The best(okay 2nd best)

[CODE_BLUE56]

Guys who all have a solid case for #2:

Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Oscar Robertson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Kobe Bryant

If I absolutely had to pick, I'd go with Kareem.

wow i cant believe i forgot about kareem i might take him 2nd with all the accolades and longevity he had....definitely a good pick for 2nd

btw jordan being #1 has not only to do with popularity, but because of the fact that he completely changed the game...

he is one of the greatest of all time on either side of the ball(countless scoring titles and all defensive teams,also a DPOY) won 6 titles, 5 MVPs, and did it rather efficiently,over 50% FG...

not trying to be rather closed minded here, but i feel that honestly there's little debate here

jordan is the GOAT

 

[97Bulls]

Id go with kareem as the second greatest ever. And obviously jordan is the greatest ever. He's probably the only player I can think off that has no weakness. Be it skill, talent, athleticism, accomplishments, IQ, or leadership.

 

[DCguy]

I will go with Kareem Abdul Jabar. The guy won and dominated at every level and he won in Milwaukee lol. For him to still be a contributor on a championship team shows the basketball IQ he has.

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Bill Plaschke: Hall of shame is more like it for Dennis Rodman - latimes.com

Bill Plaschke is an idiot.

 

[97Bulls]

Bill Plaschke: Hall of shame is more like it for Dennis Rodman - latimes.com

Bill Plaschke is an idiot.

I agree with you rami. And everyone that responded to his article promptly called him a moron and disagreed with him.

The funny thing is that rodman is the headliner for the 2011 class.

 

[Crystallas]

wing span > height.

 

[HawkyTalky]

I think Wilt and Russell were overrated. They were giants among much smaller men....the game was also much different back then.

If you take them in their prime and put them in today's game, IMO they wouldn't be nearly as good as they were.

 

[Icculus]

Guys who all have a solid case for #2:

Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Oscar Robertson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Kobe Bryant

If I absolutely had to pick, I'd go with Kareem.

I'd make a case for adding Bird and Tim Duncan to this list. I'm just surprised you didn't put LeBron on this list .

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

I'd make a case for adding Bird and Tim Duncan to this list. I'm just surprised you didn't put LeBron on this list :troll face:.

If you add them to the list, you really do need to add a bunch of guys like both Malones, Barkley, and LeBron James.

There's no way Bird or Duncan is the 2nd best player of all-time.

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

I think Wilt and Russell were overrated. They were giants among much smaller men....the game was also much different back then.

If you take them in their prime and put them in today's game, IMO they wouldn't be nearly as good as they were.

If you look up the facts, that really isn't true. They weren't going up against smaller men at all in terms of height. They did have some advantages in that era of course but both were two of the best athletic specimens that basketball has ever seen.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

wing span > height.

this is something alot of people forget about..

a guy is 6'4 and an NBA SG...a little undersized right?(random example)

but he has like 6'10 wingspan...that means because he can extend his arms to a farther length to make shots and defend..he can play taller than his height..

so just because you're a little undersized height doesnt mean you cant play that position..it depends on how long your arms are as well

 

[BMR31]

wait...what...? some of the top guys in nba history never won. are you telling me that guys like stockton, malone, barkley, nash, baylor aren't top 100 players in nba history because they didn't come up big in the clutch? does this mean you can't put scottie, david robinson, clyde drexler, dirk (until this year) in the top 100 because they shrunk in the clutch? does this mean reggie miller all of a sudden becomes a top 10 player because he didn't shrink in the clutch? hell no.

i don't think it's a question that lebron james is the most complete basketball player that we have seen since michael jordan. to some extent yes, he puts up some empty stats, but there is no question in my mind that if lebron james wasn't a ******, any team would give up any player for lebron. just because he has come up short in his first eight seasons does not mean that he's not up there.

many will say that jordan was never upset and that's lebron expectations. well no one is jordan. but magic, bird, kobe, kareem, wilt, everyone else, they were upset. lebron has only had one team that was expected to win anything and they came up short in the nba finals. or have we forgotten the series that our beloved bulls were eliminated in?

plus unfortunately, i think you have to assume that lebron wins eventually which pushes him up the list.

like it or not (and i freaking hate it) but if i didn't have a likable superstar on my team that could beat him, i would give up my whole roster for lebron james and you would too.

now i have to go hit my head against the wall for writing a defense of lebron james. thanks a lot guys.

None of those guys quit. Repeatedly.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

If you add them to the list, you really do need to add a bunch of guys like both Malones, Barkley, and LeBron James.

There's no way Bird or Duncan is the 2nd best player of all-time.

duncan i understand..but why not bird?

bird has 12 all star games,3 MVPs,3 titles,etc.

24,10,6 for his career

great defender

i think he has a better argument than a couple of the guys you listed like kobe and olajuwon

 

[Glide2keva]

I just love the way people just assume that lebron is going to win multiple titles. Like it's a foregone conclusion. People have been saying that for eight years and it hasn't happened yet. He is 0-2 in the Finals and wasn't factor when it was time to win games.

Let's let him win ONE before we put multiples on him. Right now all he is is empty stats in the regular season and shrinks like he got hit with a shrink ray eventually in the playoffs.

He has a lot of work to do before I put him anywhere near my top anything.

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

duncan i understand..but why not bird?

bird has 12 all star games,3 MVPs,3 titles,etc.

24,10,6 for his career

great defender

i think he has a better argument than a couple of the guys you listed like kobe and olajuwon

I'd take Olajuwon over Kobe and Bird personally. Bird is definitely the next guy after all those names I mentioned and easily gets in the top 10.

He wasn't that great of a defender though. Neither was Magic for that matter (he was just versatile).

 

[DCguy]

I just love the way people just assume that lebron is going to win multiple titles. Like it's a foregone conclusion. People have been saying that for eight years and it hasn't happened yet. He is 0-2 in the Finals and wasn't factor when it was time to win games.

Let's let him win ONE before we put multiples on him. Right now all he is is empty stats in the regular season and shrinks like he got hit with a shrink ray eventually in the playoffs.

He has a lot of work to do before I put him anywhere near my top anything.

I know, people make it seem like it's a given. I saw somebody post on here a few weeks ago that LeBron would be the best small forward after he gets his fourth ring lol.