Top 10 NBA Player List: Round 1 (POLL AND VOTES)

[Alexander The Great]

Mike tried to yam on DRob and the admiral was having none of it

at Robinson taking it coast to coast like that. but, no way older stars could play in todays nba

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Only voted for Jordan

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

People are voting for Russell and not Shaq

What exactly would be Russell's gameplan vs Shaq

Like what could he exploit

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

The first 10 are the top 10.

Yeah.. wanted to put Hakeem but couldn't find one to remove instead

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Only voted for Jordan

What'd you mean? Gotta vote for 10 lol

 

[Quiet Magician]

Jordan
Kareem
Magic
Lebron
Russel
Bird
Wilt
Kobe
Duncan
Shaq

I think this list is fair.

 

[shhh-kull & bones]

Inspired by my man @BmoreGorilla who did this sort of thing for hip-hop MCs in The Booth. I thought I could apply that same concept to here since we're always discussing GOATs in the NBA and what have you, especially in light of LeBron furthering his legacy by winning a championship for Cleveland.

So what I'll do is choose a list of typical top 10 NBA player contenders and will maximise upon the poll options thereby allowing for 15 choices.

The 10 players with the most votes will make it to round 2, and then I will introduce 5 new players based on frequency of request in this thread to be eligible for voting. We will continue the process until we have a solidified top 10 based on general consensus.

Feel free to ask if you have questions about anything.

Remember you get 10 votes

1-Kareem-

won on every level..hs,college, pros...even black top-Won 15 chips in total(hs,college,pros,asst. coach)
number 1 on the scoring list


2-Russell-Won most [league] chips-11 total

3-Jordan- A spectacular talent that raised the game to a whole other level-helped turn basketball to a global brand and made everybody want to play-was on the record setting 72-10 squad

4-Magic-Made basketball fun to watch-won chip as a rookie

5-Shaq-Brought three different teams to the finals--never been done

6-Bird-First pure shooter to dominate the game

7-Duncan- Rare successful blue chip high IQ talent

8-Kobe-Most successful hs to pros to ever play

9-Big O- Only player to average a triple double for a whole season

10-Hakeem the dream-A great talent born outside of the Americas

Honorable Mentions

Wilt-scored 100 points in one game
also averaged 50 per game for at least a whole season

Dr J- The pre cursor to Jordan

Karl Malone- second on the all time scoring list



Lebron still has work to do but he can almost fit anywhere that's not top three when he's done

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I'm surprised by this tbh

Would have thought Kobe would be closer to top 5 territory

He's around my top 5

That's just not the narrative among the vast majority of serious basketball fans.

There's a reason he only finished his career with a single MVP award. The only other player threatening the top-10 with just one MVP is Hakeem, and he's only a borderline top-10 player as well.

There are a TON of Kobestans on this site. If it wasn't for them, Kobe would have done even worse. Most of Kobe's biggest moments come down to "was the second-best player on a team besides Shaq" and "put up 60+ points on 37+ shots in meaningless regular-season games against crappy defenses". Take away those two things, which have very little to do with being a top-10 player, and he wouldn't even be in this discussion.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

That's just not the narrative among the vast majority of serious basketball fans.

There's a reason he only finished his career with a single MVP award. The only other player threatening the top-10 with just one MVP is Hakeem, and he's only a borderline top-10 player as well.

There are a TON of Kobestans on this site. If it wasn't for them, Kobe would have done even worse. Most of Kobe's biggest moments come down to "was the second-best player on a team besides Shaq" and "put up 60+ points on 37+ shots in meaningless regular-season games against crappy defenses". Take away those two things, which have very little to do with being a top-10 player, and he wouldn't even be in this discussion.

This is true but he's also a 2x Finals MVP and when he wasn't an MVP but a champ with Shaq, maybe the greatest 2nd option ever?

Not saying whether that's top 10 worthy or not but yeah.

Kobe's an interesting case, but I see your argument.

 

[Consumed]

Doesn't change the fact that he went through those teams.

You could argue that the year prior he took care of Bird and the Celtics and should have beaten the Lakers with Magic in the finals.

And then as for Jordan, 1988-1990 Pistons won all 3 encounters, then the Bulls won in 1991

The Detroit Pistons went through those teams. Isiah didn't impact their performances nor was he actually better than Larry, Jordan, Magic in their primes (I would argue he was at no point a top 3 player in his career) so he shouldn't be given an edge over any of them

IT was great, but he honestly has no business being in the top fifteen of an all time list

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

The Detroit Pistons went through those teams. Isiah didn't impact their performances nor was he actually better than Larry, Jordan, Magic in their primes (I would argue he was at no point a top 3 player in his career) so he shouldn't be given an edge over any of them

IT was great, but he honestly has no business being in the top fifteen of an all time list

yeah with him being the best on those Piston teams

and I'm not necessarily he's saying he's better than them, just saying that his play against them and the way he could stand up to them on a nightly basis is something to admire and respect

altho I still think he's better than Bird at the very least

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

In this order

1. Wilt
2. Jordan
3. Kareem
4. Shaq
5. Lebron
6. Kobe
7. Magic
8. Larry
9. Hakeem
10. Duncan


If we're talking strictly skill and game, my list would look almost completely different

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

In this order

1. Wilt
2. Jordan
3. Kareem
4. Shaq
5. Lebron
6. Kobe
7. Magic
8. Larry
9. Hakeem
10. Duncan


If we're talking strictly skill and game, my list would look almost completely different

how so? let's see it breh

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also is Jordan gonna reach 200 votes?

 

[the kid]

Some of these votes cant be reality brehs. Like, who actually left MJ off their ballots? What kinda nikka left Kareem off their ballots? Both Bean and Timmy should be ranked higher than Shaq, but have less votes? How Sway?

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Some of these votes cant be reality brehs. Like, who actually left MJ off their ballots? What kinda nikka left Kareem off their ballots? Both Bean and Timmy should be ranked higher than Shaq, but have less votes? How Sway?

how d'you know people didn't vote for MJ?