#29 NBA Player Of All-Time According to InsideHoops

[crisoner]

Here are the top 50 NBA players in 1996...
I will bold who ISH has selected so far...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Nate Archibald

Paul Arizin

Charles Barkley

Rick Barry

Elgin Baylor

Dave Bing

Larry Bird

Wilt Chamberlain

Bob Cousy

Dave Cowens

Billy Cunningham

Dave DeBusschere

Clyde Drexler

Julius Erving

Patrick Ewing

Walt Frazier

George Gervin

Hal Greer

John Havlicek

Elvin Hayes

Magic Johnson

Sam Jones

Michael Jordan

Jerry Lucas

Karl Malone

Moses Malone

Pete Maravich

Kevin McHale

George Mikan

Earl Monroe

Hakeem Olajuwon

Shaquille O'Neal

Robert Parish

Bob Pettit

Scottie Pippen

Willis Reed

Oscar Robertson

David Robinson

Bill Russell

Dolph Schayes

Bill Sharman

John Stockton

Isiah Thomas

Nate Thurmond

Wes Unseld

Bill Walton

Jerry West

Lenny Wilkens

James Worthy

I think I got them all so far....

And of Course Kobe, Duncan, LeBron, KG etc. are now on our list...

[bl2k8]

Stockton

[RRR3]

You can't be serious.

Over Reggie Miller? Yes I can.

Yup I would take him third still.
Reggie could hit the 3 like no other and create his own shots down the lane.
Plus Reggie in clutch situations trumps Wade, Iverson, Clyde, and Gervin.

One argument you can make is defense but tell me how those guys have or had a better offensive game them Reggie.

MJ
Kobe
West

Who are you bumping off for Reggie "18 PPG and nothing else worth noting" Miller?

[StateOfMind12]

Vote: Dwyane Wade

[pauk]

you're right for the first time in your life. how does it feel?

My crotch tingles slightly.

[crisoner]

Over Reggie Miller? Yes I can.




MJ
Kobe
West

Who are you bumping off for Reggie "18 PPG and nothing else worth noting" Miller?

Put Reggie in place of Wade in Miami....They would have two titles right now.

[pauk]

Over Reggie Miller? Yes I can.




MJ
Kobe
West

Who are you bumping off for Reggie "18 PPG and nothing else worth noting" Miller?

...and those points include a gamewinner & mostly 4th quarter points...

Not saying Reggie > Wade, i am just speaking of that comment of yours.

Watching Reggies statsheet doesnt do him justice, he lived for the clutch & playoffs (take a look at his Playoff series numbers and clutch stats/gamewinners/points in the 4th quarter), thats what he lived for...

You hear that phrase "Playoffs & Clutch is what he lived for" amongst many all-time greats... no, Reggie was not like that... Reggie LITERALLY lived for it... He was a guy that would just for the lols let you drop 40 points, have your fun, conserve his energy, think that you are gona win, wait until there is some seconds left.. then go up to you and say "Watch me win this game" and then unleash his "18 PPG" in a hurry and then giving you the choke sign, then walk away and give a compliment to your 40 points... He was a real troll...

Everybody hated his guts, not for just trashtalking like ****... but for being able to back it up... Watching Reggie as the opposing fan was sometimes like watching a Horror movie but where the Villain ends up victorious...

There is a reason Reggie is the only guy that ever got under Jordans skin, many times...

[ThatCoolKid]

Sabonis

[ripthekik]

LEBRON JAMES

He clearly deserves this

resume:
9 seasons all star
9 seasons of choking and failure
runs away to join a superteam in his prime to stack his odds
but still loses in 2011 to a team with only 1 superstar compared to 3
finally wins in 2012 after going through the easiest teams, having 2 of the east's best players injured, and beating a team with the avg age of 24.

KING JAMES

[Owl]

You can't be serious.

He can. Given both derived their value primarily from scoring and Gervin was a four time scoring champion and Miller once finished in the top ten points per game scorers (8th in 1989-90) and both did it on impressive percentages (Miller's being superior when accounting for threes, but on significantly lower usage). Gervin probably created more of his own shots too, rather than getting the ball off picks.
Now Gervin was a lousy defender and Reggie at least gave effort on that end but from all the GOAT type lists I've seen I can't recall one which considered Miller superior (just checked my database and my hunch was correct, and 9 of those lists are since the end of Reggie's career and a few more are after the end of his prime).

[MiamiThrice]

I don't know how you put him over Stockton, Ewing, or Drexler.

I'll take the guy that can actually lead a team to a championship.



Wade

[Raz]

I'll take the guy that can actually lead a team to a championship.



Wade

[Raz]

He can. Given both derived their value primarily from scoring and Gervin was a four time scoring champion and Miller once finished in the top ten points per game scorers (8th in 1989-90) and both did it on impressive percentages (Miller's being superior when accounting for threes, but on significantly lower usage). Gervin probably created more of his own shots too, rather than getting the ball off picks.
Now Gervin was a lousy defender and Reggie at least gave effort on that end but from all the GOAT type lists I've seen I can't recall one which considered Miller superior (just checked my database and my hunch was correct, and 9 of those lists are since the end of Reggie's career and a few more are after the end of his prime).

Sorry man, Gervin did nothing other than score and was a career loser. Miller was a born winner and had a much larger effect on the NBA. Mill er was a far better defender, and you would struggle to find any basketball mind that would take Gervin over Miller.

[Eric Cartman]

^ Butthurt celtic fan.

[magictricked]

Wade: "No no no, I gave you $200 but you did call that travel on me 10 minutes ago, so you give me back $25 unless you want to blow that whistle in crunch time, BTW I've got a new 3 step I've been working on. you're gonna love it"