He’d probably be seen as closer to Bird and Magic but the best of the three. They’d all be guys who burned super bright but didn’t have as long of careers as they could’ve. So probably top five all time but I think the GOAT convo would be more slanted to LeBron and Kareem

For whom has this been a big debate?

30 more minutes if any other random redditors wanna post their rankings for no real reason. No more of this once the season starts

They certainly have an argument, but I’d still go with Shaq and Kobe

I actually don’t think it was consensus that LeBron was the best player that postseason. In the Finals yes for sure, but watching all those games as a Lakers fan I felt like AD was the driving force through much of the first three series.

Anyway, to answer the question: any one of them. I think if you just look at VORP, or WS, or BPM, or PER, you’re gonna get a sort of warped view of things. But what I like is to aggregate all of the advanced stats. If you look at all four of the ones I just mentioned and see what players have led the league in all four of them multiple times, it’s like Jordan, LeBron, Kareem, Wilt. So obviously the total picture they paint is accurate, but if you just look at one of them by itself you might walk away thinking Stockton or AD are top 5 players ever

Is this a fucking joke