It is obviously murkier because the opponents he is playing against aren’t eligible for the Hall of Fame, much less in it. Now let’s bring James into the discussion. His 30 series wins eliminated 27 Hall of Famers, an average of less than one per series win.
Jordan won more titles than either Bird or Johnson, but he faced far fewer Hall of Famers en route to these wins. Johnson won more series than Bird or Jordan and eliminated more Hall of Famers than either of them, and for every series he won, he eliminated a little more than one Hall of Famer on average. Bird played an average of almost exactly one Hall of Fame player per series, and every time he eliminated an opponent, that opponent averaged almost 1.5 Hall of Famers. Here’s how Bird, Magic and Jordan compare with one another: For example, Jordan eliminated Karl Malone and John Stockton in both the 19 NBA Finals, so that counts as four Hall of Famers eliminated, not two. They used the guideline that the Hall of Famer in question must have played at least one postseason game that season.Īlso, players could count multiple times. We asked the Elias Sports Bureau to look at the postseason careers of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan and determine how many Hall of Famers each of them eliminated from the playoffs. One of the angles debaters often take is, “Player X had to beat so many better players than Player Y en route to his titles.” 
No doubt, someone somewhere is considering that question now. (insert the name of another great)” as best all-time player comes up for debate.
Usually around this time of the NBA season, the topic of “LeBron James vs. How does James compare with other NBA greats?
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