Magic, Bird, Kareem, Hakeem, Jordan, Shaq, Duncan, Kobe, Lebron, Durant
Which isn't a terrible top 10 of all time list
If you were old enough to see prime Abdul-Jabar, then I find it hard for you not to include Moses Malone on your list. I wasn't studying basketball when he played, but I remember seeing him as a small child. He was absolutely dominant.
I think Durant will eventually move up my list, but for now, he's kind of the best sidekick ever in my book until I see otherwise.
He's the most freakish player ever though, even moreso than Jordan, Iverson, Shaq, James, ad Williamson. Nobody that big and long should be able to do what he does with his level of skill. _________________ A creative scorer, a wing defender, and a shooter.
Magic, Bird, Kareem, Hakeem, Jordan, Shaq, Duncan, Kobe, Lebron, Durant
Which isn't a terrible top 10 of all time list
If you were old enough to see prime Abdul-Jabar, then I find it hard for you not to include Moses Malone on your list. I wasn't studying basketball when he played, but I remember seeing him as a small child. He was absolutely dominant.
I think Durant will eventually move up my list, but for now, he's kind of the best sidekick ever in my book until I see otherwise.
He's the most freakish player ever though, even moreso than Jordan, Iverson, Shaq, James, ad Williamson. Nobody that big and long should be able to do what he does with his level of skill.
Moses was a great player: a relentless rebounder with a fairly straightforward style. I don't really have any emotional reaction to Moses, though. And I don't have any particularly fond or strong memories of him. For those reasons, I'd rank him lower on my personal list than I would if I were ranking players purely on their achievements.
I missed Prime Jordan, only started paying attention to NBA around mid 90s and even with that I only really watched the Bulls because my family were Jordan fans. Really became a strong NBA fan in the very late 90s/early 2000s.
My Most Impressive Players:
1. Kobe
2. Late Prime Jordan
3. Shaq
4. Duncan
5. Prime T-Mac
6. Lebron
7. Durant
8. Curry
9. Prime KG
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:38 am Post subject:
Are we talking for their career or parts of it? Because Bill Walton for a brief time was an all time great. His body just couldn’t sustain it. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
Are we talking for their career or parts of it? Because Bill Walton for a brief time was an all time great. His body just couldn’t sustain it.
Bill was amazing when he was able to play. He and Bill Russell may have been the two guys who were most able to impact a game without being big scorers.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:55 am Post subject:
activeverb wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
Are we talking for their career or parts of it? Because Bill Walton for a brief time was an all time great. His body just couldn’t sustain it.
Bill was amazing when he was able to play. He and Bill Russell may have been the two guys who were most able to impact a game without being big scorers.
Them and Magic. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:23 am Post subject:
Omar Little wrote:
Are we talking for their career or parts of it? Because Bill Walton for a brief time was an all time great. His body just couldn’t sustain it.
a little off topic, but do you have an opinion on who was the greatest college player of all time......Jabbar or Walton? It seems they often both are recognized with the recognition.
My first memories of basketball as a little kid are probably from 93-94 (Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, Sedale Threatt, old James Worthy, Anthony Miller, et cetera) but I started following around 97-98 or so
Probably
Kobe
Shaq
End of career Jordan
James
Duncan
Durant
Curry
Nowitzki
Nash
Garnett
Out of the top 10 I'd say Gasol, end of career Pippen, Malone, Stockton, Rodman.
And I really, really liked that 90s Supersonics team. Shawn Kemp was cool as (bleep) to watch. I kinda miss them, I really liked their logo, uniforms and color scheme ((bleep) the Thunder).
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:48 am Post subject:
danzag wrote:
My first memories of basketball as a little kid are probably from 93-94 (Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, Sedale Threatt, old James Worthy, Anthony Miller, et cetera) but I started following around 97-98 or so
I think you meant Anthony Peeler? Loved that team....when Van Exel, Threatt and Peeler were on the court together, it was hard to know who was who if you were not looking closely....3 bald guys of similar height. It was Van Exel's rookie season and that team also had Doug Christie, Kurt Rambis, George Lynch and Sam Bowie.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:22 pm Post subject:
adkindo wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
Are we talking for their career or parts of it? Because Bill Walton for a brief time was an all time great. His body just couldn’t sustain it.
a little off topic, but do you have an opinion on who was the greatest college player of all time......Jabbar or Walton? It seems they often both are recognized with the recognition.
That's a tough one not having actually watched a lot of either's college games. I lean Kareem because of his singular unstoppable shot, but Walton was a beast. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
Are we talking for their career or parts of it? Because Bill Walton for a brief time was an all time great. His body just couldn’t sustain it.
a little off topic, but do you have an opinion on who was the greatest college player of all time......Jabbar or Walton? It seems they often both are recognized with the recognition.
Just add Maravich to that conversation and debate away...
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:58 pm Post subject:
adkindo wrote:
danzag wrote:
My first memories of basketball as a little kid are probably from 93-94 (Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, Sedale Threatt, old James Worthy, Anthony Miller, et cetera) but I started following around 97-98 or so
I think you meant Anthony Peeler? Loved that team....when Van Exel, Threatt and Peeler were on the court together, it was hard to know who was who if you were not looking closely....3 bald guys of similar height. It was Van Exel's rookie season and that team also had Doug Christie, Kurt Rambis, George Lynch and Sam Bowie.
He means Anthony "Pig" Miller. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:10 pm Post subject:
Omar Little wrote:
adkindo wrote:
danzag wrote:
My first memories of basketball as a little kid are probably from 93-94 (Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, Sedale Threatt, old James Worthy, Anthony Miller, et cetera) but I started following around 97-98 or so
I think you meant Anthony Peeler? Loved that team....when Van Exel, Threatt and Peeler were on the court together, it was hard to know who was who if you were not looking closely....3 bald guys of similar height. It was Van Exel's rookie season and that team also had Doug Christie, Kurt Rambis, George Lynch and Sam Bowie.
He means Anthony "Pig" Miller.
I forgot about Pig Miller....he arrived in the 94-95 Season. (I did not know that by memory, but looked it up)
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:26 pm Post subject:
LarryCoon wrote:
adkindo wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
Are we talking for their career or parts of it? Because Bill Walton for a brief time was an all time great. His body just couldn’t sustain it.
a little off topic, but do you have an opinion on who was the greatest college player of all time......Jabbar or Walton? It seems they often both are recognized with the recognition.
Just add Maravich to that conversation and debate away...
I do not have much of an opinion because I did not see any of them play. I just noticed that I hear people refer to Jabbar and Walton in that manner often...as kind of a accepted fact. But you are correct, I have heard arguments for Maravich, David Thompson, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West. Even heard arguments for Hank Gathers.
Gathers was the only one that I saw play....and actually, I am not even sure I saw him play in real time. I definitely recall him passing, and I recall Bo Kimble in the tournament after Gathers passed. The best or most accomplished players that I have actually watched is probably between Christian Laettner, Glenn Robinson, Tim Duncan and Glen Rice. I remember Danny Ferry, but again, I was too young to really know how good someone was....just recall him being considered the best player in college.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:08 pm Post subject:
adkindo wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
adkindo wrote:
danzag wrote:
My first memories of basketball as a little kid are probably from 93-94 (Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, Sedale Threatt, old James Worthy, Anthony Miller, et cetera) but I started following around 97-98 or so
I think you meant Anthony Peeler? Loved that team....when Van Exel, Threatt and Peeler were on the court together, it was hard to know who was who if you were not looking closely....3 bald guys of similar height. It was Van Exel's rookie season and that team also had Doug Christie, Kurt Rambis, George Lynch and Sam Bowie.
He means Anthony "Pig" Miller.
I forgot about Pig Miller....he arrived in the 94-95 Season. (I did not know that by memory, but looked it up)
Pig was Mbenga before Mbenga was Mbenga _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
My first memories of basketball as a little kid are probably from 93-94 (Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, Sedale Threatt, old James Worthy, Anthony Miller, et cetera) but I started following around 97-98 or so
I think you meant Anthony Peeler? Loved that team....when Van Exel, Threatt and Peeler were on the court together, it was hard to know who was who if you were not looking closely....3 bald guys of similar height. It was Van Exel's rookie season and that team also had Doug Christie, Kurt Rambis, George Lynch and Sam Bowie.
He means Anthony "Pig" Miller.
I forgot about Pig Miller....he arrived in the 94-95 Season. (I did not know that by memory, but looked it up)
Yeah, it was Pig Miller. But you're right, he wasn't on the team until 94-95
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:46 am Post subject:
I started watching around 1960.
The players who I have grown to believe were the most skilled and had the most impact, at there peak, were, (the order is tough, I tried):
1. Magic
2. Jordan
3. Kareem
4. Kobe
5. Shaq
6. Walton
7. Russell
8. Bird
9. Olajuwon
10. West _________________ Never argue with stupid people! They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience!! - Twain
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