to.[/QUOTE]

Kobe fans.:rolleyes:

[QUOTE=General]Nope. Kobe merked Duncan and the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals two years later. He was the MVP of the series with an average of 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Everyone knows the WCF were the real finals. To top it off, it was in an 82 game season:oldlol:[/QUOTE]
What are you smoking?

[QUOTE=General]Nope. Kobe merked Duncan and the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals two years later. He was the MVP of the series with an average of 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Everyone knows the WCF were the real finals. To top it off, it was in an 82 game season:oldlol:[/QUOTE]

But THEY didn't win, the Spurs did.

You idiot.

If I was to draft Duncan or Kobe. I got Kobe. Kobe only needs a additional allstar player to win a ring. With Duncan u need a lot of pieces around him, like great three point shooters, a superstar pg, and star wingman.

[QUOTE=amfirst]If I was to draft Duncan or Kobe. I got Kobe. Kobe only needs a additional allstar player to win a ring. [B]With Duncan u need a lot of pieces around him, like great three point shooters, a superstar pg, and star wingman.[/B][/QUOTE]
Duncan's playoff run in 2003 makes you a proven idiot.

[QUOTE=andgar923]But THEY didn't win, the Spurs did.

You idiot.[/QUOTE]
I said I wasn't mad because Kobe merked Duncan two years later. Lakers swept the Spurs in 2001 WCF two years later:wtf:

[QUOTE=amfirst]If I was to draft Duncan or Kobe. I got Kobe. Kobe only needs a additional allstar player to win a ring. With Duncan u need a lot of pieces around him, like great three point shooters, a superstar pg, and star wingman.[/QUOTE]

This makes no sense at all.

[QUOTE=amfirst]If I was to draft Duncan or Kobe. I got Kobe. Kobe only needs a additional allstar player to win a ring. With Duncan u need a lot of pieces around him, like great three point shooters, a superstar pg, and star wingman.[/QUOTE]
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[QUOTE=amfirst]If I was to draft Duncan or Kobe. I got Kobe. Kobe only needs a additional allstar player to win a ring. With Duncan u need a lot of pieces around him, like great three point shooters, a superstar pg, and star wingman.[/QUOTE]

This is a joke right. Kobe needs to have one of the, if not the best front court to win. Look at Kobe when he had mediocre teams, his teams has done absolutely miserable.

Duncan has carried arguably the worst team to an NBA title ever, alongside with Hakeem.

Duncan even at this age is clearly the second best player on the Spurs.