Bleacher Report's Top 100 NBA Players of All-Time

[VBM]

I recommend going back and watching a handful of Piston games during those two title runs. Isiah was good but he wasn't on Hakeem's level. Part of the issue with ring culture and a lot of us grew up just seeing the highlights of earlier generations.

I guess what I'm getting at is, should Hakeem's career be considered a slight disappointment (only 2 rings) given how amazing he was? People knocked David Robinson so far down the totem pole after that loss to the Rockets, but dude was putting up mid-20s scoring, double-digit boards and 3-4 blocks a game (one of only 4 players to put up a quadruple double as well), doing stuff like this:



He was also 32-16 against Dream in the reg season, but did lose the one playoff matchup (unbelievable they only faced off once in the post-season).

I know people view these lists in different ways. If you're talking pure basketball talent, the list would look different (hard to evaluate talent of bigs vs talent of guards). If you're talking career success, Bill Russell would be the GOAT. This list obviously incorporates a subjective mix of the two.

 

[fifth column]

3 of those championships he was a sidekick.

Point still stands, Kobe played to win championships, none of that weak check my stats trash

 

[fifth column]

Um, that doesn’t separate Kobe from other great players breh.

OP ask why we appreciate Kobe and I answered

 

[Houston911]

I agree about Kobe but nah Duncan is Top 5 material

He got rings with Hakeem Shaq and Duncan

 

[VBM]

He got rings with Hakeem Shaq and Duncan

He also said Olajuwon averaged 85% from the FT line. Dream was 1.4% better over the course of his career than Duncan at FTs.

The Manu shade just to appease Stephen Jackson

 

[Braman]

They put Steph over Kobe I’m rollin.

When KD was still with GS and they were just bullying Bron, all the Kobe fans were ecstatic! Kobe fans turned into GS fans just to see Bron lose

And in that moment, I. Told. Nggas. Be careful rooting for KD and Steph bc at this rate they keep winning rings they not passin bron but they damn sure gon pass KOBE. And here we are. KD left that’s the only reason he didn’t pass him

The logic is simple: If we gonna act like Shaq being the alpha and 3 time FMVP doesn’t matter when exulting Kobe, why would KD/Steph being together hold them back from vaulting up the ranks too?!

So I’m not here for all that ‘bc he died ‘ or white people blah blah blah. Naaaah I called that shyt when he was alive. Kobe fans act like he won all them rings by himself well we can do that for Steph too.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

I will say this til the day I die wings and big men should be separated on these lists.

Comparing Kobe and Shaq is like comparing a QB and a corner

 

[intra vires]

Magic is overrated and Kobe is underrated, it balances out for laker fans.

 

[Jplaya2023]

I think steph is higher, but i agree he's top 10 OAT

Higher? As in top 5?

 

[Jplaya2023]

Magic is overrated

How sway?

9 all nba 1st team
3 time league mvp
3 time finals.mvp
12 time all star

Keep in mind he did this in 12 years but to you thats overrated.

 

[VBM]

They put Steph over Kobe I’m rollin.

When KD was still with GS and they were just bullying Bron, all the Kobe fans were ecstatic! Kobe fans turned into GS fans just to see Bron lose

And in that moment, I. Told. Nggas. Be careful rooting for KD and Steph bc at this rate they keep winning rings they not passin bron but they damn sure gon pass KOBE. And here we are. KD left that’s the only reason he didn’t pass him

The logic is simple: If we gonna act like Shaq being the alpha and 3 time FMVP doesn’t matter when exulting Kobe, why would KD/Steph being together hold them back from vaulting up the ranks too?!

So I’m not here for all that ‘bc he died ‘ or white people blah blah blah. Naaaah I called that shyt when he was alive. Kobe fans act like he won all them rings by himself well we can do that for Steph too. Y’all lucky KD left

If Steph got #5 it would get real scary talking about a list of the best guards of all time.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Not trolling, but what differentiates Dream from a guy like Isiah Thomas? Two titles back to back (went through Jordan/Pippen both times). Everyone acknowledges Hakeem is a monster (NBA block leader), but to a non-Rockets stan it seems like he's really living off of that 95 run where he beat Malone, Barkley, Admiral and Shaq. Rockets were struggling that year until they traded for Drexler.

Hakeem is considered maybe the greatest defender ever along with superior footwork studied to this day

Hakeem dominated his superstar matchups on his runs as well

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Scottie over Kawhi

 

[Don Homer]

Higher? As in top 5?

yeah. i rate steph over byrd. russell and wilt were excellent but it's hard for me to compare them playing when the game was so primitive. shyt, Russell was playing when the US only had 48 states

Shaq has also said Steph is better than he was multiple times, so there's that

 

[FS4LFE]

What’s the argument for people putting Hakeem over Duncan?