isn't but no one can assume to know what was meant by it. All we can do is take it at face value and uless it is clarified by the players involved. I have a feeling your assumption is probably correct but even that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. You also say it is a true statement but something like this can not be proven true or false because it is just an opinion. If you were to say he had the most accolades or was the highest rated then yes I would agree those are true statemnts.
But none of those things were said in the article which forces us to asssume what was meant and read between the lines.