Published 17:40 IST, January 7th 2020
Lakers would have won back-to-back NBA titles for a decade without Spurs, says Kobe Bryant
Lakers legend Kobe Bryant said that San Antonio Spurs team was tough when the playoffs came around or else Lakers would have continued to win championships.
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Los Angeles Lakers team from early 2000s were one of dominant teams in NBA and went onto win 5 NBA titles in 10 years. reason behind Lakers' dominance was duo of Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryan. However, one question that will always be in minds of basketball fan is how many championships se two players would have won had y been on same p during ir time at Lakers.
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Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal split
Los Angeles Lakers traded Shaquille O’Neal to Miami Heat in 2004, but Kobe Bryant remained in Lakers to become face of franchise until end of his career in 2016. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal won three straight titles toger with Lakers, but Bryant believes San Antonio Spurs stopped m from winning seven more.
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Kobe Bryant on Spurs were tough to beat
Speaking on Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s Showtime Show called “All Smoke.” Lakers legend talked about how it was difficult to beat once playoffs started. According to News4SanAntonio.com, Bryant said that Spurs were tough to beat when playoffs came around. He also said that it wasn’t like Shaq and he weren’t on same p, but bigger question should be how many titles would Lakers have won. If Spurs weren’t Spurs, he said that Lakers would have run table for a decade. He furr added that talent, coaching, everything in San Antonio was kind of a perfect and if y weren’t in picture Lakers probably would have run 10 titles in a row.
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Kobe Bryant stats with Lakers
Kobe Bryant played 1,346 career games for Lakers with career avers of 25.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. He cemented himself as greatest Laker of all-time. 6-foot-6 shooting guard was also named 18-time All-Star, two-time scoring champion, 15-time All-NBA Team member, two-time Finals MVP and five-time champion with Purple and Gold. Bryant is third-leading scoring in NBA history. Lakers retired Bryant’s 8 and 24 jerseys.
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17:40 IST, January 7th 2020