T/F: The Greatness of a Player is Determined by How they ..

JordansBulls · Post #1 » by **JordansBulls** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:37 pm

I'm interested in some responses regarding this.

I remember Magic Johnson said once before that role players do well at home, but the star players have to do well on the road when the playoffs come in order to carry the team.

With that in mind, here is a question that needs to be asked?

True or False, The Greatness of a Player is Determined by How they perform on the Road in the Playoffs?

WesWesley · Post #2 » by **WesWesley** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:43 pm

False.

The greatness of a Player is determined by their success, leadership, stats and accolades.

ronnymac2 · Post #3 » by **ronnymac2** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:02 pm

False. Because it's an incomplete answer. Doing great on the road signals that you do indeed have something legitimately unstoppable about your game that effects a game. But it is not the be all and end all of a player's greatness. A player's greatness comes down to just straight up how good they are (ito of what they do on the court), their ability to come through when it matters most, being a big-game player, and then accolades, stats, titles, leadership, etc.

dreamcloud · Post #4 » by **dreamcloud** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:27 pm

Are you Texas Longhorn's cousin? Just been wonderin' that for awhile

MaxRider · Post #5 » by **MaxRider** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:40 pm

Wes_Wesley wrote:False.

The greatness of a Player is determined by their success, leadership, stats and accolades.

How can you succeed without winning in the playoffs?

MaxRider · Post #6 » by **MaxRider** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:42 pm

dreamcloud wrote:Are you Texas Longhorn's cousin? Just been wonderin' that for awhile

You got it dude, longhorn and bull are cousin.

Inc · Post #7 » by **Inc** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:43 pm

MaxRider wrote:
Wes_Wesley wrote:False.

The greatness of a Player is determined by their success, leadership, stats and accolades.

How can you succeed without winning in the playoffs?

You win at home.. ask the Celtics last year..

DaDragicShow · Post #8 » by **DaDragicShow** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:45 am

Basically what Wes_Wesley said, Leadership, their success, and the bling of course.

PPAW4Life · Post #9 » by **PPAW4Life** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:08 am

To some extent its true but that's not the only factor.

Great players play better than they average players on the road when compared to their own regular season averages and playoff averages.

Overall the greatness of a player is measured on how they dominate the game, make their teammates better, and ultimately win the most.

Post #10 » by **miller31time** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:23 am

Wes_Wesley wrote:False.

The greatness of a Player is determined by their success, leadership, stats and accolades.

Agreed. I do think road playoff performence factors in but at such a small level it's almost not worth discussing.

Post #11 » by **SOUL** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:24 am

Rings/stats.