While the passionate NBA fans are busy getting through the quarantined life by constantly debating who the ‘G.O.A.T’ really is – mostly between Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James, and accompanied by a wave of specifically filtered out numbers that make your eyes roll – one interesting and impressive statistic has been discovered, which are not exactly good for any of the three all-time greats.

One of ESPN’s sub Twitter account, ESPN Stats & Info, recently sent out a tweet that asked a curiosity-inducing question. It’s a trivia we didn’t know we’d like:

As always, the replies filled out much of the spectrum, some were wild, like beloved bench warmer, Brian Scalabrine; others were random, like Raef LaFrentz, a name we haven’t heard for years; and of course, there are hilarious ones, like Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain, who retired in 1973.

Among the most popular and reasonable answers is San Antonio Spurs Hall-of-Famer Tim Duncan. ‘The Big Fundamental’ just missed out on making the exclusive club as he went 43-39 vs. Kobe, 10-10 vs. LeBron, and 2-3 vs. Jordan.

The account eventually revealed the correct answer by retweeting the user that got it right:

Obviously, it’s a great achievement to have. Those are three of the most unstoppable one-on-one players ever, and going above .500 against them in a career head-to-head requires a really specific trajectory.

The player would’ve had to beat the ultra-competitive Jordan, who was always hell bent on getting revenge whenever he got beat. Although there’s a two-year window when it was easy, when MJ was with the mediocre Washington Wizards, it got a little thin as Jordan missed a bunch of games in his first year in D.C.

Then, you’d have to have success either against the constantly rising Kobe in the late ‘90s/early 2000s or the elite superstar-level Kobe in the mid and/or late ‘00s. The, for the third phase, you have to overcome LeBron James, who also got more monstrous throughout the mid and late ‘00s.

Oh, and while in the middle all of those giant obstacles, one may also need to be – at the very least –a competitive team for more than a decade.

Well… all hail Chauncey Billups! It’s another reason why he deserves getting called ‘Mr. Big Shot.’

Billups’s NBA debut on October 31, 1997 for the Boston Celtics was a win on Jordan and the mighty Chicago Bulls. He then went 5-1 against His Airness from 2001-2003 while splitting time with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons.

Against, Kobe, meanwhile, Billups was able to gather wins despite facing him during the Los Angeles Lakers’ dynasty in the early ‘00s, which included a dominating 4-1 Finals upset in 2004 that effectively ended L.A.’s Shaq and Kobe era.

Lastly, opposite LeBron, Billups pulled ahead despite a 6-7 slate in postseason play. He’s six wins above .500 versus The King in 26 regular season match-ups.

Billups got nominated for the Naismith Memorial Hall-of-Fame in 2019 but ultimately fell short in the final cut. Let’s see if this great trivia sway the voters next time around.