Why No Great Player Who Ever Lost in the NBA Finals Could Ever Be the Greatest

The pinnacle of the basketball world is the NBA Finals, where the glory of victory and agony of defeat are experienced. Well, not every great player knows what it even feels like to lose in the Finals.

The only player who is considered an ABSOLUTE GREAT WHO NEVER ONCE LOST IN THE FINALS is Michael Jordan. Havlicek, Mikan and Duncan also never lost.

The rest of the players lost and so they are officially and forever out of the question of who is the greatest basketball player of all-time?

The definition of greatest is according to Merriam Webster's is: chief or preeminent over others - often used in titles; also, long continued or markedly superior.

So by definition the greatest means ...

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