McBubbles wrote:spree8 wrote:AEnigma wrote:^ Seems to me it is Jordan fans who are frustrated knowing that as assessments become more developed with time, and as their biggest “rival” continues to enshrine himself in the record books, their idol’s case will gradually die out. Hence why rather than acknowledge a bulk of us have been identifying why Lebron was a better player than Jordan a decade ago, so many of you want to pretend it is just an element of playing more.
And there is your page break.
Welp, case in point. I’m not a Jordan fan by any stretch. I despised him growing up because he kept my team from a championship for the better part of a decade. However, I do appreciate greatness when I see it. I’ve watched Lebron’s whole career and have yet to see any evidence that backs up these “metrics” that he is a better player on the court than what I witnessed with Jordan. It’s just not close. Has he had a great career? Absolutely. I’d put him in the top 2-3 all time in terms of “best player”, but he doesn’t have what it takes to convince me that he’s a better basketball player than Michael Jordan. Sorry. There’s also just some aspects of the game/players that aren’t quantifiable, and I don’t think a lot of people here can make peace with that fact.
If you want to use data to try to disprove what I’ve witnessed almost my whole life, please be prepared to explain in great detail what your data is truly calculating and just how reliable it is in capturing the truth.
What evidence would you require? Clearly it's not statistical.
Also, might I add, you're the person saying that Jordan is miles better than Lebron and it's not even close, then saying that anyone who thinks Lebron might even be a tiny bit better than Jordan is obviously a result of some kind of extreme bias lol. You're giving infinitely less benefit of the doubt than the people you're calling unreasonable. I've said before that Jordan, MJ Kareem and Russell are tier 1 for me, I'm open to the possibility of anyone of them being the GOAT.
Do I and several others despise the decades long (and ongoing) Jordan dick sucking campaign that treats him like an infallible being? Yes. Does that mean I think him being the GOAT is ridiculous and I'm on some holy crusade to tear him down in order to prop up "my guy"? No.
What don’t you understand in what you bolded? Lebron hasn’t produced anything on the court that backs up the “data” that shows he’s better than Jordan. So he would have to perform better no?
To your second question, you’re obviously mistaken or trying to spin my words. Never have I said that “Jordan is miles better than Lebron and anyone who feels Lebron is a little better than Jordan is extremely biased”…don’t fabricate. I specifically said time and again, that those who’ve been beating the drum for Lebron as the goat are building this foundation on metrics (that they don’t even fully understand) alone and trivializing the “eye test”… such as yourself.
Even going to lengths to make others believe that what they’ve seen isn’t reliable and equating what they’ve been watching closely for years past and present is no more credible than “eye witness testimony” which obviously has a negative connotation. This is my point about gaslighting.
You’re basically telling me “oh what you’ve watched and studied for years up until this very moment on MJ & LBJ isn’t as reliable as these stats that I don’t even understand how to decipher and knowingly aren’t very accurate since they’re relatively new and don’t cover beyond a certain date. Furthermore what you’ve watched isn’t reliable because these other stats on people thinking they saw something during a possible crime during a blip in time isn’t reliable either” …I mean seriously, if that’s your best argument, go back to the drawing board.
Again, if you want to use metrics as your foundation, then be prepared to break them down to their core and come correct with comprehensive explanation proving you have a clue as to what you’re using as evidence, especially if you’re trying to make your case for why one player should dethrone another.