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Originally Posted by Kasi
Lol in no way at all is Bird better than James. Magic maybe could be argued but I think that’s sailed too. For NBA it’s Jordan, James and Kareem. Everyone else can take a seat. Jordan is probably still the best but it’s not really undisputed anymore.
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Its not a popular opinion, but no serious basketball fan thinks it is lol-worthy. Reggie Miller thinks Bird is better, and he knows a little bit more about basketball than you or me.
IMO if you take LeBron and transport him to the 80's, he'd surely be an all-star, but between the rule changes, the physicality of that era and primitive medical technology, he wouldn't be dominant. But if you take Bird and put him into the 21st century NBA with no hard fouls, only a passing interest in defense, an emphasis on 3 pointers and advanced medical therapies, he'd be even more dominant than he was in the 80's.
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Originally Posted by Kasi
Anyway basketball and tennis have issues with cluster of GOATS at the top. For undisputed I’d have to say Ali, Woods, Brady and Gretzky as the Mount Rushmore. I’m not a big enough soccer fan to really say if Pepe stood out that much.
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Ali is absolutely in the running for goat of goats. But Tiger? No way. Nicklaus is the goat of golf. Not long ago, it was a matter of when (not if) Tiger passed Jack. But then a bunch of stuff happened and Tiger never finished closing the gap.