DCasey91 wrote:Bum Adebayo wrote:None of them have dominated the whole year multiple times like Laver did, you just cannot be GOAT if you don't have CYGS, and in the open era it is also necessary to win Olympics gold, otherwise you may be better than your peers but GOAT is out of question. Moreover, it is a really bad look for Djokovic to not win Olympics gold when it was played on Hard court (his favourite surface) 3 out of 4 times! this is not what a GOAT looks like, this is just a "he may be just slightly better than his peers and that's it" type of thing.
Fed (04-07)
Nadal (10, 13)
Djokovic (11-13, 15, 16)
Joker occupies 5 of the top 20 statistical seasons ever.
Murray’s 2016 was absurd. (13th)
The in between years are ATG/GOAT level anyway. Multi Slam titles, Multi Masters etc. 3x Lebron’s at all times for 14+ seasons.
2011... Madrid then Rome (Clay) Djokovic beats Nadal twice in the Finals. Joker and Nadal has always had the hardest road and there’s no question about it
You have no credibility here.
Again, this has nothing to do with dominating like Laver did, you are just comparing Open Era years, but the fact is, Big3 fall way short of what Laver did, we've seen how Djokovic choked in the final and couldn't manage the pressure of achieving CYGS even in a really weak year with washed up Fedal and next gen being next gen, while Laver did it multiple times, amazing!
It's ok if you consider Djokovic the best of the Big3, I think he is too, but Laver is in a class of his own, he is still the benchmark to beat.