He has the potential to be the greatest defender of all time while being the best offensive player in the league.
He has the potential to be the greatest defender of all time while being the best offensive player in the league.
LeBron 2016
Jordan 1998
Shaq 2001
Tim Duncan 2003
Dirk 2011
Shout out Allen Iverson’s game 1 win vs the Lakers and KD’s gigantic toe on the line
Criteria - The athletes who could best use their physical abilities to win basketball games.
Here first names that come to mind for GOAT race:
Wilt Chamberlain
LeBron James
Michael Jordan
Shaquille O’Neil
Bill Russell
Zion Williamson
Vince Carter
Allen Iverson
Russell Westbrook
Julius Irving
I’ll make an example of Jericho Sims to show what I don’t want. He can touch the top of the back board but can’t get playing time. Why? Because he has no ability to apply that insane athleticism.
Some amount of skill is also indexed in this. If you are a hyper athletic guard, you need to be able to dribble the ball. It ranges from balance (lots of overlap) to hand-eye coordination (medium overlap) to a set jumper (no overlap).
“Third best player in the League” Tier —
Embiid, Steph, Luka, Durant
Next Tier —
Tatum, AD, LeBron, Butler
Offense : MJ, LeBron, Shaq
Defense : Draymond, KG, Bill Russell
Superstars - Nash, Stockton
The rest were just solid all stars or fell of due to injury too quickly.
JJJ, Giannis, or Mobley
This is why we will never get a team in Mexico City or Hawaii
Nuggets - Celtics - Mavericks - Spurs
Giannis is top a 10 athlete to ever play basketball
I want a healthy Lonzo Ball
If Luka plays 20 years will he break LeBron’s scoring record?
I’m surprised Wemby doesn’t have a higher assist rate
MPJ kept bricking threes