In your opinion, Who is the greatest Basketball Player of all time and why?

For jay's statement about no one puts it together like MJ

This reason is pure bull, plain and simple. It is a desperate plea from a Jordan worshipper who realizes his goose is cooked. Here is why.

Let's compare Wilt Chamberlain to Jordan, for instance. Wilt has 56 NBA single-season records to Jordan's 4. Wilt nearly QUADRUPLED the number of 50 point games Jordan had in his career. Wilt led the league in assists, fg%, minutes and rebounds 29 times to Jordan's Zero. He owns 6 of the 9 70+ point games in history - Jordan has zero. He topped Jordan's best scoring season three times and Wilt's best scoring season is 13 ppg higher than Jordan's. Imagine Jordan leading the league in scoring at 33 ppg and the runner up having 20 ppg. Simply put, Wilt was in a class ahead of Jordan.

A Jordan fan will respond with, "Yeah, but Wilt only has 2 rings to Jordan's 6". Fine. That means stats mean very little and the much stronger emphasis is on championships. When one man so strongly overwhelms another in the area of statistical accomplishments, to say he is not better means stats are irrelevant. We are not talking about Kobe Bryant vs. Tracy McGrady or Charles Barkley vs. Karl Malone - guys with similar numbers. We are talking about a mismatch that rivals Shaq versus Greg Kite.

Therefore, to say Jordan is better is Wilt means stats and scoring are irrelevant. Since championships are the overwhelming factor, then we have to look at the man who prevented Wilt from winning more championships - Bill Russell. He has 11 championships to Jordan's 6. He has nearly TWICE the number of championships. Therefore, Bill Russell simply has to be better than Jordan. Let me repeat that - as impressive as Jordan's six titles are, it simply pales in comparison to Russell. To win 6 championships, it took Michael Jordan 14 years and Bill Russell only 7 years. Jordan played 15 seasons to Russell's 13, yet Russell has FIVE more championships than Jordan. Jordan and Magic Johnson COMBINED have as many rings as Bill Russell. Jordan and Magic defined "winning" for an entire generation! Yet, it takes both of them together to match the dominance of Bill Russell!

A Jordan fan cannot say that Jordan was a better individual player than Russell. After all, Russell AVERAGED over 22 rebounds per game. He is acknowledged by most to be the greatest defensive player in the history of the game, and to go along with that, he finished in the top 10 in the league in assists FOUR times (Jordan only did this once). He added 15 ppg to go along with this superior passing, rebounding, and defense.

The only recourse for a Jordan worshipper is to discount Russell's superior defense, rebounding, passing, and his overwhelming dominance in championships -- discount all of it -- and say "Jordan scored more points". However, as I showed above, points are irrelevant. Wilt Chamberlain dominated Jordan in points, and most other categories, but this was all discounted because of championships. You simply cannot say that Jordan's extra scoring somehow makes up for a 5 ring deficit after you just discounted Wilt's OVERWHELMING dominance of Jordan in scoring on account of a 4 ring deficit. And face it: it has to come down to points and rings because Jordan's passing and rebounding are simply unimpressive and his defense - while exceptional - is not on a plane higher than Chamberlain and Russell.

Therefore, there is no way that Michael Jordan can be the greatest player in history

On many occassions Jordan was spotted at the scorers table asking how many points or rebounds he needed to get a tripple double if Magic or Bird wanted to they could have dropped those numbers on any given night but they played TEAM BALL

Now tour your question. I think Magic was the GOAT simply put there was just nothing that he could not do. While Wilt was dominating he was just not as versatile on what he could do on the floor like Magic.

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No question, Michael Jordan. Wilt was a giant among midgets. Jordan CHANGED THE GAME OF BASKETBALL COMPLETELY. And Kobe's game is similar to Jordan's because his game revolved around Jordan's style. There will never be another Jordan, regardless of how many rings other players win.

greatest Basketball player has to go with Jordan

who single handedly change the game of basketball

who has done amazing things that still can't be done today

who had mand an impact on many young kids (during his era) to play basketball

who still have the ability to influence the whole NBA

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the list goes

1. michael

2. wilt

3. kareem

4. magic

5. bird

6.shaq

7.Olajuwoan

8. Russell

9.oscar

10.Duncan

kobe; baylor; west; malone; erving e.t.c

Michael Jordan

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Michael Jordan.

No other player puts it ALL together like Jordan.

6 rings, 6 Finals MVPs (the best player on his team every season), 5 league MVPs, 10 scoring titles, all time playoff scoring leader, all time season scoring leader, all time leader in blocks for his position, 3 all-star MVPs.

It's his combination of individual dominance (10 scoring titles, undisputed best player in the league for nearly an entire decade, multiple MVP awards, and numerous scoring records), the way he raised his level of play in the playoffs, how he led his teams to consecutive championships, and his consistency as an all-around 2-way player.

Jordan won 10 scoring titles, 5 he won while making over 50% of his shots, Jordan led the league in steals, Jordan was the greatest shot blocking guard, Jordan won 14 combined MVP's (3 all star, 5 league, 6 finals). Jordan averaged 33 6 and 6 in the NBA Finals for his career. Jordan averaged 31.5ppg on 51.5% shooting when he wore a Bulls uniform while leading the league in scoring 10 times.

Doug Collins decided to move Jordan to the point guard spot against Seattle on March 11th 1989. He finished that game with 15 assists. Two days later, he had a game of 21/14/14 against the Pacers in just 30 minutes of playing time in a 32-point blowout win. He reached the triple double mark in just 21 minutes. Jordan continued to play at the PG spot until the end of the season. In these 24 games he averaged 29.3ppg, 8.9rpg, 10.6 apg, 2.4spg. Between March 24 and April 14, 1989, he recorded a triple double in ten of the eleven games, including seven consecutive ones. In the game he didn't record a triple double, he finished with 40 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds.

The clear GOAT when you combine everything mvp's, rings, dominance, scoring titles,defense, legacy, stats etc.

The hands down greatest of all time when you look at his whole body of work.

lol @ 'Showtime' You have to use multiple players to argue against Jordan! This just shows how great he really was.

You guys can never just make a case for one player against MJ, its always ''well Wilt had better stats, Russell had more rings, Magic was a better play maker/passer, Hakeem was a better defensive player, Kareem has a better combination of rings+league MVPs'' hahaha

You can't use only 1 single player. When you look at all things for just one player MJ is clearly the greatest.

No player puts it ALL together like Jordan. Kareem only has more points due to playing 20 years in the league Bill Russell was not dominant on both ends. Oscar only has stats and nothing else (a second fiddle ring as Kareem's side-kick). Michael Jordan has everything in spades.

Jordan was the better shooter, play maker, played the passing lanes more, was more clutch, etc. The list goes on and on. That's right, its an opinion, and one backed up with EVIDENCE. There is evidence for about 7 players as GOAT. Jordan simply has the most. Deal with it. No gospel, just REALITY. Pippen was always the sidekick, and only a top 30-40 player, not a top 5 player like Magic, or top 15 like Oscar. Jordan ALWAYS won as the best player, with the best stats, and the only one winning league mvps and Finals mvps. MJ was ALWAYS the driving force behind the Bulls ring. Kareem did not always win as the best player on his own team. Big difference. You can argue Tommy Heinsohn/Bob Cousy were just as much of an important piece to the 60's Celtics, they could have been the Finals MVP's carrying the team offensively.

Your Simply comparing apples to apples, Jordan has the best combination of any player ever and clearly has the best case as GOAT, with Kareem 2nd.

Jordan or Bill Rusell