QUOTE(T.W.Is.M. @ Jun 12 2010, 02:43 )
Ολα παιζουν ρολο. Απλα ο καθενας μας τα βαζει με διαφορετικη σειρα.
Για μενα η πιο δυσκολη ερωτηση ειναι ποιον θεωρω το μεγαλυτερο σεντερ ολων. Ειναι η μονη θεση που θεωρω οτι εχει 4 υποψηφιους(Ρασελ, Τσαμπερλεν, Τζαμπαρ, Ο'Νιλ), ενω ολες οι υπολοιπες εχουν 2-3. Ο Ρασελ ηταν ο μεγαλυτερος νικητης(απο πλευρας τιτλων), ο Τσαμπερλεν ο καλυτερος σε αριθμους, ο Καριμ ο καλυτερος σε διαρκεια και ο Σακιλ ο πιο κυριαρχος μαζι με τον Τσαμπερλεν φυσικα. Εκτος απ αυτους υπαρχουν ο Μαικαν, που αδικειται απο την εποχη που επαιξε, αλλα και ο Ολαζουον. Για μενα ο Χακιμ ηταν εντυπωσιακος στο peak του και θα μπορουσε με αυτο να μπει κοντα στους αλλους 4. Πηρε τιτλους, αρα δεν υστερει ουτε εκει και ηταν ηγετης στην ομαδα του για πολλα χρονια. Δεν ειχε ομως την ιδια σταθεροτητα που ειχε πχ ο Καριμ. Μεταξυ των 4 λοιπον θα διαλεξω τον Τζαμπαρ γιατι ηταν στο κορυφαιο επιπεδο για παρα πολλα χρονια, πηρε τους τιτλους του(βεβαια 5 απ τους 6 τους πηρε με το Ματζικ στην ομαδα, αλλο ενα επιχειρημα υπερ του Ματζικ για μενα) και ειχε κατι το μοναδικο στο παιχνιδι του(sky-hook και υψηλο επιπεδο αποδοσης σε προχωρημενη ηλικια). Το λεω αυτο για να δειξω οτι η διαρκεια μετραει πιο πολυ για μενα.
Kαθε παιχτης μια διαφορετικη Ιστορια...Στο τελος μετρανε πολλα πραγματα στην ζυγαρια...
Μαζι σου για τον Τζαμπαρ...Δεν θα ελεγα οτι ημουν ποτε κανενας μεγας φαν του αλλα ειναι ενας παιχτης που μπορει καλλιστα να θεωρειται οχι μονο Σεντερ αλλα γενικοτερα ο κορυφαιος παιχτης ολων των εποχων....
Για τον Μπερντ που εγραψα παραπανω για το 1986 που τον θεωρουσαν αρκετοι τον Κορυφαιο Ολων των εποχων παραθετω ενα ενδιαφερον αποσπασμα απο τοτε τευχος του Σπορτς Ιλλουστρειτεντ...
In a glorious seventh season, Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics is demonstrating that he may be the NBA's best player of all time
There has never been a basketball player quite like the Celtics' Larry Joe Bird, in whom talent and tenacity rage a daily wire-to-wire battle for supremacy. Owing to the extraordinary importance of the giant pivotman in the game, it is probably impossible to declare that, in his seventh season, the 6'9", 220-pound Bird, a forward, is greater than Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—that is, the greatest player of all time. Or maybe it isn't.
"Before Bird I used to vacillate," says Bob Cousy, now a Celtics broadcaster. "The question didn't seem relevant. But Bird came along with all the skills, all the things a basketball player has to do. I think he's the greatest." Chimes in Milwaukee Bucks coach Don Nelson, "He's the best player ever to play the game." And there comes this weighty word from Westwood. "I've always considered Oscar Robertson to be the best player in the game," says John Wooden. "Now I'm not so sure that Larry Bird isn't." Even Laker general manager Jerry West, who refuses to compare players from different eras, says of Bird, "He is as nearly perfect as you can get in almost every phase of basketball."
Bird's play over the recent weeks has revealed an athlete at the height of his powers. When Kevin McHale went down with a heel injury, Bird just gritted his teeth, stooped and hefted McHale's load to his shoulders. In the Celtics' eight games since the All-Star break, Bird has averaged 30.8 points, 13.1 rebounds and 7.8 assists. But those are only numbers, and numbers don't necessarily provide a true picture when one is comparing players from different eras. "The one thing you have to avoid when you talk about Bird is statistics," says Red Auerbach. "It's his presence, the total way he commands attention on the court, that counts." Indeed, Bird reserves a spot in his personal hell (a place with no basketball courts) for the guy who plays with one eye on the stat sheet. "And there are a lot of them in this league," he says. "We've even had some here."
Inasmuch as the Celtics, with a best-in-the-league record of 43-11, have hardly missed a beat without McHale, Bird has to be the leading contender for his third straight MVP award, an accomplishment achieved in the NBA by only Russell and Chamberlain. Bird can probably count on Jack Ramsay's vote. After Bird struck for 47 points (including the game winner in overtime), 14 rebounds and 11 assists at Portland on Feb. 14, the Trail Blazer coach, a man not given to overstatement, called him "the greatest clutch player of all time." Five nights later, after Bird ravaged Golden State for 36 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, Warrior head man John Bach went scurrying for his dictionary. "Bird's a hermaphrodite," he said. Bird might raise an eyebrow at that word, but Bach meant, in Webster's sense, "something that is a combination of diverse elements."
"As an all-around player, there's never been anyone better," said Pacer coach George Irvine, the victim of a 30-11-12 Bird line Sunday night (his sixth triple double of the season). "A unique phenomenon," says San Antonio veteran Artis Gilmore of Bird.
). Συνολικα ομως δε θεωρω ουτε εναν τους καλυτερο σε προσφορα.
..... στις αριστες δημοσιες σχεσεις του & στην αγωνιστικη φιλοσοφια του γερο-Τεξ... 