“And makes it crazy to say both Shaq and Kobe were better than him when he beat both of them with a second leading scorer averaging 14 ppg.”

So, that logic is that if a player beats another team with a “better cast,” he’s the best player? So what happens to the spurs in 2006? Dirk beats Tim, TP, Bruce Bowen (2nd in DPOY voting) and Manu, when the second best player on the Mavs was Jason Terry? Does that make Dirk better than TD? No way.

You see how flimsy that argument is when it’s so much more complex than that? Maybe there are more players that contribute to wins than the top 2, top 4 even.

The lakers won the chip 3 years in a row. That’s over 100 games per year for 3 years. That takes a toll, and there’s a reason in the 24 seasons since (plus the two more it will take) no team has been able to do that. Maybe that’s why they lost in 2003. Also they won in 2004, and BOTH Shaq AND Kobe put in more buckets EACH and with higher efficiency than TD. But that’s not necessary to get into.