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Respect the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time)


Basketball = Earl Manigault
Football = Pele
Golf = Tiger Woods
Boxing = Muhammad Ali
Swimming = Michael Phelps
Tennis = Roger Federer
Bowling = Paeng Nepomuceno
Ice Hockey = Wayne Gretzky
Table Tennis = Liu Guoliang
Cycling = Lance Armstrong
F-1 racing = Michael Schumacher
Running = Usain Bolt



Who else are the GOATs of other sports?

Tiger Woods cheated on his wife.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Tiger Woods cheated on his wife.

And she caved his head in with a golf club and then chased him down his driveway causing him to swerve into a fire hydrant and a tree. She's hot...

And of course she smashed the REAR windows of the SUV to SAVE him......mhm....right haermm

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Ice Hockey = Wayne Gretzky

Entirely wrong.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Basketball = Earl Manigault
Boxing = Muhammad Ali
Swimming = Michael Phelps
Running = Usain Bolt

Probably wrong.

When trying to list so many sports and their "GOAT" (never heard the term before this though), it's bound to have some inconsistencies. So it's not a bash on the intent of the thread, nor your opinions, just some casual observations.

But while we're at it:

Darts - Phil "The Power" Taylor
Cricket (Batter) - Sir Donald Bradman
Running - Secretariat

...of course, I stand ready to be corrected. My knowledge in these sports isn't what it is in others.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Respect the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) Basketball = Earl Manigault Based on what?

I was just thinking that too.

Originally posted by Darth Martin
Based on what?
Do your research.

G.O.A.T. of tossing socks from the laundry basket into the dresser drawer = botankus

Last week I went 24 for 26 from 12 feet away. But I suck at basketball.

http://www.southdacola.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/goat2.bmp

Originally posted by Digi
Running - Secretariat

For Basketball,

C - Wilt Chamberlain
PF - Tim Duncan
SF - Larry Bird
SG - Michael Jordan
PG - Magic Johnson

This thread caught my attention, wonder why.

Originally posted by Dr. Leg Kick
http://www.southdacola.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/goat2.bmp

Yay!

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
For Basketball,

C - Wilt Chamberlain
PF - Tim Duncan
SF - Larry Bird
SG - Michael Jordan
PG - Magic Johnson

C- Hakeem Olajuwon
PF- Dominique Wilkins
SF- Larry Bird
SG- Michael Jordan
PG- Isiah Thomas

^^ I don't know much about the NBA, but that sounds like an all-80's team as opposed to a bunch of G.O.A.T.'s.

Yeah, and pit the team I posted against Kobe, Nowitski, Allen, Iverson, and whatever center from this era you want, and the 80's team stomps.

Isiah would SCHOOL Iverson. Bird against Nowitski? lol....Kobe would be Jordans *****. Nique would dunk all over Allen, and Hakeem? Weeeeeeeell we all saw what he did to Shaq in the '94 finals. Best center of all time.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
C- Hakeem Olajuwon
PF- Dominique Wilkins
SF- Larry Bird
SG- Michael Jordan
PG- Isiah Thomas
Dominique Wilkins isn't even a staple PF. He's a SF.

Point is that is a kickass lineup. I'm quite sure he could make the transition.

Originally posted by Digi
Entirely wrong.

What are you on about?

Wayne Gretzky IS the greatest ice hockey player.

Originally posted by Bicnarok
Football = Pele WRONG Tennis = Roger Federer WRONG bjorn Borg
I like your counter to this. It's hard to get a true comparison because of different equipment and different eras. All a player can do is play with what the time and trend dictates, and currently the trend is that net guys (for the most part) are getting slaughtered by baseline rallyers, which was not the case in Borg's era. Federer in his prime can hit every shot, and I truly think he could've dominated in Borg's day as well. But like I said, different equipment and different trends, so we'll never know.

Basketball = Earl Manigault


Its too difficult for me to say a guy is the GOAT in a sport based on hearsay and 'could've beens." The guy has a great reputation as a baller, but it was up to him to prove it to everybody else on the big stage. He's obviously respected, but I don't see how anybody could say he was the greatest other than guys that actually competed against him and the other greatest players to compare.

Originally posted by Myth
Its too difficult for me to say a guy is the GOAT in a sport based on hearsay and 'could've beens." The guy has a great reputation as a baller, but it was up to him to prove it to everybody else on the big stage. He's obviously respected, but I don't see how anybody could say he was the greatest other than guys that actually competed against him and the other greatest players to compare.
Earl Manigault is the greatest b-baller.
The only person who can do a Double Dunk, his signature move.

He turned down offers from NBA, stayed true to his roots in Street basketball.

He may be a drug-addicted hobo now, but give respect where it is due... the man was a legend. In his prime, he would smoke everyone on either side of the court.


Also,

Chess = Bobby Fischer

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Earl Manigault is the greatest b-baller.
The only person who can do a Double Dunk, his signature move.

He turned down offers from NBA, stayed true to his roots in Street basketball.

He may be a drug-addicted hobo now, but give respect where it is due... the man was a legend. In his prime, he would smoke everyone on either side of the court.

Manigault is dead.

Originally posted by batdude123
Manigault is dead.
Legends never die.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Earl Manigault is the greatest b-baller.
The only person who can do a Double Dunk, his signature move.

He turned down offers from NBA, stayed true to his roots in Street basketball.

He may be a drug-addicted hobo now, but give respect where it is due... the man was a legend. In his prime, he would smoke everyone on either side of the court. I can't agree because I've never witness him play. Have you?

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Legends never die.

K...

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
He may be a drug-addicted hobo now

Originally posted by batdude123
Manigault is dead.

Originally posted by batdude123
Manigault is dead.
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Legends never die.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon


The ***** is dead.

I don't know why you'd prefer saying he's a drug addicted hobo anyway.

Basketball = Rik Smits
Football = Johan Cruijff
Golf = Some Dutch golfer
Boxing = Bep van Klaveren
Swimming = Pieter van den Hoogenband
Tennis = Richard Krajicek
Cycling = Joop Zoetemelk
F-1 racing = Jos Verstappen



In all seriousness though, Raymond van Barneveld is a better darts player than Phil Taylor.

Actually, darts isn't a sport, and if it is, it's a shit sport.

Also, I just actually read some posts and by no stretch of the imagination was Ian Thorpe better than Michael Phelps. You probably think Alain Bernard is good as well.

Rik Smits FTW haermm

G.O.A.T's are a bit stupid becae most of the time current sportsmen are superior to that of yesteryear becasue sports have developed.