Q&A: LeBron or Jordan
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LeBron or Jordan
Question
A weighty question that I think many would want to hear the Torah view on:
LeBron James or Michael Jordan?
Who is the greatest player of all time?
Or perhaps Bryant, or someone else?
Answer
Indeed a weighty question. It is not well defined, and any discussion of it is mere empty talk.
Discussion on Answer
I don’t know. I don’t deal with uninteresting hypothetical questions. (It also depends on what age each of them is at, but I won’t get into that here.)
And see: https://mikyab.net/posts/7603. There is also room to discuss a common measure that is as far removed as possible (such as LeBron and Agnon), so long as there is some sense that it is possible, which would expose an even more abstract quality.
Suppose you were tasked with building a basketball team that would win a championship.
You can choose any player who has played in the NBA. Whom would you take in the following situations:
1. The identities of the other players on the team are unknown.
2. You can also choose additional players and fit them to the player you choose, but they would have to be average.