What player has had the most aesthetically pleasing offensive game in NBA history?

Who had the prettiest (pause) game in history?

  • Kobe Bryant

    Votes: 36 18.4%
  • Tracy McGrady

    Votes: 14 7.1%
  • Derrick Rose

    Votes: 2 1.0%
  • Michael Jordan

    Votes: 92 46.9%
  • Allen Iverson

    Votes: 3 1.5%
  • George Gervin

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Larry Bird

    Votes: 3 1.5%
  • Kareem Abdul Jabbar

    Votes: 2 1.0%
  • Kyrie Irving

    Votes: 36 18.4%
  • Earl Monroe

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Julius Irving

    Votes: 7 3.6%
  • Pete Maravich

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nate Archibald

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    196

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Maximum measurements:=20
Vertical reach while standing flat-footed 93.67 in.
Floor to pelvic crest while standing 49.00 in.
Vertical reach displacement during a jump from standing 35.93 in.
Vertical displacement of the pelvis during a jump from running 38.07 in.
Vertical velocity during a jump from running 701.00 o/sec.=20
Vertical reach displacement during a jump from running 45.76 in.
Vertical reach displacement during a 1 hand dunk 41.70 in.
Vertical reach displacement during a 2 hand dunk 40.93 in.


MJ’s athletic testing at North Carolina he had nowhere near a 50 inch vert

The 48 inch vert which you rounded up is bullshyt Tim Grover said to sell workout packages. It’s “Air Jordan” propaganda that today is passed off as fact. LeBron gets up higher.
 

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I don't even think it's close. Most skilled is Kobe, Kyrie, or Steph but as far as asethtics, MJ got me thinking of him in the air whenever I think of the song take my breath away or I believe I can fly.

We not even lettin this slide tbh. It’s as if people want to have a happy medium and give one thing to Mike and one thing to Kobe. That 1A-1b shyt. Nah. Mike was more athletically gifted AND more technically skilled, which is why he was more efficient, and a better playmaker if we wanna go that route.

So if Kobe is more ‘skilled’, at WHAT ?? :heh: Where did it show up?!? Can’t be eye test bc he’s a facsimile of mike just less athletic and less efficient. People would like to think the more athletic player could get by on that and skimp on skill but no sir. Mike was pristine in his footwork, movement, etc a benefit of being held back at UNC under Dean smith

People forget Mike has a 32,8, and 8 season and played some PG early on:

Jordan continued to play at point guard until the end of the season. He averaged 30.4 points, 10.7 assists, 9.2 rebounds, and 2.4 steals in 39.8 minutes over 24 games.

So are we talkin skill like footwork, skill as in overall play in the lebron sense, skill as in how to score? Kobe doesn’t clear like in any interpretation of the word ‘skill’
 

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Here’s Kobe’s elbow dunk



Here’s Mike’s elbow dunk



My mfin goodness :scust::damn:

That dog don’t hunt my guy they were not peers athletically
 

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Here’s Kobe’s elbow dunk



Here’s Mike’s elbow dunk



My mfin goodness :scust::damn:

That dog don’t hunt my guy they were not peers athletically

Of course some overdramatized slow mo edited bullshyt it wasn’t a 360 and it wasn’t an elbow dip typical Jordan propaganda machine shyt

:mjlol: at the music

This is the what the dunk actually was… :heh:


MJ never did the elbow dunk that’s why it was a big deal when Vince did most hadn’t seen it although it’s come out that Kobe did it in HS and in that summer celebrity dunk contest you posted…

And we talking about in game shyt and aesthetic offense where MJ doesn’t have Kobe’s volume of powerful, flashy dunks windmills, 360’s, Eastbays, posters, crossovers, difficult shots, rangy pull ups

MJ does not have a 50 inch vert and never did a 360 elbow in the rim dunk stop the CAP :snoop:
 
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Maximum measurements:=20
Vertical reach while standing flat-footed 93.67 in.
Floor to pelvic crest while standing 49.00 in.
Vertical reach displacement during a jump from standing 35.93 in.
Vertical displacement of the pelvis during a jump from running 38.07 in.
Vertical velocity during a jump from running 701.00 o/sec.=20
Vertical reach displacement during a jump from running 45.76 in.
Vertical reach displacement during a 1 hand dunk 41.70 in.
Vertical reach displacement during a 2 hand dunk 40.93 in.


MJ’s athletic testing at North Carolina he had nowhere near a 50 inch vert

The 48 inch vert which you rounded up is bullshyt Tim Grover said to sell workout packages. It’s “Air Jordan” propaganda that today is passed off as fact. LeBron gets up higher.
Why does it fukking matter. We saw what we saw breh...is Jason Richardson suddenly better than MJ even aesthetically because of hops?
 
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So let's say Kobe has a 55 inch vert and MJ has 43, why would it matter, whatsoever, if they had full careers and we watched them perform athletically since they were 19?

Let’s be honest man. Kobe was a tough shot maker, great feetwork and on TMac Young ray tier athletically…

But c’mon…if it was that serious the world wouldn’t have become enamored with Vince the way they did
 

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So let's say Kobe has a 55 inch vert and MJ has 43, why would it matter, whatsoever, if they had full careers and we watched them perform athletically since they were 19?
It’s not about the vert.

It’s just that MJ ain’t have no 50 inch vert and that tried to be passed off as a fact.

Kobe’s vert is lower than MJ’s he’s still a more creative dunker which is aesthetically superior which is what the thread is about in combination to having a wider variety of crossovers, being the G.O.A.T. difficult shot maker, and having more shooting range which is aesthetic and pleasing to the eye, and his footwork and counters was as elite as they come as well.
 
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