OT Updated NBA all-time top 50

[PtldPlatypus]

As offered up by Fox Sports Personality Nick Wright. As he said--have at it.



Tear it to shreds. List your own. Anything to distract from the expected slaughter tonight.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

For those who don't want to click the tweet to read his list, here it is in order in a more readable version

 

[Minstrel]

I think Pippen's too low, but I'm a bit of a Pippen homer. So I usually think he's too low on people's lists.

I think Kobe and Dirk are way too high. I think Drexler should be on the list. I mean, I can't really see any kind of argument for Maravich over Drexler, based on NBA careers, for one.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I think Pippen's too low, but I'm a bit of a Pippen homer. So I usually think he's too low on people's lists.

I think Kobe and Dirk are way too high. I think Drexler should be on the list. I mean, I can't really see any kind of argument for Maravich over Drexler, based on NBA careers, for one.

That's the one thing I tweeted back to him. No argument for Drexler being behind King, Cowens, McAdoo, Frazier, etc. Also, I think Wade at 18 is insane. He also listed his top 3 starting 5s, and has Wade as his all-time 3rd team SG.

 

[Minstrel]

That's the one thing I tweeted back to him. No argument for Drexler being behind King, Cowens, McAdoo, Frazier, etc. Also, I think Wade at 18 is insane. He also listed his top 3 starting 5s, and has Wade as his all-time 3rd team SG.

Yeah, Wade is far too high also. While I appreciate not falling into the trap of "everyone was better in the old days," he seems to have instead fallen into the trap of recency bias.

 

[BigGameDamian]

As of now Durant is way too high on this list.

 

[Orion Bailey]

For those who don't want to click the tweet to read his list, here it is in order in a more readable version

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To me the most impressive person on that list is....

Dennis Rodman. He makes a top 50 list purely on defensive ability alone. NO shooting ability or ball handling skills, just an elite athlete with a rare instinct to know where to put himself on the court and an obvious great eye for depth and perception to know where the ball will bounce.
Incredible. EVERYbody else on that list is a scorer at least to some degree.