NBA ESPN #NBArank - Best players of all time at each position

Started by Poohdini, Jan 14, 2016, in Sports Add to Reading List

  1. Big Mitch
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

    Jan 14, 2016
    They were obsessed with a little white boy (the minority in basketball) who was tearing it up every other night
     
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  2. Poohdini
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    SF's are out on page 1 underneath SGs
     
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  3. Ordinary Joel
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    Carter perhaps on his consistency and longetivy but not T-Mac imo. Tracy at his peak he was unstoppable and on par with Kobe but his peak was only for a few seasons and he was injury-riddled for a lot of seasons. He's a personal favourite top 10 but for an objective list he's more of an honourable mention.

    Also a big weird how they don't have Gary Payton in the top 10 for point guards. One of the best defensive guards ever and an illustrious career to boot.
     
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    GP was a big time snub. Looking back at Tmac really only had 8 or so seasons at his peak, so I guess it's understandable.
     
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    Dope post.
     
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  6. Lost Batarang
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    Lost Batarang KB24 - KD35 - PG13

    Jan 15, 2016
    ESPN is the master of generating discussion shamelessly. They do it on purpose and try to justify it with "and their peak performance", but it's pretty silly having Curry and Durant so high at this point. The way I look at current players, I think, "if so and so retired at this moment, where does the career rank?" instead of looking at projections. Most people just assume Curry and Durant and so on will just keep doing what they're doing. They're on pace, but they're not there and shouldn't be lauded as such. Rose, T-Mac, and Grant Hill are perfect examples.
     
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  8. Lost Batarang
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    Lost Batarang KB24 - KD35 - PG13

    Jan 15, 2016
    sorry mate :wellsht:
    I still hold out some hope when he plays that he can at least get to be a good 20 and 5 PG, but it's not looking pretty right now.
     
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    He been on a roll lately though. Breaking his face on the 1st day of camp was a big set back, especially considering he was coming in 100% healthy. He's averaged about 17 & 5 on 45% shooting since ditching the mask, so hopefully he continues to improve.
     
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    Lost Batarang KB24 - KD35 - PG13

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    True, consistency and health have been the issue so far and he's shown flashes. The rest of the year will be pretty key for his career I believe
     
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    Updated with the top 10 PF, C will be out tomorrow, then the top 100.
     
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    I'd have Barkley 3rd, KG 4th and Dirk 5th to be honest.
     
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  13. Fitzy
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    Jan 16, 2016
    It's a shame what happened to Bird. If he didn't ruin his back while paving his mother's driveway, he probably could've been right under MJ as GOAT, and I guarantee that the Celtics would've won more titles under him.

    But they didn't... so...my top 5 goes

    MJ
    Magic
    Bird
    Kobe
    Lebron

    I'm TEMPTED to put Kobe over Bird, but just can't do it.

    Lebron is physically way more gifted than Bird, but so was Magic. Bird might've been the best basketball player in history though, meaning his knowledge and execution of the game.

    And, I definitely think Lebron wouldn't have been as good as handling the physicality of the 80's.
     
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    I feel where you're coming from with this argument, but I think the players of today are a product of the rules. Hand checking wasn't just allowed, it was encouraged in the 80s-90s, and if this era had come up with those rules in place, I think they'd adjust because that goes both ways. Bron is a physical specimen, he could do some serious damage on offense & defense if he was allowed to use his body more aggressively.
     
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Jan 20, 2016
    100-91 has came out:


    100 - Shawn Kemp
    99 - Kevin Love :bookah::bookah::bookah::bookah::bookah::bookah:
    98 - Gail Goodrich
    97 - James Harden
    96 - Bobby Jones
    95 - Mark Gasol
    94 - Mark Price
    93 - Lenny Wilkins
    92 - Nate Thurman
    91 - Maurice Cheeks
     
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    I'm so glad Iverson is on the list. Idolized him & Kobe the most.
     
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    Same here. Had both their posters on my wall as a kid.
    Ok call me biased but if Harden is on that list, does D Rose make the cut?
     
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    Jan 21, 2016
    cp3 and curry over nash
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