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Who are the 10 greatest NBA Players of all Time?

As much as I love Stockton, he isn't a top 10 player of all time. You gotta have at least 1 championship to make it on this list and sadly Stock never did.
That being said Stockton is the 2nd best PG of all time IMO.
My list in no particular order
Jordan
Bird
Magic
Russell
Duncan
Kobe
Lebron
Hakeem
Wilt
Kareem
 
I'm trying to drive up the value of my John Stockton autographed basketball here and you guys are blowing it.

BTW, Tom Pitt has Isiah Thomas on his top ten. Would you guys put him over Stock?
 
str8line said:
I'm trying to drive up the value of my John Stockton autographed basketball here and you guys are blowing it.

BTW, Tom Pitt has Isiah Thomas on his top ten. Would you guys put him over Stock?
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I wouldn't. But I seriously hated Isiah Thomas. An unbiased opinion would probably put him over Stockton, I just can't do that I love Stock and hate Isiah too much.
 
str8line said:
I'm trying to drive up the value of my John Stockton autographed basketball here and you guys are blowing it.

BTW, Tom Pitt has Isiah Thomas on his top ten. Would you guys put him over Stock?
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No
 
I don't think you can put Bill Russell in the top 10. I know he won 11 titles in 13 years, but he had the best coach and the best team in the league. He was a poor offensive player, Wilt dropped huge numbers against him. I mean, I understand he was a great defensive player for his time, but it does not seem he was able to slow down Wilt at all. I also just realized I left off Hakeem. The Dream has got to make the top 10. As much as I hate to admit it, he probably makes it over Malone. I'm also surprised Barkley is on nobody's list. In his prime, he was incredible.
 
Batman said:
I don't think you can put Bill Russell in the top 10. I know he won 11 titles in 13 years, but he had the best coach and the best team in the league. He was a poor offensive player, Wilt dropped huge numbers against him. I mean, I understand he was a great defensive player for his time, but it does not seem he was able to slow down Wilt at all. I also just realized I left off Hakeem. The Dream has got to make the top 10. As much as I hate to admit it, he probably makes it over Malone. I'm also surprised Barkley is on nobody's list. In his prime, he was incredible.
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Barkley has the same problem as Karl and John. No titles. There are other reasons to keep him off but simply he's not one of the 10 best. As for Russell he was the main piece to 11 titles. Can't keep that guy out. It doesn't matter what one of the other 10 best did against him, because Wilt did not beat him for those titles.
 
Stockton over Thomas for me. I think at their best they were similar level players (slight edge Stockton), Isiah had the better teams, and Stockton is way ahead on longevity. Overall Stockton by a small but clear margin, probably right around #20 alltime for me.

Went back through my list today and tried to clarify it a bit:

1)Jordan
2)KAJ
3)Duncan
4)Shaq
5)Lebron
6)Wilt
7)Russell
8)Magic
9)Robinson -Woops, forgot poor David last time.
10)Hakeem
11)Bird
12)Kobe - so just outside the top 10 for me
 
I'd go

1. MJ
2. KAJ
3. Wilt
4. Shaq
5. Magic
6. Kobe (always disliked him but consistency of dominance is hard not to appreciate, and if I need one guy to win me the game other than MJ kobe is next in line for me)
7. Duncan
8. Lebron
9. Bird
10. Hakeem
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Others considered (no order)
Russell
Big O
Malone
West
Dr J
 
I didn't look at what everyone else posted so as to not be swayed in any particular direction. My 10 in no certain order.

Jordan
Magic
Bird
Russell
Hakeem
Duncan
Kareem
Robertson
Shaq
Lebron

Yep, I left Wilt off the list. I know he was statistically dominant but the guy was a clown who didn't care about winning. He cared about his stats. If I am picking the 10 best, winning has to come ito play.
 
Stockton completely owns one of the major statistical categories in all major sports. It's one of the most unbreakable records. He's also the all-time leader in another statistical category. Also, the team he quarterbacked won more games than any other team during the 90s.

Anybody who doesn't think he belongs in the conversation is dumb.

The argument against his inclusion invariably comes down to championships. I watched all those games; he certainly wasn't the reason the Jazz didn't win. The number of championships is an important metric, but it is over-used in arguments of this kind. For example, Kobe has 3 of Shaq's rings, and 2 after the Lakers paid for a squad of all-stars. It's hard to hold his 5 up against Tim Duncan's 5 and say "equal". Duncan's mean more. Etc.
 
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