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| Topic | I've always argued that Bill Russell/Kareem > MJ, hence MJ is 3rd |
| ParanoidObsessive 08/04/17 1:11:22 PM #16: | crinalex posted... Also, as training, recovery and dietary regimes, as well as science around sports all get more advanced, players in general are getting better all the time. Especially since basketball has grown, and continues to grow greatly in popularity. Yeah, that's the flip-side of the coin that makes it so hard to accurately compare athletes in any sport across time periods . Because, on the one hand, you can say that "athlete's today put up consistently better numbers statistically", or in team sports, "athlete's today put up worse stats, but are also performing against far more fierce competition," but on the other hand, we'll never really know just how good someone from the past could have been if they'd been raised in a time where they had access to the best nutritional and training information, the most cutting-edge equipment, and the opportunity to improve their personal game even more by performing against stronger opponents. Even minor factors like the quality of sneakers or the uniform a player is wearing could easily nudge the advantage to a modern player over an older player regardless of purely inherent skill and/or potential. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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