[willie wise fanParticipant]

1 Michael Jordan
2 LeBron James
3 Wilt Chamberlain
4 Kareem Abdul Jabar
5 Larry Bird
6 Bill Russell
7 Magic Johnson
8 Shaquille O’neal
9 Oscar Robertson
10 Elgin Baylor
11 Connie Hawkins
12 Kobe Bryant
13 Karl Malone
13 Maurice Stokes
14 Moses Malone
15 Earl The Goat Manigault
16 Bob Pettit
17 HakeemOlajawan
18 Julius Erving
19 Joe Hammond
20 John Stockton
21 George Gervin
22 David Robinson
23 Jerry West
24 Dwyane Wade
25 Artis Gilmore
26 Pete Maravich
27 David Thompson
28 Tim Duncan
29 Earl Monroe
30 Elvin Hayes

[willie wise fanParticipant]

i picked connie hawkins so early because if he would have been in the NBA sooner he would most likely be considered up there in the top 12
i picked artis gilmore because he also didnt play real young in the NBA but was so strong and was virtually unstoppable as he still holds the alltime fieldgoal percentage
I picked maurice stokes despite him only playing 3 seasons he proved to be very stong and dominant

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Interesting post… Are you basing this off of the NBA careers they had or them being prospects coming out of high school/college?

[willie wise fanParticipant]

off of careers they had in nba

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

If you’re basing this off of NBA careers, then LeBron James isn’t second… That’s crazy. You’re basically saying he’s already the 2nd greatest of all-time behind Jordan… But you have Kobe Bryant at 12???

[RUDEBOY]

daaaam u got Tim Duncan rated toooooooo low..Duncan will be in the top 15 when his career is done… I’ve never heard of Joe Hammond…You’ve got to find some way to include Magic in the top 5….Plus if i was starting a team…I’ll chose I. Thomas over Stockton..But if there are 3 other allstar type players on my team…I’ll have to pick Stockton over Thomas…I still can’t figure out how Gervin made the top 50 greatests..But Dominique Wilkens didn’t..Both were individual performers..That did nothing to make their teammates better

[Tongue-Out-Like-23Participant]

oscar roberston would go 2nd.. I know LeBron averages 28-7-7 but the Big O averages 30-10-9.. Much better.

[gregoden08Participant]

Isn’t he saying draft? LeBron could easily be 2…

[The SquirrelyqParticipant]

You have Timmy at 28 behind Robinson, who won two rings, and only as a second banana to Duncan? Pete Maravich, even though I love the guy, never won anything, he was just damn fun to watch. Wilt is way too high considering that he only played to accrue stats for himself, as talented as he was, he was definitely a team-wrecker. I personally would rather have Hakeem the Dream than Shaq, but that is debatable, regardless, Hakeem is way too low. Connie Hawkins, Earl Maigualt, Joe Hammond… Where did that come from? And no Pippen, Isiah Thomas, KG, Bill Walton (Assuming his feet don’t fall off), or Barkeley? I will defend the Lebron being on this list, if the Cavs ever figure out how to build around him he will win multiple rings

[JoeWolf1]

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[JoeWolf1]

That was weird, sorry

[UKWildcat_11Participant]

I would much rather have Shaq than Wilt. If Shaq played in Wilt’s time and played where the majority of the big men were 6′ 6″-6′ 8″, he could very easily do just as much as Wilt did, especially if he shoots 60+ times and 30+ free throws to get to 100 points

[JayK21]

Is he really better than anyone Abdul-Jabbar played against? Could he really touch the top of the backboard at 6’1?

[the I in winParticipant]

If you base players on the competition they played against then Lebron could go that high. However if you did that you might as well take everyone from before 1980 of the board.

[RickyRubio9Participant]

I stopped looking when I found Hakeem ranked so Low…or rather Drafted.
I don’t know Stats, but Hakeem played Karl a couple of times and his Team usually won…or I think the Rockets did.
Plus he beat a Younger Shaq, but I guess you can say he MAY be better…I’d take Hakeem over Moses too.
Hakeem is a Top 15 at Least! Maybe Top 10..

[willie wise fanParticipant]

1 Michael Jordan
2 LeBron James
3 Wilt Chamberlain
4 Shaquille O’neal
5 Kobe Bryant
6 Magic Johnson
7 Larry Bird
8 Kareem Abdul Jabar
9 Oscar Robertson
10 Bill Russell
11 Elgin Baylor
12 Karl Malone
13 Hakeem Olajawan
14 Moses Malone
15 Tim Duncan
16 Dwyane Wade
17 Julius Erving
18 Artis Gilmore
19 Earl Manigault
20 Connie Hawkins
21 Joe Hammond
22 Jerry West
23 David Thompson
24 John Stockton
25 Rick Barry
26 Elvin Hayes
27 George Gervin
28 Dirk Nowitzki
29 Earl Monroe
30 Kevin Garnett

[kenkParticipant]

All I needed to see was Malone Zero rings

Over Duncan 4 rings ans each of those teams Ducan was the ALPHA DOG

Earl Manigault??????

You said you basing this on their NBA career – please post the Goat’s NBA stats cause my computer says he never played a game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Manigault

Again LMAO

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