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ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

Jordan was so good that in twenty or thirty years, stains are still going to be like "so and so is better than Jordan."

History will expose all these pretenders.

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BEAR GRYLLZ
Jul 30, 2006

I have strong erections for Israel.
Strong, pathetic erections.

chicago is a garbage city with fewer claims to glory than a tiny socialist town a few hours to its north

shameful, imo

BEAR GRYLLZ
Jul 30, 2006

I have strong erections for Israel.
Strong, pathetic erections.

jordan also cried like a bitch once and is hereafter a bitch for eternity

get the gently caress out of my memories of the 90s, bitch

polio king
Jun 19, 2004

tenspott posted:

Shaq would dunk on Lew and make him cry.

dunking is garbage. who cares. that's expected at that size - it's literally the bare minimum.

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

JiveHonky posted:

Yeah dude had the greenlight to shoot 200 shots per game. Any other player could have scored 3o-40 a night that way. gently caress kobe.
byron scott enabled kobe's planet-sized ego by telling everyone to give him the ball and that is why the lakers had the second-worst record this season. how the gently caress did he make the NBA finals as a coach- with the Nets, no less

Do it ironically
Jul 13, 2010

by Pragmatica
you can argue chamberlain against jordan though i would say you lose, you can argue kareem for 2-4 all time, kareem wasn't over with people the way jordan was because he was reserved with the media, though he was THE best college player ever

personally though i think curry is extremely overrated. look at lebron, he isn't a great free throw shooter, he isn't a great jump shot shooter, but despite those two flaws he can still dominate a game, curry isn't even close to lebron let alone in the best all time

god bless

of course in all of this we're forgetting magic, but that's another conversation for another day, shaq and kobe aren't in the top 5

Do it ironically fucked around with this message at 20:27 on May 28, 2016

Do it ironically
Jul 13, 2010

by Pragmatica
another thing to note about the fraud warriors, is when jordan left the bulls, the bulls were still a great team, they had great depth and solid all around, people forget that year after jordan they put up really good numbers, meanwhile golden state without curry is just a better than average team in a year where there were so many terrible teams

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

Just close your eyes
Fun Shoe

Do it ironically posted:

another thing to note about the fraud warriors, is when jordan left the bulls, the bulls were still a great team, they had great depth and solid all around, people forget that year after jordan they put up really good numbers, meanwhile golden state without curry is just a better than average team in a year where there were so many terrible teams

ehhhh.. Golden State's ball movement is like all-time greatest. Sure if you take curry out, they suck, but that's because then they have only one outside threat to cycle to, and defenses can dissect them. Replace Curry with another long-range shooter and I bet you'd have a team that makes the conference finals consistently.

Agreed though that it's Kareem/Wilt/Jordan top 3. Wish I'd seen Russell in his day, because pulling poo poo off like hauling down 40 rebounds in a Finals game sounds pretty good on paper, but who knows.

Do it ironically
Jul 13, 2010

by Pragmatica
i dont disagree but what i'm trying to say is that the bulls team faced a better quality of competition and when they didn't have their best player they were still one of the best teams, while imo the league right now is weaker, and the quality of talent from curry to the next best to the next best is a big drop

The B_36
Jul 10, 2012

Do it ironically posted:

i dont disagree but what i'm trying to say is that the bulls team faced a better quality of competition and when they didn't have their best player they were still one of the best teams, while imo the league right now is weaker, and the quality of talent from curry to the next best to the next best is a big drop

You couldn't be more wrong about pretty much every word in this statement. It's stunningly wrong in nearly every respect, congratulations, you've achieved "peak wrongness", a level only thought achievable by Flat Earth conspiricists and evolution deniers.

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

Charles Barkley threw a man through a plate-glass window. He wins.

Bill Barber
Aug 26, 2015

Hot Rope Guy

The Sphinxster posted:

Do you even know how many women Wilt hosed?

Ohio State BOOniversity
Mar 3, 2008

add a zero or two

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL

The Sphinxster posted:

Do you even know how many women Wilt hosed?

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





No MY GUY throws the ball better. :mad:

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

DoctorStrangelove posted:

Charles Barkley threw a man through a plate-glass window. He wins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-_Oji3mLV4

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZaRUpXO-0Q

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3oHRdiJPE

yo mamma a Horus
Apr 7, 2008

Nap Ghost
shaq would miss at the ft line all the time to give the opposing team a chance, a real sportsman

walgreenslatino
Jun 2, 2015

Lipstick Apathy
Obvious that wilt chamberlain was an overcompensating virgin

"How many women have you hosed, Wilt?"
"Uhh... a million"

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

thats what i call basketball

Falun Bong Refugee
Dec 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Abdul Jabbar was so good the NCAA banned dunking for an entire decade because of him. Lets see any of your chump picks top that.

maporfic
Dec 11, 2015
Perception is reality. Jordan being the number 1 all time legend of basketball doesn't necessarily mean he was the best player.

Falun Bong Refugee
Dec 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless

maporfic posted:

Perception is reality. Jordan being the number 1 all time legend of basketball doesn't necessarily mean he was the best player.

I perceived that weak as gently caress season in the MLB. Legends don't look like chumps.

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
Lol kobe and shaq combined still werent better than jordan and props to shack but kobe can suck a dick im glad hes gone

heffsay
Mar 5, 2013

The B_36 posted:

You couldn't be more wrong about pretty much every word in this statement. It's stunningly wrong in nearly every respect, congratulations, you've achieved "peak wrongness", a level only thought achievable by Flat Earth conspiricists and evolution deniers.

This is 100% correct. Curry is the best shooter in the league, but absolutely not the best player at his position.

maporfic
Dec 11, 2015

Falun Bong Refugee posted:

I perceived that weak as gently caress season in the MLB. Legends don't look like chumps.

Chump? Compare your bling.

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer

thathonkey posted:

Lol kobe and shaq combined still werent better than jordan and props to shack but kobe can suck a dick im glad hes gone

Falun Bong Refugee
Dec 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless

maporfic posted:

Chump? Compare your bling.

http://www.landofbasketball.com/player_comparison/kareem_abdul_jabbar_vs_michael_jordan.htm

johnny sack
Jan 30, 2004

One day, this team will play to their expectations...

Just not this year..


This is a pro click.

It's too hard to compare players of greatly different eras. I mean, Wilt changed the game in ways that Jordan never had the opportunity to.

"During his career, his dominance precipitated many rules changes. These rules changed included widening the lane, instituting offensive goaltending and revising rules governing inbounding the ball and shooting free throws (Chamberlain would leap with the ball from behind the foul line to deposit the ball in the basket)."

His 2nd pro season he averaged 50.4 ppg. Several seasons later he led the league in assists.

There are too many ridiculous stats and facts, read about it here: http://www.nba.com/history/players/chamberlain_bio.html

Of the modern era, Jordan is the best. Historically, I think it's Wilt. But if you were to put Jordan into the era when Wilt played, he would have dominated ridiculously hard as well.

maporfic
Dec 11, 2015
Only one of the three have I seen co-staring in a film with Bugs Bunny, which is the one true measure of success.

Plebian Parasite
Oct 12, 2012

Jordan was also the best baseball player ever.

maporfic
Dec 11, 2015

No Such Thing posted:

Jordan was also the best baseball player ever.

Thank you! Finally, a voice of reason.

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Jordan only scored 408 points in the entire 85-86 season, lol what a loser.

Dylan McKay
Oct 20, 2011

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation. I refuse to see Black Panther because they didn't ask the Black Ranger to be in it.

OctoberBlues posted:

Jordan only scored 408 points in the entire 85-86 season, lol what a loser.

hosed up if true

Ayeka
May 28, 2016

tenspott
Aug 1, 2002

by FactsAreUseless

Tru warrier

Falun Bong Refugee
Dec 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
He didn't even get the right guy. It was awesome

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

wilt

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ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

the stilt

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