Your NBA Top 5 All time by position

[Shizlansky]

Magic

Thomas

Stockton

Kidd

CP3

Jordan

Kobe

Wade

AI

Clyde

LBJ

Bird

Dr. J

KD

Nique

Duncan

Dirk

Malone

McHale

Barkley

Shaq

KAJ

Hakeem

Wilt

Russell

 

[af.r.i.c.a.]

Magic

Stockton

Big O

Zeke

Nash/Curry

MJ

Kobe

West

Iverson

Wade

Lebron

Bird

Doctor J

KD

Pippen

Duncan

Barkley

Malone

KG

Dirk

Kareem

Wilt

Russell

Shaq

Hakeem

 

[Shizlansky]

Watch the Dirk disrespect in here. If he ain't in everybody top 3 I think it's crazy.

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

Point Guard

1 Magic Johnson

2 Oscar Robertson

3 John Stockton

4 Isiah Thomas

5 Chris Paul

Shooting Guard

1 Michael Jordan

2 Kobe Bryant

3 D Wade

4 Clyde Drexler

5 Jerry West

Power Forwards

1 Tim Duncan

2 Charles Barkley

3 Karl Malone

4 Kevin Garnett

5 Dirk Nowitzki

Small Forward

1 Lebron James

2 Larry Bird

3 Scottie Pippen

4 Julius Earving

5 Elgin Baylor

Center

1Kareem Abdul Jabaar

2 Hakeem Olajuwon

3 Shaq

4 Bill Russell

5 Wilt

 

[its....JOHN B]

Dennis Johnson

Bob Cousy

Tiny Archibald

Jojo White

KC Jones

Sam Jones

Bill Sharman

Reggie Lewis

Frank Ramsey

Danny Ainge

Larry Bird

John Havlicek

Paul Pierce

Satch Sanders

Cedric Maxwell

Kevin Garnett

Kevin Mchale

Antoine Walker

Tom Heinsohn

Bill Russell

Robert Parrish

Dave Cowens

Ed Mccauley

Kendrick Perkins

 

[PanchoYoSancho]

Watch the Dirk disrespect in here. If he ain't in everybody top 3 I think it's crazy.

I went back n forth with him and Charles, but Chuck was killing the boards in his prime so I have him the edge. Even tho Dirk had a helluva championship run. Same thing with KG and McHale. McHale was the better scorer, but KG had a better all around game. Both are toss ups IMO.

 

[5 Grand]

I agree with most of you guys but so far nobody has mentioned David Thompson

According to Wikipedia,

• Thompson is one of the five players to score 70 or more points in an NBA game.
  
• ....lead North Carolina State University to an undefeated season (27-0) in 1973, he then led the Wolfpack to a 30-1 season and the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1974, defeating the reigning national champions, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins. His nickname was "Skywalker" because of his incredible vertical leap. The alley-oop pass, now a staple of today's high-flying, above-the-rim game, was "invented" by Thompson and his NC State teammate Monte Towe, and first used as an integral part of the offense by NC State coach Norm Sloan to take advantage of Thompson's leaping ability.
  
• Thompson was the No. 1 draft pick of both the American Basketball Association (Virginia Squires) and the National Basketball Association (Atlanta Hawks) in the 1975 drafts of both leagues.
  
• Thompson and Julius Erving were the finalists in the first ever Slam-Dunk Competition, held at the 1976 ABA All-Star Game at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver.
  
• On April 9, 1978, the last day of the regular NBA season, Thompson scored 73 points against the Detroit Pistons in an effort to win the NBA scoring title (he barely lost the scoring title to San Antonio's George Gervin, who scored 63 points in a game played later that same day).
  

Unfortunately David Thompson got involved with drugs (cocaine) and his career was cut short. He put in most of his work in the ABA and by the time the ABA merged with the NBA his career was already in a downward spiral. But He was a GOAT player in the mid 70s when he played for the ABA.

 

[Shizlansky]

Watch the Dirk disrespect in here. If he ain't in everybody top 3 I think it's crazy.

I went back n forth with him and Charles, but Chuck was killing the boards in his prime so I have him the edge. Even tho Dirk had a helluva championship run. Same thing with KG and McHale. McHale was the better scorer, but KG had a better all around game. Both are toss ups IMO.

Dirk carried two totally different squads to the championship.

MVP

Champion

One of the All time great Scorers

His high post game was unstoppable. Turn around shot was only second to the sky hook

Double double machine when the lights get bright.

And some of y'all fav thing in the world. Clutch.

 

[PanchoYoSancho]

Dennis Johnson

Bob Cousy

Tiny Archibald

Jojo White

KC Jones

Sam Jones

Bill Sharman

Reggie Lewis

Frank Ramsey

Danny Ainge

Larry Bird

John Havlicek

Paul Pierce

Satch Sanders

Cedric Maxwell

Kevin Garnett

Kevin Mchale

Antoine Walker

Tom Heinsohn

Bill Russell

Robert Parrish

Dave Cowens

Ed Mccauley

Kendrick Perkins

Watch the Dirk disrespect in here. If he ain't in everybody top 3 I think it's crazy.

I went back n forth with him and Charles, but Chuck was killing the boards in his prime so I have him the edge. Even tho Dirk had a helluva championship run. Same thing with KG and McHale. McHale was the better scorer, but KG had a better all around game. Both are toss ups IMO.

Dirk carried two totally different squads to the championship.

MVP

Champion

One of the All time great Scorers

His high post game was unstoppable. Turn around shot was only second to the sky hook

Double double machine when the lights get bright.

And some of y'all fav thing in the world. Clutch.

Yeah you right. And me never had the talent around him that Kobe, Shaq or Timmy had either. The closest thing was Nash and Cuban ain't believe in him and we saw how that worked out.

 

[BedStuy]

I don't really have a favorite team but I can't wait till the season starts.

Top 5 Fav players?

Of all time? Jordan, Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Tim Hardaway, Pippen

 

[BedStuy]

oh shit, just read the op. let me revise my list

 

[blu197]

Magic

Curry

Kidd

Zeke

Cousy

MJ

Kobe

Jerry West

Wade

Reggie Miller

Bird

Lebron

Pippen

Hondo

Dr.J

Duncan

Dirk

Barkley

McHale

Malone

Wilt

Shaq

Dream

Kareem

Ewing

 

[Beta]

Annual thread.

Magic

Stockton

Zeke

Oscar

Kidd

Jordan

Kobe

Wade

Drexler

Iverson

LeBron

Bird

Erving

Dominique

Pippen

Duncan

Malone

Dirk

Barkley

KG

Kareem

Russell

Wilt

Shaq

Moses

Just realized I don't have hakeem....ah well

 

[Shizlansky]

Annual thread.

Magic

Stockton

Zeke

Oscar

Kidd

Jordan

Kobe

Wade

Drexler

Iverson

LeBron

Bird

Erving

Dominique

Pippen

Duncan

Malone

Dirk

Barkley

KG

Kareem

Russell

Wilt

Shaq

Moses

Just realized I don't have hakeem....ah well

What makes Russell and Wilt better than Shaq?

@Beta

 

[ineedpussy]

if you put a hunkey on your list youre already discredited.

 

[Ibex]

PG

1. Magic Johnson

2. Anfernee Hardaway

3. Isiah Thomas

4. Chris Paul

5. John Wall

SG

1. Michael Jordan

2. Allen Iverson

3. Kobe Bryant

4. Dwayne Wade

5. Jerry West

SF

1. LeBron James

2. Scottie Pippen

3. Larry Bird

4. Kevin Durant

5. Julius Erving

PF

1. Charles Barkley

2. Anthony Davis

3. Karl Malone

4. Tim Duncan

5. Kevin Garnett

C

1. Hakeem Olajuwon

2. Wilt Chamberlain

3. Shaquille O'neal

4. Kareem Abudul-Jabbar

5. Bill Russell

 

[Beta]

Annual thread.

Magic

Stockton

Zeke

Oscar

Kidd

Jordan

Kobe

Wade

Drexler

Iverson

LeBron

Bird

Erving

Dominique

Pippen

Duncan

Malone

Dirk

Barkley

KG

Kareem

Russell

Wilt

Shaq

Moses

Just realized I don't have hakeem....ah well

What makes Russell and Wilt better than Shaq?

@Beta

Idk I put 25% thought into that list

With all these players its hard to seperate one from the other and make a case for one over the other. Especially at the C spot

 

[BDBIID]

PG

1. Magic Johnson

2. Anfernee Hardaway

3. Isiah Thomas

4. Chris Paul

5. John Wall

SG

1. Michael Jordan

2. Allen Iverson

3. Kobe Bryant

4. Dwayne Wade

5. Jerry West

SF

1. LeBron James

2. Scottie Pippen

3. Larry Bird

4. Kevin Durant

5. Julius Erving

PF

1. Charles Barkley

2. Anthony Davis

3. Karl Malone

4. Tim Duncan

5. Kevin Garnett

C

1. Hakeem Olajuwon

2. Wilt Chamberlain

3. Shaquille O'neal

4. Kareem Abudul-Jabbar

5. Bill Russell

Nigga made a personal favorite list

 

[its....JOHN B]

Annual thread.

Magic

Stockton

Zeke

Oscar

Kidd

Jordan

Kobe

Wade

Drexler

Iverson

LeBron

Bird

Erving

Dominique

Pippen

Duncan

Malone

Dirk

Barkley

KG

Kareem

Russell

Wilt

Shaq

Moses

Just realized I don't have hakeem....ah well

What makes Russell and Wilt better than Shaq?

@Beta

 

[Shizlansky]

Well mister 1 hand dribbling and terrible shooting Havlicek is the greatest Guard of all time

And that cigar smoking coach is the greatest coach of all time.