Best _____ you ever saw live.

[Smook A.]

Transition scorer - LeBron

White defensive player - Marc Gasol

Shooter over 6’5” - Dirk or KD

Ball handler over 6’7” - KD

Passing 4 - Draymond

Perimeter defender - Tony Allen

Screen game defender any size - idk

Eurostep - Harden, Wade, Manu

Spot up shooter - Klay

Slasher vs a set defense - LeBron or Wade

[tontoz]

Making my own category here:

Best playoff series I've seen from an individual player from someone who was watching all the way back to Bird/Magic

Hakeem vs Drob was the best I ever saw. Drob won the MVP that season and Hakeem had a huge chip on his shoulder. It was complete domination.

[ArbitraryWater]

Transition scorer
LeBron James

White defensive player
Caruso, Tayshaun Prince or Shane Battier? Didnt see AK47

Shooter over 6’5”
Dirk

Ball handler over 6’7”
LeBron James? Thinking SF+ here

Passing 4(let’s say majority of career at that position)
Gasol, McHale, Garnett?


Perimeter defender
Lebron James

Screen game defender any size

Eurostep
Wade 100%

Spot up shooter
Ray Allen, Steve Novak, Kyle Korver, J.J. Redick

Slasher vs a set defense
LeBron James, peak Wade, Harden, but also have to mention guys like Ginobili, Parker, Morant, peak Rose, Westbrook..

[ArbitraryWater]

Transition scorer - LeBron

KD is a horribe ballhandler. lets say mediocre but you get the point.

Fumbles the ball all the time. Most of his TOs are just losing the ball... carries it notoriously. Very weak dribble without the constant carry.

[Jasper]

Transition scorer - Dr. J ,

White defensive player - Bird

Shooter over 6’5” - Dirk or KD

Ball handler over 6’7” - Lebron

Passing 4 - Chambers

Perimeter defender - Tony Allen ,J. Holiday

Screen game defender any size - Karl Malone , J. Holiday

Eurostep - Manu , Giannis
Spot up shooter - Pistol Pete

Slasher vs a set defense - James Worthy / Giannis

[ArbitraryWater]

Transition scorer - Dr. J ,

White defensive player - Bird

Shooter over 6’5” - Dirk or KD

Ball handler over 6’7” - Lebron

Passing 4 - Chambers

Perimeter defender - Tony Allen ,J. Holiday

Screen game defender any size - Karl Malone , J. Holiday

Eurostep - Manu , Giannis
Spot up shooter - Pistol Pete

Slasher vs a set defense - James Worthy / Giannis

Giannis is NOT a better sasher against a set defense than LeBron


thats absurd

[Jasper]

giannis is not a better sasher against a set defense than lebron


Thats absurd

90% of giannis points are slashing whether set defense or transition/ you haven't watched him his whole career like i have.

[Overdrive]

Giannis is NOT a better sasher against a set defense than LeBron


thats absurd

You picked Battier and Tayshaun as best white[sic!] defenders. So you must have seen their primes live. How can you pick Lebron over Wade as a set play slasher then?

[dankok8]

Transition Scorer - LeBron James

White Defender - Kirk Hinrich

Shooter over 6'5 - Dirk Nowitski

Ball handler over 6'7 - LeBron James

Passing 4 - Draymond Green

Perimeter Defender - Gary Payton

Pick and Roll Defender - Kevin Garnett

Eurostep - Manu Ginobili

Spot up shooter - Stephen Curry

Slasher vs set defense - Michael Jordan

[Real Men Wear Green]

Transition scorer Jordan but there were a few guys that were unstoppable.

White defensive player I will uncomfortably say Stockton

Shooter over 6’5” KD

Ball handler over 6’7” No sure answer but Magic and Steve Smith come to mind

Passing 4(let’s say majority of career at that position) Antoine Walker. **** yall in advance

Perimeter defender Pippen

Screen game defender any size Robert Williams

Eurostep Ginobili

Spot up shooter Klay Thompson

Slasher vs a set defense Jordan

[ArbitraryWater]

You picked Battier and Tayshaun as best white[sic!] defenders. So you must have seen their primes live. How can you pick Lebron over Wade as a set play slasher then?

haha why the sic! abbreviation.

I saw Batteri, I didnt see much of Prince but he seems long/wiry and moves well. He was prob a real pest in his day. Just not many coming to mind.

Im down with Caruso. That man is good.

Wade was at that level of slashing for only 4 years or so.

[Overdrive]

haha why the sic! abbreviation.

I saw Batteri, I didnt see much of Prince but he seems long/wiry and moves well. He was prob a real pest in his day. Just not many coming to mind.

Im down with Caruso. That man is good.

Wade was at that level of slashing for only 4 years or so.

To put emphasis on blaze asking for white guys and you picking two black guys. Maybe you meant to put them on the perimeter defender list.

Wade was an elite slasher for about 9 years. He slowed down with it somewhere during the '13 season, while he still killed OKC with it in the '12 finals.

So you've seen Wade's elite slashing just as much as Battier's elite defense. IIRC you said you started watching in '10.

Yeah, Prince was crazy. He was on my shortlist for perimeter defenders along the mentioned ones, Battier, Bowen, Marion, Kidd and Eddie Jones.

At first I thought your Lebron pick for ball handlers above 6'7" was weird but after thinking about it. There are not many of that size that generally handle the ball and especially in your time of following.

Absolutely agree on Durant not being a good ball handler. His handles definately come from refs ignoring the rules.

[Round Mound]

Magic Johnson when he came to Holland in 1993 and when i wen't to Houston i saw some pros from the Rockets practice. Don't really remember much.