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Originally Posted by Alpha Fish
Bill Russell is vastly overrated imo cause rings
He was basically Curry on 73-9 Warriors if the Warriors kept it up for 15 straight years
Wilt was Lebron playing with Mo Williams
We agreed with this covering it in I guess GOAT thread. Russell in my thinking is not in the top 500 offensive players in league history and you can't make that up to get anywhere near GOAT vote.
However for the face of the history of the league, they've to the right 4 guys.
Russell (and Auerbach) put it on the map that winning an NBA title was even a thing to the public. Became legend.
Magic and Bird resurrected the league with a rivalry even better and more poignant than Russ/Wilt. Instant legends. Winning 8 out of 9 titles between them as the league rebounded.
MJ -- Airness goes with mountains. Titles. Points. Shoes. Ultra legend. Rushmore is about legend.
The four biggest legends in the history of the league are Russell, Magic, Bird, Jordan. (Any disagreement?) So they go up there, like the president legends, it doesn't mean GOATs. It means GOAT Legends.