Nozick's Wilt Chamberlain example (updated by Professor Sandel to the Michael Jordan example) is supposed to illustrate that

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Nozick's Wilt Chamberlain example (updated by Professor Sandel to the Michael Jordan example) is supposed to illustrate that ...

a) ... liberty upsets patterns and, therefore, patterned conceptions of justice require illegitimate restrictions of liberty.

b) ... liberty upsets patterns and, therefore, the entitlement conception of justice (justice in holdings and justice in transfer) requires illegitimate restrictions of liberty.

c) ... liberty does not upset patterns and, therefore, patterned conceptions of justice are more plausible than the entitlement conception of justice (justice in holdings and justice in transfer).

d) ... no matter how just an initial distribution may be, voluntary interaction among free agents will always lead to injustice.

e) ... there is no such thing as a just distribution of goods