Greatest Athlete Ever

It's just providing context to "6-0," where he gets a 0 only by failing to reach the finals at all 9 times.

 

LBJ beat great teams to get to his first three Finals. But either way, I doubt people give the Warriors much credit for beating good-yet-inferior teams.

Who's the greatest, toughest opponent that Jordan carried them over? The Knicks? The Utah Jazz?

 

It seems to me like Jordan was better at taking care of business against inferior teams, while LBJ is more likely to lead an inferior team to victory over a better one. Depends on how one defines greatness.

(And I suspect the answer, as IP said, is championships, period. If the Warriors win enough, it'll be interesting to see whether people stop caring about context and just count rings.)

 

None of these guys could play ping pong with nunchucks.

 

Bill Russell has to put his 11th ring in a special place.

 

Ron Jeremy probably deserves consideration here.

 

Why can’t they each be the greatest player of their generation?

 

Because young'uns can't ever have something as good or better than their betters, I mean elders.

 

You whine about this all the time. In 15-20 years, you will get it. Or you won't. Your choice.

 

Real or fake?

 

If I get it then, doesn't that only support my argument now?

 

*raises hand*

Is it possible to think LBJ is the greatest raw basketball talent of all time, but you'd still want MJ to take the shot if your life were on the line?

 

No. Go away

 

Pretty good

 

It's Seabiscuit

 

No it isn't, I will be staring at the ceiling tonight trying to figure out which of us would be right.

 

What no woman candidates? Oh that's right, someone already said Bruce Jenner.