how many players have been argued as the GOAT

[ArbitraryWater]

I don't think Kobe was ever considered..

But I do know for a fact that Bird got ALOT of recognition around '86, '87..

[SugarHill]

no. lebron didnt learn his first post move till 2012. nore did he have any footwork or midrange game.

he was stat padding and hogging a bunch with basic plays inside 2 feet. good for him. but kobe was at the peak of his game still

i'l give lebron 2011 and on.. a tie in 2013

You're so damn delusional

[SpecialQue]

LeBron passed him since at least 09

Lebron's career is filled with more asterisks than a French comic shop. No one in their right mind would consider that jackass GOAT.

[SugarHill]

Lebron's career is filled with more asterisks than a French comic shop. No one in their right mind would consider that jackass GOAT.

I don't think he is. I don't think he'll ever have a real case, either.

[ArbitraryWater]

Lebron's career is filled with more asterisks than a French comic shop. No one in their right mind would consider that jackass GOAT.

Dat reading comprehension.. He said Kobe could/should never be argued as GOAT and made that his reason.

[GrapeApe]

Lol at Kobe ever being argued as the GOAT.

Jordan
Russell
Wilt
Kareem
Bird (as Arbitrary said, after the 3 straight MVP's his name was being thrown in the mix)

[Straight_Ballin]

lol Kobe and LeBron aren't in the conversation of being GOAT and they never will be unless it's some stan trying to make a silly argument which is easily dismissed.

[SpecialQue]

Dat reading comprehension.. He said Kobe could/should never be argued as GOAT and made that his reason.

It was...just an excuse to use that Asterix reference.

[CavaliersFTW]

Cousy, Baylor, and Robertson in their day were argued to be the best all time just as much as say, Kobe is today.

[ArbitraryWater]

It was...just an excuse to use that Asterix reference.

I did enjoy that part..

[SugarHill]

I did enjoy that part..

[kennethgriffin]

Cousy, Baylor, and Robertson in their day were argued to be the best all time just as much as say, Kobe is today.

So the 40,000 nba fans out of a million or 2 million that argued for baylor, cousy, robertson is the same as the billions of chinese and hundreds of millions everywhere else around the world arguing for kobe

[Angel Face]

- George Mikan
- Bill Russell
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Kareem Abdul Jabbar
- Michael Jordan
- Kobe Bryant


i'm assuming theres are the 6 guys who have at one point in time been all argued by atleast 25% of the population to be the GOAT

some more so than others.

Kobe wasn't close to being the GOAT, stop dreaming.

[kennethgriffin]

Kobe wasn't close to being the GOAT, stop dreaming.

During his peak milestones he was above 25% of the population for minimal requirements to be known as "argued"

I never said he had a majority

[MJistheGOAT]

For me it