[willie wise fanParticipant]

1 Michael Jordan
2 Kareem Abdul Jabbar
3 Wilt Chamberlain
4 Bill Russell
5 Magic Johnson
6 Shaquille O’Neal
7 Larry Bird
8 Kobe Bryant
9 Oscar Robertson
10 Karl Malone
11 Hakeem Olajawon
12 Tim Duncan
13 Elgin Baylor
14 Moses Malone
15 Bob Pettit
16 John Stockton
17 LeBron James
18 Jerry West
19 Kevin Garnett
20 David Robinson
21 Charles Barkley
22 Isiah Thomas
23 Julius Erving
24 Bob Cousy
25 Elvin Hayes
26 George Mikan
27 Rick Barry
28 Jerry Lucas
29 John Havlicek
30 Walt Frazier
31 Artis Gilmore
32 Willis Reed
33 George Gervin
34 Jason Kidd
35 Patrick Ewing
36 Scottie Pippen
37 Billie Cunningham
38 Dwyane Wade
39 Dolph Schayes
40 Steve Nash
41 Nate Thurmond
42 Dominique Wilkins
43 Bob McAdoo
44 Allen Iverson
45 Spencer Haywood
46 Pete Maravich
47 Dave Cowens
48 Neil Johnston
49 Dirk Nowitzki
50 Wes Unseld
51 Paul Arizin
52 George McGinnis
53 Tiny Archibald
54 Hal Greer
55 Gary Payton
56 Earl Monroe
57 Tracy McGrady
58 Clyde Drexler
59 Dave Debusschere
60 Walt Bellamy
61 Dave Bing
62 Kevin McHale
63 David Thompson
64 Bob Lanier
65 Connie hawkins
66 Sam Jones
67 Bill Sharman
68 Reggie Miller
69 Chris Mullin
70 Ed Macauley
71 Bill Walton
72 Vince Carter
73 Joe Dumars
74 George Yardley
75 Alex English
76 Dan Issel
77 Lenny Wilkins
78 Robert Parish
79 Adrian Dantley
80 Gus Johnson
81 Bernard King
82 Zelmo Beaty
83 James Worthy
84 Ray Allen
85 Cliff Hagan
86 Tommy Heinsohn
87 Mel Daniels
88 Gail Goodrich
89 Roger Brown
90 Dennis Johnson
91 Paul Pierce
92 Slater Martin
93 Joe Fulks
94 Bob Davies
95 Dennis Rodman
96 Jo Jo White
97 Jim Pollard
98 Lou Hudson
99 Jack Twyman
100 Clyde Lovelette
101 Carmello Anthony
102 Charlie scott
103 Calvin Murphy
104 Jack Sikma
105 Rudy Tomjanovich
106 Kevin Johnson
107 Sydney Moncrief
108 Alvan Adams
109 Vern Mikkelson
110 Marques Johnson
111 Chris Webber
112 Mark Price
113 Frank Ramsey
114 Dwight Howard
115 Chris Paul
116 Larry Johnson
117 Bill Bradley
118 Kevin Durant
119 Penny Hardaway
120 Detlef Schrempf
121 Max Zaslofsky
122 Danny Ainge
123 Larry Nance
124 Maurice Lucas
125 Bob Love
126 Arnie Risen
127 Louie Dampier
128 Tom Van Arsdale
129 Chet Walker
130 Chris Bosh
131 Dick Van Arsdale
132 Brad Daugherty
133 Paul Westphal
134 Mitch Richmond
135 Alonzo Mourning
136 Harry Gallatin
137 Norm Van Lier
138 Tim Hardaway
139 Grant Hill
140 Shawn Kemp
141 Tom Chambers
143 Austin Carr
144 Bob Davies
146 Maurice Stokes
147 Reggie Theus
148 Andy Johnson
149 Darryl Dawkins
150 Nat Clifton

[Mr.Knick 32Participant]

Kemp and Chambers need to be moved up.

I don’t know how Kevin Durant is a top 120 player right now…explain that please?

[PlatypusParticipant]

Nash top 40?

[willie wise fanParticipant]

yeah kevin durant really is to young to be that high already my bad

[gregoden08Participant]

Malone over Duncan?????

[sayounhParticipant]

I dont know about Tracy McGrady being that high. I don’t think he’s right above Clyde Drexler and above other players like Kevin McHale, Reggie Miller, Bob Lanier, Robert Parish and James Worthy. You should also remember that Tracy McGrady’s best statistical seasons came when he was playing for the Orlando Magic in the early 2000s. He was a good player in a very mediocre team. The second option on offense was an aging Juwan Howard at the time. For the 2003-2004 season, they even ended up with the one of the worst records in the league and that’s how they got Dwight Howard in the draft.

[Hoops MaestroParticipant]

Not a bad list — one of the best I’ve seen. I would put Isiah Thomas lower and Gary Payton higher, though.

[llperez]

i just glanced through it, but how the heck is danny ainge at 122? He averaged 11.5ppg for his career and he never hit 16ppg until he played on some of the worst kings teams ever. No way on earth is he ahead of mitch richmond or alonzo mourning. Actually, just make it simple, no way on earth is he top 150.

[RickyRubio9Participant]

Tracy McGrady is Too High.
Allen Iverson shouldn’t be below Nash..but that may be biased & Nash isn’t Top 40.
I don’t know if I’d put Dwight that high either..
If we go by Talent, VC is okay I suppose..if not..I think Ray Allen deserves some more credit. & I don’t see Paul Pierce below Allen or Vince either.

[willie wise fanParticipant]

1 Michael Jordan
2 Kareem Abdul Jabbar
3 Wilt Chamberlain
4 Bill Russell
5 Magic Johnson
6 Shaquille O’Neal
7 Larry Bird
8 Kobe Bryant
9 Oscar Robertson
10 Karl Malone
11 Hakeem Olajawon
12 Tim Duncan
13 Elgin Baylor
14 Moses Malone
15 Bob Pettit
16 John Stockton
17 LeBron James
18 Jerry West
19 Kevin Garnett
20 David Robinson
21 Charles Barkley
22 Isiah Thomas
23 Julius Erving
24 Bob Cousy
25 Elvin Hayes
26 George Mikan
27 Rick Barry
28 Jerry Lucas
29 John Havlicek
30 Walt Frazier
31 Artis Gilmore
32 Willis Reed
33 George Gervin
34 Jason Kidd
35 Patrick Ewing
36 Scottie Pippen
37 Billie Cunningham
38 Dwyane Wade
39 Dolph Schayes
40 Steve Nash
41 Nate Thurmond
42 Dominique Wilkins
43 Bob McAdoo
44 Allen Iverson
45 Spencer Haywood
46 Pete Maravich
47 Dave Cowens
48 Neil Johnston
49 Dirk Nowitzki
50 Wes Unseld
51 Paul Arizin
52 George McGinnis
53 Tiny Archibald
54 Hal Greer
55 Gary Payton
56 Earl Monroe
57 Tracy McGrady
58 Clyde Drexler
59 Dave Debusschere
60 Walt Bellamy
61 Dave Bing
62 Kevin McHale
63 David Thompson
64 Bob Lanier
65 Connie hawkins
66 Sam Jones
67 Bill Sharman
68 Reggie Miller
69 Chris Mullin
70 Ed Macauley
71 Bill Walton
72 Vince Carter
73 Joe Dumars
74 George Yardley
75 Alex English
76 Dan Issel
77 Lenny Wilkins
78 Robert Parish
79 Adrian Dantley
80 Gus Johnson
81 Bernard King
82 Carmello Anthony
83 James Worthy
84 Ray Allen
85 Cliff Hagan
86 Tommy Heinsohn
87 Mel Daniels
88 Gail Goodrich
89 Roger Brown
90 Dennis Johnson
91 Paul Pierce
92 Slater Martin
93 Joe Fulks
94 Bob Davies
95 Dennis Rodman
96 Calvin Murphy
97 Zelmo Beaty
98 Charlie Scott
99 Lou Hudson
100 Clyde Lovelette
101 Jim Pollard
102 Jack Twyman
103 Jo Jo White
104 Jack Sikma
105 Rudy Tomjanovich
106 Kevin Johnson
107 Sydney Moncrief
108 Alvan Adams
109 Vern Mikkelson
110 Marques Johnson
111 Chris Webber
112 Mark Price
113 Frank Ramsey
114 Dwight Howard
115 Chris Paul
116 Larry Johnson
117 Bill Bradley
118 Tom Chambers
119 Penny Hardaway
120 Detlef Schrempf
121 Max Zaslofsky
122 Shawn Kemp
123 Larry Nance
124 Maurice Lucas
125 Bob Love
126 Arnie Risen
127 Louie Dampier
128 Tom Van Arsdale
129 Chet Walker
130 Chris Bosh
131 Dick Van Arsdale
132 Brad Daugherty
133 Paul Westphal
134 Mitch Richmond
135 Alonzo Mourning
136 Harry Gallatin
137 Norm Van Lier
138 Tim Hardaway
139 Grant Hill
140 Danny Ainge
141 Kevin Durant
143 Austin Carr
144 Bob Davies
146 Maurice Stokes
147 Reggie Theus
148 Andy Johnson
149 Darryl Dawkins
150 Nat Clifton

[DNYCE]

Kobe number 8?? What more does he have to do??? This list is blasphemy.

[SDEParticipant]

I would have Lebron lower he not ahead of KG yet. B Russell not number two he got a lot of rings
you got Dirk over a lot of great players too
Penny too low
P.Pierce career is better than T-Mac also

[the27guyParticipant]

Your list is great. They’re your opinions, so why some people are being so critical is beyond me.

But, if you actually care what my opinion is, I’ll tell you-

Gilmore at 31 is a great pick, some people might say you’ve got him too high, but that’s because they exclude his ABA years.

I think Wade is way too high. Sorry. I honestly don’t think he’d crack my top 75… maybe 100. I know he has a ring, but he did it with a still productive Shaq against a mentally weak team in Dallas in a down year. His career since that time has shown that he’s a great one man show, but he can’t even get out of the first round….

Kobe at 8 is fine. I wouldn’t listen to the Laker lover above, his views are clearly biased.

Haywood is too high. Maybe top 100.

Neil Johnston? No.

McHale is WAY TOO low, so is the Pearl.

I love the Z Beaty pick.

In general, there are a few of the guys on this list that I think don’t deserve to be, but it’s a fun list, and I think you did a good job.

[boomdizzalParticipant]

hakeem & duncan > malone, hakeem>=shaq
pierce>allen> vince
drexler > nique
larry johnson, detlef isnt a top 150

[DNYCE]

This list is great???? I bet this clown has never even seen most of the players that he has in the top 8. He or she is just going off of hearsay. Has this guy seen Mikan play???? Why do you people even watch basketball if your really going to put Wilt ahead of Kobe?? It’s absoutely laughable. You can really sit here and say that Larry Bird was a better player than Kobe?? Give me a fu$kin break.

[DNYCE]

This is nothing but a fake hearsay list. This list will be passed down genreation to generation just by hearsay. How did you know that Wilt was the 3rd best player of all time? Did someone tell you that, or did you live in that generation to actually witness it?

[llperez]

i’ve watched and studied the history of the game as much as i could. Basically after jordan, number 2 is a huge toss up. I put kobe and anybody saying it clearly isnt kobe is crazy. ANybody saying it clearly is kobe is crazy. Its very argumentitive.

bill russell played in an era when there was like 8 teams and nobody was turning a profit so the cletics were able to get most the top talent.

wilt put up silly numbers but he never won a title until he took a backseat role and became like the third best palyer with jerry west and gail goodrich.

Magic had tons of help and didnt play a lick of defense, but he did win and change the face of the game with his personanlity.

Bird was great and dominanted his era. Probelm is could he be a mvp intodays era?

Oscar robertson was a guard with range out to about 15 feet. His teams often missed the playoffs while he was getting triple doubles.

Kareem, honestly nothing bad to say about him. He did his thing and i could defenitely see why people would put him ahead of kobe.

ANyways, i already know people wil say you are a nuthugger and how dare you diss these legends. Truth is put your rankings however you want. I put kobe at number 2 and that doesnt make me right or smarter, but im just expalingin why.

[llperez]

but for the love of god please take danny ainge off this list.

[TRC1991Participant]

alonzo mourning, NBA champion, 7-time NBA all-star, all-NBA 1st team (1999), 2 time NBA defensive player of the year, gold medalist (2000)

career averages: 17.1 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.8 bpg

behind danny ainge?

wow….

[willie wise fanParticipant]

http://motownsportsrevival.blogspot.com/2008/05/top-100-basketball-players-of-all-time.html

whos list is better mime or motowns

[JNixonParticipant]

No Andre Iguodala? Wow you guys are CRAZY…….Lol, just kidding.

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

I’m just gonna throw in some love for a couple of the best defenders of all time and multiple time all-stars. I think they both deserve a spot on this list.

Sidney Moncrief – 5 time all-star. Made the All-NBA first team once and was a second teamer four times (no easy feat when he was competing with Magic, Isiah Thomas and George Gervin for the guard spots). Two time Defensive Player Of The Year and 4 time All-Defensive first team. He could also score, averaging over 20 points per game in 4 seasons and over his entire career shot 50.2% from the field and 83.1% from the line, impressive numbers for a guard.

Dikembe Mutombo – 19 years in the NBA, played until he was 42. Eight time All-star and four time Defensive Player Of The Year. 10.3 RPG and 2.8 BPG for his career.

[Mr.BigShotParticipant]

Lebron to high, for someone who has no rings.

[joecheck88Participant]

shaq at 6 is questionable, imo. he is the most dominant force i have seen play live basketball but here are a few questions that need to be asked shaq or duncan, shaq or bird, shaq or hakeem, who was better in all of them because many argue hakeem was better, duncan and shaq have the same amount of rings, and bird did things that only the elite have done. this isnt a matter of skill its a matter of career accomplishments.

[dahoodrecruiterParticipant]

i think kobe should be higher then magic and shaq

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