RealGM Top 100 List #12
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:29 pm
players I am considering, by position:
C David Robinson to me is the best left in terms of peak. Moses has great longevity though and the third possibility is George Mikan who is the only player left that was the undisputed best player in basketball for a reasonably long stretch of time (5 years +). I rate Robinson higher at the moment because Moses's defense is solid on ball but he isn't a defensive anchor and defensive anchors like the Admiral (anchor, Admiral, oh never mind) tend to have an impact out of proportion to their numbers.
PF Karl Malone is the obvious choice, though I have seen Dirk, Petit, Barkley, and even Rodman rated over him by various posters.
SF Erving again is the obvious choice. Durant is interesting.
SG Kobe is the obvious choice.
PG Oscar v. West with Frazier, Stockman, and Nash as long shots. Like the Kobe v. Oscar debate, I am more impressed with West's career than Oscar's because I tend to see West's teams as consistently performing up to or exceeding expectations while Oscar's teams generally didn't live up to their talent. I saw a tremendous amount of traction for Oscar in the last thread though and would like to see him compared to West by those posters -- a relatively straightforward comp since they were contemporaries who played the same position.
So, DRob, Moses, Karl, Doc, Kobe, Oscar, West . . . . let the POLITE DISCUSSION begin.
C David Robinson to me is the best left in terms of peak. Moses has great longevity though and the third possibility is George Mikan who is the only player left that was the undisputed best player in basketball for a reasonably long stretch of time (5 years +). I rate Robinson higher at the moment because Moses's defense is solid on ball but he isn't a defensive anchor and defensive anchors like the Admiral (anchor, Admiral, oh never mind) tend to have an impact out of proportion to their numbers.
PF Karl Malone is the obvious choice, though I have seen Dirk, Petit, Barkley, and even Rodman rated over him by various posters.
SF Erving again is the obvious choice. Durant is interesting.
SG Kobe is the obvious choice.
PG Oscar v. West with Frazier, Stockman, and Nash as long shots. Like the Kobe v. Oscar debate, I am more impressed with West's career than Oscar's because I tend to see West's teams as consistently performing up to or exceeding expectations while Oscar's teams generally didn't live up to their talent. I saw a tremendous amount of traction for Oscar in the last thread though and would like to see him compared to West by those posters -- a relatively straightforward comp since they were contemporaries who played the same position.
So, DRob, Moses, Karl, Doc, Kobe, Oscar, West . . . . let the POLITE DISCUSSION begin.