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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
... Is it? I guess it depends what you think the mantle describes. In terms of career accomplishments it isn't yet but will be soon, he's going to win at least another Major or two. Maybe even five. In terms of peak? That's very much a debate and always will be. In terms of just a sense of greatness - the feeling that you're watching someone special do something incredible and that you, as a spectator, are experiencing an important moment in sport - he never had much of a chance at being the GOAT in that sense.
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In both total career accomplishments and absolute peak form, I think Djoker takes it. I’ve just never found him that compelling to watch because it’s like a supercomputer trash human grandmasters with cold unassailable logic.
It’s not the da vinci painting of Roger or the animal fire of Rafa, which is why he’ll never have the same number of fans as those two. But the history books won’t care much about that, it’s the hard numbers that will stand the test of time.