Who are your top 12 NBA players ever?

[Vamos Rafa]

Lol. In Russell's career the league was full of white stiffs who weren't even that tall.

So messed up yet so true. Lol.

 

[Maestro84]

MJ
Kareem
Magic
LBJ
Wilt
Bird
Kobe
Russell
Shaq
Hakeem/Duncan

Disclaimer: This is in no particular order as ranking people can be interchangeable in several different ways.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

01. Kurt Rambis
02. Rony Seikaly
03. Manute Bol
04. Robert Parish
05. Larry Bird
06. Magic Johnson
07. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
08. Kevin McHale
09. Dennis Rodman
10. Charles Barkley
11. Patrick Ewing
12. Michael Jordan
13. Scottie Pippen
14. Shaquille O'Neal

 

[Blue and Green]

Been watching since about 1980 and in that time Jordan and LeBron are on their own separate tier. After that would be guys like Magic, Bird, Moses Malone, Hakeem, Barkley, Karl Malone, Shaq, Kobe, Duncan, Durant, Curry.

 

[crobro]

Bernard King
Drazen Petrovic
Chris Weber
Karl Malone
Patrick Ewing

Stars that are stuck in the 11-20 range rank of greatest all time.

If you are wondering about Petro, Having multiple 100 point games as a pro is not easily accomplished by anyone anywhere

 

[Reynys]

1 Wilt Chamberlain
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3 Magic Johnson
4 Shaquille O'Neal
5 Bill Russell
6 Allen Iverson
7 Larry Bird
8 LeBron James
9 Oscar Robertson
10 Kobe Bryant
11 Michael Jordan
12 Jerry West

 

[Filthy Dangles]

What the f*** is this shit

 

[Neutrinos]

Bill Russell doesn't belong anywhere near these lists

 

[leafsfan5]

1a) Lebron
1b) Michael Jordan
3.) Kareem
4.) Magic
5.) Larry Bird
6.) Hakeem (So underrated)
7.) Kobe
8.)Shaq
9.) Tim Duncan
10.) Wilt
11.) Bill Russel
12.) Oscar Robertson

Lebron/Jordan goes either way for me

 

[J T Money]

1 Michael Jordan
2 Magic Johnson
3 Hakeem Olajuwon
4 Larry Bird
5 Shaquille O'Neal
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
7 Scotty Pippen
8 Wilt Chamberlain
9 Allen Iverson
10 Kobe Bryant
11 Lebron James
12 Oscar Robertson

 

[bambamcam4ever]

1 Michael Jordan
2 Magic Johnson
3 Hakeem Olajuwon
4 Larry Bird
5 Shaquille O'Neal
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
7 Scotty Pippen
8 Wilt Chamberlain
9 Allen Iverson
10 Kobe Bryant
11 Lebron James
12 Oscar Robertson

Iverson sucked. Having him over LeBron is probably the worst post I've seen on this site.

 

[J T Money]

Iverson sucked. Having him over LeBron is probably the worst post I've seen on this site.

Clearly you didn't read the thread.

 

[Rossi Rat]

LeBron x12.

 

[Voight]

Iverson sucked. Having him over LeBron is probably the worst post I've seen on this site.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Players who shoot 42% in their prime and hog the ball are not conducive to winning basketball games, regardless of how "exciting" their style was.

Remember when the Sixers became terrible after trading him? Remember when the Nuggets got way better after acquiring him? Me neither.

 

[Voight]

Players who shoot 42% in their prime and hog the ball are not conducive to winning basketball games, regardless of how "exciting" their style was.

Remember when the Sixers became terrible after trading him? Remember when the Nuggets got way better after acquiring him? Me neither.

Remember when he carried the Sixers to the finals and dealt the dynasty Lakers their only playoff loss that year?

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Remember when he carried the Sixers to the finals and dealt the dynasty Lakers their only playoff loss that year?

Good narrative, but they had the best defense in the league that year, and it wasn't due to AI.

 

[Voight]

Good narrative, but they had the best defense in the league that year, and it wasn't due to AI.

He still carried the team LeBron style to the finals.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

He still carried the team LeBron style to the finals.

Uh huh. By shooting 39%.

 

[Halladay]

AI didnt suck but is overrated. Could have been much better if he cared and took care of himself. Quickest player i have seen.

 

[Voight]

Uh huh. By shooting 39%.

By averaging 20 more points per game than the next player on his team.

You wanna talk about big feats? Dragging a mid 30s Dikembe Mutombo, Aaron McKie Tyrone Hill and Eric Snow to the frigging finals.

You have a weird obsession with shooting %'s.

 

[InjuredChoker]

By averaging 20 more points per game than the next player on his team.

You wanna talk about big feats? Dragging a mid 30s Dikembe Mutombo, Aaron McKie Tyrone Hill and Eric Snow to the frigging finals.

You have a weird obsession with shooting %'s.

efficiency is pretty important factor in basketball.. well, sports really.

 

[Voight]

efficiency is pretty important factor in basketball.. well, sports really.

That's a fair point, but I'm not going to hold A.I's shooting percentages against him.

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

I’ll just do a top 3

1. Mario Chalmers
2. Michael Jordan
3. LeBron James

 

[Voight]

I’ll just do a top 3

1. Mario Chalmers
2. Michael Jordan
3. LeBron James

You're forgetting Udonis Haslem