Shane Battier has listed his 7 most favourite players in the league in his blog recently,in which he also mentioned his all-time idol .So bringing it here I consider most of you guys might be interested. Lock if already posted. Source:http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4b2b253e0100fni5.html People always ask me who my favorite players in the NBA are. Every NBA player is also a fan of the great players in the league. Here is a short list of some the players I respect and why I respect them. Kobe Bryant-I think Kobe is the best player in the league because he is relentless. He never gives in to illness or fatigue. He is the ultimate competitor and he has my utmost respect. LeBron James-I respect LeBron because he had unbelievably high expectations coming out of high school and he has lived up to every last one. The he may have had the highest expectations ever of a young player coming into the league. He continues to improve and has a desire to get better and win. I respect that. Steve Nash-I just love the way he plays. He plays the game the way the game should be played, free and fast. He always tries to get his teammates involved. Much respect. Dirk Nowitkzi-The guy is just a machine, he goes to the gym every night if he does not have a game and practices shooting. Unbelievable. No one does that. Brandon Roy-My favorite young player. He just plays the right way, always under control. He is going to be an all-star for many years to come. Grant Hill-Growing up, I wanted to be Grant Hill. He is 100% class. He is still my idol. I want to grow up to be Grant Hill. Michael Dunleavy Jr.-My best friend in the world, he's like a brother to me. My roommate at Duke, we always want to beat each other, but off the court, we've never had boring time. Those are probably my 7 favorite players in the NBA. I like to watch all of these guys on TV. Talk to you soon, shane
Wow, Dunleavy and Hill get more respect than Yao or T-Mac. I can understand the disrespect to lazy T-Mac, but not to Yao. The Chinese will probably nail him for not mentioning Yao in a Chinese blog.
God you yao-only-fans are crazy. anyone who dosent bow down to yao is dirt. anyone who dosent pass to yao is racist...... dear god! thats he's opinion so get over it.
You must be a DOF, Dunleavy only fan. I have been accused as Yao Hater for wanting the Rockets to trade him. Thanks for proving them YOF wrong.
This, obviously doesn't count people currently on the team. I think if he started listing guys he currently plays with, anyone left off would feel...well, left off. Can't play favorites within the family. We all know he respects Yao and is good friends with Scola so, yeah, stop trying to make controversy where there is none.
Too late... I just don't get what Battier meant by I don't think Dunleavy looks like a brother to anyone.
he should have practiced harder to be somewhat better offensively since his idol was grant hill, only one of the best all-around players of all time when healthy.
Grant Hill is one of my all time faves as well. If it weren't for injuries, he could have easily been one of the best forwards ever.
