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Originally Posted by cbax9888
First time in thread- apologies if this has already been addressed.
If you look at each individual season and take the major advanced metrics (PER, W/S, W/S p 48, VORP, BPM) and look at each players aggregate ranking league-wide in those metrics, Kareem has more seasons at #1 than any other player. All time Jordan has the second most, Lebron the third, Wilt is fourth, and Larry/Jokic are fifth. Other notable players such as Magic, Kobe, and Russell have 0 seasons leading the league. Shaq has one season which would put him in a muti-way tie somewhere around twentieth.
How much impact should these stats have when determining who the true GOAT is?
Kareem, Lebron and others have 1 or 2 seasons of league-best individual production rates or mvp WHILE WINNING THE TITLE, while Jordan has 6 seasons of league-best individual & team dominance.. He's the only guy with a
tenure of league-best individual and team dominance.
Accordingly, no one combined individual dominance with team success like Jordan... In addition to being the only player with a tenure of league-best individual & team dominance, Jordan was the only guy that won titles as scoring champ, except peak Shaq (00') and peak Kareem (71') - so their peak burden to win rings was Jordan's standard burden to win rings.
Furthermore, Jordan was the only player good enough carry the league's biggest burden while maintaining championship brand of ball (winning titles as usage leader - unprecedented).
Finally, Jordan is the only player that was forced to consistently defeat max defensive attention (carry scoring load).. Everyone else in history had teammates lead the team in scoring for entire playoff runs, while Jordan averaged 10-30 mote than teammates in evety SERIES... So no one defeated max defensive attention (carried scoring load) like MJ... Everyone needed great scoring help except the GOAT.