Top 5 Longevity all time

durantbird · Post #1 » by **durantbird** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 3:18 pm

What's your list of best longevity players all time? Top 5

falcolombardi · Post #2 » by **falcolombardi** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 3:30 pm

stockton, kareem and karl malone must be in the top 5 for sure

durantbird · Post #3 » by **durantbird** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 3:48 pm

falcolombardi wrote:stockton, kareem and karl malone must be in the top 5 for sure

What about LeBron?

CumberlandPosey · Post #4 » by **CumberlandPosey** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 3:58 pm

johnny beckman
oscar schmitdt
king james
kareem abdul-jabbar
stockalone

Narigo · Post #5 » by **Narigo** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 4:00 pm

Kareem
LeBron
Malone
Duncan
Wilt

HM: Dirk, KG, Moses, Kidd, Stockton, Kobe, Miller

Stalwart · Post #6 » by **Stalwart** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 4:11 pm

Robert Parish should get some consideration

No-more-rings · Post #7 » by **No-more-rings** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 4:21 pm

What’s better longevity, 12 superstar years or 15 as a mere all star? That’s what i find difficult about evaluating who’s longevity is actually better.

Owly · Post #8 » by **Owly** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 4:27 pm

Depends on what you mean.

Parish never peaked as high in the first place but is still good and definitely closer to his peak than Kareem at 39. Or one might not be talking quality at all and just who played the most or at the oldest age.

How so what one measures, how one measures, how one adjusts for era etc will be huge.

Statlanta · Post #9 » by **Statlanta** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 4:57 pm

Kevin Willis
AC Green
Robert Parish
Vince Carter
John Stockton

Post #10 » by **Texas Chuck** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 5:00 pm

Lebron, Duncan, and Kareem feel like the clear big 3 in terms of not just longevity but elite level play for the longest. The Utah PNR duo probably rounds out the top 5?

Mattatron · Post #11 » by **Mattatron** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 9:43 pm

Ray Allen anyone ?

falcolombardi · Post #12 » by **falcolombardi** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 10:28 pm

durantbird wrote:
falcolombardi wrote:stockton, kareem and karl malone must be in the top 5 for sure

What about LeBron?

he is a good choice to round out the top 5, duncan and garnett are other valid picks

PistolPeteJR · Post #13 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Thu Apr 7, 2022 10:33 pm

Stalwart wrote:Robert Parish should get some consideration

Top 5? Not even close. Kareem, LeBron, Malone, Duncan, Stockton EASILY ahead.

BenoUdrihFTL · Post #14 » by **BenoUdrihFTL** » Fri Apr 8, 2022 12:15 am

He's not on the tier of the players already mentioned here but Clyde Drexler gets underrated in longevity discussions. He retired at age 36 after putting up 18/5/6 on above average efficiency in his final season

SickMother · Post #15 » by **SickMother** » Fri Apr 8, 2022 3:30 am

Top 5 Longevity

Manute Bol, Shawn Bradley, Gheorghe Muresan, Mark Eaton, Rik Smits

Top 5 Shortgevity

Mugsy Bogues, Spud Webb, Michael Adams, Earl Boykins, Isaiah Thomas

falcolombardi · Post #16 » by **falcolombardi** » Fri Apr 8, 2022 3:31 am

SickMother wrote:Top 5 Longevity

Manute Bol, Shawn Bradley, Gheorghe Muresan, Mark Eaton, Rik Smits

Top 5 Shortgevity

Mugsy Bogues, Spud Webb, Michael Adams, Earl Boykins, Isaiah Thomas

awesome lmao

feyki · Post #17 » by **feyki** » Fri Apr 8, 2022 3:54 pm

Easy question; Kareem,Lebron,Duncan,Malone and Kobe. Kareem had 17 top 10 years, Lebron had 18, Duncan had 11 top 10 and 4-5 top 20 years, Malone had 14 top 10 years and Kobe had 13 top 10 years and 1-2 top 20.

prolific passer · Post #18 » by **prolific passer** » Fri Apr 8, 2022 5:36 pm

Parish has health on his side averaging 70+ games a season for his 21 year career. Probably would continued to average at least 10 and 7 if he played around 24mpg his last 3 years. He was probably better at 43 on the 97 bulls then the centers they had ahead of him.

No-more-rings · Post #19 » by **No-more-rings** » Fri Apr 8, 2022 6:42 pm

feyki wrote:Easy question; Kareem,Lebron,Duncan,Malone and Kobe. Kareem had 17 top 10 years, Lebron had 18, Duncan had 11 top 10 and 4-5 top 20 years, Malone had 14 top 10 years and Kobe had 13 top 10 years and 1-2 top 20.

I'm not sure Kobe's longevity is any better than Dirk's.