tunaplanet 0 #1 March 18, 2004 Well, who is the best? Note - All answers other than John Stockton are unacceptable Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #2 March 18, 2004 Where's MY name damnit! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #3 March 18, 2004 I would have to day Michael Jordan. He was in a class by himslef.-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #4 March 18, 2004 John Stockton? Jeez, and I thought you had weird ideas about football. Wilt Chamberlain. There is basketball before Wilt, and basketball after Wilt. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #5 March 18, 2004 On a serious note, my ideas on all sports are usually right on. For two years I played poker and gambled with sports books for a living. I do have a wealth of sports knowledge and great insight. Yes, MJ is no doubt the greatest ever. However, I always loved John Stockton. He would definitly be one of the top 5 players of all-time. Hard to not argue that for the all-time assist and steal leader in NBA history, not to mention of the of top shooters this sports has seen. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philly51 0 #7 March 18, 2004 Acceptable or not, the only player on your list that they changed the rules for, because of his talent, was WILT. Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, Shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #8 March 19, 2004 QuoteAcceptable or not, the only player on your list that they changed the rules for, because of his talent, was WILT. Your loyalty to the Sixers'... is admirable... You must be from Philly..!!! ... but if you or I,,,, were 7 foot something!!!! we likely could have dominated as well...... ..As for Micheal, and Oscar,, Larry Bird,, or Others.... Few of them would have known what to do with a basketball if not for the true best "PURE" basketball player of all time... who played when most on the list were still children!!! Press's boy.... Pistol Pete Maravich... He INVENTED the behind the back pass.. the "look this way, pass the other way assist".. the "between the legs dribble" and Pete was draining 3 pointers,,,, years before there was even a Line.. for it..... he's the best... and Like so many of the greats.......Pistol Pete was gone, at way too young an age... please add him to the list.... only at the TOP... now... who is Tracy Mc'Grady,,??,, and don't even get me started about Kobe..!!... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #9 March 19, 2004 I understadn your point. This is how we get different perspectives on these things. I'm not a gambler, and I don't handicap or anything. I look at sports from more of a GM point of view. Of course, basketball ain't my cup of tea. I suppose I view this more from a GM angle or a love of hte sport angle. It's why I hate TO and Moss. Don't guys like that give you nightmares with gambling? p.s. I don't like basketball anymore because there really aren't guys like Stockton and Bird and Magic anymore. Tim Duncan carries that torch, now. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #10 March 19, 2004 There are no short, blond men on this list. Another example of keeping shortie down. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #11 March 19, 2004 Quote Pistol Pete Maravich... I hate to burst your bubble...and keep in mind I am a huge Pistol Pete fan, but he was lousy in the pros. In college, yes, he was the king, but his play in the pros was below average at best. Look up his stats sometime. Even beyond the stats, his play was mediocre at best. Ask anyone who follows the game. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #12 March 19, 2004 QuoteQuote Pistol Pete Maravich... I hate to burst your bubble...and keep in mind I am a huge Pistol Pete fan, but he was lousy in the pros. In college, yes, he was the king, but his play in the pros was below average at best. Look up his stats sometime. Even beyond the stats, his play was mediocre at best. Ask anyone who follows the game. .... good... cause you haven't burst my bubble... Some stars flash and fade.. Some innovators are often unrecognized and misunderstood, even as they create change... At LSU, it's true... he really, "put fans in the seats" and he opened some peoples' eyes....In the pros.. maybe it was a different story... I'll agree. Sometimes a players' accomplishments ( or lack there of ) are a reflection of his teammates abilities, ( or lack thereof )as well... But the man carried some demons on his back,, and since I and probably you, never grew up as the son of his own basketball coach,,,how can we understand what goes along with that... To call this guy "mediocre at best ",, to justify that comment with "stats"...... tells me that you sir,,,,, are No Huge Pistol Pete Fan..... that is all.... carry on....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyRamone 0 #13 March 19, 2004 Jordan , I do not think in the next 100 years we will see another player like Mike.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #14 March 19, 2004 Quotetells me that you sir,,,,, are No Huge Pistol Pete Fan..... I am a huge PM fan. Unfortunatly, his accomplishments in the pros were far from mediocre. He made no impact. PM is known for his collegiate carrer. In college he was arguably one of the five best players to ever play. He was king. But like many college players in all sports, some hit the pros and do not make a splash as they did in college. PM was one of those. Look it up and read about it. It's very true. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #15 March 19, 2004 Hey...Elgin got a vote. Woot! Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #16 March 19, 2004 QuoteAcceptable or not, the only player on your list that they changed the rules for, because of his talent, was WILT. Not only his talents, but also his lack thereof (his poor free throw shooting led to the away-from-the-play foul rule). Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philly51 0 #17 March 19, 2004 I hate to bust your bubble, but although Pistol Pete was a GREAT player, Bob Cousy, Guy Rodgers and others were using behind the pack passes, etc., long before Pete M. came into his own. You're right, he passed way before his time. As for saying that being 7' tall is all it takes, the list of 7 fts. that didn't even make the pros is long and varied. Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, Shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #18 March 19, 2004 Michael Jordan he is the man. I stopped watching basket ball after he left.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
