2015 Anger General Greatest post-merger Players of All Time #7

[Robceltsfan]

Chucker, over rated... ?

Think he was going for the all stats/less substance angle.

Which would be hilarious being as Hakeem's greatest skill is almost impossible to assess with the stats we have available

Ahhhh....the footwork angle.

[wailuaFC]

Think he was going for the all stats/less substance angle.

Which would be hilarious being as Hakeem's greatest skill is almost impossible to assess with the stats we have available

Ahhhh....the footwork angle.

The beautiful, versatile, "inefficient" scorers

[Deez]

lol, Rob got Max mad now.

[Robceltsfan]

lol, Rob got Max mad now.

[AlaskaHawks]

Definitely going with Kobe here.

[Y2K]

Hakeem is the Kobe of big men.

What in the world does this mean?

[Havlicekstealsit]

Hakeem is the Kobe of big men.

What in the world does this mean?

Just another bitter zinger from our resident tran.

[americaninfidel]

Hakeem is the Kobe of big men.

What in the world does this mean?

They both have a K in their name.

[elmerjfudd]

Hakeem is the Kobe of big men.

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[Shill Jackson]

Kobe

[Shill Jackson]

And I protest the number of biased Lakers fans that homered KAJ in last round.

Fuck you guys. Seriously.

As I said previously:

I thought this was the Anger General Greatest post-merger Players of All Time poll.
Not the Who can I pick that isn't a Laker

It is still laughable to have Bird over KAJ and Kobe.
Seriously.

If he could choose any current player that he'd like to play a season with, who would it be, Bird was asked.

"Well, probably Kobe, because of the fact that ... his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he's just, he's just tough," Bird said. "He's just a tough cat.
..... but if you want to win and win and win, it's Kobe. Not that LeBron's not a winner, just that [Kobe's] mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better."

[AbeVigodaLive]

And I protest the number of biased Lakers fans that homered KAJ in last round.

Fuck you guys. Seriously.

As I said previously:

I thought this was the Anger General Greatest post-merger Players of All Time poll.
Not the Who can I pick that isn't a Laker

It is still laughable to have Bird over KAJ and Kobe.
Seriously.

If he could choose any current player that he'd like to play a season with, who would it be, Bird was asked.

"Well, probably Kobe, because of the fact that ... his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he's just, he's just tough," Bird said. "He's just a tough cat.
..... but if you want to win and win and win, it's Kobe. Not that LeBron's not a winner, just that [Kobe's] mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better."

To be fair, using player quotes as your analysis or as proof is so lazy and worthless.

I don't see how Jabbar comes close to Bird POST-merger, but that's based on things like stats, accomplishments, et al. But maybe that's not as important. Hold on... let me find a random quote and use that instead.

"Bird's career was better than Kareem's career after the merger."

- Guy Incognito

[Shill Jackson]

And I protest the number of biased Lakers fans that homered KAJ in last round.

Fuck you guys. Seriously.

As I said previously:

I thought this was the Anger General Greatest post-merger Players of All Time poll.
Not the Who can I pick that isn't a Laker

It is still laughable to have Bird over KAJ and Kobe.
Seriously.

If he could choose any current player that he'd like to play a season with, who would it be, Bird was asked.

"Well, probably Kobe, because of the fact that ... his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he's just, he's just tough," Bird said. "He's just a tough cat.
..... but if you want to win and win and win, it's Kobe. Not that LeBron's not a winner, just that [Kobe's] mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better."

To be fair, using player quotes as your analysis or as proof is so lazy and worthless.

I don't see how Jabbar comes close to Bird POST-merger, but that's based on things like stats, accomplishments, et al. But maybe that's not as important. Hold on... let me find a random quote and use that instead.

"Bird's career was better than Kareem's career after the merger."

- Guy Incognito

you dismiss it because you don't agree.
If you are going to quote stats, why do you ignore the championships disparity?
If you are going to quote accomplishments, why ignore the East coast bias and the fact that the bulk of East-based sports writers never watched the West much?
It's supposed to be the Greatest post-merger Player, not the stats & accomplishments grabber.
If that was the prime criteria, LeBron would already be ranked.

[AbeVigodaLive]

As I said previously:


It is still laughable to have Bird over KAJ and Kobe.
Seriously.

If he could choose any current player that he'd like to play a season with, who would it be, Bird was asked.

"Well, probably Kobe, because of the fact that ... his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he's just, he's just tough," Bird said. "He's just a tough cat.
..... but if you want to win and win and win, it's Kobe. Not that LeBron's not a winner, just that [Kobe's] mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better."

To be fair, using player quotes as your analysis or as proof is so lazy and worthless.

I don't see how Jabbar comes close to Bird POST-merger, but that's based on things like stats, accomplishments, et al. But maybe that's not as important. Hold on... let me find a random quote and use that instead.

"Bird's career was better than Kareem's career after the merger."

- Guy Incognito

you dismiss it because you don't agree.
If you are going to quote stats, why do ignore the championships disparity?
If you are going to quote accomplishments, why do ignore the East coast bias and the fact that the bulk of East-based sports writers never watched the West much?
It's supposed to be the Greatest post-merger Player, not the stats & accomplishments grabber.
If that was the prime criteria, LeBron would already be ranked.

Yes. Bird won awards only because he was from the East Coast. Got me there.

Probably helped that he was white. Damn, you're good at this.

[Shill Jackson]

To be fair, using player quotes as your analysis or as proof is so lazy and worthless.

I don't see how Jabbar comes close to Bird POST-merger, but that's based on things like stats, accomplishments, et al. But maybe that's not as important. Hold on... let me find a random quote and use that instead.

"Bird's career was better than Kareem's career after the merger."

- Guy Incognito

you dismiss it because you don't agree.
If you are going to quote stats, why do you ignore the championships disparity?
If you are going to quote accomplishments, why ignore the East coast bias and the fact that the bulk of East-based sports writers never watched the West much?
It's supposed to be the Greatest post-merger Player, not the stats & accomplishments grabber.
If that was the prime criteria, LeBron would already be ranked.

Yes. Bird won awards only because he was from the East Coast. Got me there.

Probably helped that he was white. Damn, you're good at this.

See, never once have I said that Bird wasn't great. and it's laughable act like his whiteness wasn't an issue in the 80s for the media.
Back on track - why do you ignore the championships disparity?

[AbeVigodaLive]

you dismiss it because you don't agree.
If you are going to quote stats, why do you ignore the championships disparity?
If you are going to quote accomplishments, why ignore the East coast bias and the fact that the bulk of East-based sports writers never watched the West much?
It's supposed to be the Greatest post-merger Player, not the stats & accomplishments grabber.
If that was the prime criteria, LeBron would already be ranked.

Yes. Bird won awards only because he was from the East Coast. Got me there.

Probably helped that he was white. Damn, you're good at this.

See, never once have I said that Bird wasn't great. and it's laughable act like his whiteness wasn't an issue in the 80s for the media.
Back on track - why do you ignore the championships disparity?

I think championships are one of many factors when comparing players' legacies.

I'm guessing that Kareem's teammate (#3 on this list) MIGHT have had something to do with Kareem's number of titles post merger. For example, in the 1988 Finals, Kareem shot 41% for 13 ppg and only 4 rebounds. Of course, he gets credit for being a critical part of such a good team. And he did hit those free throws after the questionable (by many) foul call against Laimbeer.

But, is it as simple as 5 > 3 when Kareem was clearly not the guy or 2nd guy or even the 3rd guy by that point?

[Odogg]

I would like to nominate Moses Malone. Someone mentioned him already, but he needs to be on the voting list now, imho. Pretty much all his career is post merger too.

[vcsgrizzfan]

Shill Jackson can really be a blind idiot. You are goofy biased guy and totally out to lunch because of your Lakers bias.

[Y2K]

Nominations are closed for this round. They'll be open next round, meaning that the new candidates will be on the ballot in thread #9.

[Y2K]

Voting for this round will end at 6 PM CST.