The greatest professional athlete in history?

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elprincipe said:

amp316 said:
I gave my answer earlier but some people are claiming that Michael Jordan wasn't the best basketball player ever and that's an absolute joke. MJ is every bit as good at basketball as Gretzky or Pele were in their respective sports. No one is even close and any other answer is ridiculous. I'm old enough to have seen Kareem, Dr. J, Magic, Bird, and many others play and I'm telling you that Michael Jordan is unquestionably the greatest basketball player ever.

If you saw Kareem, Dr. J and Magic play, why in the world would you think jordon is better than them?  They are all much superior players.

If jordon was the best, why did they change the rules to help him?  You know, they changed the rules to slow down players like Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

You must be from L.A.  That's the only logical explanation for this comment.

They changed the rules so the Detroit Pistons could do anything but pull out a gun and not be called for a foul in order to try and slow Jordan down.  They didn't change them to help him.  I don't know what games you were watching.