The terms “superstar” and “GOAT” are two words that get thrown around way too often when talking about players in the NBA, with the definition of both seemingly changing frequently due to the ever-evolving game.
Although GOAT seems to be used in a ton of different conversations and seems to have lost its meaning altogether, superstar can still be salvaged and used probably in the NBA when describing players.
Superstar used to be used to describe only the top-tier players in the league, so maybe only 10 players or less were painted with that brush.
Two players who used to be superstars in their own right during their NBA careers, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, go into detail about what defines a superstar or what makes a player deserving of being called a superstar.
“What’s a superstar? A superstar can get you 50, right? A superstar can get you 50,” Garnett said, via All the Smoke Productions on Twitter. “That’s what I’m saying. That’s the definition of that, P.”
Give us your definition of a superstar. pic.twitter.com/4LZieafTKl
— All the Smoke Productions (@allthesmokeprod) January 18, 2024
The debate gets interesting when Pierce mentions Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton and whether he can drop 50 in a game, and it came up that he can generate 50 due to being able to dish out 20 assists in a game.
Neither Garnett nor Pierce are wrong in that sense, as a superstar can drop 50 points or generate 50 points in a game, with Haliburton being a great player used as an example, even though he might not be at that level just yet, is very cool.
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