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Originally Posted by Silverado
Obviously you missed the point entirely.
How can any one player be named the greatest of all time without putting some sort of qualifier on it?
I mean if you say the greatest champion of all time or the greatest scorer, then a conversation can be had and maybe even an consensus can be reached.
But, to just say one player is the greatest of all time in a team sport....sorry, it can't be done. As I pointed out, in his sport (because he certainly wasn't the greatest of all time in baseball), Jordan wasn't the greatest in any of the statistical categories. Was he good? Absolutely. When the game was on the line, who did you want to have the ball in his hands? Jordan, no doubt (well, the Bulls did anyway, no one else wanted him to have it). Those kinds of things make a player great. Consistently winning makes a player great. Leading makes a player great. Greatest of all time though....that's not something you can really determine.
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I understand what you are saying. There really isn't a greatest of all time, except for peoples own personal views. Also, I think you have to look past stats a little, because as you said, it's a team game. He just had the "it" factor. He knew how to win. Which is all that really matters. But if you do want stats, Jordan was 5X MVP, 10 seasons out of 15 with the most points in the league, and of course the 6 rings. If you look at his resume, I don't think you'll find anyone elses that surpasses him, overall. Sure, there are people that hold records that he doesn't, but that doesn't make them better than Jordan, but there is a good case that Jordan is better then the players with individual records.