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Backpicks GOAT: 40 Best Careers in NBA History

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by larsv8, Dec 19, 2017.

  1. Easy

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    Yeah, I'm surprised Reggie is so high and Clyde is so low. I'd put Clyde in the top 30 and Reggie somewhere in the 30's.
     
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    Steph at 32, but "if he remains healthy for the 2018 postseason, (he) will springboard into the low 20s".

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    10. Magic Johnson
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    14. Kobe Bryant
    15. David Robinson
    16. Julius Erving
    17. Jerry West
    18. Dirk Nowitzki
    19. Steve Nash
    20. Charles Barkley
    21. Chris Paul
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    23. Scottie Pippen
    24. Moses Malone
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    28. Rick Barry
    29. Reggie Miller
    30. Bob Pettit
    31. John Havlicek
    32. Stephen Curry
    33. Walt Frazier
    34. Jason Kidd
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    37. Elgin Baylor
    38. Kevin McHale
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  3. jbasket

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    Hard for me to think of Ewing as a top 30 player and Robinson top 15 considering how much Hakeem ate their lunches. Heh.
     
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    Who is left Lebron Jordan, Kareem, and Hakeem.
    Karl Malone, Shaq

    and??
     
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    Tim Duncan and Russel and kg?
    But kg should not be above Magic or Bird.
     
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    I started that discussion. And i still would not rate Miller this high. To me he is not a superstar. I do not believe he was ever a top 5 player in the nba. Not in Any year
     
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    Jeremy Lin, Matt Maloney, Allen Leavell, Toney Douglass, Carl Herrerra, Kelvin Cato, Royce White, and Sam Dekkar.
     
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    Where is James Harden?
     
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    Gotta be Hakeem, Jordan, Jabbar, Shaq, Russell, Duncan, Lebron and Garnett in some order. 7 of the top 10 will be bigs. These have been a treat to read.
     
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    And thanks for posting THIS, Rashmon, because you saved me from spending an entire day on that sight when I have a busy schedule to begin with. Thanks to you, I'm postponing taking my first look until I can afford the time. :)
     
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    Probably at a strip club.
     
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    #1 hasn’t been announced yet
     
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    That reserved for our lord and savior Eremy Lin
     
  16. durvasa

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    Would be interested to see what this list would look like if he only considered 5-year peaks. Curry possibly near the top of the list in that case, given his write up on him.
     
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    Only way Garnett is top 10 in any respectable list if that list takes into account trying to start fights with smaller players or back pedalling once you hit another player. Guy is overrated af
     
  18. RudyTBag

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    Damn. I don't know about all that. He was so god, damn, disgustingly good in Minnesota. He kept running into Kobe/Shaq, but holy crap that guy could do everything on both ends. In his prime, I'll put him up there with any big man outside of Hakeem Olajuwon.
     
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    No way. Tim Duncan has him beat at most things.

    I just watched a clip that came out on my youtube list of Garnett and McDyess getting into it. Dude pushes Dyess and runs backwards through a few different players. He was the original Carmelo.
     
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    I'd like to see Duncan play guard, or see the floor, or defend at the level KG did in his prime. KG could arguably guard 1-5 better than anyone, ever.

    Aside from that, TOTALLY different players.
     

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