"I think that's unfair to those guys as well as to myself to say I'm the best that ever played because I never played against Wilt Chamberlain. I never played against Jerry West," - Michael Jordan
All you guys try to analyze this way to much, Jordan is hands down the best basketball player ever, anyone who says otherwise is crazy. This isn't just my opinion either, it's fact and common sense.
Magic couldnt score like Jordan? I dont know how many times my brother pulled that one out on me well the fact of the matter is when Magic wanted to score nobody could stop him but here is the problem Scoring points was not Magics ae is was dishing out assist and if Magic was your leading scorer then the team was suffering. I don't rememeber what year it was or who they played (I did search abit but couldnt find what I was looking for) but in the playoffs MAgic put up back to back 40 point games. Games which the Lakers lost. Now I know what some Jordan suporter will say so what Jordan did 50 point games thats true but what Im arguing here Is MAgic could have scored that way had he chosen to but it was always best for teams he played on to be the set-up man not the Scorer. Im sure some wise uy will state sooner or later Im just homer ebcause im a Laker fan well guess what Im aslo a Tarheel fan so by defualt that makes me a Jordan fan. It just happens in My opinion Magic is the best to ever play the game. No biggie thatothers argue otherwise to me same thing happens when I say Joe Montana was the greatest QB of all time.