Boris Diaw on GOAT debate: I think it's silly, you cannot compare different generations

GOAT debate: A silly one, or do you have a candidate? Boris Diaw: I think it’s silly. You cannot compare different generations. I think you can pick a GOAT like for every 10 years. Like the GOAT of the 80s, the GOAT of the 90s, 00s… I don’t think you can compare the NBA in the 80s with the NBA in the 2010s. It’s different games, different rules, different ways to referee. It’s just very different.

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