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#3 Honours and Accolades
The coincidence of the two players' primes with that of Kobe meant that Shaq was not considered a serious MVP candidate after winning it once in the 1999-2000 NBA season.
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The Lakers' regular season success split the votes between the two almost equally, resulting in Tim Duncan winning two successive MVP awards in the 2001-02 and the 2002-03 seasons.
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Shaq played a stacked position at the start of his career, meaning that he lost a couple of All-NBA First Team selections to the likes of David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwon.
With the context that we've provided, it's pretty hard to knock Shaq for coming out a bit lower than Duncan, though obviously, Duncan's superior longevity allowed him to accumulate more accolades.
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