May 18, 2015 I saw this on pointafter.com. It's a list of the best NBA players at each 1st round draft spot (1-30) Check out the list posted below, or click the link for the full slideshow. http://basketball-players.pointafter.com/stories/3559/greatest-nba-player-draft-position?utm_medium=cm&utm_source=outbrain&utm_campaign=ao.cm.ob.dt.3559&utm_term=dt#1-No-30-Jimmy-Butler No. 30 - Jimmy Butler All-Star Appearances: 1 Honorable Mention: David Lee No. 29 - Josh Howard All-Star Appearances: 1 Honorable Mention: Mark Madsen No. 28 - Tony Parker All-Star Appearances: 6 Honorable Mention: Leandro Barbosa No. 27 - Aaron Afflalo All-Star Appearances: 0 Honorable Mentions: Jamaal Tinsley, Kendrick Perkins, Rudy Gobert No. 26 - Vlade Divac All-Star Appearances: 1 Honorable Mentions: Kevin Martin, Taj Gibson No. 25 - Tony Allen All-Star Appearances: 0 Honorable Mentions: Gerald Wallace, Nic Batum No. 24 - Latrell Sprewell All-Star Appearances: 4 Honorable Mentions: Arvydas Sabonis, Sam Cassell, Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka No. 23 - A.C. Green All-Star Appearances: 1 Honorable Mention: Tayshaun Prince No. 22 - Norm Nixon All-Star Appearances: 2 Honorable Mentions: Reggie Lewis, Scott Skiles No. 21 - Rajon Rondo All-Star Appearances: 4 Honorable Mention: Michael Finley No. 20 - Larry Nance All-Star Appearances: 3 Honorable Mention: Zydrunas Ilgauskas No. 19 - Zach Randolph All-Star Appearances: 2 Honorable Mention: Rod Strickland No. 18 - Joe Dumars All-Star Appearances: 2 Honorable Mentions: David West, Ty Lawson, Mark Jackson No. 17 - Shawn Kemp All-Star Appearances: 6 Honorable Mentions: Jermaine O’Neal, Roy Hibbert No. 16 - John Stockton All-Star Appearances: 10 Honorable Mentions: Ron Artest, Nikola Vucevic No. 15 - Steve Nash All-Star Appearances: 8 Honorable Mentions: Al Jefferson, Kawhi Leonard No. 14 - Clyde Drexler All-Star Appearances: 10 Honorable Mentions: Tim Hardaway, Peja Stojaković, Dan Majerle No. 13 - Kobe Bryant All-Star Appearances: 17 Honorable Mention: Karl Malone No. 12 - Julius Erving All-Star Appearances: 11 (five-time All-Star with the ABA) Honorable Mentions: Muggsy Bogues No. 11 - Reggie Miller All-Star Appearances: 5 Honorable Mentions: Jamaal Wilkes, Klay Thompson No. 10 - Paul Pierce All-Star Appearances: 10 Honorable Mentions: Paul Westphal, Gail Goodrich, Paul George, Joe Johnson No. 9 - Dirk Nowitzki All-Star Appearances: 12 Honorable Mentions: John Havlicek, Tracy McGrady, Shawn Marion, Amar’e Stoudemire, Jo Jo White No. 8 - Robert Parish All-Star Appearances: 9 Honorable Mentions: Sam Jones, Jack Sikma, Tom Chambers, Detlef Schrempf No. 7 - Bernard King All-Star Appearances: 4 Honorable Mentions: Kevin Johnson, Stephen Curry, Chris Mullin No. 6 - Larry Bird All-Star Appearances: 12 Honorable Mentions: Adrian Dantley, Brandon Roy, Damian Lillard No. 5 - Moses Malone All-Star Appearances: 12 Honorable Mentions: Charles Barkley, Walt Frazier, Scottie Pippen, Walter Davis, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Mitch Richmond, Dwyane Wade No. 4 - Bob Cousy All-Star Appearances: 13 Honorable Mentions: Rick Barry, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook No. 3 - Michael Jordan All-Star Appearances: 14 Honorable Mentions: Kevin McHale, Grant Hill, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, Pau Gasol No. 2 - Bill Russell All-Star Appearances: 12 Honorable Mentions: Jerry West, Earl Monroe, Bob McAdoo, Isiah Thomas, Kevin Durant No. 1 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar All-Star Appearances: 19 Honorable Mentions: Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, LeBron James, Allen Iverson, Derrick Rose
May 18, 2015 #5 is questionable for me. I would probably put Barkley, Pippen, Garnett, and Wade ahead of Moses. You could argue #1 a lot of different ways, but Kareem easily has the most personal & team accolades.
May 22, 2015 Spot on. That was the only one I legit questioned but seems like a legit list. Plus I didn't grow up watching some of those older guys so I wouldn't have a solid argument for 5
May 22, 2015 David Lee has more accomplishments I guess, but when It's all said and done Jimmy will definitely have had a better career.
