what title was the all time most devastating to haters

[kennethgriffin]

1969 Bill Russell ( beating lakers with ring chasing Wilt in LA game 7 )

1972 Jerry West ( captures alusive title in 7th attempt )

1980 Magic Johnson ( rookie claims finals mvp over prime Dr J )

1984 Larry Bird ( game 7 victory vs Los Angeles )

1991 Michael Jordan ( beats magic johnson for 1st nba title )

1995 Hakeem Olajuwon ( obliterates shaq. sweeping orlando for 2nd straight )

2000 Shaquille O'neal ( finally claims first title )

2009 Kobe Bryant ( perhaps the most devastating title ever. was like winning 4 titles in one night. silencing the most overused line in sports "can't win without shaq" )

2010 Kobe's Encore ( only guy on the list with 2 titles that were part of the top 10 most devastating. "means i got one more than shaq" ... without this title he doesnt pass shaq all time or become all time laker goat. and it happened in a back 2 back. making kobe the only other guy than jordan to repeat on 3 separate occasions since russells celtics

2001
2002
2010

2012 Lebron James ( ring chased. colluded. lockout year. but he finally got it done for an asterisk title )

2013 Ray Allen ( solidified his place as the all time greatest shooter. backed up his 2 titles and perhaps the biggest shot of all time. going from maybe top 50 all time to top 30 easly)

2014 Tim Duncan ( with a ton of help and as a side kick to parker/leonard/manu.. averaging 15 points... none the less.. he finally got his name up there with magic/kobe as one of the top all time players with 5 or more titles. dismantling the heat literally and figuratively speaking. sending lebron to a 2/5 finals record and packing his bags for cleveland )

[Im so nba'd out]

That 2012 lock out ring hurt the haters.Just the fact that the thunder couldnt do sht with lebron made it hurt all that much more.The Thunder refusal to adjust made lebron get comfortable and he hasnt folded since that series

[navy]

2009 and 2012/2013 for sure. Pure devastation to haters.
Nikkas still blamin the lockout/ray allen. Any excuse they can find. OP still butthurt as well.

[J Shuttlesworth]

The shot in game 6 caused severe meltdowns on this forum.

[Ne 1]

at your summary for 2012 and 2013. Great bait. But yeah as polarizing as Kobe is, 2009 has to be the most devastating for the haters. Finally put the "Kobe will never/wouldn't have ever won without Shaq" bs to rest once in for all.

[kennethgriffin]

The shot in game 6 caused severe meltdowns on this forum.

agreed.. ray allen might be the only guy to pull off a more devastating effect on people than kobe

i think that title meant 10 times more for shuttlesworth's career than it did lebrons

a 2nd colluding title really isnt all that great

but for ray ray it was his moment



i think lebrons asterisk title in the 2012 lockout year... as crapy as it is... its still one of the top ones for sure


kobes 2009 title is hard to beat though.

lebron got half a ring in one night...... kobe got 4

[Im so nba'd out]

Matter fact i was too young but i know when Jordan won that 1st time Jordan haters were prolly on suicide watch.That has to be the most devastating loss for a hater

[Roundball_Rock]

That 2012 lock out ring hurt the haters.Just the fact that the thunder couldnt do sht with lebron made it hurt all that much more.The Thunder refusal to adjust made lebron get comfortable and he hasnt folded since that series

The Thunder had Durant, Westbrook, Harden and Ibaka yet LeBron still led his team to victory.

[Purch]

I'm assuming by the way you talk about Duncan

2014
2007
2005
2004
1999

[kennethgriffin]

ray allens shot is even more devastating if you realize it stopped duncan from being 6 for 6 in nba finals



poor timmy

[Meticode]

ray allens shot is even more devastating if you realize it stopped duncan from being 6 for 6 in nba finals



poor timmy

[kennethgriffin]

I'm assuming by the way you talk about Duncan

2014
2007
2005
2004
1999

ofcourse .. i respect tim more than anyone else


this era was kobe/duncan ... not kobe/bron... lebron was a blip on the radar like moses malone... kobe/duncan were the magic/birds


kobe and duncan are responsible for 10 of the last 16 nba titles



so ofcourse every title he gets is bad for me. lebrons didn't bother me nearly as much as a 5th for duncan. i even said i was hoping miami would win before the finals started


so i obviously don't hesitate to point out facts like

- kobe would never lose finals mvp to leonard

- kobe would never lose finals mvp to parker

- kobe would never be outperformed offensively by ginobili in 2005


kobe is better than that... but duncans got the hardware. so he deserves my respect

[pauk]

1969 Bill Russell ( beating lakers with ring chasing Wilt in LA game 7 )

1972 Jerry West ( captures alusive title in 7th attempt )

1980 Magic Johnson ( rookie claims finals mvp over prime Dr J )

1984 Larry Bird ( game 7 victory vs Los Angeles )

1991 Michael Jordan ( beats magic johnson for 1st nba title )

1995 Hakeem Olajuwon ( obliterates shaq. sweeping orlando for 2nd straight )

2000 Shaquille O'neal ( finally claims first title )

2009 Kobe Bryant ( perhaps the most devastating title ever. was like winning 4 titles in one night. silencing the most overused line in sports "can't win without shaq" )

2010 Kobe's Encore ( only guy on the list with 2 titles that were part of the top 10 most devastating. "means i got one more than shaq" ... without this title he doesnt pass shaq all time or become all time laker goat. and it happened in a back 2 back. making kobe the only other guy than jordan to repeat on 3 separate occasions since russells celtics

2001
2002
2010

2012 Lebron James (Lebron won a ring... )

2013 Lebron James (Lebron won a ring again....)

2014 Tim Duncan ( with a ton of help and as a side kick to parker/leonard/manu.. averaging 15 points... none the less.. he finally got his name up there with magic/kobe as one of the top all time players with 5 or more titles. dismantling the heat literally and figuratively speaking. sending lebron to a 2/5 finals record and packing his bags for cleveland )

This + fixed.

[kennethgriffin]

1999
2003
2005
2007
2013 - ray allen
2014

would have been 6 for 6...

[kennethgriffin]

This + fixed.

you're dumb as nails is you think that 2013 title was bigger for lebron than it was for ray allen

and you're even dumber if you believe anyone on miami other than ray deserved it

lebron went from top 12 to top 11 all time

ray allen jumped like 60 spots all time