The GOAT

[ACT Crusader]

If anyone else follows Table Tennis, Ma Long is probably the GOAT

[MN5]

@Bones said in The GOAT:

At the risk of a booboo

.....and it's common knowledge the hitman wasn't even the greatest wrestler of his era.

Fuck off Tom Brady you pretender.

[shark]

Jeremy Lin didn't tip you fluffybunnies off that my list was a piss take, but instead you take exception to John Cena and Michael Chang???

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@MN5 said in The GOAT:

@Bones said in The GOAT:

At the risk of a booboo

.....and it's common knowledge the hitman wasn't even the greatest wrestler of his era.

Fuck off Tom Brady you pretender.

He wasn’t even the best wrestler in his family. RIP Owen

[Chris B.]

@shark Look at the patience and tactical awareness of Bradbury. He risked losing to win!

[MajorRage]

@Chris-B The thing I hated most about that Bradbury was that it just had to be a fucking Australian!!! 2002 was right in the epicentre of their sporting purple patch. Rugby cricket netball swimming and even the socceroos were doing pretty well. And man did they not shut up about it.

And then lo and behold they were god damn handed a medal at the winter olympics!!!

[booboo]

@Dice said in The GOAT:

@voodoo said in The GOAT:

@shark said in The GOAT:

Anyway, this just in from the US: The top 10 GOATs.

1 Tom Brady
2 Michael Jordan
3 Michael Phelps
4 Tiger Woods
5 Muhammad Ali
6 LeBron James
7 Wilt Chamberlain
8 Babe Ruth
9 Willie Mays
10 Joe Montana

Mentions to Chris Chelios, Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis, Alex Rodriguez, Joe Namath, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Chang, John Cena, Jeremy Lin and a medicine cabinet on two wheels.

Also, get the fuck out with Wilt, I've debunked that myth already, he's not even top 5 in the NBA GOAT conversation

Wilt was the GOAT off the court.

That may have been mentioned

[TeWaio]

@nzzp said in The GOAT:

@ACT-Crusader said in The GOAT:

@voodoo the talent around Russell was very good as well - Havlicek, Cousy, Sam and KC Jones, Heinsohn, Sharman.

the talent around Brady has been pretty impressive as well - not least Bill Belichek.

This is a great thread, by the way.

I'm also voting against Usain Bolt (and any track/field, or cycling to be fair), as PED are just too likely.

https://medium.com/@tomnew/usain-bolt-lance-armstrong-and-the-duck-test-303b7b891e7e

I came here to post basically this to earlier suggestions of Bolt, but you beat me to it. Absolutely spot on unfortunately (and I am a huge athletics fan).

The golden era of Jamaican sprinting 2008-2017 coincided perfectly with them having a basically non functional national anti doping body.

[mofitzy_]

Unproven doping (even if highly likely) shouldn't rule out anyone. I assume the Americans leagues have higher levels of doping than international sports, so for Jordan, Brady etc. I would be more surprised if they were completely clean.

[Catogrande]

@mofitzy_ said in The GOAT:

Unproven doping (even if highly likely) shouldn't rule out anyone. I assume the Americans leagues have higher levels of doping than international sports, so for Jordan, Brady etc. I would be more surprised if they were completely clean.

Baseball had a real problem a few years back if I recall.

[MN5]

@booboo said in The GOAT:

@Dice said in The GOAT:

@voodoo said in The GOAT:

@shark said in The GOAT:

Anyway, this just in from the US: The top 10 GOATs.

1 Tom Brady
2 Michael Jordan
3 Michael Phelps
4 Tiger Woods
5 Muhammad Ali
6 LeBron James
7 Wilt Chamberlain
8 Babe Ruth
9 Willie Mays
10 Joe Montana

Mentions to Chris Chelios, Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis, Alex Rodriguez, Joe Namath, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Chang, John Cena, Jeremy Lin and a medicine cabinet on two wheels.

Also, get the fuck out with Wilt, I've debunked that myth already, he's not even top 5 in the NBA GOAT conversation

Wilt was the GOAT off the court.

That may have been mentioned

Yeah @Dice, I’ve already made the jokes about that. Try and keep up.

[Chris B.]

@MajorRage said in The GOAT:

@Chris-B The thing I hated most about that Bradbury was that it just had to be a fucking Australian!!! 2002 was right in the epicentre of their sporting purple patch. Rugby cricket netball swimming and even the socceroos were doing pretty well. And man did they not shut up about it.

And then lo and behold they were god damn handed a medal at the winter olympics!!!

The worst time to be a NZ sports fan in the past 50 years. Probably ever.

I still distinctly recall a Bledisloe post on here of the tenor, "We've won 8 of the last 11".

Well, who's counting now, motherfucker!

It's karma and it's not yet worn out - though it might be with Fozzie!

[nzzp]

Saw this today - after the Larry Bird discussion I found it amusing

Legendary Moments in NBA History: Larry Bird records triple-double with left hand in 1986 | NBA.com

[voodoo]

@nzzp Legend

[delicatessen]

@nzzp said in The GOAT:

Saw this today - after the Larry Bird discussion I found it amusing

Legendary Moments in NBA History: Larry Bird records triple-double with left hand in 1986 | NBA.com

That's insane! 100% from down town just to rub it in.....

[mariner4life]

Great white hype...

[shark]

@Catogrande said in The GOAT:

@mofitzy_ said in The GOAT:

Unproven doping (even if highly likely) shouldn't rule out anyone. I assume the Americans leagues have higher levels of doping than international sports, so for Jordan, Brady etc. I would be more surprised if they were completely clean.

Baseball had a real problem a few years back if I recall.

Mark Maguire the fucken hoax

[canefan]

@shark said in The GOAT:

@Catogrande said in The GOAT:

@mofitzy_ said in The GOAT:

Unproven doping (even if highly likely) shouldn't rule out anyone. I assume the Americans leagues have higher levels of doping than international sports, so for Jordan, Brady etc. I would be more surprised if they were completely clean.

Baseball had a real problem a few years back if I recall.

Mark Maguire the fucken hoax

Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Clemens, a great steroid fuelled era

[mariner4life]

@shark said in The GOAT:

@Catogrande said in The GOAT:

@mofitzy_ said in The GOAT:

Unproven doping (even if highly likely) shouldn't rule out anyone. I assume the Americans leagues have higher levels of doping than international sports, so for Jordan, Brady etc. I would be more surprised if they were completely clean.

Baseball had a real problem a few years back if I recall.

Mark Maguire the fucken hoax

meh. That home run chase was awesome viewing.

[antipodean]

I couldn't understand why people got so upset about it. Baseball is synonymous with cheating.