#41 NBA Player Of All-Time According to InsideHoops

[Boston C's]

ray allen

no just no lol

[hateraid]

Steve Nash has been interchangable in a PG list with the likes of GP and Kidd. How can they not be considered withing 3 spots all-time? I'll say Kidd. The second greatest and most impactful player all-time who can change the whole outcome of a game with only passing.
Was a better defender than Magic, led much weaker teams, an NBA champ as a starting PG, a could have been 2x MVP.....

Kidd my friends, Kidd

[wally_world]

Oh my i forgot about Unseld, im going with him

[miles berg]

Jason Kidd...should have gone before Nash,

[fsvr54]

Kidd

[Deuce Bigalow]

#41 NBA Player Of All-Time According to InsideHoops

10- Jason Kidd
7- Wes Unseld
2- Paul Pierce
2- Elvin Hayes
2- George Gervin
2- Gary Payton
1- Gail Goodrich
1- Paul Arizin
1- Dennis Rodman

[WillC]

George Gervin

The most underrated player on ISH.

[WillC]

George Gervin:
- 5 x All-NBA 1st Team
- 4 x All-NBA/ABA 2nd Team
- 12 x All-Star
- Led the NBA in scoring for 4 seasons
- Ranks 14th in career points (on .504 FG%)

One of the greatest offensive players of all-time. It's not his fault he played for awful teams - his teammates were notoriously bad.

[BoutPractice]

My vote goes to Wes Unseld...
From the games I saw of him, he had a terrific impact on the court. He made everything go right for his team, which experienced a decade's worth of playoff excellence under his leadership.
The league recognized it, giving him plenty of individual honors even though his stats weren't the sexiest.
Oh, and he looked like a badass Indian chief, which can only help his ranking.

[MasterDurant24]

Gonna have to go with the Iceman

[Sakkreth]

Unseld

[nycelt84]

Why Hayes over Unseld?

Longevity and sustained peak.

[Heavincent]

Kidd

[Dragonyeuw]

Jason Kidd.

[G.O.A.T]

Longevity and sustained peak.

How much of a longevity edge can you give him? Both were pretty much done by 1980. Hayes kept playing, but not at a high level or for a contending team.

As for sustained peak, I'd argue that Unseld, while adjusting his style of play after injuries in 1973-74, actually remained nearly as effective and even then was considered more important to the Bullets success by many people, especially players.

I always rank Unseld ahead of Hayes simply because they played together and by most accounts I've found reliable, Unseld was the guy who made the thing go.