In Basketball terms Michael Jordan is the Sun - Everything revolves around him

[QUOTE=SamuraiSWISH]The goat did goat things.

That

[QUOTE=ImKobe]30.4/9.2/10.7/2.5 in 24 games as a PG, averaged 35/7/8 in the POs.

He was also close to a 50 pt triple-double in many games that season.

MJ's career numbers would look a lot better in a different system.[/QUOTE]

His numbers would have been astronomical. Remember he also led the league in steals 3 times and had 2 seasons of 200 steals/100 blocks.

But he wouldn't have won like he did if he continued to play such a ball-dominant role. Not back then. It's only because that style failed to win a championship that MJ evolved into the ultimate offensive weapon we know him as today.

It is easier to win playing that way today. I don't think MJ would have been quite as great if he played today because he would have been stuck in late 80's mode his whole career -- winning titles here and there. We may never have seen the complete arsenal that MJ displayed in the 90's because the game wouldn't have forced it out of him.

Michael Jordan is the biggest name in basketball and probably always will be. He's also probably the biggest, most popular athlete in the history of team sports in North America. As great and as influential as LeBron James has been even he can't really measure up to Jordan. Every argument starts with MJ,when fans and the media compare a great NBA player or any great athlete to legends, Jordan is always the name that comes up. He's the standard and he'll continue to be the standard even after LeBron retires. When LeBron ultimately hangs it up I think his reputation will be similar to Wilt, except he'll be more highly regarded. He will have a segment of fans and media members that will believe he's the best ever but the general opinion of the public will be that he ultimately lies in the 2-5 range, falling just short of the mountaintop.

[QUOTE=AngelEyes]Michael Jordan is the biggest name in basketball and probably always will be. He's also probably the biggest, most popular athlete in the history of team sports in North America. As great and as influential as LeBron James has been even he can't really measure up to Jordan. Every argument starts with MJ,when fans and the media compare a great NBA player or any great athlete to legends, Jordan is always the name that comes up. He's the standard and he'll continue to be the standard even after LeBron retires. When LeBron ultimately hangs it up I think his reputation will be similar to Wilt, except he'll be more highly regarded. He will have a segment of fans and media members that will believe he's the best ever but the general opinion of the public will be that he ultimately lies in the 2-5 range, falling just short of the mountaintop.[/QUOTE]
I'd just wait and see how things play out 1st personally, and I'm a fan of both so i won't be bothered either way.

Kobe = Mercury (closest to the sun)
Bill Russell = Saturn (most rings)
Lebron = Pluto (not even a planet anymore)

He was just a basketball player and he retired(3 times). You gotta move on with your life.

The sun is 98.8 to 98.9% of the total mass of the entire solar system. Planets, asteroids, dust, etc. Some speculate that mercury used to be a gas giant, due to having a little bit less craters than the moon, and that Jordan eventually stripped away its atmosphere due to mercury being so close to it.

Despite its mass, it's mostly empty space.

[QUOTE=Akeem34TheDream]He was just a basketball player and he retired(3 times). You gotta move on with your life.[/QUOTE]

This so f*cking much. :oldlol: :oldlol:

[QUOTE=Akeem34TheDream]He was just a basketball player and he retired(3 times). You gotta move on with your life.[/QUOTE]

interesting take

[QUOTE=Mr. Jabbar]Kobe = Mercury (closest to the sun)
Bill Russell = Saturn (most rings)
Lebron = Pluto (not even a planet anymore)[/QUOTE]

:cheers:

Don't you mean everybody surpasses him?

Rings: Bill Russell
Stats: Bron

Yikes

[QUOTE=Rico2016]Don't you mean everybody surpasses him?

Rings: Bill Russell
Stats: Bron

Yikes[/QUOTE]

If there was a donut shaped planet, that'd be LeBron; a fat ZERO. 6 losses earns you that title. Glorified loser.

What’s a king or a serpent to a God?

[QUOTE=Rico2016]Don't you mean everybody surpasses him?

Rings: Bill Russell
Stats: Bron

Yikes[/QUOTE]
Using the accumulative stats theory of yours LOL ...

Thar means Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant are better than Michael Jordan?

Interesting.

One of them was defeated by MJ in two straight finals. Proving he was the superior player.

The other? A coverband 85% version of the man himself.

[QUOTE=PP34Deuce]Lebron in the playoffs averages more activity all around.[/QUOTE]


I already proved to you that Jordan could do Lebron ball but average more points.

So are you saying Jordan should tell his teammates to let him do more passing so he could stat pad some extra assists?