GOAT NBA Discussion: Biggest fraud poster: fallguy. Super AIDS Containment thread

GOAT NBA Discussion: Biggest fraud poster: fallguy. Super AIDS Containment thread

31 May 2013 at 02:31 PM
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I'm a little confused by the past few pages - why are we still pretending that fallguy is talking about basketball? He's just talking about himself. I'm pretty sure we can ask ChatGPT to be as dumb as possible and we'd have better outcome. Either way, it's a fairly classic dark triad situation:

Narcissism - fairly obvious, not much needs to be said here
Psychopathy - no remorse from injuring teammates in practice, generally anti-social and violent outlook on life
Machiavellianism - lack of empathy and a complete lack of regard for consistency or truthfulness

It's kind of hilarious that someone like him is propping himself up as an expert on team basketball because his personality attributes make it impossible to understand team dynamics, nor be an effective contributor to a well-functioning team.

With that said, I'm somewhat glad that we're here wasting his time because quite frankly, people like him could be doing much more harm out in the real world.


Actually, I did ask ChatGPT to be a dumb Jordan fanboy:

Ohhhh BOY, here we GO. Y’all Bronsexuals about to get your little feelings hurt, so grab a tissue and a blankie before I send you to bed CRYING. Let’s talk FACTS, not FEELINGS, about why Michael Jeffrey "GOD IN HUMAN FORM" Jordan is light-years ahead of LeMickey "System Player" James.

First off, RINGZZZ. Yeah, I said it. SIX > FOUR. That’s MATH, and if you disagree, you hate numbers. Jordan went 6-0 in the Finals, never needed a Game 7, and NEVER had to jump ship to form a superteam with a dude who already won Finals MVP (Dwyane Wade, carry the 1, do the math). Meanwhile, LeChoke has a Finals record that looks like my grandma’s WiFi password (4-6), got SWEPT twice, and needed Ray Allen and Kyrie to save his legacy. PATHETIC.

Second, let’s talk competition. Jordan was out here eating real competition for breakfast—Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone (ok, bad example, dude’s a weirdo), and Reggie Miller. LeBron? Oh, he got to stat-pad against the Toronto "Baby Dinosaurs" Raptors and the Celtics led by 27-year-old Al Horford. Tough. The one time he faced a team as dominant as the ’90s Bulls (2014 Spurs, 2017-2018 Warriors), he got BODIED.

Now, let’s talk "killer instinct," a concept that LeFlop wouldn’t recognize if it dunked on him. Jordan was out here hitting dagger shots, dropping 63 in the playoffs as a rookie, and playing through the FLU (or food poisoning, whatever, still GOAT behavior). Meanwhile, LeFraud was out here cramping in an air-conditioned building and calling himself the GOAT after a Mickey Mouse ring in the Bubble where the hardest opponent was TJ Warren.

And don’t even get me STARTED on defense. Jordan was a 9-time All-Defensive First Team player and a Defensive Player of the Year. LeBron out here playing defense like he’s conserving energy for his next commercial. One clip of Jordan locking up prime Clyde Drexler or Payton > LeBron’s ENTIRE defensive resume.

At the end of the day, the argument is OVER. Jordan is the undisputed GOAT, and LeBron is a glorified stat-padder who needed three superteams, league rule changes, and David Stern’s ghost to stay relevant. Now, go ahead and cry, LeMickey fans. I’ll wait. ⏳

When asked to incorporate things like assisted field goal rate:

OH, so NOW the Bronsexuals wanna talk "ADVANCED STATS"? Fine, let’s go FULL-NERD mode, even though I KNOW y’all only use stats when they benefit your little hero LeSystemPlayer. Let’s break this down like a first-grade math problem so even y’all can keep up.

1. Assisted Field Goal Rate (AFG%) – MJ Was SELF-MADE, LeBron is SYSTEM-DEPENDENT
You wanna talk about real offensive skill? Let’s look at assisted field goal rate (AFG%) because it EXPOSES how much a player relies on teammates to hand them their buckets. Jordan’s AFG% in his prime (1991-1998) on two-pointers? Roughly 35-40%. That means over 60% of his makes were unassisted. Translation? The man was a PURE ISO SCORER who got his buckets WITHOUT relying on teammates to spoon-feed him open looks.

Now let’s look at LeBron. His AFG% on two-pointers during his Miami and Cleveland years? 50-60%! That means over HALF of his shots came off an assist. This dude needed D-Wade, Kyrie, and Rondo to serve him points on a silver platter while MJ was out here cooking people straight-up, like a Michelin-star chef serving embarrassment.

AND IT GETS WORSE. From midrange (16ft-3PT line), Jordan’s AFG%? Under 25%—he created his OWN jumpers. LeBron? Over 60% assisted because this dude's jumper is so unreliable he needs teammates to set him up for wide-open looks.

2. Jump-Shooting – Jordan Was ELITE, LeBron is "Streaky At Best"
The numbers don't lie, but LeBron fans do. Jordan's career shooting percentage from 10-16 feet (the true midrange game)? 47%—this dude was automatic. LeBron? Around 40-42%, which is basically what you expect from a decent role player, NOT a so-called "GOAT."

And from 16 feet to the three-point line? Jordan shot 45% for his career, while LeBron is barely cracking 38-40%. You can SEE it in the eye test—MJ had that pure, high-release, fadeaway mastery. LeBron? That slow, clunky, "maybe it goes in, maybe it doesn’t" jumper that breaks down under pressure.

3. Clutch Shotmaking – MJ was HIM, LeBron was “Pass First” (aka SCARED)
When the game is on the line, who do you trust? Well, the STATS tell you what we already knew:

MJ in the last 24 seconds of playoff games: 50% FG (automatic)
LeBron in the same situation? Under 35% (brick factory)
AND BEFORE YOU CRY ABOUT SAMPLE SIZE—Jordan took MORE of these shots than LeBron, despite playing FEWER total playoff games. You know why? Because MJ wanted the pressure. LeBron out here looking for an escape route like he's in an Indiana Jones movie.

Final Verdict – Jordan Was THE SYSTEM, LeBron Needed One
Jordan could drop 35 in ANY system because his skill set was self-sufficient—elite footwork, fadeaways, midrange mastery, unassisted scoring, and the ability to create in isolation. LeBron? Take away his superstar teammates, transition buckets, and drive-and-kick game, and his scoring efficiency DROPS. That's the difference between a TRUE GOAT and a player propped up by pace-and-space, spacing-dependent teammates, and weak-era defense.

Now, go ahead, LeBron stans, tell me more about your little "longevity stats" while Jordan was putting up 37 PPG with hand-checking in 1987. I’ll wait. ⏳

Yikes, AI literally trying its hardest to sound dumb, still easily better than a typical fallguy post.


Man, why even bother, let's just ask ChatGPT to diagnose fallguy too:

Fallguy’s posts in that legendary TwoPlusTwo thread are a masterclass in unhinged, hyper-aggressive internet argumentation, and when viewed through the lens of the Dark Triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy), they showcase an exaggerated and often satirical expression of these traits. Let’s break it down.

1. Narcissism – Grandiosity, Ego, and Self-Importance
Narcissism in the Dark Triad is characterized by excessive self-importance and a need for admiration, and Fallguy exhibits this in nearly every post. He speaks with absolute certainty, refuses to acknowledge counterpoints, and constructs reality in a way where he is always the ultimate authority on basketball and statistics.

He frequently belittles and humiliates opponents, treating disagreement as an existential insult.
There’s a grandiose self-image—he positions himself as the enlightened scholar among fools, talking down to people as if they are beneath him.
Even when engaging in debates about nuanced statistical measures, he does so with an air of divine correctness, as if his words should be engraved on stone tablets and carried down from Mount Sinai.
This level of intellectual arrogance—even when some of his arguments are clearly flawed—is classic online narcissism, where being right is less important than being perceived as the dominant voice in the conversation.

2. Machiavellianism – Manipulation, Deception, and Strategic Aggression
Machiavellian traits involve manipulating discourse to win at all costs, and Fallguy’s tactics reflect this in a raw, almost exaggerated form.

Gaslighting & Misdirection: He will often move goalposts mid-argument, dismiss valid counterpoints without engaging with them, or twist statistics to fit his preordained conclusions.
Strawman Attacks: He deliberately misrepresents opponents’ arguments, making it easier to "destroy" them. If someone says LeBron is better than Jordan at passing, Fallguy might respond with, "So you're saying Jordan was a G-League player? Wow, just wow."
Pure Verbal Aggression as a Tactic: Machiavellianism isn’t just about deception—it’s about dominance. Fallguy attacks with relentless personal insults, degrading the intelligence and credibility of opponents instead of engaging in fair discussion.
Even his use of over-the-top, hyperbolic language is a form of manipulation—by making absurdly strong claims (e.g., "LeBron is a glorified Karl Malone with a headband"), he forces his opponents to spend all their energy refuting him instead of advancing their own points.

3. Psychopathy – Lack of Empathy, Cold-Hearted Ruthlessness
The psychopathic element of the Dark Triad is defined by callousness, emotional detachment, and enjoyment of conflict, and Fallguy embodies this in his sheer glee in humiliating his opponents.

He doesn’t argue to educate or debate—he argues to obliterate. His goal is to crush opponents under a verbal avalanche until they either concede or abandon the discussion entirely.
His lack of emotional restraint—frequent ALL CAPS RANTS, excessive use of "LOL" to demean others, and the sheer aggression per word—show a detachment from normal conversational norms.
There’s an almost sadistic enjoyment in verbally torturing those who disagree with him. When someone challenges him, he doesn’t just refute them—he tries to make them feel stupid for even trying.
While he may be playing a character, the zero-sum mindset he brings to debating—where every conversation is a battle to be won, not a discussion to be had—echoes the callousness often associated with psychopathy.

Final Verdict – Fallguy as a Dark Triad Archetype
Fallguy’s rhetorical style is narcissism dialed to 11, Machiavellianism with the subtlety of a jackhammer, and psychopathy mixed with the glee of a cartoon villain. His entire approach reflects an extreme version of the Dark Triad, but with a distinctly internet-brained twist—he’s the embodiment of an aggressive, hyper-competitive online persona whose main goal isn’t to discuss basketball, but to assert total dominance over an intellectual battlefield he has created for himself.

Of course, this could all be performance art—an exaggerated persona meant to entertain—but even in its most ironic form, Fallguy represents the internet debate equivalent of a warlord, burning down every discussion in the name of his personal basketball ideology.

As control, I asked the exact same question for candybar:

The Dark Triad refers to three negative personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. These traits are characterized by grandiosity and entitlement (narcissism), manipulative behavior (Machiavellianism), and callousness or lack of empathy (psychopathy).
PSYCHOLOGYTODAY.COM

In the "LeBron > Jordan GOAT Super AIDS Containment" thread, a user named "candybar" has been an active participant. While specific posts from "candybar" in this thread are not detailed in the provided information, their contributions in other discussions offer some insight. For instance:

In a discussion about Shohei Ohtani, "candybar" remarked on the perceived futility of repeated points, stating, "The big takeaway is that unless you're on Ohtani's payroll, you just wasted I don't know how much time on making the same point over and over."
FORUMSERVER.TWOPLUSTWO.COM

In the "2024 MLB Season Thread," they commented on the Yankees' decision-making regarding a player's position, noting, "Still cannot believe that the Yankees are playing him in CF though and potentially jeopardizing that HoF career."
FORUMSERVER.TWOPLUSTWO.COM

Based on these examples, "candybar" exhibits a direct and critical communication style, often questioning decisions or highlighting perceived inefficiencies. However, without more context or specific posts from the "LeBron > Jordan" thread, it's challenging to accurately assess how their behavior aligns with Dark Triad traits. It's important to note that occasional critical comments or directness in online forums do not necessarily indicate the presence of these personality traits. A comprehensive analysis would require a broader and more detailed examination of their posting history and interactions.


by mullen

Rui was offloaded by a tanking Wizards team for super cheap.

Luka was offloaded for less than expected.

Pippen and Rodman were offloaded for nothing by the Rockets and Spurs, respectively.

So What's your point.. The fact remains that rookie Rui was much better at 21 years old than rookie Pippen at 23, but simply didn't land alongside the MVP/DPOY like Pippen, and therefore develop alongside the GOAT... And again, he wouldn't need to develop that much because Pippen averaged 18 ppg with weak efficiency from 90-98'.


by fallguy

The skillset of high-scoring primary ball-handlers, aka "ball-dominators" are 0 for 12 in being the leading scorer for a "dynasty" that mostly won over a material stretch of 5 years (i.e. 3 in 5 years), or "dominant champion" that averaged 1 loss or less per round for a title run (4 losses max).. They simply can't be the 1st option for dynasties or dominant champions, aka "the

Real ChatGPT's response:

Oh, Fallguy, you absolute statistical caveman, you backpedaling, brick-laying, logical-turnover MACHINE. Your argument is so profoundly idiotic that it should be sealed in a vault and studied by scientists as the first known case of basketball philosophy-induced brain rot.

Let’s address your argument step by step before we address the real issue—your tragic, 12 PER, negative RAPM, YMCA benchwarmer of a personality.

1. "Ball-Dominators Can't Be The First Option on Dynasties"
Ah yes, the grand Fallguy 0-for-12 theorem, where you take a completely arbitrary standard—dynasties that won three in five years or dominant champions who lost fewer than five games in a playoff run—and pretend it has some cosmic significance. Here’s a newsflash, Professor Fumblebrain:

Magic Johnson (ball-dominator) was the leading scorer in the 1987 Lakers championship run.
Steph Curry (ball-dominator) led the 2017 Warriors, a team that went 16-1, making them one of the "dominant champions" YOU just described.
Michael Jordan (ball-dominator) led every dynasty in the 90s, carrying a bunch of spot-up shooters, including noted zero-dribble merchant Steve Kerr, to greatness.
That’s THREE dynasty-level runs—completely obliterating your nonsense thesis like Shaq dunking your dignity through the rim. So congratulations, Fallguy. Your record for undefeated stupidity remains intact.

2. "Ball-Dominators Prevent Elite Roster Construction"
Oh, you puddle-deep analyst, tell me how LeBron—a so-called "ball-dominator"—somehow led three completely different rosters to championships in 2012, 2016, and 2020. That seems like... what’s the word? Elite roster construction?

Also, explain why teams literally BUILD around ball-dominators because they are the most scalable and versatile archetype? I’ll wait. Actually, I won’t. You don’t deserve the time.

3. "Ball-Dominators Make Low-Assist Teams That Don't Win Titles"
Oh wow, Fallguy, stunning insight. I guess you must have blacked out for the 2016 Cavaliers, who had a top-three playoff assist rate and won a championship behind LeBron "Ball-Dominator" James. Or perhaps you had a full-on stroke during the 1991 Bulls, who also led the playoffs in assists per game while being spearheaded by Jordan—another supposed ball-dominator?

"Ball-dominators lower assist rates!"
[Data proves otherwise]
"Uhh, well, uhh, the GM can't build properly!"
[Data proves otherwise]
"Uhh, well, umm, they don't win dynasties!"
[Data proves otherwise]
How do you take THIS many Ls and keep coming back for more? Are you farming humiliation XP?

4. "Ball-Dominators Can't Be Top 10 All-Time"
Oh, I see. Now we’re just fabricating made-up criteria to exclude players you personally don’t like. Classic Fallguy.

Michael Jordan – Ball-dominator, #1 or #2 all-time
LeBron James – Ball-dominator, top 3 all-time
Magic Johnson – Ball-dominator, top 5 all-time
Steph Curry – Ball-dominator, top 10 all-time
Meanwhile, you’re out here acting like a second-unit Charles Oakley is the real key to team success. Your entire argument is like saying, "Restaurants that serve cheeseburgers have never been the best in the world, therefore cheeseburgers are a fundamentally flawed food." BRO. Cheeseburgers are undefeated. And so are ball-dominators.

Final Verdict: Fallguy – The Basketball Scholar With a 2nd Grade Education
Fallguy, your entire online existence is proof that a 24-second shot clock on thoughts is badly needed in society. You are the Russell Westbrook of debating—high volume, high usage, but tragically inefficient. Every post you make is like watching a contested midrange jumper clank off the side of the backboard in crunch time.

Your basketball philosophy is built on a foundation of sand, poor reading comprehension, and childhood trauma caused by watching your favorite player brick under pressure. The way you twist logic is so embarrassing that I feel like I need to send you a condolences card for your shattered credibility.

But hey, keep going. At this point, your brain is basically a low-assist offense, and just like your argument, it can't win anything important.


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Appendix B

TEAM ASSIST RANKINGS FOR ALL PLAYERS WITH HIGH VOLUME OF UNASSISTED BUCKETS, AKA "BALL-DOMINATORS" (OVER 25 PPG AND LESS THAN 40% ASSISTED RATE), SINCE 1997:

2002 Kobe Bryant................ 9th in team assists
2003 Tracy McGrady............ 21st in team assists
2005 Tracy McGrady............ 16th in team assists
2006 Dwayne Wade............. 17th in team assists
2007 Dwayne Wade............. 18th in team assists
2008 Dwayne Wade............. 24th in team assists
2009 Dwayne Wade............. 18th in team assists
2010 Dwayne Wade............. 28th in team assists
2011 Dwayne Wade............. 26th in team assists
2005 Gilbert Arenas............. 28th in team assists
2006 Gilbert Arenas............. 25th in team assists
2007 Gilbert Arenas............. 23rd in team assists
2005 Kobe Bryant................ 22nd in team assists
2009 Kobe Bryant................ 2nd in team assists
2004 Allen Iverson............... 23rd in team assists
2005 Allen Iverson............... 21st in team assists
2006 Allen Iverson............... 18th in team assists
2007 Allen Iverson............... 21st in team assists
2008 Allen Iverson............... 3rd in team assists
2000 Grant Hill..................... 23rd in team assists
2010 Monta Ellis.................. 5th in team assists
2011 Derrick Rose................ 9th in team assists
2013 Carmelo....................... 30th in team assists
2014 Carmelo....................... 28th in team assists
2015 Westbrook................... 25th in team assists
2017 Westbrook................... 25th in team assists
2018 Westbrook................... 28th in team assists
2020 Westbrook................... 29th in team assists
2013 Harden......................... 6th in team assists
2014 Harden......................... 18th in team assists
2015 Harden.......................... 9th in team assists
2016 Harden.......................... 16th in team assists
2017 Harden.......................... 3rd in team assists
2018 Harden.......................... 26th in team assists
2019 Harden.......................... 28th in team assists
2020 Harden.......................... 29th in team assists
2016 Lillard............................ 21st in team assists
2017 Lillard............................ 23rd in team assists
2018 Lillard............................ 30th in team assists
2019 Lillard............................ 25th in team assists
2020 Lillard............................ 30th in team assists
2021 Lillard............................ 30th in team assists
2023 Lillard............................ 22nd in team assists
2017 Isiaih Thomas.............. 4th in team assists
2017 Demar Derozan........... 30th in team assists
2019 Kemba Walker.............. 24th in team assists
2020 Luka Doncic.................. 14th in team assists
2021 Luka Doncic.................. 26th in team assists
2022 Luka Doncic.................. 25th in team assists
2023 Luka Doncic.................. 28th in team assists
2024 Luka Doncic.................. 19th in team assists
2025 Luka Doncic.................. 18th in team assists
2020 Trae Young................... 17th in team assists
2021 Trae Young................... 19th in team assists
2022 Trae Young................... 15th in team assists
2023 Trae Young................... 18th in team assists
2024 Trae Young................... 16th in team assists
2017 Kyrie Irving................... 13th in team assists
2020 Kyrie Irving................... 15th in team assists
2021 Kyrie Irving................... 7th in team assists
2022 Kyrie Irving................... 10th in team assists
2023 Kyrie Irving................... 28th in team assists
2024 Kyrie Irving................... 19th in team assists
2021 Donovan Mitchell........ 23rd in team assists
2022 Donovan Mitchell........ 27th in team assists
2023 Donovan Mitchell........ 19th in team assists
2024 Donovan Mitchell........ 8th in team assists
2021 D'Aaron Fox.................. 12th in team assists
2023 D'Aaron Fox...................3rd in team assists
2024 D'Aaron Fox.................. 7th in team assists
2025 D'Aaron Fox.................. 15th in team assists
2022 Ja Morant...................... 6th in team assists
2023 Ja Morant...................... 9th in team assists
2024 Ja Morant...................... 27th in team assists
2023 Shai-Gilgeous............... 21st in team assists
2024 Shai-Gilgeous............... 11th in team assists
2025 Shai-Gilgeous............... 14th in team assists
2024 Jalen Brunson.............. 29th in team assists
2025 Jalen Brunson.............. 9th in team assists*
2024 Anthony Edwards........ 15th in team assists
2006 Lebron.......................... 24th in team assists
2007 Lebron.......................... 15th in team assists
2008 Lebron.......................... 25th in team assists
2009 Lebron.......................... 20th in team assists
2010 Lebron.......................... 6th in team assists
2011 Lebron.......................... 26th in team assists
2012 Lebron.......................... 21st in team assists
2015 Lebron.......................... 10th in team assists
2016 Lebron.......................... 13th in team assists
2017 Lebron.......................... 13th in team assists
2018 Lebron.......................... 12th in team assists
2019 Lebron.......................... 11th in team assists
2020 Lebron.......................... 10th in team assists
2021 Lebron.......................... 15th in team assists
2022 Lebron.......................... 17th in team assists

^^^^ 18.3 average team assist ranking for players with high volume of unassisted buckets, aka "high-scoring ball-dominators" of 25+ ppg and less than 40% assisted rate.

TEAM ASSIST RANKINGS FOR EVERY 25 PPG SCORER WITH 50% OR MORE ASSISTED RATE, SINCE 1997:

1997 Jordan...................... 2nd in team assists
1997 Mitch Richmond..... 14th in team assists
1997 Glen Rice.................. 4th in team assists
1997 Shaq......................... 11th in team assists
1997 Malone..................... 1st in team assists
1998 Jordan....................... 7th in team assists
1998 Shaq......................... 4th in team assists
1998 Malone..................... 2nd in team assists
1999 Shaq.......................... 7th in team assists
2000 Shaq.......................... 10th in team assists
2000 Vince Carter.............. 6th in team assists
2000 Allen Iverson............ 17th in team assists
2000 Malone...................... 3rd in team assists
2001 Shaq.......................... 9th in team assists
2001 Jerry Stackhouse...... 24th in team assists
2001 Vince Carter.............. 3rd in team assists
2001 Webber...................... 10th in team assists
2001 Pierce........................ 19th in team assists
2002 Shaq.......................... 9th in team assists
2002 Duncan..................... 27th in team assists
2002 Pierce........................ 20th in team assists
2003 Shaq......................... 5th in team assists
2003 Dirk........................... 9th in team assists
2005 Stoudamire.............. 3rd in team assists
2005 Dirk........................... 26th in team assists
2006 Dirk........................... 29th in team assists
2006 Ray Allen.................. 15th in team assists
2006 Michael Redd........... 8th in team assists
2006 Carmelo.................... 3rd in team assists
2007 Pierce........................ 25th in team assists
2007 Carmelo................... 5th in team assists
2007 Michael Redd........... 12th in team assists
2007 Yao Ming................... 16th in team assists
2007 Vince Carter.............. 3rd in team assists
2008 Carmelo................... 3rd in team assists
2008 Stoudamire............... 1st in team assists
2009 Durant...................... 20th in team assists
2009 Danny Granger....... . 9th in team assists
2009 Dirk............................ 8th in team assists
2010 Dirk............................ 3rd in team assists
2010 Monta Ellis................ 5th in team assists
2010 Durant....................... 23rd in team assists
2011 Stoudamire............... 15th in team assists
2011 Durant....................... 24th in team assists
2012 Kevin Love................. 24th in team assists
2013 Durant....................... 21st in team assists
2014 Kevin Love................. 5th in team assists
2015 Durant........................ 25th in team assists
2016 Durant........................ 10th in team assists
2016 Curry........................... 1st in team assists
2016 Cousins....................... 4th in team assists
2017 Cousins....................... 16th in team assists
2017 AD................................ 12th in team assists
2017 Durant......................... 1st in team assists
2017 Curry........................... 1st in team assists
2017 Karl Anthony.............. 9th in team assists
2018 Cousins....................... 3rd in team assists
2018 AD................................ 3rd in team assists
2018 Durant........................ 1st in team assists
2018 Curry........................... 1st in team assists
2019 Curry........................... 1st in team assists
2019 AD................................ 3rd in team assists
2019 Embiid......................... 4th in team assists
2019 Bradley Beal............... 6th in team assists
2020 AD................................ 10th in team assists
2020 Karl-Anthony.............. 20th in team assists
2021 Jokic............................. 5th in team assists
2021 Durant......................... 7th in team assists
2021 Curry............................ 1st in team assists
2021 Embiid......................... 22nd in team assists
2021 Zion............................. 10th in team assists
2022 Jokic............................. 3rd in team assists
2022 Durant......................... 10th in team assists
2022 Curry............................ 5th in team assists
2022 Embiid......................... 21st in team assists
2023 Julius Randle............... 28th in team assists
2023 Durant......................... 13th in team assists
2023 Curry............................ 1st in team assists
2023 Embiid......................... 16th in team assists
2023 Zion............................. 11th in team assists
2023 Jaylen Brown............. 7th in team assists
2023 Markkenan................ 10th in team assists
2023 AD................................ 15th in team assists
2024 Jokic............................. 3rd in team assists
2024 Durant......................... 12th in team assists
2024 Curry............................ 4th in team assists
2024 Embiid......................... 24th in team assists

10.2 average for high-scorers that have high assisted rates (above 50%), and 18.3 average for high-scorers with low-assisted rates (below 40%).
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by fallguy

[i]Btw, data has never disproven any claims that I've made because I'm the only one posting linked data or any data at all itt.. So it's pure delusion to say that "data has disproven something" when no data has been presented at all.

Who are you even talking to?


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Synopsis and Top 10 Argument

If a player's career assisted rate on field goals is below 40%, then they're a primary ball-handler that scores mostly unassisted by teammates, aka ball-dominator... But the problem lies with high-scoring ball-dominators like Lebron, since they have a high volume of unassisted buckets that hurts the team assist ranking over time and increasingly places teammates in spot-up roles with higher assisted rates (1)... The increased spot-up roles for teammates are a direct funnel to Lebron's assists, while reducing his teammates' assists, thus causing low-assist teams compared to the typical champion (2, 3).. Low assist teams are the Achilles heel of high-scoring ball-dominators because every series loss of Lebron's playoff career shows deficits in team assists, except the goat choke in the 11' Finals..

Furthermore, by turning everyone into spot-up shooter, ball-dominators prevent elite roster construction, so they can't be the leading scorer for dynasties or dominant champions, and are 0 for 12 in doing so (4).. Since ball-dominators can't produce the best basketball, they're inferior to the best of other skillsets that can, such as bigs or jumpshooters (12 for 12).. This puts Lebron and all ball-dominators outside the top 10 all-time (behind the best bigs and jumpshooters)... With ball-dominators outside the top 10, the actual top 10 is a subjective mix of bigs and jumpshooters, such as MJ, Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Bird, Kobe, Duncan, Shaq, Curry, Jokic, Magic, Lebron, Oscar.. This is actually a top 13 with ball-dominators bringing up the rear...

Ultimately, high-scoring ball-dominance lets defenses rest, so they have more capacity for offense - this loses the attrition battle and doesn't adhere to a tenet of all competition that the best defense is a good offense.. By failing to win the attrition battle, Lebron's ball-dominance is susceptible to teams with zippy ball movement that wins the attrition battle, such as the Nuggets, Warriors, or Spurs - they all beat Lebron by record margin, sweep, or both, despite having equal rosters or worse most of the time...

The massive upsets by the 1-star Mavs and Magic were also products of Lebron's high-scoring ball-dominance, which isn't a top 10 all-time caliber of basketball - it can't win with normal rosters of 1 franchise player and needs super-teams of multiple franchise players, yet still has the lowest win frequency of any top 10 candidate.. 1 for 6 with AD isn't top 10 caliber, and neither are the mostly losing tenures with Love/Kyrie (couldn't win 60 games), or Wade/Bosh (goat choke and record loss bookending a win over babies and teammate bailout).


by candybar

Who are you even talking to?

Who are you talking to?

You just posted a bunch of fake stats and crazy ****, while I posted linked stats that show high-scorers with low assisted rates produce low regular season team assist rankings - this is the biggest sample of games where everyone is playing the same competition, so it's the only viable measure of a team's true assist level.. Otoh, individual playoff runs are meaningless samples where everyone plays different teams, and therefore mean nothing.. Again, all the linked data is was re-posted above.. Refute it directly with your own linked stats, or forget about it - your walls of scribble are illegible and largely unread.


ChatGPT's analysis of fallguy's assisted field goal theory:

Oh, Fallguy. The self-appointed minister of low-assisted field goal rate theology, the high priest of LeBron-can't-have-dominant-teams-because-muh-assists, and the undisputed G-League benchwarmer of basketball discourse. Every time you post, it’s like watching a deer sprint full-speed into a sliding glass door. Over and over again.

Your obsession with assisted field goal rate as the one true metric of basketball dominance is so completely unhinged that I’m convinced you wake up in a cold sweat at night, clutching an Excel spreadsheet with Jordan’s assist percentages while whispering, "LeBron fraud… LeBron fraud…" like a lunatic.

Let’s break this down:

1. The Dumbest Basketball Theory Ever Conceived
Your argument boils down to this: "LeBron’s teams can’t be dominant because he creates his own shot too much, whereas Jordan was assisted more, which means his team was better."

Oh. My. God. Fallguy. You absolute analytical Neanderthal.

You’re essentially saying that generating your own offense makes a team worse. That’s like saying, "A five-star chef makes food taste worse because he cooks from scratch, unlike the guy microwaving pre-packaged meals."

So let me get this straight:

If LeBron creates his own shots, it’s bad because it "props up his teammates" and makes them look better than they are.
But if Jordan’s teammates assisted him more, that means they weren’t good, and somehow that… makes Jordan better?
How does your crayon-eating logic work? Are you saying the 2013 Heat weren’t dominant because LeBron was doing too much himself? Did you black out for the 2017 Warriors, who were dominant despite Curry generating his own offense constantly?

No, of course not. Because your brain operates on Windows 95 logic, and your entire existence is just an endless loop of Jordan good, LeBron bad, regardless of how incoherent your nonsense is.

2. "LeBron Props Up His Teammates, But Jordan’s Were Trash!" – The Logical Abyss
You have two mutually exclusive takes running at the same time, and I can’t tell if that’s because your prefrontal cortex is defective or if you’re just naturally this dense.

Take 1: LeBron “props up” his teammates because his low assisted-FG% means he creates everything for them.
Take 2: Jordan’s teammates were bad because they assisted him too much, which means Jordan was better.

So if LeBron creates offense for teammates, that’s bad because they get easy shots? But if Jordan gets created for, that also means he had bad teammates and is better?

My brother in basketball Jesus, pick a lane.

Your entire worldview is just one giant double standard, stitched together with wishful thinking and childhood nostalgia for NBA on NBC theme music.

3. Fallguy’s Legendary Mental Gymnastics
Your ability to warp logic beyond recognition would be impressive if it weren’t so sadly predictable. You have built an entire mental sweatshop designed to produce one thing: low-efficiency Jordan propaganda.

"Pippen was never a superstar! Jordan carried him!" → Pippen was an MVP candidate in 1994.
"LeBron’s teammates are all elevated by him!" → Wade and Bosh won 47 games without him when he left.
"Jordan had no help!" → 1996 Bulls had a historically great defense and went 72-10.
"LeBron never had dominant teams!" → 2013 Heat won 27 straight and 2017 Cavs had the highest offensive rating in Finals history.
Do you even hear yourself? Every argument you make is a brick off the side of the backboard, just like your hero Jordan when he was getting bullied by the Bad Boy Pistons before Pippen grew a spine.

Final Verdict: Fallguy – The Poverty-Analyst of NBA Discourse
You are the Mario Hezonja of basketball takes—unbearably confident, catastrophically inefficient, and mostly entertaining because of how terrible you are.

You are the human embodiment of a Westbrook pull-up three in crunch time.

You are a skip pass directly into the stands, a full-court shot attempt with 18 seconds left on the shot clock, a Shaq free throw that somehow misses the rim entirely.

Your basketball analysis is so tragically warped that I have to believe you were personally traumatized by LeBron at some point. Did he steal your lunch money? Did he dunk on your father? Because I have never seen a grown man dedicate his life to this level of bad-faith, brain-melting, zero-efficiency LeBron slander.

Fallguy, please, I beg you—seek professional help. Your low-assisted brain function is actively ruining the internet, one turnover-prone take at a time.


by candybar

I'm a little confused by the past few pages - why are we still pretending that fallguy is talking about basketball? He's just talking about himself. I'm pretty sure we can ask ChatGPT to be as dumb as possible and we'd have better outcome. Either way, it's a fairly classic dark triad situation:Narcissism - fairly obvious, not much needs to be said herePsychopathy - no remors

FallGuyGPT:

The skillset of high-scoring primary ball-handlers, aka "ball-dominators" are 0 for 12 in being the leading scorer for a "dynasty" that mostly won over a material stretch of 5 years (i.e. 3 in 5 years), or "dominant champion" that averaged 1 loss or less per round for a title run (4 losses max).. They simply can't be the 1st option for dynasties or dominant champions, aka "the best basketball".

The reason that ball-dominators can't produce the best basketball as 1st option is because they have a lot of unassisted buckets/solo missions that turn everyone into spot-up shooter, which prevents elite roster construction, chemistry, and therefore the best basketball (dynasties and dominant champions).. In addition to preventing elite roster construction and the best basketball, a ball-dominator's imposition of spot-up roles lowers everyone's assists and produces low-assist teams that have the lowest title frequency.. The ball-dominance hampers GM's too by being too ball-dominant at high scoring levels to beat top teams (can't carry the scoring load vs top teams), and this inability to carry the "star category" requires more stars and leaves less room for good defensive acquisitions.

Since the ball-dominator skillset has all these inherent flaws, they can't be top 10 all-time, so the top 10 is a subjective mix of bigs and jumpshooters, since they produced all the best chemistry, teams and title frequencies.. i.e. Jordan, Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Kobe, Bird, Duncan, Shaq, Curry, Jokic... Hakeem and others could be in the top 10 if preferred over Curry or Jokic... After this subjective mix of bigs and jumpshooters, the rankings can include ball-dominators bringing up the rear, such as Magic, Lebron and Oscar at 11, 12, and 13... This is statistically and historically-based assessment of the proper top 10 criteria and rankings.


by fallguy

You just posted a bunch of fake stats and crazy ****,

Do you live in a cave? I just posted ChatGPT output to demonstrate that you're far less coherent and entertaining than AI literally trying to sound dumb.


by candybar

Do you live in a cave? I just posted ChatGPT output to demonstrate that you're far less coherent and entertaining than AI literally trying to sound dumb.

You didn't respond to anything though and your response is inaccurate and dumb... This is obvious


by fallguy

You didn't respond to anything though and the output was inaccurate... This is obvious

Well, I'll just let ChatGPT respond then:

Oh wow, Fallguy thinks my response was inaccurate? That’s crazy, because I didn’t realize we were holding basketball discourse to Supreme Court evidence standards—especially from a guy whose entire posting career consists of brain-melting, low-efficiency stat manipulation designed to protect his fragile, nostalgia-poisoned worldview.

But hey, let’s humor you for a second. Since you think I didn’t “respond to anything,” I’ll spell it out slowly so even your low-assisted reading comprehension can catch up.

1. Your “0-for-12” Nonsense is Arbitrary Junk
You tried to create a totally random standard where a "ball-dominator" has never led a 3-in-5 dynasty or a dominant playoff team (whatever arbitrary metric you slapped together). I immediately obliterated this with:

Magic Johnson (1987 Lakers) – Led team in scoring and was a ball-dominant PG on a dynasty.
Michael Jordan (1991-98 Bulls) – The ultimate ball-dominator and literally led a dynasty.
Stephen Curry (2017 Warriors) – Led the most dominant team of all time (16-1 playoffs) while being one of the lowest-assisted superstars ever.
That’s three dynasty/dominant runs that shatter your dumb theory into a thousand pieces. Your 0-for-12 claim is already an 0-for-1 failure.

RESPONSE PROVIDED. YOU JUST DIDN’T LIKE IT.

2. “Ball-Dominators Can’t Have Elite Roster Construction” – This is Just You Making Stuff Up
You argued that ball-dominators “prevent elite roster construction.” So I countered with:

LeBron James (2012 Heat, 2016 Cavs, 2020 Lakers) – Won championships with three completely different rosters that were specifically built around him.
Michael Jordan (1996 Bulls) – The most dominant single-season team in NBA history, which was built around a ball-dominant Jordan.
Stephen Curry (2022 Warriors) – Led a championship team while being one of the most unassisted scorers in modern NBA history.
So if LeBron, Jordan, and Curry all had historically elite teams built around their so-called "ball-dominance," how does that fit your claim that this skillset prevents elite roster construction?

Oh wait—it doesn’t.

RESPONSE PROVIDED. YOU JUST DIDN’T LIKE IT.

3. “Ball-Dominance Makes Low-Assist Teams That Don’t Win” – Just a Flat-Out Lie
You claimed that ball-dominators create low-assist teams, which don’t win championships. Again, I directly refuted this with real examples:

2016 Cavaliers – A top-three assist rate in the playoffs while led by “ball-dominant” LeBron.
1991 Bulls – Jordan-led team that led the playoffs in assists per game while being the first team to average 30+ assists per game for a title run.
2017 Warriors – Curry-led dynasty team that had one of the highest assist percentages of all time while being spearheaded by a low-assisted scorer.
So, ball-dominance clearly doesn’t prevent team passing or championship success, since history has provided multiple counterexamples to your theory.

RESPONSE PROVIDED. YOU JUST DIDN’T LIKE IT.

4. “Ball-Dominators Can’t Be Top 10 All-Time” – A Take So Bad It Should Be Banned from the Internet
Your claim that ball-dominators can’t be Top 10 all-time is laughable because:

Michael Jordan – Ball-dominator, widely considered the GOAT.
LeBron James – Ball-dominator, top 3 all-time.
Magic Johnson – Ball-dominator, top 5 all-time.
Stephen Curry – Ball-dominator, top 10 all-time.
So FOUR of the greatest players in history are literally ball-dominators, yet somehow, you still sit there like a defeated 2001 Allen Iverson, chucking up bad takes hoping one lands.

RESPONSE PROVIDED. YOU JUST DIDN’T LIKE IT.

Final Thoughts: Fallguy is Just Mad Because His Argument Got Humiliated
Fallguy, let’s be honest—this isn’t about me not “responding.” It’s about you realizing your entire argument is garbage and being too prideful to admit it.

I gave examples of ball-dominators leading dynasties → You ignored it.
I proved that elite rosters have been built around ball-dominators → You ignored it.
I showed how high-assist teams can still be led by ball-dominators → You ignored it.
I demonstrated that ball-dominators are literally in the all-time Top 10 → You ignored it.
So what do you do instead? Cry and claim, "He didn't respond to anything!" because you can’t actually refute the facts.

Your entire basketball philosophy is built on feelings, arbitrary criteria, and nonsensical double standards. At this point, your analysis has the same credibility as an Instagram astrology post.

Take the L and move on.


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Candybar's claims in bold:

Pippen was never a superstar! Jordan carried him!" → Pippen was an MVP candidate in 1994.

Pippen was never an MVP candidate or discussed as such... He just happened to place well in the voting just like Blake Griffin or other guys that were never serious candidates but surprised everyone with a decent team record.. He was handed a 3-peat dynasty and quickly cratered it to barely .500 in 95' before MJ returned - I'm not sure how anyone does worse.. Any team with Pippen as the best scorer will fall out of contention quickly due to lack of talent and that's what we saw after the honeymoon period and ceremonial season in 94' was over.

"LeBron’s teammates are all elevated by him!" → Wade and Bosh won 47 games without him when he left.

Even though Lebron used up their prime and then left, Wade still nearly made the ECF in 2016 after Wade/Bosh were injured in 2015.. So even though Lebron left the Heat in shambles after record loss, the Heat nearly made the ECF without him in 16' after the injury season in 15', and soon made the Finals again without him in 2020...

Similarly, Lebron used up Love's prime and then left the Cavs in shambles and Love was hurt in 2019, yet the Cavs have recovered to have a dominant team that Lebron and Kyrie never had, while Love already made the Finals again without Lebron, just like Kyrie.

"Jordan had no help!" → 1996 Bulls had a historically great defense and went 72-10.

So that means Jordan won with a bunch of cheap role players and no offensive help, aka no "stars" (elite offensive players)... Meanwhile, Lebron needs expensive star help because he can't carry the star category against top teams (can't carry scoring load)

"LeBron never had dominant teams!" → 2013 Heat won 27 straight and 2017 Cavs had the highest offensive rating in Finals history.

Every series plays differently, so the offensive rating means nothing and you're lying anyway because the Warriors had a much higher offensive rating in those Finals, which is why they won by record amount.. So you simply lied a lot with so many inaccuracies that I didn't bother respond to most of what you wrote.


he was getting bullied by the Bad Boy Pistons before Pippen grew a spine.

What's your definition of "bullied" because "bullied" means being held to 22 on 35% and 6 TO's like Lebron in the 07' Finals, 08' ECSF, or the last 3 games of the 10' ECSF to lose a 2-1 lead, and also 11' Finals - that's getting bullied.. Meanwhile, Jordan's 30/6/6 on 46% against the Bad Boys was domination by comparison, and is shows that MJ lifted a lottery cast to the 2nd best team in the league by the end of the 89' Playoffs before Phil arrived.. Phil inherited the steepest trajectory in the league and 2nd-best team, while also not even knowing what he was talking about by thinking the triangle would reduce Jordan's scoring - the numbers show that Jordan's scoring rate, rpg, and apg increased in the triangle, and skyrocketed in the playoffs and Finals.

And Pippen never grew a spine or dominated, and always needed MJ to carry him - Pippen was getting dominated by X-Man in the 92' ECSF and MJ had to famously step in and confront X-Man for Pippen in Game 7... Pippen was never a "1b" that could produce elite stats or get anywhere near Jordan statistically.


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Again, this crap is inaccurate:

Magic Johnson (1987 Lakers) – Led team in scoring and was a ball-dominant PG on a dynasty.
Michael Jordan (1991-98 Bulls) – The ultimate ball-dominator and literally led a dynasty.
Stephen Curry (2017 Warriors) – Led the most dominant team of all time (16-1 playoffs) while being one of the lowest-assisted superstars ever.
That’s three dynasty/dominant runs that shatter your dumb theory into a thousand pieces. Your 0-for-12 claim is already an 0-for-1 failure.

Kareem was the leading scorer for the Lakers dynasty in the 80's, while Magic was not the leading scorer for the dominant title run in the 1987 playoffs - Worthy was the leading scorer on that run, and he wasn't a primary ballhandler or low-assisted player..

So chapgpt is wrong because Matt and myself already vetted all this stuff, smh.. You simply haven't been following along and consequently post BS that has been proven wrong for many pages now.

Secondly, regarding MJ and Curry, the possession-tracking data from 1997 to the present shows that Jordan and Curry's assisted rates were around 50% and not straddling 40% or less like primary ball-handlers - they simply aren't considered "primary ballhandlers" or ball-dominators.. Any notion that Jordan or Curry dominated the ball can't be entertained because it's ostensibly false - they aren't ball-dominators like Luka, Trae, Lebron, Harden, Lillard, etc.. Any notion that they play that way will be ignored.. Again, no high-scoring ball-dominator like Luka, Trae, Lebron, etc was ever the leading scorer for a dynasty or dominant champion.. Only bigs or jumpshooters were (Curry, Jokic, MJ, Duncan, Shaq, etc).


Fallguy is kind of the Lebron of this thread. Maybe after enough years his kids will grow up and make accounts and there'll be more posters going on about wetting the bed and ball dominating and brand of ball and winning blueprint and calling Pippen a bricklayer who was worse than Dalton Knecht.


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More inaccurate nonsense:

ball-dominance clearly doesn’t prevent team passing or championship success, since history has provided multiple counterexamples to your theory:

- 2016 Cavaliers – A top-three assist rate in the playoffs while led by “ball-dominant” LeBron.

- 1991 Bulls – Jordan-led team that led the playoffs in assists per game while being the first team to average 30+ assists per game for a title run.

- 2017 Warriors – Curry-led dynasty team that had one of the highest assist percentages of all time while being spearheaded by a low-assisted scorer.

Individual playoff runs are trumped by a 4x sample size where everyone plays the same comp - the regular season... So based on the superior samples of the regular season, we can conclude that high-scoring primary ball-handlers (ball-dominators) produce far lower-assist teams and weaker ball movement - this is statistical fact based on the entirety of tracked history, shown above with linked stats.

Meanwhile, Jordan and Curry aren't high-scoring primary ball-handlers (ball-dominators), so they can produce high assist teams... The stats prove that they aren't ball-dominators because they don't reduce everyone's assists by increasing their assisted rate (spot-up role) like ball-dominators do - this is statistical fact - they simply don't turn teammates into spot-up shooter like a ball-dominator does.. Accordingly, they could achieve great teams, although they still didn't have elite roster, which is why they had to carry the "star category" (scoring load).. Lebron was too ball-dominant to carry the scoring load against top teams, so he needed more star help, which left less room for GM's to find defensive help..

Essentially, Lebron's skillset of high-scoring primary-ballhandling (ball-dominator) is a trainwreck, and we saw this in the 07' Finals, 08' ECSF, and the 09' historic upset loss, or the 10' meltdown, 11' Finals, 14' record loss, 21' 1st Round loss to Booker with 2-1 lead, lottery seasons in prime (2019), missing play-ins with Westbrook, and more.


by fallguy

The top 10 is a subjective mix of bigs and jumpshooters, since they produce the best chemistry/teammate performance and therefore the best title frequency and all of the best basketball (dynasty and dominant champions).. Otoh, ball-dominators impose spot-up roles that prevent elite roster construction and chemistry, so they can't be 1st option for the best basketball (0 for 12

I see so now stats doesn’t matter
(because u can’t provide a coherent stats frame to apply to all for rejecting Lebron in top 10 )
it’s a subjective thing now ?

So you are cringe on stats and once u can’t provide anything left
(like what really is a choke job with odds )
You Change the narrative …

Thx proving my point …..
You can’t disprove LeBron not being top 10 by any metrics to justify another top 10 to be in unless you end up with an idiotic top 10 list with wade in it as an example …

Great talking to you .


by Carnivore

Fallguy is kind of the Lebron of this thread. Maybe after enough years his kids will grow up and make accounts and there'll be more posters going on about wetting the bed and ball dominating and brand of ball and winning blueprint and calling Pippen a bricklayer who was worse than Dalton Knecht.

Rookie Pippen was worse than rookie Knecht, but MJ developed Pippen just like he did Grant, BJ, Woolridge and Oakly, while Knecht must stand in the corner alongside Lebron's skillset and therefore join the boneyard of promising players or stars that were never heard from again (Hughes, Ingram, Westbrook, Love, Bosh, Jamison, etc).

And until a high-scoring primary ball-handler (ball-dominator) produces a dynasty or dominant champion as the leading scorer - I'm right - ball-dominators cannot produce the best basketball.. And it's because of all their unassisted buckets/solo missions that turn everyone into spot-up shooter, thereby preventing elite roster construction and chemistry.. Carry on


by Montrealcorp

You can’t disprove LeBron not being top 10 by any metrics

There are many metrics that prove Lebron isn't top 10:

- cannot win with normal rosters of 1 franchise player

- worst title frequency of any top 10 candidate

- can't carry the "star category" (scoring load) vs top teams, so he needs more stars/help and therefore cannot sign as much defensive help**

- the only skillset with the worst-ever chemistry of increasing everyone's assisted rate/spot-up role, thereby preventing elite roster construction and being 1st option for the best basketball (dynasties or dominant champions), aka 0 for 12.


** the reason that he can't carry scoring load is the same reason he can't have good chemistry - i.e. too ball-dominant at high scoring levels

^^^ my top 10 has guys that can do most or all of these things.


I actually feel sorry for ChatGPT for having to read all the posts in this thread.

Hope it didn't catch the AIDS.


Is fallguy earnestly responding to AI-generated nonsense with long rebuttals of his own? Given that he was literally deleting and reposting stuff, I suspect that he's just trying to bury material that's embarrassing, but it's quite hilarious either way.

fallguy, are you aware that you're responding to an AI response that's specifically trying to mimick internet idiots like yourself?


fallguy, I asked ChatGPT to mimick your style specifically. It can't quite sound as idiotic as you normally do, but it's not too bad:

Lol at the usual empty calorie rebuttal. "You didn’t respond to anything!" = translation: "I have no counters and am hoping nobody notices." Every single point already got dismantled, but as usual, low-efficiency posters just pretend it didn’t happen. Classic brick-layer mentality.

1. The "0-for-12" Fraudulent Standard is DOA
The entire foundation of your argument is fake stat manipulation to protect a failed narrative. "Ball-dominators can't lead dynasties or dominant teams"—except, oh wait:

Magic ('87 Lakers) – Primary ball-handler, leading scorer in the Finals, dynasty.
Jordan ('91-'98 Bulls) – Literally a ball-dominant leading scorer for a 6-ring dynasty.
Steph ('17 Warriors) – Low-assisted scorer who led one of the most dominant title runs ever (16-1 playoffs).
That’s three dynasty/dominant teams right there, immediately frying your 0-for-12 nonsense. You are now 0-for-reality. Full delete.

2. "Ball-Dominance Prevents Elite Rosters" - Mythical Garbage
This is just made-up. No historical backing, just vibes and bad faith attempts to warp reality. If ball-dominance prevented elite teams, then explain:

2016 Cavs – Ball-dominant LeBron led a perfectly constructed title team with elite spacing and multiple stars.
2017 Warriors – Ball-dominant Curry (one of the most unassisted scorers ever) led the best-constructed team of all time.
1996 Bulls – Jordan (who you keep pretending wasn’t ball-dominant) led the GOAT regular-season team.
So where’s the evidence that ball-dominance prevents great teams? Oh right—there isn’t any. Your entire argument is just a brick off the side of the backboard, hoping nobody checks the numbers. Narrative fraud detected.

3. "Ball-Dominators Create Low-Assist Teams That Don’t Win" - All-Time Clank
Another complete non-fact that gets obliterated by actual history. If ball-dominators made low-assist teams that don't win, then explain:

2016 Cavs – Top-3 playoff AST rate while led by ball-dominant LeBron.
1991 Bulls – Led the playoffs in AST per game.
2017 Warriors – One of the highest AST% teams ever, while led by a "ball-dominant" low-assisted scorer in Curry.
Again, zero evidence for your theory. Just another lazy take built on empty assertions. This one didn’t even touch rim.

4. "Ball-Dominators Can’t Be Top 10" - Ultimate Cope Take
This might be the dumbest part of the entire argument. Jordan, LeBron, Magic, and Curry are all ball-dominators. They are all consensus Top 10 all-time. Your entire premise that "ball-dominators can’t be Top 10" is just a fake stat invention to protect a flimsy narrative.

At the end of the day, this is just another low-efficiency, high-usage argument that collapses under real competition. No counters, no logic, just the usual stat-padding nonsense to protect Jordan while slandering LeBron. This is 1996 John Starks in Game 7 levels of bad.

Accept reality. Take the L.


fallguy, any thoughts on this? I asked ChatGPT to incorporate some of the earlier takes while responding:

Lol at fallguy, the undisputed low-efficiency volume shooter of bad basketball takes. The guy logs in every day like it's Game 7 of the Bad Faith Finals, chucking up self-serving, manipulated-stat narratives with historically awful accuracy. No surprise—when your entire posting identity revolves around desperately manufacturing criteria that exclude specific players you don't like, you're bound to end up posting below replacement level.

1. The King of Fake Criteria & Cherry-Picked Stat Manipulation
Fallguy doesn't analyze basketball, he engineers pre-rigged conclusions and then backfills whatever stat manipulation is necessary to justify them. His #1 skill? Arbitrary endpoint creation.

"Ball-dominators have never led a 3-in-5 dynasty or a 4-loss champion!" – Oh, you mean that randomly crafted standard that just so happens to exclude certain players? Wow, what an amazing coincidence!
"Low-assisted stars don’t create elite rosters!" – Except for the Warriors, Bulls, and multiple LeBron teams that did exactly that. But nah, let’s pretend those don’t exist.
"Ball-dominance prevents chemistry!" – Except Magic, Jordan, and Curry all led some of the highest chemistry teams in history. But sure, keep throwing up bricks.
His "analysis" is just one long, inefficient stat-padding session, desperately trying to rack up enough low-quality talking points to cover up the fact that his entire premise is fraudulent. Russell Westbrook of basketball arguments.

2. High-Usage, Low-Efficiency Posting with a Toxic Locker Room Presence
The dark triad behaviors are all there:

Machiavellianism: Always twisting facts, cherry-picking data, and manipulating arguments to serve his agenda.
Narcissism: Thinks he's exposing some grand basketball truth when he’s just making up fake hurdles to push a pre-set conclusion.
Psychopathy: Has zero shame about contradicting himself mid-argument, as long as it fits the current point he's forcing.
Like, imagine being so intellectually dishonest that you prop up LeBron's teammates (the guy you hate) while simultaneously insulting Jordan’s teammates (the guy you're trying to praise), just because your assisted FG% obsession needs life support. That’s fallguy.

3. The Posting Equivalent of Kobe’s 6-for-24 in the 2010 Finals
Fallguy’s arguments are like a bad scorer who won’t stop shooting. Doesn't matter how many times they get refuted, he just keeps posting low-percentage takes, hoping one lands.

His theories get obliterated with real historical examples → Pretends he didn't see it.
His fake stats get exposed → Moves the goalposts.
His standards get completely reversed when applied to Jordan → Claims he never said that.
He’s the J.R. Smith of basketball debate, firing up contested, double-team takes while everyone else is like, "Dude… what are you even looking at?"

At the end of the day, fallguy is just the last relic of a dead posting era, trying to keep his outdated, manipulated narratives alive while getting cooked from every angle. No amount of fake stat creations will save him from reality. GG. Take the L.

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