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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 9:48am #7196
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    the barron
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    The eighties were filled with so many great basketball players so picking the top 12 was tough. In order for players to be eligible for my list they had to be drafted in the 1984 draft or earlier. So here is my list:

    PG Magic Johnson
    SG Michael Jordan
    SF Larry Bird
    PF Moses Malone
    C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

    PG Isiah Thomas
    C Hakeem Olajuwon
    SF Julius Earving
    PF Charles Barkley
    SF Alex English
    SF Dominique Wilkins
    C Robert Parrish

    Honorable Mention: Clyde Drexler, James Worthy, Bernard King, Bill Laimbeer, George Gervin, Kevin McHale, Mark Aguirre, John Stockton, Adrian Dantley.
    Some of the players listed in the honorable mention where good in the eighties but did most of their damage in other decades(Gervin-70’s, Stockton and Drexler-90’s) so they aren’t on the first team because of that. So what do you guys think and did I forget anybody?

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:00am #192459
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    JoeWolf1

    also honorable mention = Buck Williams

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:05am #192462
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    kong47272
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    Since you aren’t letting Stockton in since he was more of a 90’s figure I’d replace Barkley with McHale

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:24am #192485
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    about putting McHale ahead of Barkley but during the last half of the decade Barkley was putting up some monster numbers with the Sixers. McHale did win a couple of championships and had a great career in the eighties but Barkley was the better individual player at the time.

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 1:28pm #192619
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    Italiantarheel
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    joe dumars was key for two championships, being u already have a back up 5 in hakeem i might would put sombody else in over parrish maybe mchale

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 1:30pm #192621
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    Italiantarheel
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    never mind joe was in the 85 draft my fault

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