Who are your Top 10 Best NBA Players Ever.

**rock_lobster** · 06-01-11, 07:19 PM

If you weren't living in Indiana, would you still think he's top 10 of all time?

Ask yourself, if you were the GM of a team, and had your choice of any player in history to take with the first over all pick, who would you take?

There are definitely 10 (if not more) players that I can think of before I took reggie miller.

**DOMINATOR** · 06-02-11, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by rock_lobster

You don't think Jordan played dirty? lol, that man is a true competitor and did anything it took to win.

please, jordan didn't consistently lead with knee to mid-section and swinging elbows. Karl Malone is a Menace
the only other player in history i consider dirtier would be kermit washington.

Originally Posted by CivilWars

Your reasoning for leaving off Wilt and Russell is ridiculous. Manute Bol and Shawn Bradley were bigger than everyone and that didn't mean jack nor shit. Wilt is probably the second best player to play the game behind Jordan. He was that big, and was dunking from the free throw line in college. He changed the game. Russell was the greatest winner ever. I give him half credit for that because he was on a pretty stacked team as well, but he was the leader and the glue.

umm sure i agree that wilt/bill were much much better than bol/bradley and the majority of players in any era. but they are not in my top 10 because the level of competition was a bigger disparity then than it is in any other era. (they are easily in my top 20 though) to me he is essentially david robinson level but was a better athlete while robinson had more basketball skill.
oh and what does "bill was the greatest winner ever" mean? is robert horry in your top 10 because he has 7 rings and never missed the 2nd round of playoffs? derek fisher has as many rings as magic, but is there really any contest to who the better player was.

Originally Posted by MaFioSo

Shaq ahead of Bird, Magic, Kareem and Kobe? care to elaborate on this?

after jordan you can swap numerous players. personally i am a hakeem homer and i think he is the greatest all around player of all time thats why i have him 2. i put shaq at 3 simply because he is the most dominant player in history. just my preference that i would pick shaq over those other players.

**Amador +JP2+** · 06-04-11, 12:27 PM

Dennis Rodman

Not that I am a fan, but he probably belongs in the conversation somewhere. He made me want to puke when he was on the Pistons ... actually I didn't like any of the Pistons ... now THOSE were some dirty players or whiners like Laimbeer.

Jordan wasn't a dirty player.

Did anyone mention Barkley yet?

**space.cowboy** · 06-04-11, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Amador +JP2+

Did anyone mention Barkley yet?

This is all I can picture when you mention Barkley.

Although, he does apparently have a good pump fake + fade away.

**Amador +JP2+** · 06-04-11, 12:40 PM

rofl

No doubt. He is awful at golf ... I don't even understand why he continues doing it! It looks like he is in pain!

**rock_lobster** · 06-05-11, 10:35 AM

I wasn't implying that Jordan was the dirtiest player, but he certainly wasn't an angel. He was a competitor, and competitors do what needs to be done to win at all cost, even if it means bending the rules.