What current NBA players are in the top 30 players of all time ?

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

im my opinion:

shaq
kobe
duncan ( might be top 10 )
kidd

probably top 40

iverson
nash
nowitski
garnett

coming to the top 20 soon :

lebron
wade

blueedwards · Nov 4, 2005

nowitski...:lolBIG:

viking611 · Nov 4, 2005

duncan is in your top 10 but shaq is not??? :icon_conf

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

blue edwards said:
nowitski...:lolBIG:

you dont think dirk is top 40 ?

i'll have to try to name 40 players better. you might be right .

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

viking611 said:
duncan is in your top 10 but shaq is not???

in no order :

jordan
magic
bird
kareem
karl malone
wilt
oscar
erving
duncan
russell

i know a lot of guys would sub shaq for malone .

what makes shaq so great ? 7 feet , 310 pounds . i have never thought shaq had incredible basketball skills.

viking611 · Nov 4, 2005

i probably wouldn't have either in top 10 but Shaq has been more dominant than Duncan.

blueedwards · Nov 4, 2005

World Number One said:
you dont think dirk is top 40 ?

i'll have to try to name 40 players better. you might be right .

he is scottie pippen without the defense.

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

viking611 said:
i probably wouldn't have either in top 10 but Shaq has been more dominant than Duncan.

are you saying shaq would be rated higher than duncan on an all time list ?

i'm not sure about that.

would be a good debate .

wantitall4moi · Nov 4, 2005

Before you start listing the best, you better start listing the current. Shaq probaly and MAYBE Duncan. Kobe...not yet. Until he does something alone.

No one else even close to the top 50 IMO.

I can probably name 20 right now that the league couldn't sniff their jock straps just off the top of my head.

For starters

Bird
Jordon
magic
Worthy
kareem
wilt
Oscar Robertson
Unseld
West
Baylor
hayes
Russel
Dr j
Pistol Pete
Berry
Havlecek
Tiny Archibald
Frazier
Moses malone (maybe)
Gervin (probably)
Hakeem (probably)

Then throw in Mchale
Ewing
Karl Malone
Bill walton(pro career iffy)
Daryll Dawkins
Willis reed
Dominique

Ok so I have a big top of my head. There are 30 or so right there. Other than Shaq, not many are going to crack that list. Even Duncan. Not to mention I probaly missed a few.

Greatest is thrown around WAY too much. ALL TIME is also thrown around way too much.

Scotty Pippen making the 50 greatest all time was a complete farce. He probaly isn't in the top 100.

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

good list.. not sure about chocolate thunder though ..

i'll never be convinced that tim duncan isnt one of the 10 best players ever..

the guy is a perfect basketball player.

blueedwards · Nov 4, 2005

World Number One said:
good list.. not sure about chocolate thunder though ..

i'll never be convinced that tim duncan isnt one of the 10 best players ever..

the guy is a perfect basketball player.

except for the foul shooting...

wantitall4moi · Nov 4, 2005

He is probably in the top 30. But I have seen a few players personally that are better than him. Back in their day Hakeem and Dominique(both borderline) were something special too. As was Karl malone, and he is borderline top 30, and I think he was better than Duncan is now.

viking611 · Nov 4, 2005

World Number One said:
are you saying shaq would be rated higher than duncan on an all time list ?

i'm not sure about that.

would be a good debate .

I'm not the one to debate because the current NBA is a joke!

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

blue edwards said:
except for the foul shooting...

almost 70 % career .. not too many 7 footers can match that..

viking611 · Nov 4, 2005

Nobody throwin out Isiah Thomas??

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

viking611 said:
I'm not the one to debate because the current NBA is a joke!

their is no debate about that ..

wantitall4moi · Nov 4, 2005

Oh yea sir charles, he was something for awhile too, and even Rodman before he went crazy. When he was with Det Rodman was bad ass. But top 30 no...better than the league today yes.(except maybe kobe, and perhaps LeBron if he continues.

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

viking611 said:
Nobody throwin out Isiah Thomas??

i'd have him top 22 or so ..

other guards off the top :

jordan
magic
oscar
stockton
west
frazier
tiny

whyme+ · Nov 4, 2005

No way CC deservesto be with those guys. The guy was signing autographs at the Lehigh valley mall in Allentown PA last week. If i knew he was in the same breath as the other players that you mentioned,Want,i would have been there with my you know what hanging out trying to get as many autographs as possible,so i could resell the phuckers.

WorldNumberOne · Nov 4, 2005

why me said:
No way CC deservesto be with those guys. The guy was signing autographs at the Lehigh valley mall in Allentown PA last week. If i knew he was in the same breath as the other players that you mentioned,Want,i would have been there with my you know what hanging out trying to get as many autographs as possible,so i could resell the phuckers.

did you mean DD ?