2006-12-04 03:50:43 · 21 answers · asked by melo15 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
MJ
like wayne for hockey he changed the way basketball is played, and made basketball into the entertaining sport that is today.
all big dominating centers need a guard of some form to win, cause you need a big man, but MJ needed only himself and a system for the other players to follow.
Bird is also in this catagory, but he just won, and didn't really change the way basketball is played today
HANDS DOWN MJ
2006-12-04 04:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by Young G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, Jordan is not #1. I have NEVER heard a valid arguement for Jordan. Any arguement above, I can just as well say for several other players. The only area where he's first is scoring, and that's tied with Chamberlain. Championships is Bill Russell (11), all-around is O. Robertson by far, and there are dunkers out there today who can do anything Jordan could. My answer is Bill Russell. Some guy above said MJ changed how the game is played. Well, not nearly as much as Russell. He has 11 rings from only 13 years, and was part of the most dominant dynasty, possibly in sports history. 5 MVP awards, 22.5 RPG carreer, 12 time all-star, 4 rebounding titles, and if blocks were recorded back then, he could very well have several blocking records. Now Chamberlain was more dominant, but I say Russell, because he was four inches shorter and was still the only player who could shut Wilt down. My #2 would be Wilt, and 3 would be Robertson. Jordan doesn't compare in any aspect besides scoring. These people have just heard their whole lives that MJ is the best, and they haven't found out for themselves.
2006-12-04 05:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by ern_linnell 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jordan
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2006-12-04 03:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by water_admiral 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd take Wilt anyday.
When MJ moved into 2nd on the all time list of numbers of 50 point games the statement was made by a sportswriter that he would spend the rest of his carear chasing #1.
I believe MJ ended his carear with 28, 50+ point games. Wilt had 42, 50+ point games in a single season and ended his carear with 118.
Unlike Soccer, Offense is hugely important in Basketball, but Wilt wasn't just a great offensive player, he was also the dominant rebounder of his time LEADING THE NBA 11 TIMES! and ending his carear with an AVERAGE of 22.8 rebound per game!! AWESOME is the only word that describes this statistic.
In the early part of his carear Wilt was always the fastest person on his team.
As his carear wound down he started playing with better players and his scoring average dropped and his assists picked up to the point where he was amongst the league leaders.
Wilt got a bad rap for a number of reasons, including his propensity to womanize, and the fact that he was about as modest as Mohammed Ali but not as humorous and likeable a personality. Wilt also only won two championships, but then again, KG has proven that you need more than being 7 foot tall and talented to win championships. Last time I checked I believe KG had zero and had yet to make the NBA finals.
2006-12-04 05:00:05 · answer #4 · answered by Coach 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Truth is it's going to be someone who you and I have NEVER heard the name of or have never put any thought into.
Basketball is not just about any particular thing,.. so being a show boat or drawing in attention becauser your good at one thing liek dunking.... that does not make the greatest Basketball Player.
The Greatest Basketball player was someone well balanced that past the ball and didn't complain when they didn't get attention for their skills. They knew when to help the appropriate people make the shot from the appropriate place and posibly guarded or distracted the other team while that happened to help their teammate.
2006-12-04 04:00:22 · answer #5 · answered by sailortinkitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jordan
2006-12-04 03:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by Adil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscar Robertson
http://www.nba.com/history/players/robertson_summary.html
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016428.html
http://rdre1.yahoo.com/click?u=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002953/Oscar-Robertson%3Fsource%3DYFAF&y=04BB9C3EA5E8D440F4&i=482&c=36134&q=02%5ESSHPM%5BL7pl%7C~m%3Fmp%7Dzmklpq6&e=utf-8&r=8&d=wow~F849-en-us&n=04CKK1MVA9Q4ABH3&s=4&t=&m=45745488&o=01A018F5E591D06FED72A61C1C0BBFFCB8&x=05E2D9642358AA485C9AAA04C8ECA0785C
http://www.answers.com/topic/oscar-robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee) is a former NBA player and is considered by many to be one of the greatest basketball players in history. Coaching legend Red Auerbach described Robertson as the most versatile player he had ever seen play. Wilt Chamberlain is quoted to have said "If you don't know the answer to an NBA trivia question, just say 'Oscar Robertson' -- you'll probably be right." To this day, he remains a standard by which other basketball legends are judged.
Jordan was pretty good, but alas he was no Oscar Robertson.
2006-12-04 04:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Murph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest basketball player ever, no one will beat his record of 100 points score in a single game, and 50 points average in a single season, MJ can't even come close to it, no one will.
2006-12-04 07:55:08 · answer #8 · answered by know it all 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jordan.
2006-12-04 03:58:18 · answer #9 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Larry Joe Bird , not only was he one of the most feared shooters ever he rebounded ,defended,passed unselfishly and always came up big in the clutch. Most of all he got the whole team involved in the game and made the average player a good player. No one understood all phases of the game like LJB
2006-12-04 04:09:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋