The best(okay 2nd best)

[BMR31]

Come on man...I said I was just playing......I have a new respect for you tht I didn't used to........Don't forget to thank me for opening the door to this site for you.....Its working out and I'm actually happy for you....:dunno:

Actually i do thank you. I do love this site. I will try not to "push" as much as i have in the past.................for that very reason. I respect the site.

 

[scottiepippen1994]

Actually i do thank you. I do love this site. I will try not to "push" as much as i have in the past.................for that very reason. I respect the site.

I feel exactly the same....I don't want to be the first guy in history banned from ChiCitySports.......A tear just ran down my face...your breaking my heart asswipe...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBereoyktJY]Eddie Murphy - I I I want the Knife. Please. - YouTube[/ame]

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

tempted to take pippen

but in all honesty im going either wilt(stats),bill(championships and defense,precedenter etc.),larry(defense,offense,overall ability,championships),magic(best PG ever,championships,great scorer,etc.)

probably would go with wilt although those 4 each make a good case

 

[BMR31]

I feel exactly the same....I don't want to be the first guy in history banned from ChiCitySports.......A tear just ran down my face...your breaking my heart asswipe...

Eddie Murphy - I I I want the Knife. Please. - YouTube

LOL no crying fool.:crazydance:

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

I feel exactly the same....I don't want to be the first guy in history banned from ChiCitySports.......A tear just ran down my face...your breaking my heart asswipe...

Eddie Murphy - I I I want the Knife. Please. - YouTube

LMAO you would NOT be the first..not even close

 

[BMR31]

LMAO you would NOT be the first..not even close

but he may be the best

 

[scottiepippen1994]

I want a fucking award right fucking now dam it...Set the trophy next to my avatar...Thanks...

"Mercy is for the week, Sweep the leg"

 

[BMR31]

I want a fucking award right fucking now dam it...Set the trophy next to my avatar...Thanks...

"Mercy is for the week, Sweep the leg"

:yeah:

 

[Bullsman24]

you'd probably have to put kareem there. i think it shows how great michael is though, since there really isn't even someone who jumps out as being the second greatest. the main competition (kobe) is just because he played a lot like jordan.

then again, i think lebron will eventually take second but we're talking right now of course.

 

[BMR31]

you'd probably have to put kareem there. i think it shows how great michael is though, since there really isn't even someone who jumps out as being the second greatest. the main competition (kobe) is just because he played a lot like jordan.

then again, i think lebron will eventually take second but we're talking right now of course.

How can you(CURRENTLY) even consider Lebron in the top 100? He gives up when he gets upset.

 

[scottiepippen1994]

How can you(CURRENTLY) even consider Lebron in the top 100? He gives up when he gets upset.

That's why he's called "LEQUIT"...
Maybe hell end up in the NBAs hall of shame...:crying:

 

[houheffna]

That's why he's called "LEQUIT"...
Maybe hell end up in the NBAs hall of shame...:crying:

Says the guy who has Pippen above Kobe and Oscar Robertson....wow.

Kareem is my number 2 guy in league history.

 

[clonetrooper264]

I'm gonna go with Kareem as well. He's got the championships, he had the sky hook, all time leader in points, and the list goes on.

I'll set my tentative top 5 as
Jordan
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Oscar

 

[scottiepippen1994]

Says the guy who has Pippen above Kobe and Oscar Robertson....wow.

Kareem is my number 2 guy in league history.

:angryfinger:
:talktohand::kick:uke:

 

[MVP]

Well honestly... don't hate for me this or disrespect me but I think there was many other players (as of legends or HOF'ers) that could of easily took over that #1 spot of who the greatest or you can say the ''best'' player was. Don't get me wrong, what Michael Jordan did was phenomenal and that also he changed the game of basketball and wrote all over the past history (if you ask me).

His popularity is at a high level, most people say they look up to Jordan more rather than Magic Johnson or Larry Bird. It's like Jordan's popularity just have taken over with accurate prove and reasons, not that is what his fault but what he does great you can't really say anything about that. I do believe that Michael Jordan has proven himself to be the greatest basketball players of all-time, but his popularity is a big percentage of what got him there.

 

[houheffna]

Well honestly... don't hate for me this or disrespect me but I think there was many other players (as of legends or HOF'ers) that could of easily took over that #1 spot of who the greatest or you can say the ''best'' player was. Don't get me wrong, what Michael Jordan did was phenomenal and that also he changed the game of basketball and wrote all over the past history (if you ask me).

His popularity is at a high level, most people say they look up to Jordan more rather than Magic Johnson or Larry Bird. It's like Jordan's popularity just have taken over with accurate prove and reasons, not that is what his fault but what he does great you can't really say anything about that. I do believe that Michael Jordan has proven himself to be the greatest basketball players of all-time, but his popularity is a big percentage of what got him there.

I don't think its popularity...that is 100% game and accomplishment in my opinion.

 

[Bullsman24]

How can you(CURRENTLY) even consider Lebron in the top 100? He gives up when he gets upset.

wait...what...? some of the top guys in nba history never won. are you telling me that guys like stockton, malone, barkley, nash, baylor aren't top 100 players in nba history because they didn't come up big in the clutch? does this mean you can't put scottie, david robinson, clyde drexler, dirk (until this year) in the top 100 because they shrunk in the clutch? does this mean reggie miller all of a sudden becomes a top 10 player because he didn't shrink in the clutch? hell no.

i don't think it's a question that lebron james is the most complete basketball player that we have seen since michael jordan. to some extent yes, he puts up some empty stats, but there is no question in my mind that if lebron james wasn't a ******, any team would give up any player for lebron. just because he has come up short in his first eight seasons does not mean that he's not up there.

many will say that jordan was never upset and that's lebron expectations. well no one is jordan. but magic, bird, kobe, kareem, wilt, everyone else, they were upset. lebron has only had one team that was expected to win anything and they came up short in the nba finals. or have we forgotten the series that our beloved bulls were eliminated in?

plus unfortunately, i think you have to assume that lebron wins eventually which pushes him up the list.

like it or not (and i freaking hate it) but if i didn't have a likable superstar on my team that could beat him, i would give up my whole roster for lebron james and you would too.

now i have to go hit my head against the wall for writing a defense of lebron james. thanks a lot guys.

 

[Bullsman24]

Well honestly... don't hate for me this or disrespect me but I think there was many other players (as of legends or HOF'ers) that could of easily took over that #1 spot of who the greatest or you can say the ''best'' player was.

jordan is considered #1 because honestly he was by far the most complete basketball player ever. how many players won mvps, scoring titles and a defensive player of the year award? hell, how many guards have won dpoy???

i'll give you a hint: not many.

michael was just basketball perfected

 

[MVP]

I don't think its popularity...that is 100% game and accomplishment in my opinion.

Hey, I agree and I must be mistaken but now-and-days people say Kobe Bryant is the greatest player around in the NBA today.... I'm sure you hear that a lot from media. If you asked a kid today ''what is the first player that comes to your mind when I say NBA?'' They would likely say Kobe Bryant, to me I think they will. Part of it tells me its like a rumor, Kobe Bryant hits a huge milestone then its spread down to others and people start to follow and his popularity just gets bigger and bigger. If I was alive around in the Jordan Era people probably would of said the same thing but only Michael Jordan. I'm 15 by the way..... born in '96 of course and I try to see more things from the past while in today's present.

I think Bill Russel, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, The Dream, Kareem, all those players was as great as Michael Jordan but, they to me.... seem like their weren't candidates of being the greatest player. Michael Jordan, sure, what he does is phenomenal like I said before but what if all those other greats had as much hype as Jordan did and popularity. Would Michael Jordan still be #1? Not sure.

All I'm trying to say is that I think popularity takes part of it. Unless I'm completely wrong about this whole thing... a few decades back, it was all about Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, blah blah blah, then it became Michael Jordan, now possibly Kobe Bryant. The present sticks out more and the past fade. I think I'm 50/50 right and I'm wrong because today people say Kobe Bryant isn't close at all to Michael Jordan.

Not a hater by the way, I respect and have love for Jordan. :bow:

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Guys who all have a solid case for #2:

Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Oscar Robertson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Kobe Bryant

If I absolutely had to pick, I'd go with Kareem.