I get that Kobe was an incredible player

Jan 27, 2020
7:00:55am

D.T. Survivor Walk-on

It’s strange to retire a jersey number that is not one of their former players. Kobe wasn’t Jordan or Chamberlain, so why not retire their jersey numbers?

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D.T. Survivor

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I know some people may think that the Mavericls retiring Kobe's jersey is an

P-Boy Squad

1/27/20 4:46am

Shaq, Wade, Iverson, Dirk, Garnet, Pierce, Allen, Duncan, Ginobli,

Corn Pop

1/27/20 5:31am

It’s true. We tend to go overboard after tragedies like this

cougarmanguy

1/27/20 5:37am

I think the jersey should be 'retired' only for the remainder of this season

Sir_Ten

1/27/20 7:23am

Aside from Iverson, briefly, none of them rose to the status of Kobe.

Ned Schneebly

1/27/20 5:44am

I would put Duncan ahead of Iverson on any list, but I agree with your post.

mobomanjoe

1/27/20 5:47am

Shaq and Duncan are both significantly greater than Iverson

AF Cougar

1/27/20 5:57am

You’re right, but that’s not really what I’m saying. My bad.

Ned Schneebly

1/27/20 6:40am

He wasn’t the best player of his era

cougarmanguy

1/27/20 5:47am

Define “best”.

Ned Schneebly

1/27/20 5:55am

Shaq didn’t rise to the status of Kobe, are you kidding?

Corn Pop

1/27/20 6:38am

How many people tried to emulate Shaq’s play?

Ned Schneebly

1/27/20 6:44am

I guess if you define stardom by an extremely narrow and singular criteria, then

Corn Pop

1/27/20 6:55am

In the end it’s all personal opinion.

Ned Schneebly

1/27/20 7:06am

Shaq may be the most dominant player to ever play

Backcountry

1/27/20 9:47am

All of those guys were around and were stars. But Kobe was different.

game.blouses

1/27/20 6:39am

tmac was the man for a short time too.

SMITTY

1/27/20 7:04am

I always felt that Shaq was a more dominant and valuable player than Kobe

Backcountry

1/27/20 5:52am

That’s the consensus, I think, in the early 2000s

mobomanjoe

1/27/20 6:13am

I think everyone agreed with you

JOPE

1/27/20 6:28am

I understand the argument but Kobe needed Shaq as much as Shaq needed Kobe.

Ned Schneebly

1/27/20 6:32am

I get that Kobe was an incredible player

D.T. Survivor

1/27/20 7:00am

Hopefully cooler heads will keep this from happening.

Tsisquan

1/27/20 7:20am

Seems more about timing & manner of death

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