Playing for ONE team your whole career VS. Two, Three, Four, etc..

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

smh...players should be judged on their abilities, how skilled they were and how successful they were...not on how long they could manage being held hostage.


a lot of fooking brilliant american athletes ruined their careers pandering to this dumbass unwritten rule

 

[Icantspell]

Its a beautiful thing

 

[PortCityProphet]

The point is... Would it affect their legacies?

I think so.

So it makes them less of a player because they didn't stay with one team?
This sports talk radio "legacy" bullshyt has warped y'all thinking

 

[mozichrome]

i would like to play for 1 team entire career

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

I was thinking what if Shaq never left the Lakers

And retired as a Laker

to the GOAT center but by the time he retired he already been on 6 different teams

Or even Allen Iverson

Now doesn't it look better if you stick with one team your whole career... MJ/Kobe for example?

You think it looks BAD on Bron's legacy if he leaves the Heat for another team or if Melo leaves NY?

The GOAT center only played for two teams and retired with the GOAT franchise.

 

[MikelArteta]

only really means something to me in soccer
one club men

every other sport catch them cheques

 

[KnickstapeCity]

The GOAT center only played for two teams and retired with the GOAT franchise.

What?

Kareem? The GOAT?

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Definitely means something....not enough to negate greatness or anything, but being a legendary icon synonymous to one team your entire career definitely endears you more to that team and city...we have to pretend team hopping is some kind black power stance now because of bron ball coddling, but yeah...a jeter or magic type of career is something that is ..separate and in addition to how great they are and would've been otherwise...a guy like reggie miller isn't held in the same standing as he is today if he bounced around the league like rip hamilton for example

 

[dappadonna]

Shouts to Ledley King

 

[KnickstapeCity]

Definitely means something....not enough to negate greatness or anything, but being a legendary icon synonymous to one team your entire career definitely endears you more to that team and city...we have to pretend team hopping is some kind black power stance now because of bron ball coddling, but yeah...a jeter or magic type of career is something that is ..separate and in addition to how great they are and would've been otherwise...a guy like reggie miller isn't held in the same standing as he is today if he bounced around the league like rip hamilton for example

Exactly

 

[bl2k8]

50% of the top 10 players of all time played for 1 team, the other 50% didn't.

Only thing I would argue is that those guys def have more loyal fanbases (Duncan, bean, magic,russell, bird)

Edit- you can count mike in there too. So 6/10 played for one team

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

In today's era of free agency, unless your squad gets lucky with multiple lottery picks in a row, a la OKC, you HAVE to play in a big city if you want to contend year after year, simply because no matter how great you are, no one wants to play in Milwaukee, Cleveland, etc. Bron was the best player on the planet and still couldn't get anyone to join him, Cleveland is THAT wack of a city lol. Same with Garnett in Minnesota.

Notice all the guys you all are mentioning play in NY, LA, Chicago, Miami, etc. Duncan is really the only anomoly, because San Antonio isn't Cleveland, but it's not really poppin like that either. But dude seems like a weirdo judging by his wardrobe and hairline, so he probably enjoys it.

You think Kobe would have played for the Hornets his whole career had he not been traded? Hell nah. shyt, dude was screaming to be traded before the Gasol heist. Where to? Chicago, another major city. Or Jeter if he got drafted by the Brewers?

It's easy to play in one place when it's one of the 5 or so major cities in the US, simply because it'll always attract other talent that will keep your team competitive for the long haul.

 

[KnickstapeCity]

In today's era of free agency, unless your squad gets lucky with multiple lottery picks in a row, a la OKC, you HAVE to play in a big city if you want to contend year after year, simply because no matter how great you are, no one wants to play in Milwaukee, Cleveland, etc. Bron was the best player on the planet and still couldn't get anyone to join him, Cleveland is THAT wack of a city lol. Same with Garnett in Minnesota.

Notice all the guys you all are mentioning play in NY, LA, Chicago, Miami, etc. Duncan is really the only anomoly, because San Antonio isn't Cleveland, but it's not really poppin like that either. But dude seems like a weirdo judging by his wardrobe and hairline, so he probably enjoys it.

You think Kobe would have played for the Hornets his whole career had he not been traded? Hell nah. shyt, dude was screaming to be traded before the Gasol heist. Where to? Chicago, another major city. Or Jeter if he got drafted by the Brewers?

It's easy to play in one place when it's one of the 5 or so major cities in the US, simply because it'll always attract other talent that will keep your team competitive for the long haul.

That's a good point

 

[Easy-E]

Nike made sure y'all forgot about MJ missing back to back playoffs with the wizards while the east was trash (and still is)

 

[fantabolous]

Shaq's legacy gets weird after the heat... I don't think it would really have affected him because he went to miami and won a title... but the run with phoenix, cleveland, boston... didn't really do him much good.

Personally it looks better to play for one team, just from a standpoint of being a true franchise player... it has a meaningless special prestige to it