OT: Top 15 Players of All Time

[FirstTimer]

11 rings > 2 rings.

I'm done arguing about it.

Robert Horry and Steve Kerr > Larry Bird and Magic.

I'm done arguing about it.

 

[Rice Cube]

So...do we have a consensus top 15 or top 50 yet? :lol:

 

[JosMin]

Robert Horry and Steve Kerr > Larry Bird and Magic.

I'm done arguing about it.

You're my fav. I like you.

 

[RosettaStoned]

Robert Horry and Steve Kerr > Larry Bird and Magic.

I'm done arguing about it.

I agree with this actually. I mean Magic has aids, what a loser.

 

[ZoneBlitz]

You're my fav. I like you.

I just met you and i already dislike you.

 

[Axl Rose]

Adam Morrison > Karl Malone

 

[ZoneBlitz]

I agree with this actually. I mean Magic has aids, what a loser.

I dont think he has aids anymore, i see him on TV all the time.

 

[Lex L.]

Dude... the misconception that Russell was always on better teams is just a flawed argument. His years with the Lakers he was paired with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West and he STILL only won a single ring. That's pathetic. Now, I'm not saying that Russell wasn't paired with other HoF players. Russell had Cousy, Pettit, Sam Jones, KC Jones, Havlicek, etc. You're the one who's missing my argument.

Stats only tell you so much. You can keep trolling with ridiculous assertions about Wilt's stats and how he murdered Russell statistically and that's fine. Because when it comes down to it, all fans care about is winning. Wilt didn't win as much as Russell, period. 11 to 2. It's the magic number. I associate Russell with winning, I associate Wilt with a 100-point game, bloated stats against inferior competition and him completely wilting (no pun intended) in the playoffs year in and year out.

Using football as an example, Dan Marino always trounced Joe Montana with stats, but Montana had four rings. Marino? Zero. Who do we remember as the greater leader, the greater quarterback, the greater football player? Joe Montana. In my opinion, Dan Marino isn't even in the top five for quarterbacks. ****, he's barely in the top 10.

For me, it's the same principal applies to the Russell/Wilt argument. If you disagree, that's fine. Bill Russell was the ultimate teammate, the ultimate defensive player and he was the second greatest basketball player of all-time behind Michael Jordan.

Wilt was easily better than Russell. Russell was a one dimensional player while Wilt was great offensively and defensively. Go look at Russells FG%. It's pathetic for a big man from that era.

 

[JosMin]

That's perfectly fine. It's all a matter of opinion.