>>11329418Yes, simply present a logical train of thought and arrive at a valid conclusion. In the case of basketball, this is a completely straightforward, trivial enterprise.
Task: determine which basketball player is the "Greatest Of All Time", colloquially known as the "goat".
1) The NBA is a sports league which conducts the best level of play in the sport of basketball. Therefore, the GOAT is a current or former NBA player.
2) The object of play in the NBA, as in all professional sports leagues, is to win as many championships as possible.
3) The individual (or individuals) who have persoanlly participated in the most NBA championships, are the greatest basketball players of all time (GOATs). The singular question of the GOAT then reduces to this set, if there is more than one element of the set (e.g. tied maximal number of championships among two or more players), and then championship performances must be compared.
4) At present, no such tie exists. The maximal title holder, Bill Russell, is unique.
Therefore, Bill Russell is the GOAT.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum. The above is airtight; if you disagree, you are wrong or have employed a faulty reasoning process. For similar reasons, the best team in any given year is the champion; only chimeral absurdities cause men to fall into error and suppose otherwise.
