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coastalmarker99
05-10-2021, 10:22 AM
In this what-if

Jordan would now be 0 out of 6 in the finals

Lebron would now be 6 out of 10 in the finals

Russell would now be 1 out of 11 in the finals

Kareem would now be 4 out of 10 in the finals

Shaq would now be 2 out of 6 in the finals

Kobe would now be 2 out of 7 in the finals

Magic would now be 4 out of 9 in the finals.

Bird would now be 2 out of 5 in the finals

Wilt would now be 4 out of 6 in the finals

West would now be 8 out of 9 in the finals

Baylor would be now 8 and 0 in the finals.

Tim would be now 1 out of 6 in the finals.

Oscar would be now 0 out of 1 in the finals.

Karl Malone would be now 3 out of 0 In the finals

John Stockton would be now 2 out of 0 in the finals.

Iverson would be now 1 out of 0 in the finals

Jason Kidd would be now 2 and 1 in the finals.


If that was the case how would your present-day top ten list change from where it is now?
ArbitraryWater
05-10-2021, 10:24 AM
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8Ball
05-10-2021, 10:24 AM
Jerry West would be the GOAT
coastalmarker99
05-10-2021, 10:26 AM
Jerry West would be the GOAT


Maybe or Baylor but I do personally think most people would give the goat title to Lebron or Wilt in this timeline.
ArbitraryWater
05-10-2021, 10:27 AM
In order for the outcome to be different, teams / players must have played different.

So whats the context to the result change?
coastalmarker99
05-10-2021, 10:45 AM
One thing is for sure and that is people wouldn't ask why Jerry West is the logo if he had 8 rings to his name.
iamgine
05-10-2021, 11:01 AM
Lebron would be unanimous GOAT for a long long time. He won as a 22 years old in 2007 with Drew Gooden as his second option. And in this scenario the 2016 73-win Warriors team won the title then added Durant. Then Lebron beat that team twice in 2017 and 2018. There would be no more argument who's the GOAT.
FultzNationRISE
05-10-2021, 12:35 PM
I dont think it changes anything, honestly.

Lebron would still be GOAT. MJ’s losses probably wouldnt be held that much against him, he’d still be borderline top 5 and so on.
Gohan
05-10-2021, 10:10 PM
no one would question iverson being top 10 of all time
L.Kizzle
05-10-2021, 11:13 PM
Baylor would be the GOAT - 8 and 0
Russell would be looked at as Baylor possibly. 1-10.