The evaluation of players due to the number of rings on their fingers has a been long-used method to measure a stars greatness. Robert Horry, who has won seven titles during his 16 seasons in the league, is here to say those chips dont mean literal greatness.

The always-blunt Horry said as much during the California Strong charity softball game on Sunday:

All these other idiots who dont play basketball and never played basketball, when they say you wanna judge a guys greatness by number of championships theyre idiots, Horry told TMZ Sports.

Heres the thing that people are so stupid about. They measure great players by how many championships they win. Its the stupidest thing, he said.

There is a myriad of factors that revolve around the chance to win an NBA title: roster construction, coaching, chemistry, path to the playoffs, etc. Horry, whos won titles with the Houston Rockets (1994, 1995), Los Angeles Lakers (2000-02), and the San Antonio Spurs (2005, 2007), ensured to drop some names to make his case.

Thats like saying Karl Malone, Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing are not great players.

Horry was fortunate to join teams that had a path to a championship and a roster built to contend for one. Saying his seven rings make him a better player than Michael Jordan (six), who catapulted the Chicago Bulls to basketball immortality, is just sheer dumb logic.

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Robert Horry thinks its idiotic to measure greatness with NBA championships - ClutchPoints