Mr. Sinister Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Oh man..... [Grabs radiation suit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Bill Russell is the most overrated athlete in the history of professional sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Bill Russell is the most overrated athlete in the history of professional sports. Close, but Barry Sanders just edges him out for #1. Edited July 19, 2016 by TryTheBeal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Close. Barry Sanders is #1. ****ing fight me. Now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 ****ing fight me. Now ehh... I agree that he's severely overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 ****ing fight me. Now Pistols at dawn. Somebody's got to go!! I'll be wearing my Kobe jersey... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 ehh... I agree that he's severely overrated. Fight me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Out of curiosity, where you are pulling NBA playoff odds from the 1960s from? Just looking at 1961, that a team that won 49 games would have been favored over the defending champions whom won 60 games just does not seem believable to me. I should have clarified--the 1960-1961 Warriors. They got swept by the lower seeded Syracuse Nationals in the first round. They were favored in that series and Wilt just shut down. Wilt's teams were favored in '65-'66, '66-'67, '67-'68, and '68-'69 and only won in '66-'67. In '67-'68 and '68-'69 they were heavily favored, Russell was on his last legs, and those are famous choke jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Smith was better. That sucks to write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Smith was better. That sucks to write. It's true though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Bill Russell is the most overrated athlete in the history of professional sports. No, that would be Pete Rose. Russell is only overrated if people think he was the GOAT or better than Chamberlain. Â Russell was the greatest defensive player in NBA history and a great champion. Edited July 19, 2016 by Predicto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016   Magic was LeBron before LeBron. He would have disrupted Curry so much that he would be virtually useless.  Magic would have a hard time disrupting Curry while he was guarding Harrison Barnes. Ralph Sampson( before injuries)   What the what? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Put Emmett Smith on the Lions in the 90s and put Barry on the Cowboys. Nobody would know who Smith was, he'd be a guy that cranked out a few 1,000 yard seasons and that would be it. Meanwhile, Barry would have 30,000 career rushing yards and about 4 Super Bowls. He'd be considered one of the greatest players to ever play on a level like Jerry Rice if not higher. Seriously, he had no passing attack, no OL, a sorry defense and bad coaching. Smith got a HOF QB, WR, Coach, a great defense and one of the greatest OLs in history. Yet, still the only reason Smitj has more career rushing yards is because Barry retired early. So how is he better in any conceivable way? What are you guys smoking? Edited July 19, 2016 by Momma There Goes That Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 What the what? Fight me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Close, but Barry Sanders just edges him out for #1.  No way, I don't care how many negative yards he ran for, he gave up the all-time rushing record with productive seasons left on the table. Sure he wasn't great at blocking or for those 1-2 yard plays but whatever, in a  good organization he's taking a team to a ring with his ability to blow games open in a single juke.  Reggie Miller is definitely more overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Yeah I don't see how Sanders can be overrated. Guy was surrounded by trash in Detroit. I think Emmitt Smith was more overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Pistols at dawn. Somebody's got to go!! I'll be wearing my Kobe jersey... Â A worthy jersey when talking about overrated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Barry Sanders IS Reggie Miller. A one-trick pony who spent his entire career as a loser. Reggie was at least mentally tough and showed up in the playoffs. Emmitt Smith grades out into Kobe/Jordan territory. He was remarkably good and maybe the most complete RB ever. For my money though, I'd roll with Marshall Faulk over either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Over OJ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Barry Sanders IS Reggie Miller. A one-trick pony who spent his entire career as a loser. Reggie was at least mentally tough and showed up in the playoffs. Emmitt Smith grades out into Kobe/Jordan territory. He was remarkably good and maybe the most complete RB ever. For my money though, I'd roll with Marshall Faulk over either of them. Â Yup it was Barry not the TERRIBLE organization he was unfortunately drafted to that just lost another superstar at age 30. Not the offensive line, not the QB, not the defense, it was the 15,000 yard back that was the reason they sucked. Got it. Â Emmitt was blessed with hall of fame talent out the ass on both sides of the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Over OJ ? Yes. To my eyes Faulk is the greatest talent ever to play the position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 So some of you think that Aikman was great ? Yes. To my eyes Faulk is the greatest talent ever to play the position.  I actually agree with you. He could do it all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Bill Russell is the most overrated athlete in the history of professional sports.  we was only the most over-rated for a while... then he was supplanted by Magic and Byrd....  ...until Magic and Byrd were supplanted by Jordan as the most over-rated player in the history of (the NBA, at least).   But it is OK... in a decade or so, after he has been retired for a bit, Lebron will happily take the mantle of most over-rated ever.  And there will be some new pup that will-never-hold-a-candle-to-thepurebrilliancethatwealloneceknewbutnowisgone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Jordan was not physically even capable of that block. Neither the chasedown nor the height to reject it.  Ron Mercer would beg to differ.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Already shot down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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