Poll: Who do you HONESTLY think is the GOAT?

[RRR3]

Vote and discuss.

[superduper]

Giannis Olajuwon

[RRR3]

I wanted to put Curry in instead of Durant and maybe I should have but his longevity is much worse.

[zeerghit]

nobody peaked higher than shaq, nobody

[ScalsFan21]

LeBron James.

[3ball]

nobody peaked higher than shaq, nobody

Comparing MJ's Peak to Shaq's Peak (91-93' vs. 00'-02')


REGULAR SEASON

MJ:[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR] 31.4 PPG.. 58.2% ts.. 122 ORtg.. 0.288 WS/48.. 3 All-Defense [COLOR="green"]1st[/COLOR] Team, 2 MVP
Shaq: 28.6 ppg.. 58.0% ts.. 115 ORtg.. 0.264 WS/48.. 2 All-Defense [COLOR="Red"]2nd[/COLOR] Team.. 1 MVP


PLAYOFFS

MJ:[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR] 33.7 ppg.. 57.2% ts.. 120 ORtg.. 0.267 WS/48
Shaq: 29.9 ppg.. 56.2% ts.. 113 ORtg.. 0.238 WS/48


FINALS

MJ:[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR] 36.3 ppg.. 52.6% fg.. 84.3% ft.. played #5, #3, #9 defenses.. beat Magic-Drexler-Barkley
Shaq: 35.9 ppg.. 59.5% fg.. 50.6% ft.. played #13, #5, #1 defenses.. beat Miller-Iverson-Kidd


(steals and blocks cancel out, along with rebounds and assists)



MJ had the higher peak hands down ...

[superduper]

Comparing MJ's Peak to Shaq's Peak (91-93' vs. 00'-02')


REGULAR SEASON

MJ:[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR] 31.4 PPG.. 58.2% ts.. 122 ORtg.. 0.288 WS/48.. 3 All-Defense [COLOR="green"]1st[/COLOR] Team, 2 MVP
Shaq: 28.6 ppg.. 58.0% ts.. 115 ORtg.. 0.264 WS/48.. 2 All-Defense [COLOR="Red"]2nd[/COLOR] Team.. 1 MVP


PLAYOFFS

MJ:[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR] 33.7 ppg.. 57.2% ts.. 120 ORtg.. 0.267 WS/48
Shaq: 29.9 ppg.. 56.2% ts.. 113 ORtg.. 0.238 WS/48


FINALS

MJ:[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR] 36.3 ppg.. 52.6% fg.. 84.3% ft.. played #5, #3, #9 defenses.. beat Magic-Drexler-Barkley
Shaq: 35.9 ppg.. 59.5% fg.. 50.6% ft.. played #13, #5, #1 defenses.. beat Miller-Iverson-Kidd


(steals and blocks cancel out, along with rebounds and assists)



MJ had the higher peak hands down ...

Wait wtf? And I've been calling Shaq the MDE all along??

3facts spitting em again

[NBAGOAT]

I

[Overdrive]

Jordan, although I don't like him at all.

[RRR3]

[QUOTE=NBAGOAT]I

[3ball]

Let's face it

MJ won 6 rings by developing rookies

Lebron won 3 rings by forming ready-made teams of star vets

Kareem wasn't the best player for most of his rings

Russell only played 2-pointer basketball

Only mj has it all .. everyone else has blemishes or weakening factors

[Overdrive]

Russell only played 2-pointer basketball

So did MJ.

[NBAGOAT]

Is he your actual GOAT doe?

50/50 with mj

[3ball]

So did MJ.

MJ won 6 rings with a 3-point line, while Russell never played with a 3-pt line

Also, MJ was good at threes anytime it mattered - he shot 35.2% on 2.2 attempts in 85-93' playoffs... 39% on 3.8 attempts in 91-93' playoffs... 43% on 3.3 attempts in 91-93' Finals.

MJ was also good at threes anytime he tried - he attempted less than 1.5 threes every year except 90' and 93', when he had 3+ attempts at 38% and 35%, respectively.

Again, MJ has the most rings and FMVP's in 3-pointer basketball (modern era), so he's the GOAT...

[PickernRoller]

MJ. Kobe had a chance but it just didn't work out in his prime... 06-10.