But he didn't. He quit, he left, he said he didn't need basketball anymore.

May 27, 2017
1:50:37pm

TheLoneCougar Contributor

I'm not saying that MJ isn't the GOAT or not a top 2 player of all time. But it just gets under my skin a bit when you label someone the greatest, when the completely left the game voluntarily.

Something that we fans kind of gloss over.

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We label MJ the GOAT, but do we forget that he completely, voluntarily spurned

TheLoneCougar

5/27/17 1:42pm

Must disagree on this point

TNT

5/27/17 1:44pm

Agreed that they did Stateside, but they did not bring the NBA to the world.

TheLoneCougar

5/27/17 1:48pm

Like TNT cares what some snooty Frenchie is doing

TNT

5/27/17 2:00pm

TheLoneCougar

5/27/17 2:03pm

1) It has nothing to do with it. 2) He would probably have more titles if he

Kerbouchard

5/27/17 1:47pm

But he didn't. He quit, he left, he said he didn't need basketball anymore.

TheLoneCougar

5/27/17 1:50pm

What did he do when he was playing? That's all that matters.

Kerbouchard

5/27/17 1:54pm

This is ludicrous. You realize his dad was murdered right?

Shteve

5/27/17 2:00pm

Or he could have never won again because he gets injured or something else.

Baron

5/27/17 1:52pm

The GOAT is entitled to an occasional diversion from time to time.

RebelScum

5/27/17 1:47pm

That is a fair response.

TheLoneCougar

5/27/17 1:50pm

Uh ...

byujacob

5/27/17 1:49pm

Should we put lunch on this?

TheLoneCougar

5/27/17 1:51pm

You can buy me lunch whenever you want.

byujacob

5/27/17 1:51pm

I don't understand this argument

donnerstag

5/27/17 1:50pm

What don't you understand? It is a point against Jordan just like Jordan has

Baron

5/27/17 1:57pm

Besides, it's as relevant to the discussion as MJ's 6-for-6 stat...

benny1982

5/27/17 2:01pm

Why is it a point against him?

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:02pm

He actually lost in the playoffs when he came back. He couldn't do it straight

Baron

5/27/17 2:05pm

You penalize him for playing a 17 game season?

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:10pm

And you're penalizing LeBron for taking a pile of garbage to the finals and not

benny1982

5/27/17 2:13pm

No. His teams have been stacked

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:17pm

Ha ha ha.

benny1982

5/27/17 2:18pm

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Shteve

5/27/17 2:21pm

By what defintion do you determine if they are stacked?

Baron

5/27/17 2:21pm

RE: By what defintion do you determine if they are stacked?

benny1982

5/27/17 2:23pm

It's well known that he was playing on super teams

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:26pm

Where did I call them garbage? Please provide the quote.

Baron

5/27/17 2:27pm

Oops. That was directed at benny's quote above

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:31pm

Holy crap. Not only do you put words into my mouth, you accept as fact that

benny1982

5/27/17 2:29pm

Tha vast majority of fans considered those super teams

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:37pm

I am just correcting your incorrect statement.

Baron

5/27/17 2:14pm

He was just as dominant in his next full season back

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:21pm

To you it does. That is the beauty of it. Everything matters to different

Baron

5/27/17 2:23pm

Lots of reasons it can be a knock? Because he was bored?

Shteve

5/27/17 2:11pm

It could be all of the above and it can still be held against him if you want.

Baron

5/27/17 2:22pm

"Lebron hasn't needed a break." LMBO Yeah, like MJ needed a break. SMH...

Kerbouchard

5/27/17 2:15pm

You don't know that. All of it is conjecture. Don't you see that?

Baron

5/27/17 2:19pm

Um did you watch those finals? Full Bulls team rolls Houston.

Shteve

5/27/17 2:22pm

You do know that you can't know that right? Can't I say that MJ has a terrible

Baron

5/27/17 2:25pm

Or that the wear and tear on MJ during those 2 years has an effect on him

benny1982

5/27/17 2:27pm

Or he retires 2 years sooner because he doesn't take the break. We don't know.

Baron

5/27/17 2:30pm

You don't know he DID need a break, so don't say that. And I didn't say he WOULD

Kerbouchard

5/27/17 2:35pm

Well he probably needed a break. There is that better?

Baron

5/27/17 2:36pm

Not really. The statement is still stupid, because there's zero evidence that he

Kerbouchard

5/27/17 6:35pm

Lol.

WDaddy

5/27/17 7:18pm

Actually I have a two year break as evidence and you have imaginary titles so

Baron

5/27/17 8:19pm

What are you talking about? He brought the NBA out of obscurity?

Mathew

5/27/17 1:55pm

I believe I addressed this.

TheLoneCougar

5/27/17 2:03pm

Players from 1992 during Jordan's title run

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:07pm

This was almost incoherent to me

CSoul

5/27/17 2:08pm

This can be easily interpreted as MJ being so GOAT that it was boring playing

runnincoug

5/27/17 4:30pm

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