Jordan is goat but

[Nowitness]

he never beat another top 10 player all time in a series. #just saying

[Nilocon165]

That's because he destroyed everyone who had potential to be top ten and made them look like shit

-LeBeast

[sportjames23]

Um, Magic Johnson? Shaq?

[bond10]

LOL he is the GOAT because he didn't allow anyone to become top 10 (dude won 6 straight rings til his end)

[Nilocon165]

Um, Magic Johnson? Shaq?
Wow.

Op is a top notch retard.

-LeBeast

[Bankaii]

He was too busy going 1-9 without Pippen against Bird.
But he definitely beat AIDS Magic, and young Shaq

[NBAGOAT]

Correction: Jordan never beat anyone who's top 10 if you're only looking at the Finals and don't count 1991.

Anyway, what top ten guy has Magic beat besides Bird, Shaq beat besides Duncan, Lebron beat besides Duncan etc. You usually don't face a lot of top 10 guys in your career.

Edit: Damn forgot about Shaq beating MJ.

[SexSymbol]

In the finals of year 1991 he went up against a certain fellow named Magic Johnson. Very few people have him outside the top 10 mate.
and let's be honest, Karl Malone with two rings is a top 10 player

[FreezingTsmoove]

Shaq, Magic Johnson.....

[Dray n Klay]

Meanwhile Bron beat duncan :applause:

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Correction: Jordan never beat anyone who's top 10 if you're only looking at the Finals and don't count 1991.

Anyway, what top ten guy has Magic beat besides Bird, Shaq beat besides Duncan, Lebron beat besides Duncan etc. You usually don't face a lot of top 10 guys in your career.

Edit: Damn forgot about Shaq beating MJ.

Meanwhile, GOATcan has faced the most beating 3 top 10's multiple times throughout his career, including 2 on the SAME team.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[SexSymbol]

Meanwhile Bron beat duncan :applause:
1 out of 3 times to be exact

[Spurs5Rings2014]

1 out of 3 times to be exact

:oldlol:

[Odinn]

he never beat another top 10 player all time in a series. #just saying
Has Magic, Shaq got erased from the existence?

[NBAGOAT]

Meanwhile, GOATcan has faced the most beating 3 top 10's multiple times throughout his career, including 2 on the SAME team.

not if you don't have Kobe top 10 :D

[Spurs5Rings2014]

not if you don't have Kobe top 10 :D

You have a point, my friend.

:cheers:

[r0drig0lac]

1 out of 3 times to be exact
bang!!

[Spurs5Rings2014]

bang!!

If Pop allows the all time leader in play off defensive rebounds to stay in the game, you're looking at 0-3.

:oldlol:

[Micku]

Meanwhile, GOATcan has faced the most beating 3 top 10's multiple times throughout his career, including 2 on the SAME team.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

Hakeem also beat Kareem, Magic and Shaq.

Magic beat Bird and Dr. J, who was probably considered to be top 10 at the time.

MJ beat Shaq and Magic. Barkley and Malone were probably considered to be the best PF before Duncan came along.

You hardly ever see peak vs peak in the finals. Prime vs prime, sure. Still rare tho.

[tmacattack33]

NBA has been going strong since 1975 (full integration, and more popularity than that weak sh*t in the 60's).

So, it's been around for 4 decades

So each decade will have 2-3 top 10 legends in it.

MJ beat 2 top 10 legends in the playoffs. So that number seems to be just what we would expect :confusedshrug:



Also, LOL..what the fukk are we even talking about. This isn't an individual sport like tennis. What good would it do to beat a top 10 legend if his team was terrible?

[ReturnofJPR]

That's because he destroyed everyone who had potential to be top ten and made them look like shit

-LeBeast

Exactly, guys like Karl Malone, John Stockton, Gary Payton, Allen Iverson, and so many more never sniffed Top 10 status because Michael Jordan took their rings.

[90sgoat]

Lolwut, see my thread here:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=391134

[Straight_Ballin]

1 out of 3 times to be exact

Which is why Duncan will always be ranked higher than Lebron.

[livinglegend]

Which is why Duncan will always be ranked higher than Lebron.

How many times did Jordan beat Bird?
There you have the reason why Bird will always be ranked over Jordan. :applause: :applause: :applause:

[SexSymbol]

How many times did Jordan beat Bird?
There you have the reason why Bird will always be ranked over Jordan. :applause: :applause: :applause:
they haven't met in the finals which usually suggest equally talented teams