When is he going to use his 4.4 on a basketball court? You are right about LeBron's passing. Jordan doesn't get many assists when he is driving to the basket scoring 31-37 points/game. LeBron looked great passing the ball at the end of game 1.
Thank God you're not a hockey fan. You would be telling everyone that Sidney Crosby is the best ever.
I always enjoy these threads. Everybody has an opinion based on something. Is it stats, championships, domination at a position, length of career or all of the above, etc etc. I have only watched basketball closely for 50+ years, so my take must be tempered accordingly. The most dominant NBA player vote in my lifetime would be Bill Russell. He dominated one of the two exceptions (Wilt) for years. The Stilt got the numbers and Russell got the rings. If championships mean anything, this is hands down the guy. His overall skills would never match today's flavor of the month (Kobe or Lebron). His influence on a game's outcome was :however: more astounding. Of course back in the day, nobody named a Finals MVP officially. No, I am not from Boston. With all due respect to Magic, Oscar, Larry, Mikan, Isaiah, Kareem, Maravich, Barry, & Duncan, Bill Russell stands alone at the mountain top!
I always enjoy these threads. Everybody has an opinion based on something. Is it stats, championships, domination at a position, length of career or all of the above, etc etc. I have only watched basketball closely for 50+ years, so my take must be tempered accordingly. The most dominant NBA player vote in my lifetime would be Bill Russell. He dominated one of the two exceptions (Wilt) for years. The Stilt got the numbers and Russell got the rings. If championships mean anything, this is hands down the guy. His overall skills would never match today's flavor of the month (Kobe or Lebron). His influence on a game's outcome was :however: more astounding. Of course back in the day, nobody named a Finals MVP officially. No, I am not from Boston. With all due respect to Magic, Oscar, Larry, Mikan, Isaiah, Kareem, Maravich, Barry, & Duncan, Bill Russell stands alone at the mountain top!
I would like to differ with you on the Russell so called domination of Wilt. Just because the Celtics were a far better team and surrounded by All Pros and Hall of Fame players doesn't mean that He was more dominate ! Have you ever looked at their head to head confrontations over the years ? Wilt led Russell 2/1 in scoring and led Russell by an average of 5 rebounds per game in their 142 meetings. One must recall that one of the Russell teams included 7 Hall of Famers not counting himself which would make 8 Hall of Famers on a single team. I don't see how We can say that the wins by Boston were because Russell dominated Wilt. Put Wilt on a team with 7 other Hall of Famers and perhaps the game results would be far different.
Happy 70th Kareem
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[h=2]About[FONT=famousbirthdays !important]http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kareem-abdul-jabbar.html#[/h]Center who first perfected his skyhook shot at UCLA, then became the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 38,387 career points as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks. He was a 6-time NBA Champion, 6-time NBA MVP and 19-time All-Star.
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Russell Westbrook & John Stockton own the 2 most amazing feats in NBA history.
Westbrook with the record number of triple doubles in a season & averaging just that over the course of year, and Stockton owning what could be the greatest feat ever in all of sports, holding the NBA all-time records of assists AND steals. That's one record on the offensive side of the ball, and one on the defensive side of the ball. Simply amazing & we'll probably never see that again as long aa we're all alive.
Despite those impressive achievements, obviously neither are the best player not named Jordan.
Jordan was so out of this world, that everyone else in the argument is a distant second.
Names like Magic, LeBron, Kobe, Bird, and others will always be debated since they are so close to being equally good...
Westbrook with the record number of triple doubles in a season & averaging just that over the course of year, and Stockton owning what could be the greatest feat ever in all of sports, holding the NBA all-time records of assists AND steals. That's one record on the offensive side of the ball, and one on the defensive side of the ball. Simply amazing & we'll probably never see that again as long aa we're all alive.
Despite those impressive achievements, obviously neither are the best player not named Jordan.
Jordan was so out of this world, that everyone else in the argument is a distant second.
Names like Magic, LeBron, Kobe, Bird, and others will always be debated since they are so close to being equally good...
Indiana has to be kicking themselves.
Here's a reminder for Pacers' fans...
Leonard was selected with the 15th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers but was traded that night to the San Antonio Spurs along with the rights to Erazem Lorbek and Davis Bertans in exchange for George Hill.
