Uh, who are you, exactly? A mod?
Why the Dick like response? Simply giving my opinion.
Right, which is exactly what we're doing.
So you agree with me.
And there will never be another Wilt, or another Bill Russell, or Kareem, or Magic, or Bird, or MJ, or Kobe, or LBJ. Each is different in his own way. For that matter, there won't even be another Paul Mokeski.
Wilt, nor Russell, nor any other player has ever reached the global heights of Michael Jordan. Obviously my opinion, but his reach was further than any other basketball icon.
I thought we were talking about who is the better basketball player, not "marketing" and not "impact on society". If that's the issue, then doesn't TMZ have a website or something to discuss Taylor Swift and the Kardashians?
Jordan's impact went beyond basketball and blew open doors for ALL athletes; why limit a discussion of him? In terms of basketball, he was the greatest, IMO. But that's not disrespectful to LBJ.
Now that's probably Bill Russell.
that's your opinion; certainly not fact.
And neither will Russell's or Wilt's, or Larry's or Magic's.....
redundant
Nor is it disrespectful to MJ to give the proper respect to LBJ.
As for me, I wouldn't have made this argument last year. But to me, what LBJ has done this year in terms of elevating an entire team is unmatched. MJ's game did not elevate his teammates' game anything close to the same extent, and given that it's a team game, that should count for a lot.
LBJ doesn't need to be validated by attempting to discredit MJ. Different players, different times, different rules.
LBJ is a great. each person will have their opinion as to who is the "greatest". I throw my opinion out there; to me its Jordan, just like I think Montana was the greatest QB of all time. Its my opinion.
But the need to belittle either player is petty. Both are greats.
