True and agree. People look towards it though when it comes to being "the best." It's a huge reason why people will always say MJ is the GOAT and why Lebron isn't better than Kobe or Jordan. It's debatable. Well, maybe not MJ being the GOAT lol. The Dream was a center who played both sides of the court and played them well....and then you add the fact that he could put the ball on the floor, could play on the perimeter AND had GUARD moves to go along with a post game.... :x . With the absence of true centers in todays game, could you imagine the work he could do in the league?? :xBBQ chicken everywhere.
I can understand someone having LBJ at 4, 5, or 6 (I have him at 3) ...but 9?! How...?
Yea...whenever I discuss this with people it always seems to turn to rings lol. I'm always like ok fine the conversation is over then if you go that route. I do understand that rings do hold weight but if you go with rings and individual play then Bill Russell should be the GOAT, but I'm not going to open up that can lol. Lebron is a great player, I enjoy watching him play. He's something we haven't seen before. I used to be a really big fan but I lost some respect for him when he complained about Draymond calling him a b.... In my head I was thinking that I would have got more offended if someone actually talked down about my actual game and not calling me a name lol. I've played in games where I heard worse.no doubt.....but yea idk, Jordan (nor Kobe) get a nod over Bron for rings alone.
Rings is just a bullet point for me. I could go on and on about what I think he does better/as good, but I'd probably sound like a hater to this generation who looks to Lebron as goat.
Bron is great. top 10 in my book, but I am not a witness.
^ why would i watch a youtube of highlights when I've watched every game of the series multiple times over? This isn't classic nba we're talking
To answer your first question regarding LBJ. If your looking at resumes...I suppose you could make that argument. However, better players? LBJ is a better basketball player than all of those players other than Jordan and Magic IMO.Because Shaq, Kobe, Jordan, Duncan, Kareem, Magic were all better and accomplished more.
Bron could very well pass those names up in the coming years. But as of right now...those guys clearly had better resumes. So at best, Bron is 7.
How is Bill Russell overrated? He dominated his era. Yes there were less teams, and his was stacked....but he absolutely killed that era which included greats like Wilt.
Imagine if blocks were tallied back then...
To answer your first question regarding LBJ. If your looking at resumes...I suppose you could make that argument. However, better players? LBJ is a better basketball player than all of those players other than Jordan and Magic IMO.
Regarding Russell, if you say he dominated his era...look at him and Wilt's stats next to each other. I'd say Wilt dominated that era, not Russell.
Sure Russell won 11 rings but his entire team were dominant. (Was his entire team future HOF'ers?) And yes there were less teams.
Fair point, but again, keep in mind Russell's teams were always stacked. If Boston was going to focus on Wilt, LA or Philly didn't have other weapons.
. He was more "talented" than a Bill Russell. Bill might've been a smarter player.
To answer your first question regarding LBJ. If your looking at resumes...I suppose you could make that argument. However, better players? LBJ is a better basketball player than all of those players other than Jordan and Magic IMO.
Regarding Russell, if you say he dominated his era...look at him and Wilt's stats next to each other. I'd say Wilt dominated that era, not Russell.
Sure Russell won 11 rings but his entire team were dominant. (Was his entire team future HOF'ers?) And yes there were less teams.
