The Sporting News: Greatest 75 Players and Top 10 Peaks in NBA History

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

In 10 years the media is slowly going to have more top 10 lists w/o Duncan. They're trying to diminish his greatness and erase him as we speak. Any top 10 without Duncan imo is absurd.

I have Duncan at 11.

[Effigy]

The 'peak' list is dissapointingly boring. Looks like nobody really had imagination with it. I would put Peak Bill Walton on the list for instance. He was so freaking insane in a couple of those Portland years. And he dragged a team with no other hall of famers to the title. Something very few other people have done.

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

Bernard King, 1984 playoffs, 12 games
Got to game 7 vs the champion Celtics.

27.6 points a game at Ts% 61.9
Why does Bernard King not get recognition.
Isn’t playing for the Knicks supposed to increase your hype?

Bird quote from before Jordan was drafted.
Bird: “Bernard King is the best scorer I have ever seen or plated against”

Who had Bird seen or played against? Dr J, Dantley, Alex English, Kareem, Moses, George Gervin.

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

The 'peak' list is dissapointingly boring. Looks like nobody really had imagination with it. I would put Peak Bill Walton on the list for instance. He was so freaking insane in a couple of those Portland years. And he dragged a team with no other hall of famers to the title. Something very few other people have done.

Maurice Lucas is on everybody’s top 20 list of players not in the Hall of Fame.
Blazers were deep.
Blazers were the youngest champions ever. Too bad the team broke up.
2015 Warriors were the 2nd youngest champions. Look what happens when young champions don’t break up and their core does not get permanently injured.

[Kingsway_fan]

Wilt GOAT.... After that, big drop off....

[LAL1947]

In 10 years the media is slowly going to have more top 10 lists w/o Duncan. They're trying to diminish his greatness and erase him as we speak. Any top 10 without Duncan imo is absurd.

I have Duncan at 11.

I have Duncan at 10-11 in my personal Top 10 too.

Well, I have Duncan at #10, leaving #11 to Bill Russell with his 11 rings.

[CIN-C-STAR]

Durant over Duncan, Steph & Hakeem is a joke.
How does riding Steph's coattails to two Finals and winning one MVP = top-10 all time?
All 3 of the other guys have more titles and more MVPs

It's not even a reach to state Durant had higher peak than Duncan. Duncan isn't really considered a player who peaked high. This list shouldn't be about career achievements. But it partly clearly is. Which is sad.

Duncan won MVP and carried a team to a championship in 2002-03.
When did Durant peak higher than that?
Never even came close tbh.

[Deivork]

oh yeah my bad, I missunderstood the OP along with the article content