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Sachin Tendulkar vs LeBron James

Who is the greater sportsman?


  • Total voters
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DrWolverine

International Captain
One could give various reasons or excuses on why he was so dominant but some of his stats are just crazy
 

kyear2

Hall of Fame Member
Wilt Chamberlin had crazy feats
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The difference between basketball and cricket are multiple.

1. The further back one goes, they almost "deduct points" for playing in a less professional or competitive era. Wilt was playing as a giant among mortals.

2. The sport in general (as with football), fairly or not, focuses on winning more than individual accomplishments. And Wilt got his ass handed to him by Russell a few too many times in finals.
 

Coronis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Does he surpass MJ with that?
I mean Jordan has 2 Gold Medals too, and wins MVP in 84 if it existed. Could argue 92 MVP just based on 4 steals per game lol tho it probably goes to Barkley. Then again LeBron would probably win it in 08.
 

akilana

State Captain
If we are comparing across sports, guess ODI's should have some weightage; then Sachin imo is ahead of Imran.
then it'll still be imran ahead of sachin.. imran is a WC winning captain while sachin is the worst captain of all time.
 

Patience and Accuracy+Gut

International 12th Man
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Pretty cool to see how much ahead MJ is in the best 5 year stretch exercise.
Haven’t seen the video. But Wilt had no block/ Steals being tracked. If it did, MJ would have no chance at all. Wilt blocked more shots than anyone ever. Those records only started to record once Wilt retired, at least someone else other than Wilt would have few records.
 

Patience and Accuracy+Gut

International 12th Man
One could give various reasons or excuses on why he was so dominant but some of his stats are just crazy
Wilt was like 1.5 inch taller than Shaq, running tracks, quicker than MJ, strong as hell. Anyone giving excuses that Wilt wouldn’t have all the records despite the era is smoking crack. The faster play of his time made the record even more ridiculous which would have been anyway in any era, even now.
 

Patience and Accuracy+Gut

International 12th Man
The difference between basketball and cricket are multiple.

1. The further back one goes, they almost "deduct points" for playing in a less professional or competitive era. Wilt was playing as a giant among mortals.

2. The sport in general (as with football), fairly or not, focuses on winning more than individual accomplishments. And Wilt got his ass handed to him by Russell a few too many times in finals.
Wilt was a giant among giant. Just look him and Shaq next to each other. Shaq makes everyone look small except when he stood next to Wilton Norman Chamberlain. Then average height has barely changed at all. They get to play with bums lot more now or in MJ’s time they did at Wilt’s time.
 

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