Has the NBAs "best" player ever been on a .500 team?

[Reality]

The year said player was the "best", was he on a .500 team?

Bob Pettit
Bob Cousy
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
Oscar Robertson
Dave Cow
Dr. J
Mo Malone
Kareem
Larry Bird
Magic
Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley, Phoenix
Olajuwon
David Robinson
A.I. 2000
Shraq
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett 03-04
Steve Nash ??

[rickortreat]

Do you mean MVP?


I would say NO.

[Reality]

No i mean the best.
You know, like Kobe Bryant.

[westkoast]

No i mean the best.
You know, like Kobe Bryant.

You really need a life....

[Reality]

I need a double mocha latte B-Rad.  Could you grab me one while you're up?

[Lurker]

No i mean the best.
You know, like Kobe Bryant.

You really need a life....

You...and other Laker fans...should be thrilled that Reality finally admits that Kobe is better than Manu.  Otherwise he wouldn't have just called Kobe the best player in the NBA.

[Reality]

You...and other Laker fans...should be thrilled that Reality finally admits that Kobe is better than Manu.  Otherwise he wouldn't have just called Kobe the best player in the NBA. 

Come on now lurker, Manu is at his best in the playoffs and Finals, esp 2005.  But due to his health and not being stat driven, he's not better when it really counts -the regular season- like the Kobester.

[WayOutWest]

No i mean the best.
You know, like Kobe Bryant.

Wasn't his motive obvious before even reading the post?

[Reality]

 
Isn't it discussion worthy?
I mean if for the 1st time in NBA history the best player is on a .500 team...
No thoughts from all those who consider Kobe the best?

[rickortreat]

There is no "best" player award.

Dirk is going to get MVP.

Kobe will be lucky if his team makes the playoffs.

[Reality]

There is too a best player award.  Just as Laker Fan, koast, W.O.W, msc, and randy.

One might wonder how if any one of TD, Yao or AStoud went to the Lakers for Kob the Lakers would be much better but that is a topic best left undiscussed.

For now, we can conclude that Kobe is the only player in NBA history to be the best yet his team be .500

[westkoast]

This would be worth discussing if the motive wasn't Lakers bashing related.  This is where the get a life comment comes from.  I am a huge Laker fan and I don't even think about them half as much as you do.  Let alone make it my daily goal to annoy people because of it.

Not quite sure what is worse.....just throwing names out of players and saying they will automatically make a team a contender (replacing Kobe for Amare or Yao :laugh: )  Or talking about picking up players for the Spurs that wouldn't work in any form.

Plus one would make it seem like the Lakers are at .500 ball because of Kobe or for no other reason then they just flat out are a horrible team...as oppose to how bad injuries messed a team up who, at one time, was 12-13 games above .500.

[WayOutWest]

This would be worth discussing if the motive wasn't Lakers bashing related.  This is where the get a life comment comes from.  I am a huge Laker fan and I don't even think about them half as much as you do.  Let alone make it my daily goal to annoy people because of it.

Not quite sure what is worse.....just throwing names out of players and saying they will automatically make a team a contender (replacing Kobe for Amare or Yao :laugh: )  Or talking about picking up players for the Spurs that wouldn't work in any form.

Plus one would make it seem like the Lakers are at .500 ball because of Kobe or for no other reason then they just flat out are a horrible team...as oppose to how bad injuries messed a team up who, at one time, was 12-13 games above .500.

Wasn't his motive obvious before even reading the post?

[westkoast]

This would be worth discussing if the motive wasn't Lakers bashing related.  This is where the get a life comment comes from.  I am a huge Laker fan and I don't even think about them half as much as you do.  Let alone make it my daily goal to annoy people because of it.

Not quite sure what is worse.....just throwing names out of players and saying they will automatically make a team a contender (replacing Kobe for Amare or Yao :laugh: )  Or talking about picking up players for the Spurs that wouldn't work in any form.

Plus one would make it seem like the Lakers are at .500 ball because of Kobe or for no other reason then they just flat out are a horrible team...as oppose to how bad injuries messed a team up who, at one time, was 12-13 games above .500.

Wasn't his motive obvious before even reading the post?

Considering that I've never seen a thread made by Reality that he didn't want to work in some Lakers bashing/jabs in?  Yes.

[Reality]

Plus one would make it seem like the Lakers are at .500 ball because of Kobe or for no other reason then they just flat out are a horrible team...as oppose to how bad injuries messed a team up who, at one time, was 12-13 games above .500.

B-Rad with the injury/rest of team sucks excuse, it's unique to the Kobester.
Previous 30 years NBA best players did not have injured teamates and they always had great teamates.
Superb mocha, thank you.