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RX_Sith
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Date Posted:
2/27 9:34am
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I will post this list 20 players at a time until I reach the Top 10.
#56-75:
56.Robert Parish
57.James Worthy
58.Sam Jones
59.Kobe Bryant
60.Lenny Wilkens
61.Jason Kidd
62.Bob Lanier
63.Dennis Johnson
64.Chris Webber
65.Chris Mullin
66.Mark Aguirre
67.Connie Hawkins
68.Spencer Haywood
69.Dennis Rodman
70.Kevin Garnett
71.Dave Bing
72.Alonzo Mourning
73.Bill Walton
74.Grant Hill
75.Tracy McGrady
Discuss.
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New_York_Jedi
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2/27 9:39am
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Garnett, Kobe, and Kidd could arguably be higher- T-Mac and Grant Hill probably shouldn't be on the list.
And Bill Walton should probably be higher. He had a lot of injury problems, but he still has a couple rings and an MVP (and a sixth man of the year  ).
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KnightWriter
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2/27 10:18am
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In terms of sheer talent and ability, Walton belongs in the top 10. Had he been injury free (it all started with a freak foot injury when he was growing up), he would have amassed much greater stats than he did. As it was, he still did well. A tremendous offensive and defensive force, and easily the best passing big man of all time.
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timmoishere
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I believe Kobe should be in the top 10.
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Lord_NoONE
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Talk to me about T-Mac when he gets out of the first round of the play offs. Until then, he does not deserve to be on the list at all.
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darth_gersh
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I wonder if Nique will make this list?
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Darth-Horax
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Kobe should NOT be in the top 10.
Top 10 should be (in varryign order):
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Dr. J
Barkley
Malone
Kareem
Moses Malone
Isiah Thomas
Bob Pettit
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Armenian_Jedi
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no wilt or russell in your top ten?
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timmoishere
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Or Clyde Drexler?
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LordPullus
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2/27 5:29pm
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Wow Kobe is that low.(In referance to top of the page post) To each his own I guess.
(In referance to next top ten post)
I agree with most of those picks except a few: I think Oscar Robinson has to at least crack the top ten, and Wilt has to be in there as well.
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New_York_Jedi
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Darth-Horax posted:
Kobe should NOT be in the top 10.
Top 10 should be (in varryign order):
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Dr. J
Barkley
Malone
Kareem
Moses Malone
Isiah Thomas
Bob Pettit
What Armenian_Jedi said. Russell and Wilt have to be in the top ten. Definitely Wilt.
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DarthTunick
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Wilt should have been 1A, Russell 1B. Jordan should be #2, because, after all, he represented corporate America in the '90's, which (obviously) in turn represents all of the United States. The image of U.S. basektball went truely global with The Dream Team, of which Jordan was a part of. Without the legacies of Wilt or Russell, there would be no Jordan, and no dynasty, because the Lakers and Celtics both represent the NBA's two original dynasties (it's not like the Lakers just won titles here in La La Land, they did so as well in Minnesota). They kept the name when they moved here to keep the franchise history alive, whereas Boston will always have the Celtics. Wilt died in '99, but Russell is still alive, but both of course still played the same sport, where so much of the influence from how the sport grew/got important in America are still alive (Wooden, Walton, Russell, Kareem, Dr. J, Pee Wee Reese, etc). Magic/Bird brought basektball back into popularity in the 80's, but didn't go global until the next decade. That doesn't happen, maybe Jordan doesn't happen. Just because Jordan was the force in basketball in the 90's doesn't mean he should automatically be considered the greatest influence. 20 years from now, somebody is going to say that one of the foreign born players is the greatest ever, because they had the biggest impact on the sport, then. 20 years after that, etc, and so & so on.
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yankee8255
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2/27 11:48pm
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New_York_Jedi posted:
Darth-Horax posted:
Kobe should NOT be in the top 10.
Top 10 should be (in varryign order):
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Dr. J
Barkley
Malone
Kareem
Moses Malone
Isiah Thomas
Bob Pettit
What Armenian_Jedi said. Russell and Wilt have to be in the top ten. Definitely Wilt.
And drop Barkley and Isaiah for the love of all that is holy.
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LordPullus
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2/28 7:41am
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Well in defense of Jordan's position atop the game in regards to influence. I have to say that in the eighties, and before of course the NBA marketed on great teams it was a strategy they took. But slowly they came out of it towards the end of the eighties with Magic, and Bird you could probably throw Nique, Isiah in there too. Yet you can't deny Jordan's impact on the game going global especially when the NBA put it's marketing machine behind the nineties most dominant player. From advertisements to movies Jordan was the face of the NBA during a time period when it's marketing went abroad, and it was his face that the world associated with american basketball. I think even twenty years from now the world will still recognize him as the best despite the fact that Kareem is the highest scorer, and Wilt owns the single game scoring title with Lebron possibly going to more All star games once his done playinng.
It might seem unfair, but Jordan's track record is going to be hard to beat espically when he was basically the NBA's first most known ambassador.
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DRHJ9
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Date Posted:
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Top 10 should be (in varryign order):
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Dr. J
Barkley
Malone
Kareem
Moses Malone
Isiah Thomas
Bob Pettit
No Jerry West, Wilt, Russell, Hakeem, or Oscar Robertson (who might be the best player of all around player of all time) ????? 
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