Hey, Kelly's a pretty brave guy. He had to know that list would get this kind of reaction. I respect Kelly a lot (you know what's coming!), but Kelly, what were you thinking??
I like KD a lot and his 'top 10 lists' have all been great reads. All the same, he's had a few brain farts here and there. Some of those include: Mo Williams off the best 2nd rounders list, Gary Payton off of the best defenders list and now.....Yao behind Big Z and Jermaine O'Neal.
I rolled my eyes when I saw Big Z over Yao.. I set fire to my router when I saw Jermain O'Neil over anyone...
Look, I know you guys don't agree but judging from the list Kelly D put a big emphasis on health and defense. I suppose I would also because the talent doesn't mean a thing if you're not on the court playing. Yao Ming deserves his slot because he has been injured every single time the playoffs come around or he has been having an MVP season. Talent wise Big Z is a joke compared to Yao Ming but you know what? If we had Biz Z instead of Yao Ming when Tmac came here he probably would have been to the 2nd round by now. O'Neal over Big Z is surprising though, I suppose KD was really impressed with O'neal's defense. Personally the only change I'd make is have Amare switch places with O'neal. Even if Amare doesn't play D and he's a primadonna the things he does on offense are worth more than whatever contributions Oneal might have made.
2 signal flares, 5 pigeons, a paperclip, 2 AA batteries, small half of a wishbone and the sole of one of my Nike SB Dunks.. Really complicated stuff.. Don't try it! Its really inefficient. They call me Blackgyver here in Sugarland..
Z, Amare, and J O'Neal are all as injury prone as Yao Once again, Kelly Dywer has proven he is is a moron
Oh yeah and when did Shaq start dominating? 1992? Oh and then Duncan started in 1998.... So we'll see how much Duncan has left in 2015.... i don't think he'll have much at all...
Z had this big injury but came back relatively healthy since. Amare shut it down to have arthoscopic surgery but as I recall apart from 1 injured season he's played in all of Phoenix's playoff games. O'Neal...yeah I'll give you that. But Yao Ming still missed more playoff games than him.
Worst list he has done IMO. Injuries have really killed over half that list. Regardless Shaq deserves to be #1, followed by Duncan. I'd have to have Yao ahead of O'Neal and Z. The inclusion of Robinson shows the lack of dominant centers over the last decade.
KD has stretched too far in his top ten PG, SG, SF PF and C lists. He is confused about the basics! He doesn't even know what players are SG, SF or the difference between PF, C. I'm exaggerating, but not by much!
I love how most of us are complaining. Yes, Yao deserves to be up there, but you cant take any credit away from Jermaine O'Neal when he was in his prime. He was a REALLY good player and was a easy 20, 10, and 3 blocks guy.
Why people continue to confuse "best in their prime" and "best based on a 1999-2009 sample size" makes no sense. How can one possibly hope to compare someone who contributed absolutely nothing from 1999 until December of 2002, and then has been injury prone in years since, with someone who was an active, sometimes-dominant contributor? And the people who still consider Big Z to be "injury prone" must think Iraq is housing WMDs. Your take is that dated.
