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sahelanthropus
Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Who comes to mind?
For the purpose of this thread, ignore rebounding and defense.
Preferably you'd want a guy who can score in a variety of ways (shooting/driving/posting up), but I don't want to limit the conversation too much.
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NBA Superstar
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Bird
CP3
Dirk
Kobe
dunno bout last spot..........
Manu
Nash(since we ignoring defense otherwise he wouldnt be top 10)
MJ
Price
Stockton
Penny
can all go. not including defense and rebounding means big men dont get love here unless Dirk OFC
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Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Bird
LeBron
Steve Nash
Hakeem
Jordan
I have explanations for all if need be
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sahelanthropus
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
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Red Nation
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
(No order)
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Oscar Robertson
Magic Johnson - Career 20/10 guy. Obviously a great passer and every season of his career (Except 1995-96) he was an above-average scorer.
Larry Bird - Great scorer. His career average for PPG is 24. Larry was a nice passer too. He had one season where he averaged 7.6 apg.
Michael Jordan - MJ has the best scoring career average in the history of the NBA (30.1) so he's definitely one of the most skilled scorers ever. One season of his career, Jordan averaged 8 apg. His career avg is 5.3
LeBron James - I don't like LeBron or hate him, but I gotta say he's one of the best scorers the league has ever seen. Not to mention, he's a great passer for his size. His career avg for ppg and apg is 27.5/7
Oscar Robertson - He's easily one of the best all-around players ever. He's the only player in history to average a triple-double for a whole season (30/10/10). Obviously the guy was a tremendous scorer and passer. He had 6 seasons where he averaged 30+ ppg and 5 seasons where he put up 10+ apg.
Another Thing: If Kevin Durant continues to play great, he can easily finish as one of the most skilled players ever. He already is IMO, but I'm talking about Top 10 potential.
Last edited by Smook A.; 09-01-2014 at 11:13 PM.
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Future NBA G.O.A.T
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
lebron bird mj curry kobe
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NBA Superstar
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Originally Posted by Smook A.
(No order)
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Oscar Robertson
Magic Johnson - Career 20/10 guy. Obviously a great passer and every season of his career (Except 1995-96) he was an above-average scorer.
Larry Bird - Great scorer. His career average for PPG is 24. Larry was a nice passer too. He had one season where he averaged 7.6 apg.
Michael Jordan - MJ has the best scoring career average in the history of the NBA (30.1) so he's definitely one of the most skilled scorers ever. One season of his career, Jordan averaged 8 apg. His career avg is 5.3
LeBron James - I don't like LeBron or hate him, but I gotta say he's one of the best scorers the league has ever seen. Not to mention, he's a great passer for his size. His career avg for ppg and apg is 27.5/7
Oscar Robertson - He's easily one of the best all-around players ever. He's the only player in history to average a triple-double for a whole season (30/10/10). Obviously the guy was a tremendous scorer and passer. He had 6 seasons where he averaged 30+ ppg and 5 seasons where he put up 10+ apg.
Another Thing - If Kevin Durant continues the type of MVP season he had, he can easily finish as one of the most skilled players ever.
Magic was dominant b/c of his size compared to other PGs. He wasnt anywhere near as skilled as CP cmon
Lebron dominates b/c of his athleticism and power hes improved skills in Miami but hes not close to top 5. KD dominates b/c of his athleticism and length hes skilled but his ball handling still sucks and hes not that skilled passing
i didnt watch Oscar............u just lookin at stats?
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Buck Dynasty
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Discounting rebounding and defense helps guys like Steve Nash tremendously and really hurts big men in the discussion.
So I guess counting only offensive skills like shooting stroke, range, scoring arsenal, footwork, passing/vision, ball handling, post game, awareness, etc., for me:
Bird
Jordan
Kobe
Lebron
Oscar
Guys like peak CP3 from 2007-2009, Nash, Steph Curry come to mind as well
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Red Nation
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Originally Posted by Hamtaro CP3KDKG
Magic was dominant b/c of his size compared to other PGs. He wasnt anywhere near as skilled as CP cmon
Lebron dominates b/c of his athleticism and power hes improved skills in Miami but hes not close to top 5. KD dominates b/c of his athleticism and length hes skilled but his ball handling still sucks and hes not that skilled passing
i didnt watch Oscar............u just lookin at stats?
No shit. I'm 24.
I've looked at stats, and highlights of him in the past.
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Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
kobe bryant
Isiah Thomas
Lebron James
Oscar Robertson
Jerry West
all these guys can score 30ppg if they want, all these guys could average 10 apg if they wanted. all these guys can run the point. all these guys HAVE run the point ( even if they were listed at another position )
i wouldnt put jordan on there. he had limited handles in the open court. pippen was the leading assist man for the bulls for all 6 titles. and mj was more of a post player allot of his career
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ISH's Negro Historian
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
LeBron is not super skilled, he's just super athletic. He's nowhere near a Larry Bird or Oscar Robertson.
Top 5 in no order.
Larry Bird
Oscar Robertson
Pete Maravich
David Thompson
Magic Johnson
Close call is Bill Walton. This thread isn't fair to big men.
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NBA Legend
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Originally Posted by Milbuck
Discounting rebounding and defense helps guys like Steve Nash tremendously and really hurts big men in the discussion.
So I guess counting only offensive skills like shooting stroke, range, scoring arsenal, footwork, passing/vision, ball handling, post game, awareness, etc., for me:
Bird
Jordan
Kobe
Lebron
Oscar
Guys like peak CP3 from 2007-2009, Nash, Steph Curry come to mind as well
This.
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NBA Legend
Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
Originally Posted by kennethgriffin
kobe bryant
Isiah Thomas
Lebron James <--------------------------
Oscar Robertson
Jerry West
all these guys can score 30ppg if they want, all these guys could average 10 apg if they wanted. all these guys can run the point. all these guys HAVE run the point ( even if they were listed at another position )
i wouldnt put jordan on there. he had limited handles in the open court. pippen was the leading assist man for the bulls for all 6 titles. and mj was more of a post player allot of his career
Kenneth!? wow
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Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
In the past you were expexted to post up.
Frazier had a deep post game
Magic
Bird
LeBron
Nash
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Re: Your top 5 most skilled players ever (only scoring/passing/ball-handling)?
bird's handles werent good enough to run the point IMO
theres no way his simple dribbles and 6-10 frame would be able to bring the ball up the court for 40 minutes a night
hes a great passer though
Originally Posted by Pointguard
In the past you were expexted to post up.
Frazier had a deep post game
Magic
Bird
LeBron
Nash
magic isnt anywhere close to being an all around scorer.
nash isnt a great scorer. he shoots lights out cause he only shoots wide open.
Last edited by kennethgriffin; 09-01-2014 at 11:27 PM.
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