23 Basketball LEGENDS Share Who They Think the GOAT Is

everyone can't stop talking about it who is the goat well who better to ask than the men who played the sport some of the best Hooper's of all time what's up everybody is Jimmy and it seems like every day a discussion is held in regards to who is the best basketball player of all time no like this conversation is held every single day multiple times a day honestly how many times do I need to hear skip bayless his opinion on who the goat is before I slip into a full-fledged depression and every time the topic comes up whoever is speaking on the matter feels that their opinion and the facts that they state are always more justified and accurate than their opposition so in an effort to end this narrative at least for now I have compiled a list of some of the best basketball players of all time and their opinion on who they think is the goat now to start things off if we're going to ask this question we might as well start off with the man who most people believe to be the goat Michael Jordan and to no one's surprise his vote for the greatest player of all time goes to himself he also noted that the only player in the history of the game that might be able to beat him was a prime Kobe Bryant but it's only because he stole all of his moves I don't think I'll lose other than Kobe Bryant because he steals all my moves in 1985 after going head-to-head with a rookie Michael Jordan Larry Bird said that Jordan was the best player ever this was the reigning MVP saying that a 22 year old rookie was the best player he had ever seen Byrd then backed up the statement again in 1998 by saying that Jordan was the best player in the world of course these opinions came before some all-time greats hit their prime or even join the league but I am sure his two cents remains the same after all these years in an interview on TNT years ago when asked who he thought was the goats Magic Johnson had no doubt that MJ is the greatest of all time no no question Michael was have some shoulder abelev everybody else now this next one is interesting in an interview towards the end of his life Wilt Chamberlain was asked who he thought the goal was and he gave an answer no one was expecting well said that the most sensational awesome incredible basketball player I've ever seen was Meadowlark lemon before making this video I had never even heard of mister lemon but if he was good enough to convince Wilt that he was the best of all time that's pretty hard to argue Bill Russell the man with more championship rings than fingers on his hands believes that Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time saying that he cannot imagine anyone playing any better Oscar Robertson's pick for the go was a bit ambiguous when asked the question he did not give one player in specific however he specifically said that he does not think MJ is the goat following up by saying sure he won six championships Russell won 11 there are other players on these teams when they play they don't play by themselves is Michael Jordan the greatest of all time no I don't think he is however when asked about LeBron Robertson said that James is in a class of his own so I guess we'll give his vote to LeBron Kareem abdul-jabbar said that he believes that Wilt Chamberlain was undoubtedly the greatest scorer of all time but it is actually Oscar Robertson who he thinks is the best player of all time Carl Malone with what could possibly be a very biased opinion believes that Kareem abdul-jabbar is the greatest player of all time being at big man himself he felt that what Kareem did for the game of basketball was remarkable now Isiah Thomas has had a rocky relationship with some of these go candidates but he personally believes that Kareem abdul-jabbar is the greatest player of all time but we are sure exactly what to believe when it comes to Isiah Thomas his opinion on the subject since he changes it so often when he was in the NBA he said it was Jordan who was the best player ever then a few years ago he said it was Kareem that had earned the title of goat but as recently as 2017 Thomas said that he believes it is LeBron James who is the greatest ever John Stockton like some other legends mentioned on this list can't pick just one player to anoint as the goat in an interview at ESPN with Skip Bayless and Stephen H Smith Stockton said that there are a lot of players that fit in the conversation as best ever like Jordan Chamberlain bird magic and Elgin Baylor but he never gave one player in particular the round mound of rebound Sir Charles Barkley himself thinks that Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time saying that he was the greatest player offensively and also the best defensive player of his era what a touchdown Michael was always trying to say who's the next Michael Jordan and the only look at offense Michael joy was the best offensive player to play during our era and that's what separated him Elgin Baylor not only believes that Michael Jordan was the greatest player of all time but he also believes that there will never be another MJ saying I don't think there will be another player to have the same impact on the game of basketball as Michael Jordan if you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary it will say Michael Jordan one of the oldest legends in the game of basketball Bob Cousy thinks that MJ was the best as well saying he's by far the best since Naismith hung up the basket he's the best without a question Shaquille O'Neal arguably the most dominant force the NBA has ever seen believes that Goat title belongs to Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is definitely the best basketball player of all time he's the greatest offensive weapon to ever play and probably the best defensive player we've ever seen in an interview in 2013 Julius Erving was asked if LeBron James was the greatest player of all time and his response was pretty simple for him to be the greatest ever LeBron has to surpass Kareem abdul-jabbar he is the best to ever play the game so dr. J's vote goes to Korean Jerry West the logo himself believes that MJ is the goats in an interview in 1999 West said I have to think he's the greatest player ever not because of his ability to score but because of his total game to me he's the best offensive player and the best offensive player in the league for a number of years as far as I'm concerned he's the modern-day Babe Ruth the next legend is one with another interesting opinion a few years ago Scottie Pippen was asked who he thought was the greatest player of all time and said without a doubt that title belongs to Michael Jordan saying we all know that Jordan is the greatest player that ever played the game however in an interview just last December Pippen said that LeBron has surpassed Jordan as the goat clearly as you could see here this upset Steve and I Smith pretty bad but just a few days ago when asked who he thought was the goats he changed his mind and said that will Chamberlain was the greatest player of all time to say who is the greatest we will never know so we'll just go ahead and assume Scottie hasn't made up his mind yet Bill Walton a great player and an even better broadcaster believes that Kareem abdul-jabbar is the goat in an interview a few years ago Walton said without a question no hesitation Kareem abdul-jabbar was the best player I've ever played against he was better than magic better than Larry better than Michael Jordan he was phenomenal granted Waltons illustrious career at UCLA began just two years after Kareem left UCLA and his opinion may be a bit biased Kareem is his goats Hakeem Olajuwon another incredible big man says that the goat is probably Jordan when asked about the greatest of all time Olajuwon said that Jordan is much superior than any other player in 2012 Bob Pettit was asked who he thought was the greatest player of all time and his answer was Bill Russell I think he's the greatest player who ever walked on the court they say with the 11 championship rings he's the greatest winner of all time why don't you just say he's the greatest player of all time that's what the game is about George Gervin is another legend that believes Kareem abdul-jabbar was in fact the greatest player of all time in a 2014 interview Gervin said the greatest of all time to me because you know that's who I played against is Kareem his dominance his accuracy was almost next to none real quick you ever say a word so many times that it begins to sound weird goat goat goat hmm well we're at the final stretch here so hopefully the word goat doesn't permanently lose its meaning for me Rick Barry believes it is impossible to compare player of different positions but thinks you have to start a team with big men and because of that he chooses Wilt Chamberlain I keep hearing Michael Jordan is the greatest and that upsets me it's not fair to other players you can't compare a two guard to a center Wilt is the greatest big man in the history of the game and you win with big men I'm sorry but clearly Rick Barry hasn't watched very much basketball in the last I don't know decade but we'll go on lastly while frazier believes that it is none other than Wilt Chamberlain who is the goat in an interview with NBC in 2015 Frazier said that Chamberlain is on a whole different level if I had to pick a guy it would be Wilt Chamberlain because if you look at his records it's hilarious nobody will approach any of his records so what is the final count well out of 23 NBA legends 10 have Michael Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time Kareem had the second most votes with four will got two votes LeBron James received two votes and Bill Russell Oscar Robertson and ma man Meadowlark lemon each received one vote keep in mind two legends did not specifically pick one player now take this information however you want to but if this information tells us anything it is that most of the best players to have ever played the game believe Michael Jordan stands alone as the best to ever do it what do I think of this well for the most part I agree with them Michael Jordan is simply in a class of his own and I'm not talking about accomplishments or rings or any of that I'm just talking about what I see when I watch the game of basketball when he was on the court he honestly just made everyone around him look like children the man was simply better than everyone he ever played against now I'm only 23 so there is a lot of basketball I never even got to watch many legends that honestly I can't really speak on because I never even watched them play yeah I can and have watched game film and highlight reels but it's not the same but one thing I do know is that when I watch film of Michael Jordan in his prime he has this thing about him you get this feeling that when you're watching him play you are watching the best sketball you have ever seen and I have never had that feeling with any other player not with Kobe not with Kareem now with bird or magic however I do get that same sense of greatness when I watch this guy when I watched LeBron play 99% of the time he makes everyone else on the court look like Mike they don't belong there and again I'm not talking about accomplishments or rings wins or lack thereof I'm just talking about what I see when I watch the game of basketball and yeah I'm biased because again I have never watched a lot of great players play live so my opinion is only worth so much personally I think Jordan is the greatest player to ever play I think you can make a strong case for guys like Kareem Wilt Russell magic and even players like Kobe bird and Olajuwon I also think that LeBron story is still being written his career isn't over yet but for now MJ continues to reign supreme but the conversation is definitely interesting in a poll released in December of 2017 basketball fans were asked how close is LeBron to catching MJ these were the results ranker a website that conducts data from users of the site as the top 10 looking like this one thing to keep in mind is that a lot of these opinions were from 2 3 even 10 years ago that may not change much but it is something to consider let me know what you guys think do you agree with these legends or do you believe the real goat is someone we didn't even mention whatever the case may be it's never too late to watch some of the best players in the game today ball out and with the playoffs narrowing down tickets can get pretty spendy so what better time than now to you see geek C geek is an app that a granade tickets from all over the web to make buying simple they put a 1 to 100 school on each ticket to let you know if you're getting a good deal or a bad one Green that's a good deal red not so much you can even see the view from any seat within the app just click on the me tab within the app to enter the promo code Jimmy to get $20 off your first order check out see geek let me know who you guys think is the real and as always until next time [Music]

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Length: 13min 10sec (790 seconds)

Published: Wed May 23 2018