How Do You Determine Greatness?

[the lone star]

Which Of These Is More Important Than The Others When Determining Individual Greatness?

1.) Career Stats
2.) Talent Level At Peak
3.) Awards/Accomplishments

[MossyMoss]

I think its a combination of things, if I have to rank it. 

How dominate he was in his prime
Awards+Accomplishments
Career Stats

[amac]

Triple doubles

[Mossburg]

52 minutes ago, amac said:

Triple doubles

That is the main factor. However I also like to factor in sick dunks, as well as clever taunts after occasionally draining 3s (making 3s at higher rate not required).

[resilient part 2]

Ability to dominate in the playoffs and/or Big games and in crunch time.

Impact to the game of basketball in general.

[amac]

2 hours ago, Mossburg said:

That is the main factor. However I also like to factor in sick dunks, as well as clever taunts after occasionally draining 3s (making 3s at higher rate not required).

You also cannot forget the important factor of whether he plays for the Celtics or Lakers

[the lone star]

I'll go with Awards/Accomplishments, Career Stats, then Talent Level at Peak. 

If you were to ask me how I evaluate if someone is BETTER than someone else, then I'd go Talent Level, Awards, Stats.

But yeah, it's always a mix of things.

[MWil23]

4 hours ago, amac said:

Triple doubles

Who invited Russell Westbrook to the discussion?

[the lone star]

11 hours ago, resilient part 2 said:

Ability to dominate in the playoffs and/or Big games and in crunch time.

Impact to the game of basketball in general.

those are good ones. I like it.

[resilient part 2]

22 minutes ago, the lone star said:

those are good ones. I like it.

Of course that leads me into my next segment. Larry Bird should always be top 5 on those reasons alone haha. But true

[DalCowboyzRule]

I think the #1 thing I look for is can you and have you dropped 70 in a game. Anything after that is peaches...

[Pastor Dillon]

I think there’s a formula for ranking guys that includes all these things. 

Rings and finals MVP rank #1 but they obviously aren’t the only thing. 

MVP rates highly, as does 1st team all NBA 

Scoring, assist and rebounding titles matter next 

steals, blocks, DPOY, all defensive team probably falls a little lower. 

All stars is the next step. 

I think playoff success without a ring is pretty worthless for a players legacy. 

[DirtyDez]

TS%

[amac]

DRTG 

[Mox]

Talent level at peak. Accolades/accomplishments follows naturally.