Karl Malone is vastly underrated. IMO he should definitely be in the discussion with Duncan with best PF ever. This isn't a popular sentiment, but it's certainly a logical one when looking at their individual resumes.

Karl Malone is vastly underrated. IMO he should definitely be in the discussion with Duncan with best PF ever. This isn't a popular sentiment, but it's certainly a logical one when looking at their individual resumes.
Exactly! In terms of winning chips, individual accomplishments don't matter! So why consider a chip as an individual accomplishment?so you just wanna judge guys on stats. u wanna praise a kevin love who never makes the playoffs but drops 26/14 a night?
listen breh. you play to win the games (as herm eloquently put it). if you ain't winnin, then what you do individually doesn't matter.
If Malone was the best PF ever, he should of had no trouble winning a title with the 2nd best PG ever. Everyone will use the Jordan excuse, but the Mailman and Stockton couldn't even win a title when Jordan went on "vacation" for 2 seasons when the NBA was for any teams taking.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF RINGS AND INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES. NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. SIMPLE SCIENCE.
As we saw this year, winning a championship is more than just having one great player. There are a wide variety of factors that go into winning the chip- coaching, organization, roster, luck of the draw with playoff match-ups, etc. One guy really can't do it all, and this has been proven time and time again with all-time greats i.e. Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Nique, etc. that are legendary INDIVIDUAL players who just were never blessed with the circumstances to win a title.
I understand that the modern-NBA is very "star-centric", but reality is that basketball is a team-sport. When the Warriors won the title, everyone got rings, not just Iggy or Steph. Everyone from the owner to the assistant equipment manager got one, because they all contributed to the championship in some way, and they all were
important.
Ultimately, a championship is a TEAM award, not an individual one. Even "Leading a team to a championship" is not a valid measurement, not only because it's incredibly vague but also because its too dependent on the aforementioned TEAM circumstances.
The only honest way we can assess how good a player was is through individual accomplishments- individual stats and awards.
elite QBs seem to make the playoffs every year regardless who is around them. see Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Aaron rogers.
Just because it was 3 paragraphs doesn't mean it's longwinded brehIs this long winded post supposed to create some new "Bron Law?"
Can we let this grown man lose without creating some little league trophy to give to his ass.
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Exactly! In terms of winning chips, individual accomplishments don't matter! So why consider a chip as an individual accomplishment?
But I'm talking about INDIVIDUAL legacies breh. INDIVIDUAL legacies are dependent on stats and awards. Mt. Rushmores, Top 10 lists, all of that shouldn't even consider titles.
1 each and if Seattle didn't make the WOAT play call in football history then the 3 of them combine to win 2 in the last 10 years. Takes everything going right basically to win a title. Smh at this ESPN raised generation being so dense that they legit think just a single person can be all the difference and deserve all the credit or all the blame.They have good teams and good coaches. We talking rings. Brady, Peyton, Rogers have how many rings in the last 10 years?
They have good teams and good coaches. We talking rings. Brady, Peyton, Rogers have how many rings in the last 10 years?
You're failing to see the point. The Utah Jazz winning or not winning a title has nothing to do with Karl Malone if Karl Malone is putting up GOAT numbers regardless.