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Would Lakers have still 3-peated if Shaq had any other top 10-15 guard on the team? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by KnicksNBAchamps2021@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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A common narrative that I’ve seen about the early 2000s Lakers is that they would have still 3-peated if Shaq was paired with any all star guard during that time. That got me think whether Shaq could win with AI, Kidd, T Mac, Vince, Ray Allen or even Baron Davis. Imo I think he would have atleast went back to back with any of these players considering Kobe didn’t add much value in 2000.

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[–] dwrek24@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The point guards its harder to assess because the roster construction has to change. For instance AI can't defend like Kobe from a sheer tools standpoint. So they'd have to switch out D Fish for a different type of shooting guard.

I could see the SGs slotting in to fill the Kobe void considering the tools they all bring to the table. Its turn into a nature vs nurture debate similar to Tim Duncan vs Kevin Garnett. Kobe had by far the best career but how much did growing under Shaq and Phil bring that about?