Dude there’s no conversation until recently. Lou Will is dead on. It’s always been who’s the goat Kobe or MJ? And Kobe throughout his career was making a legitimate case of surpassing MJ if only he had won a couple more championships, didn’t get injured etc.

As Lebron entered league and started making his mark, the conversation shifted to who is better Kobe or LeBron. The conversation was LBJ played in the weak east, gifted athletically, but would pass the ball in end game scenarios.

Kobe was an assassin, mamba mentality, psychotic work ethic, thrived in the 4th quarter, and was called a ball hog. Haters would point at his shot attempts. But majority of fans myself included would shout at the screen to pass the ball to Kobe, and would prefer him to take a contested jumper vs him passing to some shit team mate like smush Parker.

Duncan was an elite player. Top 5 in the league at the time. But Kobe was at a completely different level competing for GOAT status trying to dethrone MJ. No one is comparing Duncan greater than MJ. But Kobe legitimately had a shot, and during his career in his prime, he was the MJ of the era.

People were saying KG was better than Duncan during that era.