it varies from sport to sport. great basketball players can be much more impactful on their game than say a a great quarterback cause technically somebody like marino doesn't play half of the game when his defense is on the field. to that end, a championship is the prerequisite to be considered a great basketball player in my opinion. and i think we have all seen great basketball players take over a game in spite of the glaring deficiencies of their supporting cast (e.g. d. wade)
<div class="quote_poster">Moo2K4 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Or maybe you simply have higher morals than most and would prefer to wait, cause just a thought, I do take offense to that comment cause I do have a lot of really good friends who do know a lot of females, but are completely abstinate. Just cause you wait and don't have sex with anything that walks doesn't make you gay.</div>Sorry, but I didn't mean your female friends. But your "girlfriends". I hang out with many girls, too. It's just more interesting to hang out with girls than with boys. Don't get me wrong here.
I wouldn't make that analogy about girls and getting laid. Championships are pointless. What one should be judged upon is how well they play in the regular season and playoffs; then if one never wins a ring despite his stellar play, that was not his fault at all. The only key is to determine what is "stellar" play. For example, inefficiently averaging 31ppg (with mediocre defense) is not cutting it.
