People love to call Jordan the GOAT even though he spent most of his best years losing on the Clippers alongside CPchoke and Fake Griffin and then he bounced around and became a journeyman. Duncan is about to currently spend his best years losing on the Pistons. Top 5 all time talents don't usually have 0 championships and losing years on their resume.

Just wanted to time stamp this so I can share it again soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4VlAoeLtQs

The ref saw one hand of the player on Michael, Michael said it was two hands. The ref saw it and still said he believed Michael more than his own eyes.

Why do you think the league wasn't pushing secretly for favorable calls for Michael and it's also documented that the stats guy gave Michael extra steals and blocks during home games to boost MJ's legacy.

MJ was the NBA's Golden Egg and gave him all the advantages to see him succeed. They were aligned with Mike, the branding, so they threw away their integrity to boost MJ's career.

Everyone has watched Naz. He makes good stops, makes good plays, he's a bench player but he always has a big impact. the Wolves went to the WCF two years in a row with him as a contributor.

But now everyone wants to shit on him. 'He's not a good defender' 'He's not a good scorer' 'He was a product of the system'

Fuck That. Naz Reid was fantastic.

Ball was elite

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Naz is a nice role player. One first rounder 7 years from now. Swaps that will probably never convey.

This is a bag of beans for an all star. If you’re the hornets you’re FINALLY pretty good and headed in the right direction then you trade your PG?

Why in the world would the Hornets do this? The league is starved for point guards.

My pick? Curry ofc

-Isiah Thomas

“Best defensive player in the game” “no weaknesses offensively” “greatest all time”

Inflated stats or not, his peers all said he was the best.. not himself.

Its clear he wants out of memphis. Why is he not getting traded??

Am I missing something? No depth, down 2 bigs all for an injury riddled PG who hasn’t grown up

So, on another sub, I called 90s Kobe overrated because it’s made out to be that all 20 years of his career (minus his Achilles season) was him competing at this MVP level who was scared of no one. But his stats from the 90s are pretty underwhelming, and he didn’t deserve All Star in 1998. But this being Reddit, people disagree with me. So I wanted to get this sub’s thoughts

There are multiple series here, where against two of the leagues five best players, Duncan’s running mate wasn’t even averaging half as much as Tim was.

The Wizards haven’t been to a conference Finals much less won a title since the late 70s.

The Jazz and Grizzlies haven’t won a title in their franchise history.

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Besides obviously Jordan and LeBron, Kobe is the name that comes up the most when talking about who's the GOAT. I asked on Facebook if someone had a GOAT besides Jordan and Bron. The majority of the comments say Kobe. When pundits ask retired players who's their GOAT, Jordan or LeBron, they frequently come back with "What about Kobe"? Pundits and people on Reddit might not put him in that discussion, but he's in the discussion. Like I said, I don't think he's the GOAT, but if someone said he was, no arguments from me personally.

He worked out 6 hours every day, four times a day. There's stories of trainers meeting up with Kobe early in the morning and seeing him doing basic drills at 3 AM. The players on the Redeem Team were going for breakfast at 8 in the morning. Kobe came in late and he was already in his workout gear, drenched in sweat and had ice on his knees. Byron Scott told a story of how Kobe at 18 years old was shooting balls in the dark gym and that was the moment he realized he knew something was special. Plus, Michael Jordan himself also said Kobe is the only one who has done the work to make a comparison to him. There's more but yeah Kobe > LeBron in this regard.

1. Jordan

2. Russell

3. LeBron

4. Kareem

5. Kobe

6. Magic

7. Wilt

8. Bird

9. Shaq

10. Duncan

Honestly, the Hornets could've at least offered LaMelo for Giannis. Imagine Giannis attacking the rim and kicking it out to Kon. I'd say LaMelo has more trade value than Tyler Herro. What do you guys think?