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Thanks, that is simply exciting basketball. A reminder how great the players are in the NBA who, IMHO, would score 150 points a night if, in spite of an undeserved reputation, good defense was not consistently played by most, not all.
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I have two takes about Ray that I like to drop on folks from time to time:
1) If it had been him with the Shaq-era Lakers instead of Kobe, they'd have won 5 titles instead of 3. Kobe was a more talented individual player than Ray, but Ray would've been a better fit with Shaq both on and off the court.
2) If Ray was in today's NBA, during the pace-and-space era, he'd be 15% better than he was was (which, as we know, is one of the ~7 best SGs of all time). Of the other guys in his cohort only Reggie would benefit as much.
1) If it had been him with the Shaq-era Lakers instead of Kobe, they'd have won 5 titles instead of 3. Kobe was a more talented individual player than Ray, but Ray would've been a better fit with Shaq both on and off the court.
2) If Ray was in today's NBA, during the pace-and-space era, he'd be 15% better than he was was (which, as we know, is one of the ~7 best SGs of all time). Of the other guys in his cohort only Reggie would benefit as much.
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The rift between the 2 cost them a title against a laughably inferior 04 pistons team.
Kobe basically Iced him out. They even put a clock on how long it was before they passed it to Shaq. Lakers just gave One away. Not breaking up could’ve been another one. It’s not implausible
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I love Ray and can't stand Kobe but Kobe is a far better player. I can't say Ray would have won 3 titles with Shaq and certainly can't say Ray would have won 2 with Pau.
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No I think there’s Angrument for sure. But they had enough problems they never really lived up to their potential.
I’m not gonna get into that rigged bs in 2010 with Pau