I'm gonna attempt to post them all. You must've played more than 5 years to make the list. Here goes.... 1. Michael Jordan 2. Wilt Chamberlain 3. Bill Russell 4. Shaq 5. Oscar Robertson 6.Magic Johnson 7. Kareem 8.Tim Duncan 9. Larry Bird 10. Kobe Bryant 11. Jerry West 12. Elgin Baylor 13. Hakeem 14. Bob Pettit 15. Moses Malone 16. Dr. J 17. John Havlicek 18. Karl Malone 19. Isiah Thomas 20. Charles Barkley 21. Rick Barry 22. John Stockton 23. Elvin Hayes 24. Bob Cousy 25. David Robinson 26. Kevin McHale 27. Scottie Pippen 28. Jason Kidd 29. George Mikan 30. Kevin Garnett 31. LeBron James 32. Willis Reed 33. West Unseld 34. Nate Thurmond 35. Dolph Schayes 36. Walt Frazier 37. Patrick Ewing 38. Jerry Lucas 39. Gary Payton 40. Allen Iverson 41. Billy Cunningham 42. Clyde Drexler 43. Dominique Wilkins 44. Dave Cowens 45. George Gervin 46. Bob McAdoo 47. Earl Monroe 48. Dennis Rodman 49. Dwayne Wade 50. Steve Nash 51. Walt Bellamy 52. Nate Archibald 53. Dennis Johnson 54. Reggie Miller 55. Dirk Nowitzki 56. Connie Hawkins 57. Dave Bing 58. James Worthy 59. Hal Greer 60. Pistol Pete 61. Jack Twyman 62. Bob Lanier 63. David Thompson 64. Joe Fulks 65. Sam Jones 66. Gus Johnson 67. Robert Parish 68. Tommy Heinsohn 69. Bernard King 70. Bill Sharman 71. Paul Arizin 72. Lenny Wilkins 73. Alonzo Mourning 74. Bill Walton 75. Neil Johnston Gotta take a break. More later....
I weep at Kobe being ahead of Hakeem and Isiah Thomas being ahead of...a lot of people. And David Robinson being so low. Still, surprisingly decent list in my opinion. Considering I hold a lot of controversial opinions about player legacies, I saw a lot I agreed with.
Here's more: 76. Dave DeBusschere 77. Paul Pierce 78. Joe Dumars 79. Ray Allen 80. Chris Webber 81. Ed Macauley 82. Alex English 83. Adrian Dantley 84. Artis Gilmore 85. Cliff Hagan 86. Dwight Howard 87. Tim Hardaway 88. Chris Mullin 89. Mitch Richmond 90. Sidney Moncrief 91. Bobby Dandridge 92. Bob Love 93. Jim Pollard 94. Spencer Haywood 95. Dikembe Mutombo 96. Pau Gasol 97. Tracy McGrady 98. Grant Hill 99. Vince Carter 100. Buck Williams Okay... I'll put the next 100 in another post coming soon...
101. Slater Martin 102. Kevin Johnson 103. Brad Daugherty 104. Walter Davis 105. Carmelo Anthony 106. Dan Issel 107. Chris Paul 108. George McGinnis 109 Jamaal Wilkes 110. Chet Walker 111. George Yardley 112. Kevin Porter 113. Richie Guerin 114. Norm Van Lier 115. Willie Naulls 116. Zelmo Beaty 117. Marques Johnson 118. Jo Jo White 119. Jack Sikma 120. Tom Chambers 121. Dick McGuire 122. Mo Cheeks 123. Ben Wallace 124. Chauncey Billups 125. Bailey Howell 126. Lou Hudson 127. Rudy Tomjanovich 128. Deron Williams 129. Guy Rodgers 130. Penny Hardaway 131. Phil Chenier 132. Charlie Scott 133. Bon Davies 134. Harry Gallatin 135. Maurice Lucas 136. Larry Foust 137. Michael Cooper 138. Paul Silas 139. Tony Parker 140. Ron Artest 141. Paul Westphal 142. Phil Smith 143. Manu Ginobili 144. Amare Stoudemire 145. Vern Mikkelsen 146. Rudy LaRusso 147. Johnny Kerr 148. Terry Cummings 149. Gus Williams 150. Shawn Kemp 151. Horace Grant 152. Shawn Marion 153. Gene Shue 154. Yao Ming 155. Mark Price 156. Rasheed Wallace 157. Calvin Murphy 158. Bobby Wanzer 159. Bobby Jones 160. Mark Jackson 161. Otis Birdsong 162. Johnny Green 163. John Drew 164. Tom Gola 165. Larry Nance 166. Randy Smith 167. Terry Porter 168. Rolando Blackman 169. Andy Phillip 170. Clyde Lovellette 171. Chris Bosh 172. Bill Bradley 173. Larry Johnson 174. Jermaine O'Neal 175. Andre Toney 176. Reggie Theus 177. Elton Brand 178. KC Jones 179. Jerry Sloan 180. Jamal Mashburn 181. Bob Rule 182. Derrick Coleman 183. Gilbert Arenas 184. Joe Johnson 185. Joe Caldwell 186. Norm Nixon 187. Mark Aguirre 188. Michael Ray Richardson 189. Archie Clark 190. Jimmy Walker 191. Doug Collins 192. Kiki Vanderwegh 193. Larry Kenon 194. Alvin Robertson 195. Sam Cassell 196. World B. Free 197. Stephon Marbury 198. Fat Lever 199. Baron Davis 200. Bill Bridges More to come....
201. Lamar Odom 202. Kelly Tripucka 203. Wayne Embry 204. Mookie Blaylock 205. Alvan Adams 206. Carlos Boozer 207. Don Ohl 208. Marcus Camby 209. Rod Strickland 210. Carl Braun 211. Jeff Malone 212. Danny Manning 213. Charles Oakley 215. Sidney Wicks 215. John Williamson 216. Arnie Risen 217. Cedric Maxwell 218. Darrell Griffith 219. Ray Scott 220. Cazzie Russell 221. Dale Ellis 222. Reggie Lewis 223. Rip Hamilton 224. Michael Redd 225. Peja Stojakovic 226. Latrell Sprewell 227. Derek Harper 228. Steve Francis 229. Mickey Johnson 230. Jason Richardson 231. Purvis Short 232. Orlando Woolridge 233. Austin Carr 234. Max Zaslofsky 235. Bill Laimbeer 236. Antawn Jamison 237. Clark Kellogg 238. Antoine Walker 239. Jim McMillan 240. Leonard Robinson 241. Jeff Ruland 242. AC Green 243. Walter Dukes 244. Zydrunas Ilgauskas 245. Quinn Buckner 246. Glenn Robinson 247. Bruce Bowen 248. Detlef Schrempf 249. Terry Dischinger 250. Toni Kukoc 251. Mike Bibby 252. Ralph Sampson 253. Frank Ramsey 254. Anthony Mason 255. Andre Miller 256. Harold Hairston 257. Shareef Abdur-Rahim 258. Doug Christie 259. Geoff Petrie 260. Rony Seikaly 261. David West 262. Eddie Jones 263. Dan Majerle 264. John Lucas 265. Jeff Hornacek 266. Dan Roundfield 267. Caldwell Jones 268. Brian Winters 269. Otis Thorpe 270. Jack Marin 271. Terrell Brandon 272. Clifford Robinson 273. Zach Randolph 274. Scott Wedman 275. Bob Boozer 276. Rik Smits 277. Vlade Divac 278. Sleepy Floyd 279. Doc Rivers 280. Larry Costello 281. Xavier McDaniel 282. Eddie Johnson ('77-'87) 283. Eddie Johnson ('81-'99) 284. Bill Cartwright 285. Cliff Robinson ('79-'92) 286. Kenny Sears 287. Michael Finley 288. Phil Ford 289. Jeff Mullins 290. Mel Hutchins 291. Tom Gugliotta 292. Nick Van Exel 293. Lucius Allen 294. Mike Mitchell 295. Jerry Stackhouse 296. Don Chaney 297. Damon Stoudemire 298. Glen Rice 299. Kenyon Martin 300. Calvin Natt I'll do more tomorrow.
The list makes me want to cuss. It pisses me off. It's the worst fucking list I've ever seen. It overrates Lakers and underrates centers. Yadda yadda, I'm not going to dignify it with a response. <stomps off, kicks the dog> Slam Magazine. Never has anything worthwhile.
Underrates centers? 3 of the top 4 are centers. The list continues..... 301. Swenson Nater 302. Rashard Lewisa 303. Tom Sanders 304. Sam Lacey 305. Freddie Brown 306. Elmore Smith 307. Joe Barry Carroll 308. Sam Perkins 309. Dick Barnett 310. Sean Elliott 311. Dick Van Arsdale 312. Tom Van Arsdale 313. Donald Watts 314. Tom Meschery 315. Theo Ratliff 316. Kenny Anderson 317. Wayman Tisdale 318. Sugar Ray Williams 319. Lionel Hollins 320. Danny Ainge 321. Kenny Smith 322. Fred Carter 323. Gerald Wallace 324. Caron Butler 325. Allan Houston 326. Byron Scott 327. Ron Harper 328. Luke Jackson ('64-'72) 329. Lionel Simmons 330. Greg Ballard 331. Arvydas Sabonis 332. Danny Granger 333. Andre Iguodala 334. Michael Adams 335. Billy Knight 336. Ben Gordon 337. Jay Vincent 338. Kevin Willia 339. Jim Chones 340. Vinnie Johnson 341. Roy Tarpley 342. Vin Baker 343. Darryl Dawkins 344. Jim Jackson 345. Nick Anderson 346. jameer Nelsom 347. Al Jefferson 348. Rodney McCray 349. Paul Pressey 350. Mugsy Bogues 351. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 352. Campy Russell 353. Monta Ellis 354. Nathaniel Clifton 355. Robert Horry 356. Steve Smith 357. Tayshaun Prince 358. Sherman Douglas 359. Walt Hazzard 360. Chuck Person 361. Armen Gilliam 362. John Johnson 363. Jalen Rose 364. Scott Skiles 365. Flynn Robinson 366. Ricky Sobers 367. Mike Bantom 368. Ricky Pierce 369. John Shumate 370. Derek Fisher 371. John Starks 372. Antonio McDyess 373. Stephen Jackson 374. Larry Drew 375. Juwan Howard 376. Richard Jefferson 377. Vern Fleming 378. Steve Stipanovich 379. Mark Eaton 380. Jason Terry 381. Johnny Dawkins 382. Hersey Hawkins 383. Mychal Thompson 384. Mike Newlin 385. Ray Felix 386. Kevin Loughery 387. Dick Garmaker 388. Lloyd Neal 389. Lonnie Shelton 390. Larry Smith 391. Pooh Richardson 392. Nate McMillan 393. Corey Maggette 394. Junior Bridgeman 395. ML Carr 396. Woody Sauldsberry 397. Steve Johnson 398. Jim Washington 399. Vernon Maxwell 400. Michael Cage More later...
Finally.... 401. Quentin Richardson 402. Kermit Washington 403. Derrick McKey 404. Keith Van Horn 405. Cedric Ceballos 406. Michael Brooks 407. Dale Davis 408. Antonio Davis 409. Christian Laettner 410. Ken Norman 411. Thurl Bailey 412. Mike Woodson 413. Al Harrington 414. Andrew Bogut 415. Kenny Carr 416. Don Kojis 417. Ron Behagen 418. Luol Deng 419. Brian Grant 420. James Edwards 421. Tyrone Hill 422. Jerome Kersey 423. Hot Rod Williams 424. Ernie DiGregorio 425. Johnny Davis 426. Arlen Bockhorn 427. Don Nelson 428. Troy Murphy 429. Al Attles 430. Curtis Rowe 431. Mike Miller 432. Eddie Miles 433. Roy Hinson 434. Herm Gilliam 435. Adrian Smith 436. Rex Chapman 437. Andrei Kirilenko 438. David Greenwood 439. BJ Armstrong 440. Jamal Crawford 441. Quintin Dailey 442. Jim Paxson Jr 443. Spud Webb 444. Shane Battier 445. Albert King 446. Gerald Wilkins 447. Sam Bowie 448. Charles Smith 449. Josh Howard 450. Dell Curry 451. Zaid Abdul-Aziz 452. Emeka Okafor 453. Kelvin Ransey 454. Hedonism Turkoglu 455. Kevin Martin 456. Eric Money 457. White Chocolate 458. David Lee 459. Kerry Kittles 460. Kendall Gill 461. Devin Harris 462. Wally Szczerbiak 463. Grant Long 464. Billy Owens 465. LaPhonso Ellis 466. Jay Humphries 467. Tree Rollins 468. Don Buse 469. Wali Jones 470. Larry Hughes 471. Marvin Webster 472. Jon McGlocklin 473. Clem Haskins 474. Gar Heard 475. Terry Catledge 476. Phil Hubbard 477. Bob Kauffman 478. Loy Vaught 479. Dana Barros 480. Mitch Kupchak 481. Elden Campbell 482. Robert Reid 483. Clyde Lee 484. John Long 485. Clifford Ray 486. Manure Bol 487. Joe Graboski 488. Avery Johnson 489. Gene Banks 490. Sarumas Marciulionis 491. Reggie Williams 492. Antoine Carr 493. Joe Smith 494. PJ Brown 495. Drew Gooden 496. Kevin Duckworth 497. Chris Kaman 498. Cuttino Mobley 499. David Wesley 500. Pervis Ellison
And they also listed the Top 10 Players You'll See In Volume 2 (less than 6 years of experience): 1. Kevin Durant 2. Derrick Rose 3. Rajon Rondo 4. Blake Griffin 5. Kevin Love 6. Russell Westbrook 7. Eric Gordon 8. LaMarcus Aldridge 9. Tyreke Evans 10. John Wall
hold the fuckin phone, wally fuckin szczerbiak higher than mr clippers loy vaught, tree rollins, AND duck.... fuck me.....
