RAPTORS PLAYERS DECIDE WHO’S THE G.O.A.T.

RAPTORS PLAYERS DECIDE WHO’S THE G.O.A.T.

This is the answer. So, if anybody didn’t get to this answer, they don’t know what they’re talking about. I got to choose one. But what if I don’t want to choose one? We’re going to figure out who the GOAT is. But we’re going to go through like match up by matchup. Shay or Iver? I’m going to go Shay just cuz I I know Shay a little bit and he Kentucky alone. AI for now. You know, Shay’s greatness is on the way. I’m going I know Shay my boy. So, similar player, kind of old school against new school. I think I’ll take the old school on this one. Watch more of Allen Iverson back in the day. Taking Shay over Alan Iverson. taller, better defense, can get to that free throw line, kind of do everything. I’m going to have to go with AI. I mean, I am half Canadian now and he won a championship. So, I go with Shay. Say AI right now. He’s iconic name. This is a crazy one. Picking Shay, bro. That’s tough. I love you, young fella. You did your thing. You Canadian, too. Sorry. But AI so quick on Iverson. How come? Just love his swagger. The way he plays. I’m going to go Shay eyes. Shay over Jason T. I really don’t know Jason at all. So, but we talking about basketball. I’m going still go Shay, man. Jason Tatum’s tough though. Finals MVP. MVP. Shay. He’s the MVP right now. I’m going go Shay right now. Shay’s MVP. I’m going to go I’m going to go Tatum, bro. I need a PG. You know what I’m saying? So, yeah. I need a PG. Luca, they’re both tough. I’ll give it to the MVP. Same thing. I got Luca over Shay. Luca can control the game a little bit. You know what I’m saying? He has his own pace, his own rhythm. I’ll be using Luko on 2K a lot. I’m actually go Luko. I might be just going off of team success. Yeah, that’s hard to beat. That’s where Shay loses his first one. It’s magic. He was a goat in his era. I don’t even know how to think about it. Like, do I think No. Are we going to talk about the goat? Shay can’t she’s he can’t be the goat right now. Ae, I’m going still go Iris for now. Oh, this is another good one. But I think if I take him over Sha, I got to take him over and too. Say, this my favorite player. This my boy. He probably will win this matchup, but I’m going AI. I grew up on AI and everything he brought to the game. That crossover stick with AI. He brought a team to the finals with so much less, bro. You going to be there? Anthony Edwards, Alen Iverson. I’d say AI still. Ant, I mindset, man. Be talking that talk. Tatum’s got that ring. Oh, okay. Yeah, he does have a ring. I guess we’ll go with that logic. Anthony Edwards, Luca off of 2K again. I’m still going Luca. I got it in over Luca. Better defense. Defense wins championships. Ant over Luka. Eula don’t play no defense, man. Magic or Ant. Ah, Magic. Ant don’t be getting enough respect more far along than a lot of people are giving them credit for. Ant still loses. Still Magic. I don’t know about the the classics. I’m going to take over MJ. It’s a new era, you know what I’m saying? So, I don’t know how well like Magic Johnson is going to do in today’s era. I know how empty, you know, with you know what I’m saying? Man, like you know the people know. Oh, this one is bad. Giannis for sure though. Yeah. Yeah. I’m going to take Giannis over a defense. Rim Runner. You going to have to game plan really hard for Yiannis. AI. Larry Bird. Larry Bird. Co, but I’m going AI. Is this where the AI run ends against Larry Bird? Uh, unfortunately it does not. Keep going AI. Yeah. Ooh, I got to go with Larry. I’m going to go Larry on this one. Larry legend. It’s like a different tier of legendary. I think I think we got to go with Larry. Seen some Larry Bird films. Hell of a player. Jason Tatum. Larry Bird. Gotta go Larry Bird. Gotta go the OG. Two Boston guys. I think it’s still Larry. I’m gonna go with Larry for now though. Got to go with Larry Bird. Come on now. Mr. Bird on that one. I love you though, JT. We going to play some golf together. Will AI. I never seen his highlights. Well, the 100 point game one doesn’t even exist. There wasn’t even video for it. But he tall as hell. But I’m going AI. You have to stay with AI. Even though one of the greatest ever to play, one of the greatest picks to ever touch the ball. Wimby and AI. Wimby probably win this. Don’t go AI. Vick, I love you, man. You know, really close friend of mine, great guy. I do think one day it’s going to be the other way, but today I will have to stick with AI. Kareem against AI. I got to go with Kareem. I’m sorry. Clearly, he was special to you. What did you like so much about Iverson? I had his jersey early on. He was different. He did it his own way. Every time he stepped on the floor, you knew he was going for 50. Kareem. O people won’t like my answers today, but it’s okay to be different. You know, I’ll I’ll still have to stick with AI. Luca or Larry similar games with these two as well. They do. Luca got his conversations with his numbers and his stats. Like a lot of people can’t be in that room with him. So, I’m going to go Larry Legend for right now. Yeah, Larry’s going to take a lot of these. I stick with Larry. That’s my guy. I’m a championship guy. So, Larry the goat. I’m going to go Larry Bird. Let’s just go Larry for the fun of it, man. Old school Larry got the behind the head. Cash Magic or Larry. I’m a big Magic fan, so I’m gonna go Magic. You play a similar style as well, right? Yeah, it just it just resonates with me. Larry wins that matchup. I’m sorry. I’ll go Bird. I would say Magic Johnson. Who got more finals? I think Magic. One more. I believe one. Yeah, I’m going Magic. Magic’s got five rings. Got four or three. Three. Woo. I got to go with Magic because of what he brought to the game besides on the court, but off the court. I’ve always been a bigger Larry Larry Bird fan. Just feel like his game was more complete. I honestly don’t have a favorite here. I think generally people say Magic’s a little bit better, so I’m going to go with Magic. I’m just going Larry, man. The jump shot behind the head is legendary. And on 2K also, he has all the best shooting badges. Giannis. Larry. I feel like their games are totally different. Giannis is downhill. We might got to see Giannis this year. So, I’m going to give him benefit. Giannis. I’m a Giannis fan. How many Larry comparison have you got a lot? Yeah. I don’t know why. Don’t look like him at all. I’m going still give Larry his flowers. I feel like Giannis will be better, but still give Larry. You think in time? Yeah. Giannis gets there. I’m going to take Giannis over Larry Burr. Larry Bird can shoot that. He can shoot it though. I ain’t going to lie. He can she can shoot it. Magic or Wilt? Got to go with my KU alum Will Chamberlain. You know, Wil got the numbers, but I’m going to go with Magic over Wilt. Wil. Nah, I’ll take Magic over Wilt. Again, I got to go with Magic. Wilt was dominant. It’s about winning, too. You got to win. All right, I’m going magic. Victor again, young great young player. It’s going to, you know, may change the game. We’ll see. But Magic Johnson for sure. 74 that can do all that. That’s insane. He done inspired 2K to make everybody 74 and can shoot and and shoot over everybody. He got ways to go, you know. He’s His greatness is coming. Too young. Definitely taking magic over a Vic. Although, we’ll see. Maybe in 20 years. Will Chamberlain. Giannis. 100 points in the game. I’m going Will. Damn, that’s a tough one. Forest time, man. I don’t know if it gets any better than Forest Time. Now, if Giannis went back to the generous, but I like I can’t do that though cuz the game has evolved. I can’t do that. He’s too young. He ain’t there yet, but he’s he’s definitely on his way. I can’t do the classics, man. I’m sorry. Take Giannis over Wilt any day. Wilts over Giannis. I’ve just played against Giannis. A hard guy to stop. No. No. This is interesting. Now, this is interesting. We got Giannis and Wimi. I don’t know how this would be in 5 years. You know what I’m saying? It’s good. This is get a young the young boy, the younger the younger guy. You know what I’m saying? Some potential. Some room grow. You know what I’m saying? I’m going to go Wii. This is This is not based off of right now. Giannis is still a better player than WBY right now, but just the potential and the upside and then like also just defensively what he has the abilities to do to have a guy that’s that tall but then can move as well as he does and then is as skilled like he’s shooting onelegged three-pointers from the logo and stuff like that’s just that’s not normal. He’s too young. He ain’t there yet but he’s he’s definitely on his way. JT Kareem JT got game but I ain’t giving that much respect to JT. Y’all got to go Kareem. You know, Luca Kareem, I got to go Kareem. Kareem got how many championships? Magic. Magic uh was a mentor for me. I got to go Magic. I think Kareem just might take it with like the accolades. Is that like big man bias or I mean it might be. Who knows? I’m going to go Re. Can’t even explain. But his greatness is there though. Nah, I ain’t going Kareem. I’m sorry. Now, could Magic have been magic if he didn’t have Kareem? This is a good little thing that y’all got going on here. I like how y’all put it. This is tough cuz you know as a guard I don’t want to be too biased to guards. I’ll be honest with you. The longevity of Kareem and then what he did in college. Sorry, Magic. I got to go with Kareem. That sky hook was you know untouchable. Larry going on a run here. I like Does it end with Joic? I think so. Just I love Larry go. Let’s just see a new face. You know, keep it, you know, let’s just see a new face. Same thing with Joic. I think he’ll be better. But right now, you guys two very similar games like IQ the pass Wilt or Nola I think Nicole is better than than Wilt right now. Just just just calling it like it is. But um Wilt was the I don’t know that Wilt has my choice now. I’m actually going Noola Jokic on this one. He’s probably the best player in the league right now. He can score. He doesn’t have any weakness in his game. You could say athleticism, but I ain’t going to lie, if you have high basketball IQ, your athleticism is it doesn’t really matter. So, you got to go with weld. Come on now. Rock chalk. Um Katie’s number two. Small forward all time. Larry’s number three. Wrong one. There we go. Let’s give it to KD. Like the Slim Reaper. Will mythical. I’ll have to go Katie. KD is my favorite player. Uh he’s the reason why I really got into basketball and you know why I had this interest in in NBA basketball specifically. Katie or Wimby? Got to go with KD. WMY could get there for sure. This is just 2.0 O version of him. Do you think Wimby can get there? I think Wimby can get there for sure. His like how how what’s the ceiling? His his ceiling is one. Like he has the he has all the tools for it. Wimby Joic. Wimy’s tough, but I’m still going Jokic. Wimby probably could get there. He’s another alien of a player, so he probably definitely could get there. Also younger, you know, older as of right now. Got to go. Uh is the best player in the league? Yeah, I feel like he just does everything. His IQ of the game is just like the highest IQ in the game. So I’m taking that. He’s going to be a very good player for a long time. I think Jokus is the best player in the world personally. So, do you tell that to Shay? I won’t say it to him. Giannis or I’m going to go Rem. Giannis is still on his way there. Yeah, I’ll take Kareem over Giannis as well. Giannis, Greek Freak, you doing your thing? You a force, but I got to go with Kareem. His impact is just too great now. And this is I think where AI ends. I think I’ll have to take Shaq. I definitely was um in love with his his game. Okay, I will go Jason Tatum. Great player. I do think Shaq is the one of the greatest bigs if not the greatest um one of the most dominant players and I’ll stick with it. Same way, you know, love Luca. I don’t think he’s accomplished as much as Shaq. So, I will have to stay with Shaq. Magic. Um you know, first big guard, I’d say amazing flashing passes, amazing highlights, but I would have to stay with Shaq. Shaq. I ain’t going back and forth. No questions with that. Shaq, how many kill got five? He got three. Three with the Lakers, one with the Heat. That’s a dominant force though, bro. He dominant. Giannis. Nah, he ain’t messing with Shaq. I can’t lie. I don’t know who going to beat Shaq. I ain’t going to lie. Shaq. I would say like this two is a is like a great uh you can’t like kind of pick wrong in here. Giannis is kind of the modern chap. That’s what I’m saying. Like um two dominant guys who who are like rent dominant like super hard every game. I will have to stay sh you know I got to compete against Yiannis. So West Joic in my opinion is the best player in the game today. Kareem was the best player in the game for a while when he was playing. If Jokic’s career ended today, would he be the best center of all time? He need another ring. He need another ring. And that’s what my guy does. On top of all the other accolades and he could play fast or slow. You didn’t have to take him out the game. Free throws. You didn’t have to do none of that. I’m going to go with with with Kareem. I got to take Kareem over Yokic. What does Jokic have to do to maybe like get to that level? I mean, I think it really depends how you look at it. Like, are you taking like the best player ever? Like this probably be like a modern guy just cuz like basketball has evolved so much. I think he’d have to win a couple more championships probably. I think they’re they’re different players. I guess both really good like post players at the end of the day, but I think Joic even does a little bit more on the court for the rest of the team. But Kareem was I mean he was pretty unstoppable in the post back in the day. So, yeah, it’s tough. There’s another guy who’s on 2K. Kareem. He probably faster than me at 7 feet tall. So, I’m going Kareem. I can’t go Yoki. I can’t. Not yet. But he he he will be there. Kareem’s won everything. So, I got to give that to him for sure. If I’m like picking a team, I’m taking Yic over Kareem. Number two on the points. Jokic will be top three in assists. Another classic, man. I don’t know, man. These classics, man. Oh, okay. Hold up. Let’s explain the other one first. Uh who was that? Uh just cream. Yeah, he just does it. Yeah, he just says everything better than a cream. Let’s be more Let’s be specific now. Let’s if we’re doing era to era cuz you can put Jokicage in, you know, back then era. I don’t know if you could put Shaq in today’s era. If you’re just feeding the ball to Shaq, that’s twos. You giving up. I mean, you taking a lot of twos, the other team taking a lot of threes. You know what I’m saying? And Shaq is not guarding the perimeter. So, but since we’re living in the new, you know what I’m saying? Like I think you said it best. The twos versus threes, the math math. And yeah, 2K people would understand that. You know what I’m saying? Shaq, nobody can’t stop Shaq. Jokic, man. Jokic. I’m going Yic. If they’re against each other, like, how does Shaq even guard Joic? And how does Jokic even try to guard Shaq? This is the thing. I don’t think that game is going to get finished. It’s going to be some bloody noses. I don’t I don’t think it’s going to be finished. I got Jokic, though, cuz he can he can shoot that three ball. He’s always getting interesting. I’ll be honest. uh 101 post young Shaq he he might be too strong but at the same time you can foul Shaq just touch he’s he’s just he’s just different you know even five on five game like you can give the ball to Yic and he can do whatever so I would unfortunately have to skip on Shaq and stay with Y KD or I’m going to go rain yeah I mean Kevin Durant is another tough one he’s done it for a long time but I think I’m still taking Kareem Kevin Durant tough but I’m on Kareem. Too fast blocking shots. Kareem deserves it. Kareem’s won everything. But this Let’s not We can’t We can’t go skip over over this one, though. We can’t skip over this one. He’s a bucket. Probably one of the best, if not the best score ever. Why KD over over Cream? I’m I can only speak from this list from my generation. KD’s impact is is I don’t even know. Top three impact. Is KD one of the dudes you’re most excited to guard? I wouldn’t say excited, but I’m looking forward to it. Do your thing out there, bro, but I got to give it to Lou Alindor. Got to go KD. Still bucket. Timmy or Re? Greatest power forward of all time. I’m going to go Rever Timmy. Mythical Will. I had the honor and privilege to play with the greatest power forward in the game. Although you’re the greatest power forward, Timmy D. I love you, brother. I gotta go with Kareem. Body of work. Kareem wins. But I I like Tim Duncan. He’s He got some rings in there. He can compete in the ring standpoint. Kareem just too athletic, man. So, I’m going Kareem. Again, I’m a really big Tim Duncan believer. Why do you think Duncan maybe isn’t as respected by by your generation? He’s just quiet. He’s a quiet guy. He minds his business and, you know, he takes care of his own. First of all, this is my guy. So, I’m I’m definitely taking Tim over Kareem, but I also think he might have had a sneaky better career than Kareem. like just the amount of games they won is is insane. Why do you think Duncan’s so underrated with like with this generation? I mean, I think he’s just not flashy and like he’s he’s always been like really fundamentally sound, like not really a player that like sticks out on the court, but when you really know basketball, like you know what he’s doing out there and you know what him in that system for such a long time was doing for really the 2000’s basketball scene. Katie or Shaq? O, we’re talking about straight dominance. going with Shaq, but I still have, you know, still have my my my guy KD, so I’m gonna go KD over Shaq. One of the best scorers of all time. Probably the best scoreer of all time. Um, yeah. Now, Shaq going to win this matchup. But this my boy right here. This my boy. I got to I got to go KD. Steph and uh Nola. I would have to stay with Nola. Even though I do in my heart feel like Steph deserves one of the greatest spots as well. He definitely changed the game. So unfortunately Steph’s got to go. Okay. Since it’s okay. I’m taking care cuz you just changed the game. Steph for sure. Man changed the game, man. You can’t can’t deny that. Duncan Shack. Oh boy. I mean, I think you could go either way with this, but I’m taking Tim. Most dominant all time. He he he kind of outdoes big fundamental. He’s he’s not he’s a cheat code. Katie or Steph. The best three-point shooter in the game. It’s crazy that they played together on the same team. This is a tough one cuz guarding both of them are tough. I say Steph on this one. Gotta go with my boy Rent. But ain’t nobody else gonna ever be Steph Curry. Curry changed the game. I don’t know. I’m I’m going Kitty over Curry just because I like Kitty. Steph. I’m a guard, bro. I just got to go Steph. I’m taking Curry, though. Like, you know, just one. He just wins more. You know what I’m saying? Steph or Tim Duncan? Oo, still go Steph on this one. I’m still taking Tim. Another classic. But, you know, Tim Duncan’s good. He’s a great guy. Great guy. Tim Duncan. Steph. I probably go LeBron. He’s my favorite player growing up. You know what? He drafted 03. I was born in 03. Kind of crazy. I don’t know if anybody beat LeBron. Not to be weird or anything, but what’s it like play going up against a guy playing against a guy who was drafted the year that you were born. It’s pretty cool. I mean, in the game, you don’t really think about that. You know, it’s just another opponent, but yeah, after the game or like before the game, you see him, you’re like, damn, he’s been in the league my whole life. Braun and Kareem. You know what? I might have to go with Braun on this one. Kareem, you stood the test of time. You did well, bro. But I got to give it to the second best player ever in my opinion, but probably the best center to ever play. That was like my favorite player growing up, Brian. I’m going just go Brian, man. Brian Shaq, we going Brian. Not better than Brian. And then we going with Shaquille, my LSU guy. He always shouts me out when they doing who we play for LSU. You as well as me would say we going to get us to LeBron. Appreciate it, big bro. Steph or LeBron? Got to go LeBron. I’m only 6’3. I’m going Steph Curry. I got to go with Braun. You are top 10 though for sure. People are shooting 40 50 threes in games because of Steph’s influence. So, he completely like has changed the game of basketball. But there’s LeBron James. I hate to say it, but uh LeBron James, you know, uh you got to respect his resume, man. You know what I’m saying? LeBron feel like that’s the only right answer. Got to go Braun. Longevity, man. Greatness. Hakee. KD my boy, but the dream. I’mma go. I got to go. Damn, this is a tough one. His footwork crazy. Tim Duncan, best power for ever. His his work just prettier. LeBron James. They’re going to kill me if I don’t pick LeBron James. You know, I got to show love to Bron. 40,000 plus points. Yeah. Hakee was the reason why basically my dad got to the States when he was growing up playing basketball in Nigeria. So, I’d say Hakee. Wow. Big upset. That’s a big That’s a big upset. People sleep on the dream, man. I’mma go with Braun, though. He’s amazing player as well. Nope. The next card is MJ, isn’t it? Hold on. Let me see. How did I know? Yeah, he’s not better than Yeah, it’s like every time I flip it. I don’t know who I’m hoping for, but it’s not these guys. I’ll stick with Tim. Why not? Hakee. I would say the same thing about Hakee when I said about Shaq. That’s why I got to stay with Yo. Katie’s better. I like Katie more than Michael Jordan. I love Nicola and his style of play. Gotta go with MJ. You don’t have to say much about MJ. Oh, this is a great great one. But I think I got to start flipping. Love KD. Pure scorer, but MJ’s MJ. This is a good one. This one right here though. I just think Tim is the best fourman I ever played against. I’ll still stick with MJ. This is a problem. I think now we’re going to have to go with Michael Jordan. I already know what this is going on. Well, this is the debate. I don’t even know who’s under here. Like, cuz I figured it would end on this. I’ll go with LeBron. We’re done with the ’90s. No questions asked. You guys did this on purpose. So, you see, this is where things might get tricky because I am a big LeBron fan. I’m going to play LeBron again and I’m not going to give him even though I want to do this. You’ll never see another LeBron, I don’t think, in any of our lifetimes. He’s still got a 40 in vert, bro. For me, he’s always been my go-to though. I’m not going to lie. When you like you name of like the top three athletes in the world, like it’s going to be MJ. Like, you know what I’m saying? I’m going to say MJ. Michael, Jeffrey, Jordan. I mean, I don’t We could just do this. I could care less who’s underneath. I could care less, but he’s not. I mean, there’s no right answer. That’s the right answer right there. I got to choose one. But what if I don’t want to choose one? There’s still another person too underneath. I already know what that is. Kobe Bryant. Come on now. So, it was Kobe underneath. Who would you have done? If it would have been Kobe Jordan, how would you go? I think you still I think you still got to take LeBron. Now, if you had to go LeBron and Kobe, who’s behind LeBron, what would you go? I would go LeBron. Oh, yeah. Everybody else loses now. This is This is a goat, too. But like, everybody else just loses now. Ding, ding, ding. He literally came into the league when I was born. All of my basketball knowledge is this guy right here. That’s my goat, man. That’s the final answer right there. Me time. You just skip all of them if you want. Wow. Run. Sorry. Hakee or Kobe? I was never really the biggest Kobe fan. So, I mean, this is kind of not an easier choice for me, but I’d say Hakee. Wow. Hakee is a goat. He’s the reason why my dad started playing basketball. So, like this is the reason why basketball’s in my family. Thanks, Hakee. Kobe. Steph. I’m going Kobe. Kobe. I’m just more of a Kobe fan. The fades, the skill. I’m going Kobe. Kobe. Mike. We had to know what’s getting down to this, huh? I pick neither. I can’t choose between them. Same player, same footwork, same mindset. They equal. I grew up on Kobe, though. It’ll be a crazy flavor, so I’ll keep Kobe. You don’t get no Kobe if you don’t have Mike. You don’t get Braun if you don’t have Mike. Even though I really appreciate what LeBron does for the game of basketball, but Mike is different. Everything Kobe got, he got it from MJ. MJ just made it look a little easier. MJ the greatest of all time. Kobe kind of followed in MJ’s footsteps. So, can’t disrespect the goat. You know what I’m saying? So, this is the answer. So, if anybody didn’t get to this answer, they don’t know what they’re talking about. Like how do you not like you just don’t know what you’re talking about if this is not the answer at the

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