re: Is Kobe the only one of the big three who needed a big man to win a championship

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Kobe - shaq, gasol, and bynum

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Please stop bringing up the grossly over-hyped Bynum whose contributions to the Lakers rings barely rivaled Luc Langley.

Bynum as usual was unavailable in the 2008 Finals, but the following 2 playoffs:


2009

6 pts/5 rbs/1 block in 17 minutes per game( Bynum was barely in the top 7 /8 of the Lakers rotation.


2010

8.8 pts/6boards/1.6 blocks in 24 minutes per game(not top 6 of the Lakers rotation)





Luc Longley:

1996- 8.5pts/5 rbs/1-5 blocks in 24 minutes per game

1997- 6.5 pts/5 rebs/1 blk in 22 minutes per game

1998- 8pts/5rbs/1blk in 25 minutes per game




Gasol was a 'soft Euro' who had never won a playoff game(not series but game) in 7 or 8 years in Memphis with a $58 million dollar contract that no one was really interested in.
I doubt if he was any more thought of than Bosh.. Probably considered a lesser player than Bosh or equal at best whose stats/effieciency improved greatly playing along side Kobe.