Austin averaged as many points and more boards. His PER was higher. Kobe was TRASH that Finals and his team still won. If he showed up it would've been a sweep instead of 6 games. But the Lakers werent built around their role players, they were built around Shaq who did all the heavy lifting. His sidekicks Kobe, Rick Rox, & Derek Fisher were just a long for the ride. The 2 guys Kobe guarded (Reggie Miller & Jalen Rose) clearly outplayed him as well, why no mention of them? That makes 3 out of his 7 Finals he was outplayed by an opposing wing player (2000 Miller, Rose, 2004 Billups, Hamilton, 2008 Pierce, Allen). All yall talk about is 2011 cuz LeBron's Finals the last 6 years are better than even Jordans. Kobe is no comparison whatsoever