Bleacher Report Top 100, 2025

[Statlanta]

Folks are aware that KG won the same number of playoff series as Dirk right? There’s not much of a team success gap between the two.

In the weak Eastern conference, yes there is a team success gap.

[Top10alltime]

Dirk’s run in 2011 alone puts him over KG. Erving led his 76ers to the Finals in his FIRST season in the NBA and then did it again in his 4th, 6th and 7th seasons. He won MVP’s and titles in both the ABA and NBA. On the defensive end, he averaged more steals and blocks than KG did. Moses was a 3X MVP who led his Rockets to the Finals in ‘81 despite having a losing record. He was a better scorer and rebounder than KG and kicked Kareem’s ass in the ‘83 Finals - something KG couldn’t dream of doing. Karl Malone was closer to KG defensively than KG was to Karl offensively. Barkley was a better scorer than KG by like five atmospheric levels. He was a better rebounder too. KG’s career high in rebounding was 13.9 RPG. Barkley averaged 13.5 RPG in his first season in Houston when he was an old and fat Garnett won just 2 out of 12 playoff series in his Minnesota prime. In fact, he was eliminated in the 1st round for SEVEN CONSECUTIVE SEASONS! That’s absolutely pathetic. He wasn’t the floor raiser any of those guys was and is easily the most overrated player in history on RealGM. Give me a break