I
never said that none of them needed help
At no point did I say that, at all. I agree that every great player who has ended up winning, has had at least SOME help. I argued that the quality of help matters, and that when when you get up into players all have sparkling resumes and you're attempting to sort between them, then it's important that they have been the
best player on their team to get the full points.
Essentially it boils down to this: did you get help, or
were you the help? Duncan
got help from Ginobili and Parker. Kobe
was help for Shaq.