He's in the Hall of Fame and finished top 10 in MVP voting for 5 straight seasons (peaking at 4th in 2001). I would call that close enough.
The second part is your interpretation of events which obviously fits the narrative that you've chosen to believe in, perhaps because it's easier to blame the player than to blame the organization. Everyone outside of the Kings fan/media bubble has a different narrative and there are several decades of experience to back it up.
The second part is your interpretation of events which obviously fits the narrative that you've chosen to believe in, perhaps because it's easier to blame the player than to blame the organization. Everyone outside of the Kings fan/media bubble has a different narrative and there are several decades of experience to back it up.