2019 NBA Postseason: The Toronto Raptors are NBA Champions!

[Pinkie_pie]

NightlyPoe said:

Pinkie_pie said:

I think i should stop after reading you would start a team with bird or curry over jordan. Thats the craziest stuff i read in a while. I would start a team with a guy whos best at scoring and defending over anyone

That's probably because you're just repeating an argumentum ad populum and accolades as proofs.  I'm actually looking at what works in winning games. And I would contend that a disruptive presence on offense that lifts the whole team's efficiency to the point where they're basically playing on easy mode is worth more to a team than scoring and defense.  As such, I would find it easier to build a championship team around Bird, Curry, or James than I would Jordan's more straightforward offensive skills.

And if I were just limiting myself to individual efforts, I would take Chamberlain over Jordan as he's a better scorer, defender, and rebounder than Jordan.  And about on par as in terms of passing skills given their positions.

Easier to build a championship team around bird, curry or lebron yet they all only won 3 championship each compare to jordans 6. As soon as jordan had an all star player his team winning championships. Could have been 8 straight if he didnt retire during his prime when his dad left him. You want o win a championship? You get a guy who has the highest scoring avg and steals in the playoffs and never played a bad finals series unlike those 3 players you mentioned. Lebron and curry have had multiple bad finals series