1. Jordan 2. Abdul-Jabaar 3. Larry Bird 4. Bill Russell 5. Wilt Chamberlin 6. Magic Johnson 7. Tim Duncan 8. Oscar Robertson 9. Hakeem Olajuwon 10. LeBron James 11. Shaquille O'neal 12. Jerry West 13. Moses Malone 14. Elgin Baylor 15. John Havlicek 16. Julius Erving 17. Kobe Bryant 18. Dirk Nowitzki 19. Charles Barkley 20. Dwayne Wade
Prime Olajuwon is the best player on any court he steps on. That is my contention for placing him #1.
1.) MJ 2.) Kareem 3.) Wilt 4.) Russell 5.) Bird 6.) Magic 7.) Dream 8.) Duncan 9.) Lebron 10.) Oscar 11.) West 12.) Shaq 13.) Kobe 14.) Moses 15.) Barkley 16.) Dirk 17.) Dr. J 18.) Baylor 19.) KG 20.) Nash I refuse to put Quitten, Flopton or Karla on the list out of principle.
Wilt Chamberlain Michael Jordan Magic Johnson Bill Russell Hakeem Olajuwon Larry Bird Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kobe Bryant Shaquille O'Neal Jerry West LeBron James Dr. J Tim Duncan Moses Malone Karl Malone (I know he's the most hated person in the CF community, but he's an all-time great) Oscar Robertson Elgin Baylor John Havlicek David Robinson Isiah Thomas/Charles Barkley (tie) HM: Kevin Garnett Bob Petit Walt Frazier Dominique Wilkins Dirk Nowitzki Allen Iverson
Jordan Kareem Russell Magic Wilt Bird Robertson Lebron Duncan Hakeem West Shaq Kobe Moses Baylor Erving Barkley Pettit Havlicek Dirk
Being great and being better has distinct diiferences, but it can also be view the same in certain ways.
Yep, treasure your grandmas, guys. Make sure to check on them from time to time, because you won't have them forever.
Honestly, I couldn't really order these twenty guys from 1-20 in order of greatness. I'm just going to list them in alphabetical order and let y'all see if they deserve the honor. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Charles Barkley Larry Bird Kobe Bryant Wilt Chamberlain Tim Duncan Kevin Garnett LeBron James Magic Johnson Michael Jordan Karl Malone Moses Malone Dirk Nowitzki Hakeem Olajuwon Shaquille O'Neal Oscar Robertson David Robinson Bill Russell John Stockton Jerry West I could tell you that David Robinson is the '20th' guy out of this list. Jordan, Magic, and Bird are '1-3'. After that its just too close.
Players such as these are proven day by day greatness. Players like Kobe Shaq Duncan LeBron are so good that they stand out from the average NBA Player.
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ubigred < 25 years old? Just teasing you, but it's pretty clear that you never saw Bird play and are only going on how great you think Lebron is. Lebron is a better athlete, sure, but Bird was one of those people who could not be stopped from scoring. In fact, he would tell people right before a play not only that he would score on them, but also, HOW he was going to score on them and they still could not stop him.
Let's not pretend he was completely unstoppable, there were defenders/teams that gave him trouble, while Bird also had superior talent around him. The argument could go either way.
