2014 Anger General Geatest of All Time: #20 selection

[Bush4Ever]

There's not quantitative way to measure if Barry > Erving, Moses and Gilmore or even GSW > Kentucky Colonels or NY Nets in 1975.

I know. That's why I said heuristic, and not measurement.

[AbeVigodaLive]

There's not quantitative way to measure if Barry > Erving, Moses and Gilmore or even GSW > Kentucky Colonels or NY Nets in 1975.

I know. That's why I said heuristic, and not measurement.

Use simpler words for me. Please.

[Bush4Ever]

Use simpler words for me. Please.

Heuristic (/hjʉˈrɪstɨk/; Greek: "Εὑρίσκω", "find" or "discover") refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery that find a solution which is not guaranteed to be optimal, but good enough for a given set of goals. Where the exhaustive search is impractical, heuristic methods are used to speed up the process of finding a satisfactory solution via mental shortcuts to ease the cognitive load of making a decision. Examples of this method include using a rule of thumb, an educated guess, an intuitive judgment, stereotyping, or common sense.

[AbeVigodaLive]

Use simpler words for me. Please.

Heuristic (/hjʉˈrɪstɨk/; Greek: "Εὑρίσκω", "find" or "discover") refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery that find a solution which is not guaranteed to be optimal, but good enough for a given set of goals. Where the exhaustive search is impractical, heuristic methods are used to speed up the process of finding a satisfactory solution via mental shortcuts to ease the cognitive load of making a decision. Examples of this method include using a rule of thumb, an educated guess, an intuitive judgment, stereotyping, or common sense.

User fewer words for me. Please.

[Bush4Ever]

User fewer words for me. Please.

[PhutureDynasty]

Baylor seems to have this locked up.

Mercy rule already?

[Y2K]

Well he has that 1 ring why Ewing and others who we might end up putting ahead of him do not.

Robert Horry has 7 rings though so Horry > Barry?

I will argue day and night before I concede Ewing is better than Barry. There's no way Ewing is finishing higher than Barry on this list.

And Barkley doesn't have a ring. He lost against one of the best teams of all time in the Finals. Barry beat one of the worst teams of all time for his title. Luck and circumstance has a lot to do with titles sometimes.

That is what I tried to make for Baylor with the Selvy missed shot at the end of game 7 which would have won the game and title for the Lakers in 62. Well there is a reason why Ewing hasn't been nominated yet over the players that have been and y2k probably wants to wait till that list gets trimmed some before nominating anybody else.

Exactly.

[Y2K]

Argument for David Robinson

21.1 ppg, 10.6 bds, 3.0 blks

2× NBA champion (1999, 2003)
NBA Most Valuable Player (1995)
10× NBA All-Star (1990–1996, 1998, 2000–2001)
4× All-NBA First Team (1991–1992, 1995–1996)
2× All-NBA Second Team (1994, 1998)
4× All-NBA Third Team (1990, 1993, 2000–2001)
NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1992)
4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1991–1992, 1995–1996)
4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1990, 1993–1994, 1998)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1990)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1990)
NBA Sportsmanship Award (2001)
NBA scoring champion (1994)
NBA blocks leader (1992)
NBA rebounding leader (1991)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
No. 50 retired by San Antonio Spurs
USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1986)
Consensus National Player of the Year (1987)
Consensus first team All-American (1987)
Consensus second team All-American (1986)
NCAA Silver Anniversary Award (2012)

D-Rob is a great case. Biggest Knocks on him is:

-relative shorter prime (24 year old rookie)

-lack of consistency in the playoffs

[Y2K]

Lots of discussion here, but it seems like nobody's going to catch Mr. Baylor. I think we should move on to #21, though I defer to y2ktors on that.

Yeah we'll wrap this round up in a few hours. There was a lack of votes but it was great conversation.

[Y2K]

My selection for this round is Dirk Nowitzki.

[876Stephen]

One more point about Baylor.

You guys kep bringing up how impressive it was to make that many finals.

Really?

Considering that there was never any teams in the west that could compete with the lakers at the time. How impressive is that? They alwats had the best team in the west by far and were always the favorites.

Is it a coincidence that the only team that could compete with the lakers at the time was the Celtics in the east? And they lost to them everytime.

If anything that should be an indictment against Baylor and West.

[elmouse03]

One more point about Baylor.

You guys kep bringing up how impressive it was to make that many finals.

Really?

Considering that there was never any teams in the west that could compete with the lakers at the time. How impressive is that? They alwats had the best team in the west by far and were always the favorites.

Is it a coincidence that the only team that could compete with the lakers at the time was the Celtics in the east? And they lost to them everytime.

If anything that should be an indictment against Baylor and West.

Kind of random.

[876Stephen]

One more point about Baylor.

You guys kep bringing up how impressive it was to make that many finals.

Really?

Considering that there was never any teams in the west that could compete with the lakers at the time. How impressive is that? They alwats had the best team in the west by far and were always the favorites.

Is it a coincidence that the only team that could compete with the lakers at the time was the Celtics in the east? And they lost to them everytime.

If anything that should be an indictment against Baylor and West.

Kind of random.

This thread is my most posted in thread. Though i'd add to it a little.