thedangerouskitchen wrote:My list has Magic and Bird tied at #4... so for the sake of this poll, kindly award 1 point to each player because, really, how can you say with ANY degree of certainly that one guy deserves a higher ranking than the other?
I don't think you can.
Yes, Magic won more Championships and he experienced more team-success; however you could argue (very strongly) that that was due (in large part) to the fact that his Lakers had a virtual cake-walk to the Finals every year "relative to" Bird and the Celtics, who had to go through the Sixers and Bad Boys just to get to the big dance.
Plus, IMO anyway, Bird was a better "individual" player, which sort of make up for the fact that Magic was 2-1 against Larry head-to-head.
thedangerouskitchen wrote:My list has Magic and Bird tied at #4... so for the sake of this poll, kindly award 1 point to each player because, really, how can you say with ANY degree of certainly that one guy deserves a higher ranking than the other?
I don't think you can.
Yes, Magic won more Championships and he experienced more team-success; however you could argue (very strongly) that that was due (in large part) to the fact that his Lakers had a virtual cake-walk to the Finals every year "relative to" Bird and the Celtics, who had to go through the Sixers and Bad Boys just to get to the big dance.
Plus, IMO anyway, Bird was a better "individual" player, which sort of make up for the fact that Magic was 2-1 against Larry head-to-head.
So this one is too close for me to call.
And the Bucks.
Btw, u can only select one player.
Right... the Bucks were a force during the first half of the 80's.
And if I can pick only one player then I guess I can't vote this round.
"Today's NBA is soft, the Defense is weak, and the rules 'really' favor the Offense."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."
thedangerouskitchen wrote:My list has Magic and Bird tied at #4... so for the sake of this poll, kindly award 1 point to each player because, really, how can you say with ANY degree of certainty that one guy deserves a higher ranking than the other?
I don't think you can.
Yes, Magic won more Championships and he experienced more team-success; however you could argue (very strongly) that that was due (in large part) to the fact that his Lakers had a virtual cake-walk to the Finals every year "relative to" Bird and the Celtics, who had to go through the Sixers and Bad Boys just to get to the big dance.
Plus, IMO anyway, Bird was a better "individual" player, which sort of make up for the fact that Magic was 2-1 against Larry head-to-head.
So this one is too close for me to call.
This might be the most non-emotional, well thought out post I've ever seen you make. It's amazing what you're able to do when you aren't talking about Rose, Jordan, Lebron or the Bulls.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are dumber than that.
