RealGM Top Ten GOAT Straw Poll RESULTS

[asindc]

I am amazed that

1.) Magic gets 177 points and Bird 69 (and Oscar 7) when Bird was considered by most everyone to be better than Magic during most of their career. And someone voted Magic the #2 player of all-time

2.) That Shaq finished ahead of Wilt when virtually no one thought so when Shaq was playing

3.) Kevin Garnett finished ahead of Oscar Roberston. Oscar was 2nd in voting for AP player of the century in 1999, and no one put him higher than 7.

It looks like a lot of revisionist history has gone on the last few years on this board.

Agreed on Oscar vs. KG. I've always thought KG was a bit overrated on this forum. Bird should be a bit higher. And I think Shaq benefitted from relatively weak competition at the pivot during his playing days more than any other all-time center.

I can't let this thread continue without at least honorably mentioning Moses Malone.

Moses is easily a top 15 player imo. A lot of this Forum would probably take both Kg and Dirk over him and i would disagree.

[Laimbeer]

Thanks to therealbig3 for doing the work and compiling the results (below). I asked the original thread be locked to avoid confusion with any late voting.

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1. Michael Jordan (296 points)
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (250 points)
3. Bill Russell (221 points)
4. Magic Johnson (177 points)
5. Shaquille O'Neal (161 points)
6. Tim Duncan (141 points)
7. Wilt Chamberlain (110 points)
8. LeBron James (100 points)
9. Hakeem Olajuwon (96 points)
10. Larry Bird (69 points)
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Tracks closely to the actual project!

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1. Michael Jordan
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. Bill Russell
4. Wilt Chamberlain
5. Tim Duncan
6. Shaquille O'Neal
7. LeBron James
8. Magic Johnson
9. Hakeem Olajuwon
10. Larry Bird