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I don't believe you can compare GOATs across eras. MJ & others have said this. Anyone playing today has been able to build upon a ton of knowledge based on wha
by mattferderer 4y ago
I don't believe you can compare GOATs across eras. MJ & others have said this.
Anyone playing today has been able to build upon a ton of knowledge based on what the prior GOATs did. If they're not better than players 3 decades ago, that's pretty bad.
Also the game is dramatically different, technology is better & medicine is better.
- insane_dreamer 4y agoI disagree. We're not comparing MJ to LBJ directly (as in, who would win if they played each other), nor are we measuring them against a fixed metric such as we can for runners (who we expect to be faster 30 years later). Rather, we are measuring them against the other players in their time. Yes, the tech and fitness is better today than in Jordan's era, but it's better for all of LeBron's contemporaries too who he had to beat and be better than. Same thing with the game rules changing -- it's easier for LBJ to score, but it's easier for his opponents to score too.