Originally Posted by newish

I cannot believe this. Damning him with faint praise because he was white.

Bird's career Eff rating 29.77
Magic's career eff rating 29.10
Jordan's career eff rating 29.19

Facts arethat coloutr blind stats, the objective measure make his the greatest player of his generation black white green or yellow. Saying a man who played at just short of 30 eff rating throughout his career, won championships, was an e ver presint All star when fit and 9 straing all League teams was highly thought of cos he was white is simply not fair. We all have our subjective opinions but Objectively he was better than jordan.