Oden

[Steve Ouellette]

I love the Celtics as much as anyone anywhere, but Michael Jordan is the greatest player in NBA history and won six titles with nowhere near as much talent around him as Bill Russell had -- to say it's nuts to pick Jordan is, well, nuts. At the very least there's an argument.

And if Garnett and Lebron were available, I'd take them over Ewing without hesitating. I'd have to think about Nowitzki and Wade. 

You don't have to be a big man to be a difference maker. I think you're overemphasizing the point. 

Steve O

---- "Berry wrote: 
> First ... There will never be another Bird. That's why I don't use him
> as a point of comparison.
> 
> And if Oden is Russell, you'd still take Jordan? That's nuts.
> 
> If Oden's downside is Ewing (and I'm saying it is), how do you take
> anyone else? I'd build a team around Ewing every time over Garnett,
> Nowitzki, McGrady, LeBron, Wade ... any of the Durant comps.
> 
> Big men and impact point guards. They're the difference-makers. Never
> forget that. Unfortunately, this franchise has forgotten it for two
> decades.
> 
> Mark
> 
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