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Started by Mike Tyson, Nov 24, 2014, in Sports Add to Reading List

  1. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

    Feb 15, 2017
    Exactly.

    I'm only picking Magic and Kobe over Larry because Larry got hurt in his prime. Most of the greats are HANDS DOWN better athletes than him, but I really question if they were better basketball players than him. That includes Kobe, LeBron, and Magic.

    The only player I can say was better was Jordan.

    Larry was clutch on offense and defense. Dude was unreal.
     
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  2. Kon
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    Bron was NOT a better shooter than Kobe or MJ... Jesus is this Bliss guy serious?
     
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  3. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

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    Teams used to try to put everyone on Larry to defend him, and they couldn't do it. And the guy had zero athleticism lmao.
     
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  4. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

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    Educate yourselves on the Legend

     
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  5. Kon
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    Kon

    Feb 15, 2017
    Fitz is getting a little too excited here, soon he's gonna be comparing Bird to the Tom himself.
     
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  6. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

    Feb 15, 2017
    No one compares to Tom.
     
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    Poohdini MVP MVP

    Feb 15, 2017
    Nah cmon Kon the percentages :lmaooo:
    I had a friend arguing with me that Bron is a better shooter than KD this year based on 3PT% lol.

    I get it, it's cool to put Bron in that category cause we're in our primes and we've seen Bron all throughout his, but there's only 1 GOAT. Not really a lot of hard evidence to make LeBron's case for #1. Eye test and overwhelming amount of numbers go to MJ. Bron's obsessed with these new stats like PER that weren't around in Mike's time and Mike STILL edged him in most of those.
     
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  8. Kon
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    Kon

    Feb 15, 2017
    Anyways @M Solo , starting to think you're right about Russell being a bust. Not just cuz his play is still very inconsistent but I saw this interview they did with him on Lakers.com where he took questions from fans.

    Holy s--- I just couldn't believe how apathetic he was throughout most of it, so many questions he just didn't really care about or came off so casual. Then they asked him his top 5 retired players all time and after saying something earlier about how he doesn't care much about stuff that happened before he was around, he jokingly listed off 5 Lakers including and I kid you not.... 'Steve Nash when he was with the Lakers.'

    There were more examples but he just came across so laid back and 'I don't give a f---' like, it was embarrassing honestly. Magic Johnson's working with him now, hopefully he can light a fire under his a--- but yeah I'm not too optimistic.
     
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  9. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

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    I just hate how people automatically think LeBron is the best SF ever, when Larry Bird existed
     
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    I know you were talking about 3s specifically here but yeah if we go by FG% for who's the best shooter then I guess DeAndre Jordan (and most centers for that matter) are better shooters than Ray Allen. :lmaooo:
     
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    Poohdini MVP MVP

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    I thought he was gonna be real good coming out of OSU but it doesn't seem like he's got that burning desire to be great. In hindsight KP probably should've been their pick but hard to know those things until you get the guy in your building. He's still young so you never know but I don't think he's got all star caliber potential anymore.
     
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Feb 15, 2017


    If you got the time this was great to watch. Magic currently an adviser for the Lakers but he isn't shy in saying he wants to take over. Love his thoughts on the current game and players as well.
     
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    Feb 15, 2017
    Lol hes easily better
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

    Feb 15, 2017
    That unselfishness of taking a pay cut is an advantage I'd give to Duncan tbh. Duncan never requested a trade, never drove any other superstars out of town, (he also never played with any) and overall just never had the extreme drama that came with being Kobe. I know some of that isn't even Kobe's fault, being in LA and the closest thing to we've seen to Jordan. Maybe Kobe was on Shaq's level for the second 2 of that. 3 peat, but that still doesn't ignore the fact that Shaq carried a massive load of the team those years. Duncan's 03 finals run on
    Bird is a bit before my time, but I'm sure most people today would still pick Bron over him. That's not taking anything away from Bird. I can only watch as much video and do as much research available to me, but give me LeBron over everyone we've been mentioning outside Jordan. He very well might pass Jordan too.
    Also, LeBron is not obsessed with stats. He's out there to win. You got him confused with Wilt or something.
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

    Feb 15, 2017
    @Poohdini im on mobile and my post was a little f----- up lmao, but I was ending with no Kobe finals run will touch Duncan's 03 carry. I know the competition wasn't the best (played the Nets in the Finals) but Kobe also got away with some of that too (Magic in '10)
     
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    redsoxx "What's my favorite ring? The next one."-TB12

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    :what22:
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    I wouldn't say easily but it's not a ridiculous thing to say. I think the majority of ppl put him over Bird after his 3rd ring.
     
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    redsoxx "What's my favorite ring? The next one."-TB12

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    lol I'm just f---ing with him, he got trolled in that last post. Bird obviously wasn't better.
     
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

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    My bad man haha. Just waking up and reading this while I study and multitask making breakfast while on crutches. Crazy morning so far lol.
     
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    Epic troll my guy !
     
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