Inevitable as the comparisons will forever be when it comes to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, however often fans topple into temptation to debate the transcendence of Jordan and LeBron James, here’s a necessary reminder in these pandemic-hiatus, The Last Dance-doc reflective days:
Jordan’s immediate successor in complete NBA dominance was neither Bryant nor James. It was Shaquille O’Neal.
Truth be told, O’Neal was statistically even more dominant than Jordan had been in those late 1990s. That 1999-2000 Shaq season ranks up there with the best that anyone has ever done: 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 3.