Top 5 ALL-AROUND Best Basketball Players of ALL-time?

Top 5 ALL-AROUND Best Basketball Players of ALL-time?

1. Michael Jordan


2. Kobe Bryant


3. Lebron James


4. ‘Magic’ Johnson


5. Larry Bird

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Agree with OT?

This does not belong on ATS

1.Michael Jordan

2.Magic Johnson

3,Wilt Chamberlin

4.Larry Bird

5.Kobe Bryant

Originally posted by Black_Fox
1.Michael Jordan

2.Magic Johnson

3,Wilt Chamberlin

4.Larry Bird

5.Kobe Bryant

Great list!!!

No Lebron?

OT

I didnt add Lebron,its still way too soon.
Before i'd put him,id have to put Shaq,but neither are in the top 5 in my opinion,at least not yet.

reply to post by Black_Fox



Yeah, that's fair...give him some time....He did, btw, get ANOTHER record tonight....first player to the quickest 12K pts....the boys on his way!

Where's Oscar Robertson? Where's Olajuwon (one of only four all-time with a quadruple double)?

I'd at least switch out Bird for Robertson since you said "all-around". Also, I'm not sure Kobe belongs in the best "all-round" category, he may be in the "most dominant scorer" category, but not "all-around". Lebron James is way more complete than Kobe.

Peace

[edit on 4-2-2009 by Dr Love]

Chamberlain
Magic
Oscar
Jordan
Bird

Lebron's still too new. Let's see him win something. Shaq? He's just big enough to butt everyone else out of the way. And not only can't hit a free throw, but doesn't seem to care that he can't hit a free throw.

Chamberlain wasn't a great free throw shooter either, but how many people know he actually led the league in assists one year? Shaq couldn't carry Wilt's towel.

1.Jordan

2.Wilt

3.Oscar Robertson

4. Bill Russell

5. Larry Bird (even though I think Kareem probably deserve this spot, I'm a huge Bird fan)

Kobe and Lebron are still works in progress.

SWEEEETTT!!!!!!!


Lebron had 52 tonight......AND......a TRIPLE DOUBLE!!!!!!


Move over Kobe!

I'm no basketball fan but I will have to say:

Jordan
Magic
Dr. J.
Bird
Wilt the Stilt

reply to post by OldThinker


Not a triple double any more. :shk:

The Top Five Greatest Basketball Players Of All Time.
Well, here is the top five of my discretion.
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
2. Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain.
3. Michael Jordan.
4. Dr. J., Julius Eeeeerrrrrrrrrving!!!!
5. Larry Bird.

Ahhhhhh, lets go ahead and make it a top ten list.
6. Oscar Roberston.
7. Bill Russell.
8. Earvin "Magic" Johnson.
9. Bill Walton.
10. The Postmaster that used to dish to The Mailman John Stockton.

Originally posted by enjoies05
reply to post by OldThinker

 

Not a triple double any more. :shk:

Yeah, my wife said that, she had no details, what happened?

I guess they gave Lebron a rebound when it should have gone to Wallace. Here's the entire article.

sports.espn.go.com...

1. Michael Jordan

2. Bill Russell

3. Larry Bird

4. Magic Johnson

5. Tim Duncan

Got to show some love to Tim who has won many championships with virtually no name players in his roster.

Another 55 for the King....


Thinks that his eigth and he's only 24!!

Hmm best all round player.

1. Michael Jordan

2. Dr. J

3. Magic Johnson

4. Wilt Chamberlain

5. Kareem Abdul Jabaar

Honorable mentions to Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and Oscar Robertson.

Here's some to think on.

Dennis Johnson.
Underrated offensive player, and a shutdown defender in his day. Think Gary Payton, only maybe a better defender.

Speaking of...

Gary Payton.
Great defender and a very good offensive player.

Scottie Pippen.
Jordan's underrated running mate. If a player who got the kind of press he got can be called underrated...personally, I think he might have been a better all around player than Jordan.

Akeem Olojuwan.
Best all around center since Wilt.

Wilt Chamberlain.
Best player ever...with no apologies at all to Micheal Jordan.

reply to post by OldThinker


Good choices OT. It pains me to think that Oscar is out of the top 5 but there's always a cut-off. And you might say that Oscar was week in rebounding but that was more due to floor spacing than ability. Good choices but you made it hard to challenge.

To the folks that posted big men, consider that they don't have ball handling skills and that kills them for "all around". A guy like Bill Russel had everything else but no ball handling. Then you could take the best ball handler/shooter, Pistol Pete, and he wasn't much on rebounding. That "all around" thins the herd.