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Old 04-14-2022, 02:17 PM
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I'll go with players, not coaches or inventors. In no particular order:

1) Babe Ruth

2) Jesse Owens

3) Wilt Chamberlain

4) Muhammad Ali

I'll never get all the Jordan love. Bird/Magic did more to renew interest in
the NBA- and I can't wait until fans find out why Jordan magically
disappeared from the sport for, what, a season and a half? Then there won't
even be an argument Trent King
Never been a big basketball guy. So why did Jordan miss that season and a half?
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My list exactly
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Mine would be:

Curt Flood
Lance Alworth (barely over Gale Sayers)
Bill Russell
Mike Bossy
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Ken Phelps getting some love...as greatest platoon hitter ever.
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I was thinking Digger Phelps
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Have to go with Jay Buhner here.
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Same here. As a Bills fan I wish it could be Jerry Rice for football but Brady earned it by a long shot.
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I'd probably stick to the four major sports if a monument is being built, but I just saw a documentary on Eddie Feigner and it's hard not to be impressed by what he could do and what he did for a long as he did it
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Never been a big basketball guy. So why did Jordan miss that season and a half?
The rumor is that Jordan was actually suspended for that season and a half as a result of his gambling.
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The rumor is that Jordan was actually suspended for that season and a half as a result of his gambling.
I have also heard that rumor. Even if that was confirmed I doubt many would care.
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Ruth - The man played 100 years ago and still is the greatest ballplayer, ever.
Pele - The greatest player in the world's most popular sport.
Ali - He told us he was the greatest, and I believe him. Known around the world.
Jordan - Coulda been Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, Lombardi, Jackie Robinson or Carl Lewis, or ........but I'm choosing Jordan for his worldwide appeal, greatness on the court and impact on merchandising.

Hard to argue with many of the previous lists, but I tried to use 'impact' as a deciding factor among so many greats. What was their impact on their game, their teammates (if any) and the world in general?
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Hard to argue with many of the previous lists, but I tried to use 'impact' as a deciding factor among so many greats. What was their impact on their game, their teammates (if any) and the world in general?
In the case of Gretzky, he literally made every player he played with better, more than any player in any sport. He is also pretty much singlehandedly responsible for his league expanding the way it did. Without him, there's no teams in San Jose or Anaheim. Probably not Atlanta, Dallas or Carolina either. And no Mighty Ducks movies.
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Default Mount Rushmore
Okay, I'll foolishly swim into even deeper waters...

The arguments for Wayne Gretsky and Pele are compelling, and I could
easily see them on a fictional "Mount Rushmore" of sports athletes. I'll
double down on Michael Jordan, though. Some commenters have
mentioned "commercial impact", and I don't agree with that as a prime
mover for membership in an exclusive club such as "4 best ever" in sports,
"Mount Rushmore", etc. Jordan was a wonderful player (and so were guys
like Russell, Robertson, Bird, and so on). He was also Tracy McGrady at the
beginning of his career, horrible at the end, and "mysteriously absent"
(wink wink) in the middle of it. It's wonderful for his bank account that
Nike was enamored of him, but that dog won't hunt. Many folks have
named athletes whose impact on the sport, or perhaps society, was greater
than Jordan's and who were paid only a small fraction of what Jordan
earned- and he STILL got out earned in endorsements many times
by...drum roll, please- Michael Schumacher!!

As for people "not caring" about that tiny little absence at the height of his
fame, I'm sure many fans could persuade themselves not to care. Even if
I could be persuaded to get there, however, it sure wipes him out of a
Mount Rushmore chat. These are opinions, which is what was called for-
and that's my explanation. I'll take cover now Trent King
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