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Originally Posted by Mutt
wrong - Jordan and Kobe made their 'help' into 'top tier' help - none of them were superstars. Kobe had Shaq and nobody gave him his due until he won a championship without him. Paul Gasol and Ron Artest aren't Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh.
great players do need a supporting cast to win championships but Jordan and Kobe didn't need 2 other all-star max contract type stars to do it.
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Kobe had Shaq at first, but in these last few years he has been surrounded more by role players although you can argue that several of the guys on the Lakers are all-star caliber players.
Jordan had Pippen who was named as one of the NBA's 50 greatest players of all time. I'm sure Jordan helped in is development, but to say that Jordan didn't have all-star help is just not accurate.