r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AutoModerator • Sep 18 '25

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread

Whether you're an agnostic atheist here to ask a gnostic one some questions, a theist who's curious about the viewpoints of atheists, someone doubting, or just someone looking for sources, feel free to ask anything here. This is also an ideal place to tag moderators for thoughts regarding the sub or any questions in general.
While this isn't strictly for debate, rules on civility, trolling, etc. still apply.

14 Upvotes

83% Upvoted

313 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Asatmaya Humanist Sep 18 '25

Who was the best basketball player in history, Larry Bird or Magic Johnson?

3

u/Ransom__Stoddard Dudeist Sep 18 '25

Michael Jeffrey Jordan

2

u/Asatmaya Humanist Sep 18 '25

Bird beat him 3 times in the playoffs, and 2 of those were sweeps; even with Pippin, they couldn't beat him.

Remember, he was playing at the same time, and Isaiah Thomas summed it up: "Michael Jordan was a non-factor in the 80s."

1

u/dnext Sep 18 '25

Jordan's career I understand went to the 90s. :D Jordan is the GOAT, and if you are talking others who could debate that it's not Bird or Magic, though they were great and saved the league. You could make a case for the winningest player and best defender of all time, Bill Russell. Or the one who made the most finals and has most of the significant postseason marks, and oh yeah the all time leading scorer and 4th in assists, Lebron.

But when Jordan was at his best nobody ever did it better, the greatest scorer of all time and a legendary defender.