ThreeKing's Greatest 50 players in NBA History

[AlexBrady]

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Here are my top 50 ALL-TIME:

1) Michael Jordan Great defender, scorer, peerless in the clutch
2) Bill Russell Terrific rebounder, smart, elite defender
3) Magic Johnson Extremely versatile, one man fast break, unparalelled finisher, as clutch as they come
4) Oscar Robertson Could score in evry which way, ace defender, willing passer, king clutch, and a winner. He was better than Magic imo.
5) Kareem-Abdul Jabbar
6) Larry Bird Could score in every way imaginable, good passer, very good rebounder, 2nd most clutch player ever. Played questionable man to man defense though.
7) Wilt Chamberlain
8) Rick Barry
9) Julius Erving
10) Hakeem Olajuwon
11) Jerry West
12) John Havlicek
13) Karl Malone Nice scorer, useless in the clutch, overrated by the media, one of the biggest chokers of all time, was a loser. Get him off the list ASAP
14) Shaquille O'Neal
15) Scottie Pippen Dynamic scorer, suffocating defender, very high basketball IQ
16) Moses Malone
17) John Stockton
18) Charles Barkley Great scorer, nice rebounder, bad defender, useless in the clutch, and he was the definition of a loser. Get him off the list right now.
19) LeBron James
20) Bob Cousy
21) Scottie Pippen
22) Tim Duncan
23) Elgin Baylor Dynamic scorer, terrific rebounder, pathetic defender
24) Bob Pettit
25) Patrick Ewing Jump shooting center, overrated defender, could not make clutch shot to save his life, loser and choker. Get him off the list.
26) Dwyane Wade
27) Isiah Thomas
28) Pete Maravich
29) Paul Pierce Dynamic scorer, capable of making big shots, bad passer, spotty decision maker, defends when he feels like it. He is not THIS good.
30) James Worthy
31) David Robinson Could score but only off putbacks and elbow jumpers. Good shot blocker but bad on ball defender. Choke artist. Get him off the list.
32) George Mikan
33) Earl Monroe
34) George Gervin Lol. Unstoppable scorer and thats it. Pathetic defender, selfish, and useless in the clutch. Get rid of him.
35) Kevin McHale
36) Willis Reed
37) Dominique Wilkins
38) Nate Thurmond
39) Dolph Schayes
40) Gary Payton
41) Elvin Hayes
42) Walt Frazier
43) Clyde Drexler
44) Kevin Garnett
45) Nate Thurmond
46) Paul Arizin A total defensive dud
47) Dave Cowens
48) Kobe Bryant Elite scorer, ace defender, peerless in the clutch. About 25 spots too low
49) Wes Unseld
50) Alex EnglishA one dimensional, defenseless scorer. What is he doing on this list?

This is not a well done list.

[Cebby]

Re: ThreeKing's Greatest 50 players in NBA History

Why cause you think it does?

I think not.

Because it's common sense. When you play 15,000 more minutes than someone, you're going to end up with more points.

With MJ, Malone played 13,700 more minutes, and scored 4,700 more points. That's not impressive at all. Had Jordan not retired either times, he'd have 5,000-10,000 more points.

[ThreeKing]

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Because it's common sense. When you play 15,000 more minutes than someone, you're going to end up with more points.

With MJ, Malone played 13,700 more minutes, and scored 4,700 more points. That's not impressive at all. Had Jordan not retired either times, he'd have 5,000-10,000 more points.

Did you ever think that because the Mailman kept himself in such great shape, that enabled him to play that many games?

I guess longevity doesn't matter either. Shoot, might as well take Kareem off the list also.

[AlexBrady]

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Thank you John Hollinger. It still doesn't take away the fact that he's the number 2 scorer ALL-TIME.

Is this list all about scoring? If so, you have much to learn about the game of basketball. Karl Malone, George Gervin, David Robinson, and Charles Barkely over Kobe Bryant is an incredibly foolish mistake.

[WazzuRC]

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Did you ever think that because the Mailman kept himself in such great shape, that enabled him to play that many games?

I guess longevity doesn't matter either. Shoot, might as well take Kareem off the list also.

So why isn't Malone #2 on your favorite players in NBA history list?

[PrettyT11]

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Thank you John Hollinger. It still doesn't take away the fact that he's the number 2 scorer ALL-TIME.

Yes it does.You have to look at it in it's proper context. Was he EVER a better scorer than Wilt or Jordan?? NO. Did he EVER outscore Jordan or Wilt?? NO In fact Malone has ZERO scoring tiltes while Jordan has TEN and Wilt has SEVEN. Plus seeing as how Jordan beat Malone out for all TEN of those scoring titles we all know who the better scorer was.

Just because a player piles up a bunch of games doesn't mean he is a better scorer than those other player. The PPG average speaks for itself. If we are going by your account or logic then Reggie Miller is a better scorer than Kobe and Iverson seeing as how he has more total points. Do you see just how foolish that sounds??

[ThreeKing]

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Is this list all about scoring? If so, you have much to learn about the game of basketball. Karl Malone, George Gervin, David Robinson, and Charles Barkely over Kobe Bryant is an incredibly foolish mistake.

Really? Ok.

All those guys are ahead of Kobe because they are 10x better team basketball players than Kobe.

With your post, it tells me you can't be over 20 years old. Not saying you can't have an opinion on the matter.....just sayin'.

[PrettyT11]

Re: ThreeKing's Greatest 50 players in NBA History

Did you ever think that because the Mailman kept himself in such great shape, that enabled him to play that many games?

I guess longevity doesn't matter either. Shoot, might as well take Kareem off the list also.

So are you questioning MJ's ability to stay in shape or saying that he wasn't in as much shape as Malone?? I mean outside of the year he broke his foot he missed a grand total of SEVEN games. I believe he was in pretty damn good condition. I mean you don't just leave for a year and a half and come back and completely DOMINATE the league without being in elite conditioning.

This argument or suggestion is an epic fail. Conditioning had absolutely NOTHING to do with why Malone played more games than MJ or Wilt. It was more selfishness and greed than anything. I would bet my house his father dying played alot more of a role in his first retirement than conditioning or anything else.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Orlando could've been one of the greats, but when Mike came along, his career got violently pushed to the ground.

So because he COULD'VE been something that makes him the 15th? Especially over guys like Duncan, Shaq?

And when you say "EVERYTHING" is taken into account, what exactly is that?

[Tmacattack]

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Holy Crap. I mean, I hate Kobe ridiculously, but now I want him to win finals MVP averaging a triple double so we can stop getting posts like this. To say Kobe is a horrible team player is fine 2 years ago, and I'll agree. But if this is a list that takes EVERYTHING into account, then there should be way more reasons why he's that low right? Can I please know these reasons?

Also, how can ec be trolling when it's pretty obvious that this thread is baiting that? If I make an all time list right now and put Tim Duncan at 40 or 45 behind various power forwards and someone called the list idiotic, who should be the real troll?

[ThreeKing]

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Holy Crap. I mean, I hate Kobe ridiculously, but now I want him to win finals MVP averaging a triple double so we can stop getting posts like this. To say Kobe is a horrible team player is fine 2 years ago, and I'll agree. But if this is a list that takes EVERYTHING into account, then there should be way more reasons why he's that low right? Can I please know these reasons?

Also, how can ec be trolling when it's pretty obvious that this thread is baiting that? If I make an all time list right now and put Tim Duncan at 40 or 45 behind various power forwards and someone called the list idiotic, who should be the real troll?

Please get over Kobe. Yes, I can't stand that guy, but this wasn't intended to be a Kobe bash fest.

[AlexBrady]

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Really? Ok.

All those guys are ahead of Kobe because they are 10x better team basketball players than Kobe.

With your post, it tells me you can't be over 20 years old. Not saying you can't have an opinion on the matter.....just sayin'.

Lol, I am far over the age of 20 my friend. Patrick Ewing was one of the most selfish players of all time. He visited a hospital for kids with terminal diseases many years ago, these kids begged Patrick for an autograph (since he was their hero) but he said that "he never signs autographs on gameday". Just a microcosm of his personality. He was a loser.

George Gervin a better team player than Bryant? Laughable. He would only pass when he thought he would be credited with an assist. He had no idea how to play team basketball and that is why he never played in any big games. Oh and who could forget, that he averaged more turnovers than assists for his career. A real team player.

Charles Barkely a better team player than Bryant? He would show up to camp 25 pounds overweight and then he had the audacity to question his teammates desire to win a championship. On top of that, he would blame his failures on his teammates and coaches. He was another loser.

[OSUFan_88]

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At this point, this thread is going to end horribly.

[AlexBrady]

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At this point, this thread is going to end horribly.

When someone says that George Gervin was a better team player than Kobe Bryant it makes you wonder.

[ehh]

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This needs to be locked, hell I think a rule needs to be made in this forum where people can't make personal lists like this, lol.