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This goes back to that whole "Who's won a title on their own?" debate.

I would like to see him win a title when his team was not actually favorites.

All I'm asking for.

Lebron did it 2X
 

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This goes back to that whole "Who's won a title on their own?" debate.

The answer to your question is nobody. Not Mikan. Not Russell. Not Wilt. Not KAJ. Not Magic. Not Bird. Not even the GOAT, His Airness.
 

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I would like to see him win a title when his team was not actually favorites.

All I'm asking for.

Lebron did it 2X

I think Lebron did it 3x. Those OKC and Spurs series respectively were very close in terms of odds.

Having said that, Durant's done his job in the Finals sans for 1 game (in which GS still won).
 

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He had a great supporting cast as well as a great coach. That's more of an outlier than the norm.

Right, but since Dirk was the only All Star on that team it's seen as him winning 'by himself'.
 

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Right, but since Dirk was the only All Star on that team it's seen as him winning 'by himself'.

I agree. I just don't see that as a reason to validate Durant. Dallas had a really good team around Dirk and Carlisle's a severely underrated coach. Not the latter's fault that Cuban's no longer as invested into his team as he used to and that their FO is a joke. More often than not, you need multiple all stars to even get to an NBA Finals, let alone win one.
 
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He still had Shaq who was an all star and all NBA first team that year.

Yeah Wade didn't win it by himself either. Had an amazing roster and although Shaq wasn't what he used to be, he was still an all star level player.
 
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Yeah Wade didn't win it by himself either. Had an amazing roster and although Shaq wasn't what he used to be, he was still an all star level player.


Yeah, That was Shaq's last good year, IMO and honestly (going off memory here), during the Finals, I actually felt that Zo was playing better than him but yeah, that was a great Heat team with GP and Haslem, Posey etc.
 
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