In light of Scottie Pippen's comments stating that Jordan is the greatest scorer and LeBron is the best player ever, the NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar felt the need to respond to Scottie by writing him an open letter. In the letter, Kareem mainly addresses Scottie's opinion of Michael Jordan being the greatest scorer as he feels Wilt Chamberlain should have that title. Kareem does make some valid points in the letter but I still think it's a little extreme. Check it out below.
Dear Scottie,
I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and knowledgeable basketball mind. But you are way off in your assessment of who is the greatest player of all time and the greatest scorer of all time. Your comments are off because of your limited perspective. You obviously never saw Wilt Chamberlain play who undoubtedly was the greatest scorer this game has ever known. When did MJ ever average 50.4 points per game plus 25.7 rebounds? (Wilt in the 1962 season when blocked shot statistics were not kept). We will never accurately know how many shots Wilt blocked. Oh, by the way in 1967 and 68, Wilt was a league leader in assists. Did MJ ever score 100 points in a game? How many times did MJ score more than 60 points in a game? MJ led the league in scoring in consecutive seasons for 10 years but he did this in an NBA that eventually expanded into 30 teams vs. when Wilt played and there were only 8 teams.CONTINUE READING