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7 minutes ago, dont care said:

He also doesn’t and probably never will have his number retired league wide

I could definitely see 23 being retired after he passes, if not before. I mean, the NHL has already retired 99 for Gretzky and the NBA has set a precedent by retiring 6 for Russell after he died. And Jordan's arguably the greatest professional athlete of all-time, so I'd say it's more a matter of when than if.

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28 minutes ago, dont care said:

He also doesn’t and probably never will have his number retired league wide

 

If Russell got #6 retired league-wide, Jordan's #23 sure as hell is getting that treatment when he passes, if not before. 🔒

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James' 23 was clearly an homage to Jordan, both when we was in high school and when he joined the league the season after MJ retired.

 

I don't see the controversy here?

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1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said:

and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags

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And my dumb ass gave away the free tickets I had to the final round today 🤦🏼‍♂️

 

Stephen Curry eagles 18th hole to win American Century Golf Championship

 

 

I know it’s only a celebrity golf tournament, but Steph is only the third active athlete to win this tournament. That’s crazy. Is there anything this guy can’t do? Lebron is definitely this generation’s goat, but there really isn’t a player that’s more fun than Steph. It’s taken decades of brand building and a ton of effort to make Lebron seem cool, and half of the time he still doesn’t. Steph, otoh, just seems to fall backwards into it effortlessly. I can’t even imagine being that kind of person. It must rock. 

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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Jordan paid $275M for his majority stake in the Hornets, of which he's sold some (while still remaining the majority shareholder) and probably already recouped his initial investment.

 

The sale was for $3B.  IDK how much of a stake he's keeping in the franchise, but given that he's essentially playing with house money, he's getting (if the 80% number is true) $2.4B minus however many shares he's keeping.

 

 

He likely just put more than a billion dollars in his pocket.  More than a billion.

 

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44 minutes ago, BBTV said:

He likely just put more than a billion dollars in his pocket.  More than a billion.

 

Donald Sterling wouldn't be happy about this one.

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On 7/16/2023 at 11:15 AM, Cujo said:

 

If Russell got #6 retired league-wide, Jordan's #23 sure as hell is getting that treatment when he passes, if not before. 🔒

 

I don't care if they do or don't, but IMO they shouldn't. What about Kareem's 33? Bird's 33? Magic's 32? Chamberlain's 13? West's 44? (Well, West already has the Logo, so there's that.) Shaq's or Hakeem's 34?  It'll never end. 

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On 7/16/2023 at 10:29 PM, FiddySicks said:

And my dumb ass gave away the free tickets I had to the final round today 🤦🏼‍♂️

 

Stephen Curry eagles 18th hole to win American Century Golf Championship

 

 

I know it’s only a celebrity golf tournament, but Steph is only the third active athlete to win this tournament. That’s crazy. Is there anything this guy can’t do? Lebron is definitely this generation’s goat, but there really isn’t a player that’s more fun than Steph. It’s taken decades of brand building and a ton of effort to make Lebron seem cool, and half of the time he still doesn’t. Steph, otoh, just seems to fall backwards into it effortlessly. I can’t even imagine being that kind of person. It must rock. 

 

LOOK AT CURRY MAN, SO INSPIRATIONAL

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On 7/16/2023 at 10:29 PM, FiddySicks said:

Lebron is definitely this generation’s goat, but there really isn’t a player that’s more fun than Steph. 

 

I think Curry has narrowed the gap significantly, and I don't even think we can definitively put LeBron over Kobe.

 

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3 hours ago, the admiral said:

 

I think Curry has narrowed the gap significantly, and I don't even think we can definitively put LeBron over Kobe.

 


Yikes. Casual take of all casual takes. 

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
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Speaking of thus, I see a lot of people put out a lot of lists...but the one thing I never hear anyone specify is their metrics...what is their criteria for ranking so-and-so above whoever else? 

 

All of which is to say: what's the litmus test here? (I don't think there are any wrong criteria; i just wanna hear more people substantiate their subjection with something solid is all.)

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45 minutes ago, tBBP said:

Speaking of thus, I see a lot of people put out a lot of lists...but the one thing I never hear anyone specify is their metrics...what is their criteria for ranking so-and-so above whoever else? 

 

All of which is to say: what's the litmus test here? (I don't think there are any wrong criteria; i just wanna hear more people substantiate their subjection with something solid is all.)

 

There doesn't need to be a metric.  It can just be your eyes and guts.  In general, there's three ways I've seen people make their lists:

1) sheer dominance regardless of anything else (probably puts Wilt at or near the tippy top)

2) most natural talent and overall best "overall basketball player" of a generation (Lebron unquestionably right now)

3) "winner".  This is where it gets a little vague, but is where people can rank Jordan over Lebron if they want to, and where it's not absurd to rank Kobe above him.  I watched Jordan's entire career, and would say that Lebron is the more talented player.  He can do things effortlessly that even Jordan had to work hard for.  I've never seen anything like watching Lebron live, effortlessly threading needles with passes and basically doing whatever he wants.  But Jordan and Kobe both have a "killer" quality to them that's hard to quantify.  I don't know that Lebron doesn't have it.  Hell - he won a title single-handedly against the '27 Yankees.  But if I needed to draft just one guy for just one game with my life on the line - I'd probably choose Kobe.

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